Hernando County Democratic Club
AMENDMENTS
Written by Harvey Martin Wednesday, 30 June 2010 16:33
AMENDMENT 1
Amendment 1 repeals Florida’s system of public financing for statewide elections, created in the 1980’1 and put in the Constitution by the voters in 1998. Candidates for governor and the state Cabinet got $11.1 million in the last statewide cycle in 2006.
The original, reformist idea was to level the playing field against big money. But leaders of the Legislature call it “welfare for politicians.” They have made it tougher to get the money in recent years, and now hope the voters will kill it altogether.
AMENDMENT 4 IMPORTANT INFO
Written by Judy Lee Saturday, 01 May 2010 20:04
Amendment 4 is a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution sponsored by Florida Hometown Democracy, a non-partisan, grass-roots group. Over 1,000,000 Florida voters signed the Florida Hometown Democracy petition to qualify this important citizens' reform for the November 2010 ballot. Amendment 4 will give you, the Florida voter, a vote on growth in your community. For more information click here.
HOW WE MUST HELP PRESIDENT OBAMA HELP US!
Written by Steve Zeledon Friday, 13 November 2009 20:59
These are some of the key Senators that control much of happens in Washington.
It is up to us to support our President by taking the time to call these Senators whenever
an issue arises. Phone calls to the Senator's home # are the most effective as it is usually
not as busy as their D.C. number.
Sending e-mails is quick, just click on the e-mail address below, type up the message you
want to send and then copy it so you can paste it to all the others.
OBAMA ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE
Written by Robert P. Watson, Ph.D. Sunday, 14 March 2010 19:07
The following list was compiled by "Robert P. Watson, Ph.D. Coordinator of American Studies, Lynn University.:
1.. Ordered all federal agencies to undertake a study and make recommendations for ways to cut spending
2. Ordered a review of all federal operations to identify and cut wasteful spending and practices
3. Instituted enforcement for equal pay for women
4. Beginning the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
5. Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB
6. Ended media blackout on war casualties; reporting full information
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The Alarm Clock
Written by Larry Marciniak Sunday, 14 February 2010 20:19
The sound you heard on January 19th was the alarm clock telling Democrats to wake up. The trembling you felt was not an aftershock from Haiti. It was Senator Kennedy rolling over in his grave. The noise you heard on January 21st was the other shoe falling in Washington, D.C.
The blame game
Even before the polls closed on Tuesday the blame game started. There was more finger pointing than in one of America’s most famous political cartoons depicting the Tea Pot Dome Scandal. Most of us,
I’m ashamed to admit - myself included, don’t remember the details of the scandal but we remember the cartoon. The two things that scare me the most are that there was certainly some substance to most of the accusations and they didn’t completely cover the debacle.
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