March 10, 2016

No. 16-4

Republicans Are in the Way! Vote Them Out!

Municipal Election Issue #3 of 3

When Do You Plan to Go to the Polls

On March 15th?
(see page 4)
Remember: Non-voters elect Republicans!!

Reading on a phone?
Do it this way.

Some People Already

Voted From Home

Make It A Habit!
Vote In Every
Election!

So When? If youre not one

of them, have you decided when
you will go to the polls on March
15th?

Do you live in one of the 20 Palm

Beach County communities
which have local city council
elections, or one of the 5
communities which have Ballot
Amendments on the ballot (see
pages 4 and 5)? If so, your vote is
important. Dont sit home.

Plan Now! If you plan now,

you are much more likely to get
there. Plan now or youll never
get there! With everything else
youre doing, its so easy to tell
yourself that your one vote
wont count very much but
if everyone feels the same way,
what do you think will happen?
Are you going in the morning?
At noon?
In the afternoon?
After work?

Plan Now!

TALKING POINTS
1. Be a voter! Thank you for
voting!
2. Plan ahead when you will
go to the polls.
3. In many states, recalls of
inadequate legislators is
called voting!
4. Go with a neighbor to the
polls . . . then youll get
there! Weve got your ballot proposals and municipal candidates here (see
page 4)
5. No matter what conservatives say, theres no liberal media!
6. Republicans use language
to bamboozle you.

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15 Things Everyone Would Know

If There Were A Liberal Media
by akadjian. Promoted from diaries by Susan Gardner.

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Part 5

[continued from Things 12-14 in the February 1, 2016 issue]

15.

Thing 15

Media consolidation Six corporations- Time Warner, Disney, News

Corporation, Viacom, Comcast, and CBS - control
roughly 90% of the media in the U.S.

you to buy their paper, or watch their show, or

listen to their radio station. If it bleeds, it ledes.
This is why the media is concerned with scandal,
celebrities, gossip, and fear. If anything, our
news consists of paid advertisements and outlets
too scared of offending anyone to publish much
of substance. Investigative journalism is also
expensive; entertainment is cheap. The way this
corporate media behaves may not be surprising. I
apologize if you feel any of this is beating you over
the head.

For Profit These companies are in business

to make a profit. This is why you'll find plenty of
advertisements in the media.
Entertainment? Check.
Sports? Definitely.
Weather? Yep.
You'll also find plenty of "if it bleeds, it leads"
stories designed to hook you in.
Vendors, witnesses recall Venice hit-and-run
horror.
Fort Hood trial turns bizarre as shooter grills
witnesses.
There's also plenty of political bickering:
Democrats said this, Republicans said that.
We let you decide (but we never weigh in with
any facts or fact-checking).

This Buzzfeed-style list wasn't intended to

introduce this idea as new (others have done a
much better job), but rather to highlight the sheer
absurdity of a "liberal media" for an audience who
may not see it.
One way to approach the topic is to simply ask: If
we have a "liberal media," where are the liberal
stories? ###

What Won't You Hear? You won't hear the

"liberal media" discuss the corporate media.
What To Make Of This If the media were
"liberal," it would serve the public interest and
shine a light on issues like the ones above. More
people would also have a better understanding of
global warming, peak oil, population growth, political lobbying, government's role in a functioning economy, how much we spend on the military,
and countless other issues.

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More Likely What youre more likely to see

in the media, however, are stories designed to get

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The Oligarchs Pledge:

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the Divided States of America
And to the PACs, for which it stands,
one Nation, at odds, divisible,
with Liberty and Justice for some.

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Six Ways Republicans Use

Language To Frame The Issues
Ways 4 6

4.

6.

fails, bamboozle the public. Here are some

Republican frames that are confusing and mask
the reality of what they were doing:

Appeal To Fear. Democrats still

Negative economic growth (Reagans explanation of his recession)

A pre-dawn vertical insertion of an international peace-keeping force (Reagans explanation for his invasion of Grenada in the
morning!)
Coalition of the willing (George W. Bushs
description of the few countries coerced into
supporting his invasions)
Enhanced interrogation techniques
Creationism and it is now called intelligent
design
###

think most people vote with their heads.

Republicans long ago figured out that many people vote with their hearts and even if you vote
with your head, emotional appeals are powerful.
Not everyone is a rational voter and fear is a powerful motivator. How else could Republicans get
poor individuals without healthcare to oppose receiving healthcare? Here are a few examples of effective Republican frames premised on fear:
Death panels
Cash for caskets
Socialized medicine
Economic terrorism
Homosexual agenda
Axis of evil
Ticking time bomb
Loaded gun
We can fight them over there, or we will fight
them over here
Welfare queens

5.

Bamboozle everyone. If all else

I Never Knew
Gee, I never knew that:
everyone in society was able-bodied
and disease-free,
that discrimination never existed,
that what impacts one person has
absolutely no bearing on the rest of us,
that everyone with money attained
all of it in an honest manner,
that all welfare programs such as
corporate subsidies were bad,

The best defense is a good offense. If the other party has policies that

will help people and that people would naturally

support, you have to figure out a way of making
the good seem bad or, to rally support for your
policies that harm people and go against their best
interests, making the bad seem good. Here are examples of how Republicans accomplish that:

and that we did not need

stop signs,
sewage systems,
airports,
courts,
police protection,
schools,
a standing military,
postal delivery,

Tree huggers
Pin-headed intellectuals
Overly mature tree harvest
These Republican policies were anything but
what they claimed:
Clear skies
Healthy forests
Intensive forest management (of course, the
key word is intensive as in they intensively cut down trees)

and all those other horrible government

programs that only the richest among us
pay for and only the poorest among us
use!
Dr.Robert Watson

And the Republicans

Just . . . Dont . . Care.

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Do You Know If Your City Has A

Municipal Election On March 15th?
CITY OF ATLANTIS
City Council Group 1:
Lauri Melear -R
Bill Pearson -R
Dan Peterson -R
Ron Reeg -R
City Council Group 3:
David Kintz -R (Unopposed)
City Council Group 5:
Catherine Higgins -R (Unopposed)

CITY OF GREENACRES
City Council District II:
Peter Noble, -R, Incumbent
Toni Willey, -D
City Council District III:
Judy Dugo, -R, Incumbent
Bert Molow -D
City Council District IV:
Jonathan Pearce -D, Incumbent
Anderson Thelsume -NP

CITY OF BELLE GLADE - No 2016 election

TOWN OF GULF STREAM - No 2016 election

CITY OF BOCA RATON - No 2016 election

TOWN OF HAVERHILL - No 2016 election

CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH

Mayor At-Large:
Piotr Blass -R
Steven B. Grant -R
Carl The Real McKoy -D
David T. Merker -D
Jerry Taylor -R, Incumbent

TOWNOFHIGHLANDBEACH-No2016election

Commissioner District 3
James M. Brake -D
Michael M. Fitzpatrick-D
Christina Romelus -NP
TOWN OF BRINY BREEZES -No2016election
TOWN OF CLOUD LAKE - No 2016 election
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH
Ballot Proposals
Question 1:

Charter Amendment: Authority to appoint an

internal auditor
The charter currently does not provide for the
appointment of an internal auditor. Under
the proposed charter amendment, the City
Commission would have the discretion to appoint
an internal auditor to serve at the pleasure of the
city commission, to review the business practices,
procedures, internal controls and procurement
practices of the City of Delray Beach.
Shall the charter amendment be adopted?

Yes ___

No ___

Question 2:

Repeal of special act creating the civil service code

for City of Delray Beach employees
Florida statute currently requires a referendum
of the electors in order to change any rights of
municipal employees contained in a special law.
The proposed repeal of chapter 25784, laws of
Florida, subject to enactment by the Florida
legislature, would allow the City Commission to
amend its civil service code by ordinance rather
than holding a referendum and submitting a local
bill to the Florida legislature.

Shall chapter 25784, laws of Florida be repealed?

Yes ___

No ___

TOWN OF GLEN RIDGE - No 2016 election

VILLAGE OF GOLF - No 2016 election

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TOWN OF LOXAHATCHEE GROVES

City Council Seat 2:
Todd McLendon -NP
Jim Rockett -D
City Council Seat 4:
Dave Browning -R
Thais Hagen Gonzalez -NP
TOWN OF MANALAPAN - No 2016 election
TOWN OF MANGONIA PARK
- No 2016 election
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH -

-No 2016 election

TOWN OF JUNO BEACH - No 2016 election

TOWN OF OCEAN RIDGE

Council Seat (1-year term):
Lynn Allison -NP, Incumbent
Steve Coz -R

TOWN OF JUPITER
Mayor (3-year term)
Keats Soder -R
Todd Wodraska -R

CITY OF PAHOKEE
Mayor:
Keith W. Babb, Jr. -D
Colin O. Walkes -D

TOWN OF HYPOLUXO - No 2016 election

First District Seat (3-year term)

Mike Counts -NP
Jim Kuretski -R
First District Seat (1-year term)
Karen J. Golonka -D
Wayne R. Posner -R
Carol Watson -I
Second District Seat (3-year term)
Ron Delaney -R
Ben Klug -D
TOWN OF JUPITER INLET - No 2016 election
TOWN OF LAKE CLARKE - No 2016 election
TOWN OF LAKE PARK
Town Commissioner:
Erin Flaherty -NP
Kimberly Glas-Castro -R
Charles Chuck Hallden -R
Anne Lynch -D
Michael ORourke -R
CITY OF LAKE WORTH
Mayor:
Pam Triolo -R, Incumbent
Gary L. Antieau -R
Diane Jacques -D
Commissioner District 1:
Scott Maxwell -R
Ryan Hartman -NP
Commissioner District 2:
Andy Amoroso -D
Frank McAlonan -NP
TOWN OF LANTANA
Council Member Group 2:
Anthony Arsali -NP
Malcolm Balfour -R

Commissioner Group 1:
Deborah Royal Abner -D
Sanquetta Cowan -NP
Diane Harris Walker -NP
Commissioner Group 2:
Herbert J. Crawford, Jr. -D
Clara Tasha Murvin -D
Sara Perez -R
TOWN OF PALM BEACH
Ballot Proposal
Question:

Underground Utility Project General Obligation

Bonds
To improve reliability, safety, aesthetics and
avoid pole hardening, shall Town finance burying
overhead utility lines for electric, telephone and
cable service by issuing general obligation bonds
not exceeding $90,000,000, maturing within 31
years of issuance, bearing interest rate(s) not
exceeding legal maximum, payable from Towns
full faith, credit, ad valorem taxing power and
non-ad valorem special assessments, with project
review by a citizens advisory committee, as
described in Resolution No. 201-2015?

For Bonds

Against Bonds

CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS

City Council Group 2:
Maria G. Marino -R
Takeata King Pang -D
City Council Group 4:
Kevin Easton -R
David J. Levy -D
Carl W. Woods -NP
TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORES
Mayor:
Myra Koutzen -D, current Vice Mayor
Thomas R. (Tom) Mills -R, former
Mayor
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VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGS

Ballot Proposals
Question 1:

Palm springs charter amendments to address

various housekeeping and administrative issues
Shall palm springs amend its charter to address
various housekeeping and administrative
issues relating to the legal description of the
village boundaries, correcting grammatical
errors, removing some references regarding
an acting village manager, modifying qualifying
periods, clarifying county-wide and statewide
election conflicts and majority vote, modifying
redistricting methods, changing a reference
from official to employee and providing the
date for charter changes to take effect.

Yes ___
No ___

Question 2:
Palm springs charter amendments clarifying
various personnel matters
Shall palm springs amend its charter to provide
the village manager with the authority to
appoint, suspend or remove department heads
on the same basis as other employees and repeal
article viii to remove the requirements for merit
and grievance systems as these provisions
are already addressed in village policies and
agreements.

Yes ___
No ___

Question 3:
Palm springs charter amendments to address
council terms, vacancies and meeting procedures
Shall palm springs amend its charter changing
council terms to four years, to hold fewer
elections and to reduce costs, providing elections
be held in odd numbered years, clarifying the
appointment of vice mayor and mayor pro
tem, clarifying absences of council members,
vacancies and vacancies of candidates and
shortening the required notice of special
meetings from forty-eight hours to twenty-four
hours, or less in the case of emergencies and/or
natural disasters.
Yes ___
No ___

CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH

Mayor:
Billie Brooks -R
Thomas A. Masters -D, Incumbent
City Council District 1:
Bruce A. Guyton -D
Lynne L. Hubbard -D
Tradrick McCoy -D
Horace L. Towns -NP
City Council District 3:
Sylvia Lee Blue -D
Tonya Davis Johnson-D
Tommy Lee Walker -D
City Council District 5:
Terence TD Davis -D
Elizabeth Pertee Robinson -D

VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACH

Mayor:
Fred Pinto -D
Martha Webster -R
Council Group 1:
Jeff Hmara -D
Lenore White -R
Council Group 3:
Selena Smith -R
Richard Valuntas -NP
CITY OF SOUTH BAY - No 2016 election
TOWN OF SOUTH PALM BEACH
Council Seat:
Robert Gottlieb -NP
Stella Jordan -D
Robert Gargano -NP
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA- No 2016 election
VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON
Mayor:
Anne Gerwig -R
Bob Margolis -D

Commissioner District 3:
Paula J. Ryan -D, Incumbent
(Unopposed)
Commissioner District 5:
Sharon Shanon Materio -D,
Incumbent (Unopposed)
Ballot Proposal
Question:
The following referendum question will appear
on the ballot:

Shall the City Commission of the City of West

Palm Beach, Florida be authorized to grant,
pursuant to s.3, Art. VII of the State Constitution,
property tax exemptions to new businesses
and expansions of existing businesses that are
expected to create new, full-time jobs in the city?

Yes- For authority to grant exemptions.

No- Against authority to grant exemptions.

Council Seat:
Michael J. Drahos -R
John Greene -D
Ballot Proposals
Question 1:

Inclusion of the equestrian preserve area within

the charter
The original Charter makes no reference to
the Equestrian Preserve Area. The proposed
amendment would recognize the Equestrian
Preserve Area in the Charter and permit
landowners to apply to be voluntarily included in
the Preserve Area upon majority vote by Council,
but would prohibit removal of properties from
the Equestrian Preserve Area unless approved
by not less than four affirmative votes.

Instead of No New Taxes

say
End Socialism for the Rich.

Shall the Charter be amended to include a

provision protecting the Equestrian Preserve
Area?

Yes ___
No ___

Question 2:

Village canvassing board

The Charter provides that the canvassing board
be composed of those members of the council
not running for reelection and the village
clerk. The proposed amendment permits the
village council to appoint, by not less than four
affirmative votes, a community member and an
alternate to serve on the canvassing board when
necessary to avoid single or even membership.
Shall Council appoint community members to
the canvassing board to avoid single or even
membership?

Yes ___
No ___

Question 3:

Certain land uses in the equestrian preserve

area prohibited

The present Charter contains no restrictions

on land uses within the Equestrian Preserve
Area. The proposed amendment would prohibit
motels, hotels, condo-hotels and apartments in
the Equestrian Preserve Area.
Shall
motels,
hotels,
condo-hotels
and
apartments be prohibited within the Equestrian
Preserve?

Yes ___

No ___

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CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH

Commissioner District 1:
Sylvia S. Moffett -D, Incumbent
Martina Walker -D
Ricky J. Aiken -R

Presidential
Primary Debate
Schedule
Republicans
March 10, 2016:
Florida (CNN/
Salem Radio)
Democrats
Primaries and
Caucuses
3/12: DC Rep.
Convention

3/15: Northern
Marianas Rep.
Caucus
3/19: U.S. Virgin
Islands Caucus
3/22: AZ Primary
3/22: American
Samoa Rep.
Convention/
Caucus
3/22: ID Dem.
Caucuses

3/12: Guam Rep.

Convention

3/22: UT
Caucuses

3/15: FL Primary

3/26: AK Dem.
Caucuses

3/15: NC Primary
3/15: IL Primary
3/15: MO Primary
3/15: OH Primary

3/26: HI Dem.
Caucuses
3/26: WA Dem.
Caucuses

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The Lessons of History Are

Clear.

2016 ELECTION DATES TO

REMEMBER
Mark Your Calendar:
2016 Presidential Preference
Primary and Municipal Elections:
Tuesday, March 15

Liberals Fought for an End to Slavery.

Conservatives Opposed Them.
Liberals Promoted Mine Safety.
Conservatives Opposed Them.

Early Voting Period:

Saturday, March 5 to Sunday, March 13

Liberals Promoted Child Labor Laws.

Conservatives Opposed Them.

Book Closing Deadline

(New Registration and Party Changes):
Tuesday, February 16

Liberals Fought for a Womans Right

to Vote.
Conservatives Opposed Them.

Absentee Ballot Request

Mailing Deadline:
Wednesday, March 9

Liberals Created Social Security.

Conservatives Opposed Them.

Primary Election:
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Presidential General Election:
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Liberals Established Quality Infrastructure

Programs Across the Country.
Conservatives Opposed Them.
Liberals Gave the Country Medicare.
Conservatives Opposed Them.
Liberals Passed the Civil Rights and Voting
Rights Acts.
Conservatives Opposed Them.
Liberals Passed Clean Air and Clean
Water Legislation.
Conservatives Opposed Them.
Liberals Passed the Endangered
Species Act.
Conservatives Opposed Them.
Liberals Expanded Affordable Health
Care Coverage.
Conservatives Opposed Them.

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Conservatives Opposed Them.
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History . . . on Every Issue.

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