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Dean Santoro (R) State Senate, District 35
Sarah Lovett (R) State House of Representatives, District 14
*endorsement requested *endorsed
Robert Nelson - Walton County School Board, District 1
Nick Kellen - Lee County San Carlos Fire District, Seat 2
H. Alan Burton - Volusia County Soil and Water Conservation District 4
Mark Cross - Osceola County Soil and Water Conservation District, Seat 1
Karl Dickey - Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District, Seat 5
Jason Fischer - Duval County Soil and Water Conservation Board, Group 4
Jeff Hunt - Duval County Soil and Water Conservation Board, Group 2
Tyson Richmond - Hillsborough Soil & Water Conservation Board, Seat 4
Victor "Vic" Wilhelm Jr. - Duval County Soil and Water Conservation Board, Group 3
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Ron Paul explores presidential bid
Sunday, 21 January 2007 20:08 | 
Written by Philip Blumel | 
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), a former national chair of the Republican Liberty Caucus, has opened an exploratory committee and is considering a run for the Republican nomination for president of the United States.
Since he was first elected to the U.S. House in 1976, Rep. Paul has long been an icon of libertarian Republicanism, a mix of stubborn principle and successful electoral politics. In the RLC’s Liberty Index,
Mike VanDyk of Miami with Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) at a 1998 RLC-hosted event with Ron Paul at the home of Ray Flow in Palm Beach
Rep. Paul’s voting record consistently ranks at or near the top of the U.S. House and as a result Ron is the largest Congressional beneficiary of contributions from the RLC’s PAC.
In a Jan. 22 Reason Online interview with Brian Doherty, Rep. Paul was asked what his campaign theme would be. "I think the biggest thing for Republican primary voters is that most Republicans are turned off right now," Rep. Paul answered. "They’ve had a beating and are reassessing their values. They have to decide what they believe in. The
Now is the time to lay the groundwork for a Ron Paul campaign. Join the RLC and let's get to work!
Republican Party has become about big government conservatism, and Republicans need to hear the message they used to hear: [they] are supposed to be for small government."
This is a key message of the RLC, and if Rep. Paul officially declares his candidacy the national RLC will quite naturally consider an endorsement. According to national RLC bylaws, an endorsement
Rep. Ron Paul speaks to friends and supporters at a RLC-cohosted event in downtown West Palm Beach
requires a vote of the national executive committee of the RLC and ratification by a majority of chartered RLC state affiliates. In Florida, there is likely to be a non-binding vote of the membership to guide the state RLC’s decision.
The RLC has only endorsed one presidential candidate since its inception in 1990, magazine publisher Steve Forbes in his first primary attempt in 1996.
If endorsed, the RLC network -- with members in all 50 states who attend their local GOP meetings and many who serve on county GOP executive boards – can serve as a foundation for the Paul
Rep. Ron Paul meets with contributors at the Flow home in Palm Beach
campaign. To help lay the groundwork, all friends of Ron Paul are invited to join the RLC and all RLCers urged to start regularly attending their local Republican Club meetings. In a primary campaign, this direct connection with active and influential primary voters early in the campaign may make all the difference.Those who would like to see a 2008 Ron Paul for President campaign are encouraged to contact his exploratory committee. At the Jan. 27 Florida RLC excom meeting in Orlando, the current unofficial consensus was that the Florida RLC will jump on the Rep. Paul bandwagon if he officially announces, runs on traditional libertarian themes and does not face primary competition from another notable libertarian Republican candidate.
In preparation for a potential Paul campaign, RLCer Tom Walls set up a unofficial Ron Paul campaign news and blog site.The Florida RLC keep you up to date on how you can assist Ron’s campaign. Let’s be ready for what is likely to be the RLC’s biggest year ever in 2008!
Candidate Blogs
Dean Santoro announces run for State Senate
Monday, February 8, 2010 13:21
On Thursday, April 3rd former college professor and IT entrepreneur Dean Santoro will officially announce his candidacy for Florida State Senate District 35. .. read more..
Tampa’s Commuter Rail is a Boondoggle … An Expert’s Response
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 06:00
Here are three videos for Mark Sharpe , Hillsborough County Commissioner, in which Transportation Planning expert Randal O’Toole of the CATO Institute outlines some of the major issues, fallacies, and hubris which define the arguments (Total time: 25 minutes). JavaScript is disabled! To display t.. .. read more..
Your Wheelchair is a Chariot: Mornings at the Pentagon
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 03:14
This is a really great story about what it really means to be in the military. As some of you may know, I am retired military. What most don’t know is that my father was retired military, too, and had been blown up losing his arm and leg. Needless to say, I was very familiar with wheelchairs, and l.. .. read more..
CATO Video: Fact Checking the State of The Union
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 05:39
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Investors: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
Friday, January 29, 2010 06:36
Two really important things that you won't hear in the MSM about more threats to American business (what we used to think of as 'the nearest thing to a free market economy') and your investments from the Obama Administration: Bloomberg reports that by a 3-2 vote, the SEC has just required that 'Com.. .. read more..
Glenn Beck Video Special: “The Revolutionary Holocaust – Live Free…Or Die”..
Monday, January 25, 2010 23:16
";" alt=""> If you were unable to catch Glenn’s documentary "Live Free…Or Die”, you can watch it here (part I of V). .. read more..
Video: How the Government ‘Measures’ (Mis-states) Unemployment
Thursday, January 21, 2010 18:51
If you are interested in a more realistic measure of unemployment as well as GDP, CPI, and M3, go to John Williams' Shadow Government Statistics . .. read more..
American Thinker: Cheap Natural Gas and its Enemies
Saturday, January 16, 2010 01:15
Maybe a bit dated, but never the less a great article on how George Soros and his billionaire buddies are duping environmentalist nut-jobs and the liberal lefties in government to protect their investments: A small group of billionaires (and mere multimillionaires), formed under the .. .. read more..
ObamaCare: The Quality of Your Health Care Will No Longer Depend On How Much You..
Friday, January 15, 2010 03:42
One of the warnings that has come up intermittently, but is rarely emphasized, is that a Government run health care system explicitly means that politics--not need, not how much we individually pay—determines the quality of your health care. In one sense, it almost imputes that politics controls th.. .. read more..
After the Crisis, Where is This Country Headed?
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 19:28
I don't know about you, but with all the political and economic crises that America has faced in the last 10 years, it is often very hard to get an idea of where we are headed from here. With the dot.com bubble, 9/11, the anthropogenic global warming scare, the housing bubble, out of control govern.. .. read more..
