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John Nelson Disagrees

John Nelson Disagrees

Received this e-mail from John “Jack” Nelson, president, Highlands Tea Party just a bit ago. While he has no legal claims against me, I can understand his concerns. But, with any media there’s always room for interpretation and when you put yourself in the public spotlight being an activist or spokesperson for a an...

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Rick Beebe Dies After Stroke During Tea Party Forum

Rick Beebe Dies After Stroke During Tea Party Forum

I just received this e-mail from John Nelson, president, Highlands Tea Party. 2012 Candidate Forum for Supervisor of Elections, hosted by Highlands Tea Party, May 1, 2012. _______________________________________ From: Jeanne Parzygnat <JLPARZ@embarqmail.com> Sent: Wed, May 2, 2012 02:23:33 GMT+00:00 Subject: THTP-SAD MESSAGE Jeanne (Sebring, FL) 863-699-0743 www.thehighlandsteaparty.com...

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Highlands Tea Party Members: Accomplices to Voter Fraud? (video)

Highlands Tea Party Members: Accomplices to Voter Fraud? (video)

Editor’s note: About an hour after posting this, I received an e-mail from Highlands Tea Party announcing Mr. Rick Beebe’s death. Original post follows (with spelling and grammatical corrections): I thought tonight was going to be another candidate forum. In Highlands County we don’t...

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Campaign to “Buy Downtown” Excludes Downtown Centennial Tees

Campaign to “Buy Downtown” Excludes Downtown Centennial Tees

  I’ve been saying it for some time now, somebody needs to just buy Downtown Sebring: all of it’s historic and beautiful buildings, Sebring Circle and even the feeder...

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From the Desk of Commissioner Jack Richie

From the Desk of Commissioner Jack Richie

University of Florida, IFAS Extension on Tuesday April 24th at 6:30pm is sponsoring a special workshop for Highlands County residents who live on lakes and canals. Please attend this very important...

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Belly of the Beast

Belly of the Beast

Great clip from Parks & Recreation, an entertaining sitcom that pokes fun at all the stereotypes of local government employees, including my beloved libertarians! Watch the clip, and enjoy.

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  • Florida’s Economy: Headed in the Right Direction May 18, 2012
    Florida’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.7 percent in April 2012, three-tenths of a point better than last month. “With more than 243,000 Florida job openings listed by various help-wanted websites, we are seeing positive trends of job creation by companies and employers throughout our state,” said Governor Rick Scott. “Florida’s jobless rate moved to its [. […]
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  • Governor Scott to Lead Business Development Mission May 18, 2012
    Next week, I will be leading an economic development mission to Spain. Along with a delegation of more than sixty Florida business leaders and economic development professionals, I will work to develop economic ties between Florida and Spain. The objective of this mission is twofold. We will promote the five-hundredth anniversary celebration of Spanish prese […]
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