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2013 Liberty Days Event Scheduled for March 4th & 5th

The RLC of Florida's Annual Liberty Days at the Capitol event has been scheduled for March 4th & 5th in Tallahassee. This RLC of Florida signature event allows members the opportunity to interface with their representatives to promote our pro-liberty agenda.

We'll all meet at the Capitol at 1pm Monday. After an afternoon of meetings at legislators offices, we'll meet up for drinks and dinner downtown before heading back to the Baymont Inn where most of us are spending the evening. Then Tuesday morning, we have more meetings until mid-afternoon.

While there is no cost to attend, because of space constraints in the legislative offices, it is important that everyone who will be attending register here so we have an accurate head count.

2010 LIBERTY DAY AT THE CAPITOL, March 22-23

It is official. The RLC and other liberty organizations including the Campaign for Liberty will be converging on Tallahassee again on March 22-23 with the message that government is best when it governs least.

Political consultant John Hallman of the Florida Taxpayers Union is once again in charge of our legislative briefing, securing inexpensive accommodations, setting up meetings with legislators and the governors office and to show us around the capitol.

At the top of the Liberty Day agenda is the Health Care Freedom Act. Based on model legislation crafted by the American Legislative Exchange Council, the act would permit Florida to opt out from any particular national health care plan and, most importantly, protect individual Floridians from individual mandates to buy health insurance a la RomneyCare/ObamaCare. Other issues include taxes, spending, 10th amendment, property insurance reform and term limits.

Jason Hellenberg of the North Central Florida RLC has volunteered to coordinate the 2010 Liberty Day at the Capitol and is working with Hallman. The annual grassroots lobbying trip to Tallahassee has become a signature project of the RLC that has yielded some legislative successes over the years and trained many RLCers on how to lobby effectively.

The plan is for all participants to meet at the plaza between the old and new capitol buildings at 1 p.m. for a briefing and then walk over together to Morris Hall for the 1:45 p.m. Healthcare Regulation Policy Committee hearing on the Healthcare Freedom Act.  Then we'll go for a meeting with Sen. Cary Baker and perhaps Rep. Scott Plakon, sponsors of the legislation.

There will be a discounted block of rooms for us at the Baymont Inn near the Capitol.

After lobbying on Monday, March 22, there will be a social get-together for us on Adams Street, just north of the Capitol. We'll start at Clydes and Costellos for cocktails at six pm, and move one door south to Andrew's (see menu at http://www.andrewsdowntown.com/) for dinner at seven thirty.

For a recap of last year's trip, go here. For 2008, go here. 2007? Try here.

For more info and to RSVP, contact John Hallman at (352) 200-1915 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . 

RLC's Adopt-a-Republican weekend Oct. 4-5

This weekend RLCers from around the state are encouraged to hit the campaign trail for the best GOP candidate in their area. Many of us will be walking neighborhoods and phoning for RLC endorsed (and other) candidates.  We recommend the following:

     South Florida - Dean Santoro for State Senate District 35 - www.deansantoro.com

     Southwest Florida - Matt Caldwell for State Senate District 27 - www.votecaldwell.org 

     Central Florida - Rep. Tom Feeney for Congress District 24 - www.tomfeeney.com

     Central Florida - Ritch Workman for State Representative District 30 - RitchWorkman.com

     Northeast Florida - Sarah Lovett for State Representative District 14 - www.sarahlovett2008.com

     Northeast Florida - Lake Ray for State Representative District 17 - www.votelakeray.com

Give these campaigns a call and ask how you can be most helpful this weekend and sign up. Politics isn't about sending email, its about getting out in the streets and getting candidates elected.

No candidate listed from your area?  Volunteer for a local campaign in your area and let us know about them.

Have fun -- and take pictures!