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Lobby & Educate the Government & the General Public to Promote Motorcycling in a Safe & Positive Image

NOVEMBER 2014 Volume XXXIV, Issue V


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ABA E OF FLORIDA, INC.MISSION STATEMENT

WHO WE AREWe are a non-pro t organization of motorcycleenthusiasts from all walks of life. We lobby aneducate the government and the general publicto promote motorcycling in a safe and positiveimage. We endeavor to enlist the cooperation andparticipation of all organizations and individualsthat share a similar interest in preserving our

American tradition of FREEDOM. We promotemotorcycle safety, training, & political awarenesWe ARE NOT A CLUB OR A GANG. Wfund our work through toy runs, poker runs,campouts, and other motorcycle activities. Weare your neighbors & friends who work, pataxes, and get involved with our community. Weserve and support our country and believe infreedom. We use all legal means to protect ourights without infringing on the rights of others

OUR GOALSTo become a powerful and viable political force ilegislative matters concerning the motorcyclist.To promote the safe riding habits without infringingon individual freedoms.To motivate the bikers to write letters to theirlegislators before, during, and a er the legislativsession.To furnish our members with a newsletter tokeep all bikers informed in regards to upcominglegislation.

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IDEN IFICA ION S A EMENSOUTHWEST CHAPTER NEWSLETTER;

ISSUE DATE: NOVEMBER 2014PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY

ABATE of Florida, Inc. Southwest Chapter

PO Box 60745, Fort Myers, FL 33906http://southwest.abate orida.com

Disclaimer:Te views expressed in this newsletter are not

necessarily those o ABA E o Florida, Inc. and orthe Southwest Chapter.

Tis publication allows members to express theirbelie s and opinions. ABA E o Florida, Inc. andSouthwest Chapter accept no responsibility or

the comments, opinions or views contained in thisnewsletter.

Please direct correspondence in re erence to this

publication to:Victor Piorkowski | (cell) 239-823-6159

Donations to ABA E o Florida, Inc. are notdeductible or Federal ax Purposes.

ABA E o Florida, Inc. 2010 ABATE of Florida, Inc. Southwest Chapter

All Rights Reserved ABA E o Florida, Inc. and the Southwest Chapter

do not condone drinking while riding or driving

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ABA E of Florida, Inc. |Southwest ChapterEXECU IVE BOARD & RUS EES

PO Box 60745, Fort Myers, FL 33906-6748Southwest.abate orida.com

President -Victor Piorkowski239.823.6159 | [email protected]

Vice President - Richard Leon239.728.7100 | [email protected]

Secretary - Laurie Hanley 239-898-5168 | [email protected]

Treasurer - Gwynne Hickman239.246.2025 | [email protected]

Sergeant At Arms - Shayne Hanley

[email protected] | 239.560.2565Membership Trustee - Victor Piorkowski

239.823.6159 | [email protected]

Public Relations - Gwynne Hickman239.246.2025 | [email protected]

Legislative Representative- Ken Teddybear Miller239.693.7035 | [email protected]

Safety Director - Frankie Kennedy 239.849.9065 | [email protected]

State Delegate(s) - Victor Piorkowski , Richard Leon

Webmaster - Taylor Musburger239.334.1620 | [email protected]

Chapter Chaplain - Tom Provenzano239.267.8641 | [email protected]

Road Captains - Gerry Mangina

HELP SUPPOR YOUR LOCAL MRO*Chapter Meetings held at Six Bends Harley-Davidson

o Fort Myers 1st Sunday o each month*MOTORCYCLE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION

ABATE OF FLORIDA, INC.

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PresidentsMessage

Iwould like to thank everyone who helped at thesafety booth at the Cape Coral Bike night. enext is fort Myers bike night, November 8th.

e next abate meeting will be at the new six bendsHarley Davison, 9501 under Road, Fort Myers,upstairs conference room. Mug's & jugs, Lehigh acres,has a bike event on the last Sunday of the mouth fromnoon to 4:pm.

anks to Shayne & Laurie we have a sa y booth atthis event, so stop on out.Hillsborough county chapter again did a great job onthe spook 'n scoots event and state meeting,I will have the state report at are next meeting, Nov 2

Iva Sokolik has stepped up and is now doing ourNewletter. anks Iva.Christmas run to Douglas T veterans is on for the 21stof December. Still working on escort.Once I get everything together I will send out yer.

VIC OR PIORKOWSKIPresident Abate o Florida inc. Southwest Chapter


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SOU HWES CHAP ER LIFE MEMBERS

Keith BakerDarrell BarnettJerry BarnettDenee Bartels

Scott Blink Chet Butz

James BurkholderNora BurkholderDon CampbellFrances CazesWayne Cerra

Jonathan ConantTerry Covington

Audrey CranMaggie Cran

Rick CranRob Cran

Robert Cruz CrusanJim CrystalDan Curry

Ginny DAstiBi e DavisLynne Davis

Mary Dicenzo-Porter

Al DiagiacoFrank Disomma

Cindy Doak Randy Eck

Marius EspeletaBrian Galvin

Sonny GartrellSteven Goldstein

Lynnda GrayLarry Gullia

Bob HallRodney HollingsworthMisti Hollingsworth

Harry HooverJe Hoover

Jonathan HuntGeorge Huttman

Susan Red HuttmanDan Jackson

Cindy CJ JordanFrankie Kennedy

John Kennedy Ed LaCombeJulio Lopez

Mary Ann Rivera-LopezKD Marlowe

Russell MayRev.Rea Means

Don Meredith Jr.Jo Ann Miller

Kenneth MillerJohn MitchellMoe Moser

Jim MozeleskiTaylor Musburger

Carl NelsonTerry Padilla

Bob PennAsuncsion Peppers

Richard PeppersVictor Piorkowski

Kathleen ProvenzanoRev. omas Provenzano

Bill RobinsonJanet Rolfe

Tabitha RossiRoland Salsberry

Jencye SchmittJerry Schmitt

Bruce ScheinerJuergen Wolfgang Sch

Jencye SchmittJerry Schmitt

Elsie Seif Doug Sepanak Robert SimonKelly Smith

Randall Spivey Richard StergulzSandy Stergulz

Grandpa StewartLynda Stewart

Russell SullivanScott TurnerRuth Vorys

Teresa WebsterD. Payton Wells

Michael WielandJama WyattSteve Wyatt

o become a Li e Member Contact Membership rusteeSee in ormation on Page 4


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Membership Report

SOUTHWEST CHAPTER PRODUCTS

CHAPTER PATCH LARGE(MEMBERS ONLY) $25.00

CHAPTER PATCH SMALL$7.00

CHAPTER FLAG$25.00

CHAPTER SHIRTS & MORE ARE AVAILABLE ~SEE PRODUCTS TRUSTEE FOR INVENTORY

LOOKING FORA FEW GOOD MEN!!

e SWFL Chapter of LEATHERNECKSMotorcycle Club Intl., Inc.

We WelcomeMarine Veterans, FMF Corpsmen

And Active Duty Men and Women Marines

If you love riding a motorcycle and want therotherhood/Sisterhood. at you had in the Corps,

then we are what you want!

For further information contact

Rail Road at: 239-321-3298Or visit our website at: www.leathernecks-sw .com

Vice Presidens Report

Member:Cape coral Bike Night was a success! the weather wabsolutely beautiful. ank you all for stopping by andhelping out. e weather is getting better every day!

at means more motorcycles are coming out as well.Please make sure you and yours are safe this snowbirseason. Tickets are still being sold. if every can brinwhat tickets you have sold to theDecember meeting, We need to turn them into state.

Renewals expire the last day o your month. Membership applcan be picked up at local motorcycle shops throughout Lee Counmany offer discounts to ABA E Members (just show your card)

our uesday Bike Night at Te Joint in Cape Harbor rom 6p-9

Membership Is $20.00 per year or a li e membership or $15 Membership includes a $4,000.00 accidental death or dismembe policy, local discount with participating businesses and a VOICcounted as a member o a Motorcycle Rights Organization (MR

make roads sa er and drivers accountable or their actions

Memberships are open to anyone 18 years o age or olde

All members receive, with their paid membership, a membershipour bi-monthly Masterlink magazine, Chapter Newsletter, Chavoting privileges andpersonal involvement in Statewide legisl

actions and their reedom to ride

Membership Application Found on Page 2.

NEW MEMBERS :

Iva Sokolik Roger K Smith SrSteven J sweigert

Fan LupoDan Mele


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Dear Fellow Abate Members...Whos Your Daddy ?How many times have we heard this question in conversations between people andor when someone is trying to let someone come to realize, that the one who is makthis statement, is the one who cares, provides, and takes care of the person, at the

other end of this question.Ask yourself this, Who is myreal daddy? Or, Who is my father?

For many, the question is a very di cult one to respond to. Many times, children are raised without a father gureand/or a male role model. Or, the natural father may have been someone that abused your mother, you, and/or yousiblings. e father may be someone that was married more to his work than to your mother. He may not haveknown how to be a father because he had no role model in his life. He may have been alcoholic or drug addicted.may have never remembered your father giving you a hug or telling you that he loves you. Rather than being therand guiding you when you messed up as a kid or teenager, he made you feel like an embarrassment.

Because of all the above (and, much more than can be described in this one or two page letter were almost suremany reading this will have their own story to tell), many have a serious problem in understanding God as the FathMany have di culty in coming to know Him and coming to Him through Jesus Christ His Son.

Look to God as the One who really cares for us. First, Go to Him in prayer. Jesus says in Matthew 6:8, y ourFather knows what you need be ore you ask him. 9 Tis, then, is how you should pray:Our Father in heaven, halbe your name,10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily breAnd orgive us our debts, as we also have orgiven our debtors.13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us evil one. NIV

John 16:27, Te Father Himsel loves you

John 16:32, I am not alone because the Father is with me.

Matthew 6:25-33, - Tere ore I tell you, do not worry about your li e, what you will eat or drink; or about your bowhat you will wear. Is not li e more than ood, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds o the air; they sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father eeds them. Are you not much more valuable thaCan any one o you by worrying add a single hour to your li e? And why do you worry about clothes? See how to the eld grow. Tey do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed liko these. I that is how God clothes the grass o the eld, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the not much more clothe youyou o little aith?1 So do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we What shall we wear? For the pagans run afer all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need themseek rst his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Tere ore do not wotomorrow, or tomorrow will worry about itsel . Each day has enough trouble o its own. NIV

Romans 8:31, I God be or us, who can be against us?

Remember the story of the Prodigal Son? is is really a story about us and the relationship we have with God asthe Father. e son wanted his inheritance, NOW. So, it was given and he le his fathers household. He spent ansquandered it all. He ended up feeding pigs and eating like them, too. So, he went back to his fathers land plannitell his father that he had sinned and was sorry. But, as he was nearing his fathers place, the father saw him way the distance. e father was lled with compassion or him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and k

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A biblical scholar once wrote, He wants you to end worry and abandon yoursel to His love and care Te Fatherslove or you is o no value, i it is not known. I it is known and not acted upon, it is o no value. It is truth actthat brings dividends to the heart. You must learn to trust in Him with all your heart and to stop leaning upon your understanding E.W. Kenyon What Happened from the Cross to the rone.

Are you ready to abandon yourself to Him? Are you ready to accept the true and perfect Father that you never hadYou may have had a good earthly father. However, you can have so much more!

Are YOU ready? Please pray this, with your whole heart, Dear God, I accept you as my heavenly Father, I con essthat I am a sinner and have been separated rom You. I ask orgiveness o my sins. I repent and accept this gif orepentance and I wish to be ree in you. I con ess with my mouth that your son Jesus is my Savior and died or me. Ibelieve in my heart that You raised Him rom the dead. I receive Jesus into my heart and ask Him to become the centero my li e. I ask, in the Name o Jesus. Amen." If you have prayed this and/or wish to talk, call us at 239-267-8641

Blessings,Tom and Kathy Pastor Tom (SW ABATE Chaplain and Estero River ABATE Life Member) and Pastor Kathy (SW ABATE Life

Member) Foursquare Chaplains - 239-267-8641 or email: [email protected]

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FLORIDA AMENDMENTS 2014

AMENDMENT 1

e Florida Water and Land Conservation Initiative, Amendment 1 is on the November 4, 2014 ballot in the state oFlorida as an initiated constitutional amendment. e measure, upon voter approval, would dedicate 33 percent ofnet revenue from the existing excise tax on documents to the Land

Acquisition Trust Fund.[1]e Land Acquisition Trust Fund would be expended to acquire and improve conservation easements, wildlife

management areas, wetlands, forests, sh and wildlife habitats, beaches and shores, recreational trails and parks,urban open space, rural landscapes, working farms and ranches, historical and geological sites, lands protectingwater and drinking water resources and lands in the Everglades Agricultural Areas and the Everglades ProtectionArea. e fund is designed to manage and restore natural systems and to enhance public access and recreational usof conservation lands.[1]

e campaign in support of the initiative is being led by Florida's Water and Land Legacy.[2]For a referred amendment to win in Florida, it must win a supermajority vote of 60 percent of those voting on thequestion, according to Section 5 of Article XI. is change was made via Amendment 3 in 2006.

SUPPORT FOR:e measure is sponsored by the organization Florida's Water and Land Legacy.[2]

Supporters of Amendment 1 emphasize that the measure enhances drinking water, conservation and recreation,including for future generations, without raising taxes. ey also say the states economic reliance on tourismbehooves the state to invest more in protecting the regions natural beauty.

OPPOSITION AGAINST:While there is no organized campaign against Amendment 1, a number of politicians, individuals and organizatiooppose the measure. Some feel the amendments goals are warranted, but changing the constitution to meet suchgoals is not. With this amendment in the constitution, elected o cials wouldnt be able to modify how much of thdocumentary tax revenue the LATF would get. Others emphasize the number of conservation laws and amount oland the state already owns to critique the amendment.

AMENDMEN 2

e Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative, Amendment 2 is on the November 4, 2014 ballot in the stateof Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment. e measure, upon voter approval, would legalize medicalmarijuana. Speci cally, the measure would guarantee the following:[1] at medical use of marijuana by a qualifying patient or personal caregiver is not subject to criminal or civilliability or sanctions under state law. at a licensed physician is not subject to criminal or civil liability or sanctions for issuing medical marijuana to person diagnosed with a "debilitating medical condition" under state law. at registered medical marijuana treatment centers are not subject to criminal or civil liability or sanctions undestate law.

e measure de nes a "debilitating medical condition" as cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, hepatitis C, HIV,AIDS, ALS, Crohn's disease, Parkinson's disease "or other conditions for which a physician believes that the meduse of marijuana would likely outweigh the potential health risks for a patient."[1]

e Florida Department of Health would be responsible for regulating medical marijuana. e department wouldissue and regulate patient identi cation cards and personal caregiver identi cation cards, develop procedures relato medical marijuana treatment centers and institute regulations de ning reasonable amounts of marijuana for

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e constitutional amendment contains six limitations on how the amendment's language can be construed:[1] e amendment does not a ect laws relating to non-medical use, possession, production or sale of marijuana. e amendment does not authorize the use of medical marijuana by anyone other than a qualifying patient. e amendment does not allow for the operation of a motor vehicle, boat, or aircra while under the in uence omarijuana. e amendment does not require accommodations for medical marijuana use in any place of education oremployment, or of smoking medical marijuana in any public place. e amendment does not require any health insurance provider or any government agency or authority to

reimburse any person for expenses related to the medical use of marijuana. e amendment does not require the violation of federal law or purports to give immunity under federal law.

Supporters of Amendment 2 say the measure will help people with debilitating medical conditions.Opponents, on the other hand, argue the amendment is de facto legalization" of marijuana.For a referred amendment to win in Florida, it must win a supermajority vote of 60 percent of those voting on thequestion, according to Section 5 of Article XI. is change was made via Amendment 3 in 2006.

AMENDMENT 3

e Florida Prospective Judicial Vacancies, Amendment 3 is on the November 4, 2014 ballot in Florida as alegislatively-referred constitutional amendment. e measure, upon voter approval, would empower the governorto ll judicial vacancies by appointing a justice or judge from among at least three, but not more than six, candidaselected by the judicial nominating commission. e measure would also allow the governor to "prospectively"

ll a vacancy, meaning that the governor would not need to wait until a judge completes his or her term to pick asuccessor in situations where a judge:[1] Reaches the mandatory judicial retirement age of 70. Fails to qualify for a retention election. Fails to be retained through election.

e amendment was introduced into the Florida Legislature by State Senator Tom Lee (R-24) as Senate JointResolution 1188

SUPPORT FOR:e Florida Chamber has a long standing position against constitutional amendments that can be handled by the

Legislature or in the states budget.However, this clari cation on judicial appointments can only be accomplished by constitutional amendment.Currently, a justices term of o ce runs concurrent to the governors. Amendment 3 solves the question of whoappoints these vacancies if there is a change of governors at the conclusion of the justices term.

e Florida Chamber Supports Amendment 3 Because It: Clari es existing constitutional language to specify that the outgoing governor appoints incoming Florida Supre

Court Justices and district court of appeal judges if a vacancy occurs at the same time as the outgoing governorsterm ends. Cannot be solved through legislation and must be passed as a constitutional amendment. Prevents the possibility of legal challenges and confusion when governors change and judicial vacancies occur.

OPPOSITION AGAINST:An outgoing governor should not be able to appoint agency heads that serve under the incoming governor, arguingthat the incoming governor should be able to appoint judges that he or she can work well with. He said, It's notgood policy to be having an outgoing person deciding the balance of the court. e state Supreme Court justices arof a higher importance than who the secretary of the Department of Transportation is, so their logic just doesn't adup.


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Good Morning Freedom Fighters: I would like to say thank you to Don

Armstrong for being our guest speaker last month.He was very informative and well received by everyone atour chapter meeting.

Don was pleasantly surprised to learn that theSouthwest Chapter teaches a course in the Lee Countyschool system, and was very interested in what we do. Healso told us that being a motorcyclist himself, he would bevery happy to issue a proclamation declaring the monthof May to be Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month.

ank you Don for your support of motorcycle safety, andyour commitment to the education of our children.

I hope all of you have a great turkey day thismonth, and able to share this holiday with those who arespecial in your life.

Also coming up in November is the generalelection on Tuesday November 4.On the ballot thismonth, voters will be asked to decide on three proposedconstitutional amendments, a proposed Lee CountyCharter amendment, and a proposed change to the LeeCounty School Board.

Both Congressional Districts will be up for grabs.

Congressman Curt Clawson, District 19, has drawn threechallengers, including a write-in candidate. I dont knowwhere Curt stands on the issues as he has not respondedto me.

Congressman Tom Rooney, District 17, on theother hand, has responded to me. He is very motorcyclefriendly. He and his sta keep me well informed as towhats going on in Congress. He is being challenged byDemocratic candidate Will Bronson.

e Governors race is the one everyone iswatching. Gov. Rick Scott has a strong challenge fromformer Gov. Charlie Crist. is has turned into a realcircus; I just wish these fellows would stick to the issuesrather than slinging mud.

Attorney General Pam Bondi has drawn twochallengers, and Chief Financial O cer Je Atwateris being challenged for his seat, and AgricultureCommissioner Adam Putnam challenges include a write-in candidate.

County Commissioner Brian Hamm is beingchallenged by Democrat Debbie Jordan and Don

Armstrong is being challenged by former school bomember and Chairman Steve Teuber. In the Lee Memorial Hospital Board races, MarStout has stepped down from the District 1 seat to in the school board race, which she lost. In the Dist2 race Nancy McGovern is the only incumbent runniand in the District 4 race, both of the incumbents, DiChampion and Chris Hanson are being challenged their seats.

CONSERVATION AMENDMENT A QUESTION BUDGET PRIORITIES THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASOctober 13, 2014,..........Support for a ballot proposal

would set aside money for water and land conservatioso strong that many opponents are all but resigned topassage. But that doesn't mean they aren't worried abits impact on Florida's budget. e proposed constitutional amendment wourequire the state to dedicate a portion of real-estax revenue over the next 20 years for environmepreservation. It's estimated the proposal would gene$10 billion to $19 billion from the already-existing with the money going to buy or restore areas cruciaFlorida's water supply, such as the land around sprinand to natural systems that have been despoiled, suchthe Everglades. e Florida Chamber of Commerce, whiopposes the measure, said Amendment 1 was pollin78 percent this summer, easily clearing the 60 persupport needed to become law.

" e numbers show this is going to pasa ordable-housing advocate Mark Hendrickson said week. Hendrickson was leading a webinar on Amendm1 for the Florida Housing Coalition, answering

questions of people who work with the group. He a ordable housing programs would be vulnerableAmendment 1 passes because they get funding frdocumentary-stamp taxes, the same pot of real-estate that would be used for land and water projects. " e most likely place you look is to the other trfunds that are funded with doc stamps, and that metransportation and housing," Hendrickson said, addithat housing trust funds have a history of being raidedthe Legislature. "We will be more at risk, and signi cat risk, if this passes."Hendrickson made a point of no

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Abberger, the campaign manager for Florida's Water andLand Legacy, the group behind Amendment 1, said ina separate interview that conservationists have worked"arm in arm" with housing advocates.

" e tragedy is, it shouldn't be environmentversus housing," said lobbyist Karen Woodall, who workson homelessness issues and has long sought more fundingfor health and human-services programs. "We have allthese false battles."

But backers say Amendment 1 is the only way toforce the Legislature to spend money on the conservatione orts a er the Florida Forever program has beenshortchanged in recent years." e Florida Forever programwas decimated in 2009, going from $300 million per yeardown to $17 million this year --- the year in which we hada $1 billion surplus," said Chuck O'Neal, chairman of the

League of Women Voters' natural resources committee."Florida is facing a crisis with the quality and quantity ofwater, not only coming out of our springs but also as asource of drinking water for our current population andthose who have yet to arrive."

e measure has created some odd alliances. FormerGov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, a Democrat, and formerFlorida Attorney General Bill McCollum, a Republican,both support it.

e Tampa Bay Times joined Senate President DonGaetz, R-Niceville, and House Speaker Will Weatherford,R-Wesley Chapel, in opposition. ere are legislativeleaders on both sides.

Gaetz predicted the amendment would pass"because it's coated in all kinds of warm fuzzies." Buthe warned that "what it means is before we can spendthe rst dollar on education or health care or lawenforcement or economic development or the arts or anyother critical needs of the state if this passes, we haveto spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the purposesof Amendment 1, which substantially include purchasinglarge tracts of private land and taking them o the taxrolls."

McCollum, however, said the measure would fundneeds that cannot wait for lawmakers to come around."Many of our rivers, our lakes, our natural springs areclogged right now, and the water-management districtsdon't have the money to clean it up," McCollum said."Sometimes legislatures get other priorities in their mindsat the moment, and they don't provide a consistent sourceof funding for some of the critical things like this thatreally are needed now --- not 10 years from now, (or) 15

years from now, when it may be too late."

But Woodall, while understanding environmentalists' frustration, said Amendment 1 awould shrink that portion of the doc-stamp money thgoes to general revenue. "(Lawmakers) don't tend to cut tax cuts sports subsidies," she said. " ey tend to cut health ahuman services. Somebody's going to get cut if additiorevenues aren't raised."

In short, Amendment 1's opponents say tconstitution is no place for legislative budgeting, wits backers say lawmakers have le them no choice.should only amend our constitution sparingly athoughtfully," Steve Halverson, chairman of the FloCouncil of 100, a group of business leaders, said statement. " e provisions of Amendment 1 can be dewith legislatively. e Florida Farm Bureau and Florida Chambalso opponents, collaborated on a 2014 voting guidewhich they wrote, " is amendment would also encouraother special interests to try to get their funding placin the constitution, potentially harming our elected stleaders ability to govern in a scally responsible way Abberge, however, called lawmakers "out of towith their constituents on the issue of water and laconservation. ... Unfortunately, we had to go the citizinitiative route because of that disconnect between voters and the Legislature."

If the measure passes, lawmakers will have much toabout its implementation. But Graham, an Amendment 1 supporter, sthe Legislature traditionally has protected Florienvironment --- which, is critical to the economy."Histshould give you some comfort," he told a caller to a S17 town-hall meeting. "Is it also necessary for citizenbe vigilant politically? ...Yes, and I'm glad you're talkinlegislators about that."

POT AMENDMENT: FOR DEBILITATIDISEASES OR 'DISINGENUOUS?' THE CAPITALLAHASSEE, October 13, 2014.......

former House Speaker Jon Mills, cra ing a constitutioamendment that would allow doctors to order pot extremely ill patients was an opportunity for the onetiUniversity of Florida law-school dean to ex his lknow-how. But the academic exercise became more persoa year a er he started work on Amendment 2, one of thconstitutional proposals going before voters this year.

Mills, diagnosed with lymphoma in 2013, is one ofamendment proponents debating the merits of allowi

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physicians to order marijuana for patients like him.Opponents of the measure, led by the Florida

Sheri s Association, argue that the proposal is riddledwith loopholes that will result in "a joint in everybackpack" in Florida schools, legitimize drug dealers andenable doctors to order weed for a sore throat.

A er his diagnosis, Mills underwent painfulradiation treatment. His doctor ordered powerfulnarcotics, but, a er taking just one, Mills said he decidedhe would rather su er the pain than the discombobulationcaused by oxycodone."I tried it and I hated it," Mills, a Democrat who served asHouse speaker in the late 1980s and is now the directorof the University of Florida Center for GovernmentalResponsibility.

e amendment would allow doctors to order marijuana

for patients with debilitating conditions listed in the fulltext of the proposal --- such as cancer, glaucoma, HIV,AIDS and hepatitis C --- or "other conditions for whicha physician believes that the medical use of marijuanawould likely outweigh the potential health risks for apatient."

at's a major sticking point for opponents, whouse Mills' own words last year before the Florida SupremeCourt to poke holes in the proposal.

Justices asked Mills to explain what patients mighttell doctors trying to determine whether their "otherconditions" qualify for the marijuana treatment. "I havethroat pain, I cant sleep, Im having a problem eating "a patient might say, Mills told the justices in December.

A clip of Mills's response is highlighted in one ofthe many videos released by Drug Free Florida, a politicalcommittee funded heavily by Las Vegas casino magnateSheldon Adelson, who's pumped $4 million into ghtingthe proposed amendment. " ose aren't debilitatingdiseases. is is how they created the pot-for-anyone-who-wants-it loophole," an ad asserts.

Mills said his comments were taken out of contextand that the conditions he described --- extreme throatpain and inability to sleep or eat --- were his own." atwasn't an abstract concept. at was my personalexperience. I guarantee you the inability to eat or sleepwas debilitating," he said.

In a 4-3 opinion, the Florida Supreme Courtagreed with Mills, deciding that the "other conditions"language in Amendment 2 is not misleading to voters.

But Polk County Sheri Grady Judd, a formerpresident of the the Florida Sheri s Association, pooh-

poohed Mills' arguments and the Supreme Court ruling.

Seven former Supreme Court justices have joined coalition ghting the measure, Judd noted. "What eis Jon Mills going to say because he wrote it? He kngood and well that the loopholes are there because wrote the loopholes into it. For him to say otherwisedisingenuous. ey are there. ey're clear and they'rconvincing," Judd said. "Amendment 2 is not just abthe very sick and the debilitated. If it were, we wouldnhaving this conversation. It's about the loopholes. It's about the loopholes. It's just a bunch of hooey." Opponents of the proposal like Judd o er a paraof horribles encountered by California and Oregon alegalizing medical marijuana. According to Judd, average patient in California is a 32-year-old white m" at's not a sick population," he said. e pot proposal has created a dilemma fo

Republican leaders. Making medical marijuana lereceived broad support from Florida voters, includiRepublicans, in a variety of polls earlier this year. But support has dropped in the wake of television attack agiving hope to opponents that the proposal will fail garner the 60 percent support of voters required for aconstitutional amendment to pass in Florida.GOP legislative leaders, including outgoing House SpeaWill Weatherford, have lined up against the amendmeIn a maneuver aimed in part at curtailing support fthe proposal, the Legislature this spring legalized straof pot that purportedly do not get users high but abelieved to alleviate life-threatening seizures in childwith epilepsy.

at new law, backed by the sheri s associatiowould allow doctors to order cannabis that is loweuphoria-inducing tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, anhigh in cannabadiol, or CBD, for patients who su er frsevere muscle spasms --- like the epileptic children ---cancer. is year was the rst that the GOP-controlleLegislature gave any marijuana-related bills a vetting.

e proposal before voters on Nov. 4 would alallow caregivers to administer medical marijuana to up

ve patients and require the Department of Health to issidenti cation cards to patients eligible for the treatmeand to caregivers. Also, it would create a databasepatients and register medical marijuana treatment centewhich would distribute the pot. e amendment woulgive the department six months to implement rules anine months to get the program up and running. Some of the most-recent rows over the propofocus not on its merits but on the personalities involve

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nearly $4 million of his own money getting the proposalonto the November ballot and pushing its passage, hasbecome a ashpoint in the debate over the measure.Morgan --- Democratic gubernatorial hopeful CharlieCrist's boss --- has been accused of maneuvering theamendment onto the November ballot to propel Crist'schances for victory.

But Morgan insists that he threw his supportbehind the measure because of his father, who su eredfrom cancer and emphysema, and his brother Tim,partially paralyzed due to injuries sustained as a teen-agedlifeguard when he dove into concrete pylons while tryingto rescue a swimmer. Joining his brother in promotingthe proposal, the wheelchair-bound Tim Morgan is openabout his use of marijuana to curb the pain and musclespasms caused by his injuries.

In one of many appearances around the state, JohnMorgan was caught on tape delivering a boozy, expletive-laced monologue to what appears to be a crowd of youngsupporters at a bar a er a rally in the Lakeland area.

e anti-Amendment 2 group quickly usedthe tape to blast Morgan and the amendment, and theRepublican Party of Florida also jumped on the attack,linking Morgan to Crist.

e brash Morgan accuses Judd and other medicalmarijuana naysayers of using a "1950s, reefer madnessmentality" to plant fear in the minds of voters.

He sco s when asked if passage will result in "a

joint in every backpack," something Jacksonville Sheri John Rutherford frequently asserts. e proposal does notrestrict doctors from ordering marijuana as a treatmentfor patients under the age of 18, which opponents say isyet another loophole."Sheri Rutherford doesn't understand reality. And realityis that children have marijuana now. ere's a school inOrlando where it's so bad that they're now drug testingthe children and if you fail it twice you're kicked out,''Morgan said.

Like other drugs, minors could not get orders forweed lled without their parents' permission, amendmentproponents say. But Judd argues that parents who wantpot for themselves could get a doctor to order it for theirchildren, and he also refers to medical research showingthat marijuana can harm developing brains.

He rattles o a laundry list of other loopholes inthe amendment, each rejected by Mills or Morgan. Bothsides trot out statistics and medical experts to supporttheir positions.Like Morgan, Judd also uses his personal experience in

the e ort to kill the amendment, which he calls "a wolf in

sheep's clothing."Legalizing pot will lead to more drug addictwhich destroys families, Judd said, describing a typconversation he has had with parents over his four decain law enforcement. ey say, 'Sheri , I've ran throumy insurance money. I've ran through all my savings. child's out on the street some place tonight and I'm sca

they're going to die. Would you please go nd them arrest them because at least I'll know they're safe in jaJudd said. "You don't need many of those phone callhave your ll of them for a lifetime, and I get thema normal basis. And if there's anything I can do to ssomeone from being addicted to marijuana or any drugthere's anything I can do to stop that to help comfort acare for those families. I'm going to do it." But for Morgan and Mills, giving patients option of a less-addictive treatment --- pot --- than stronarcotics like OxyContin is a no-brainer. "Right nyou can go to a doctor for a hangnail and a doctor cprescribe you OxyContin. A crooked doctor is as bad crooked lawyer and as bad as a crooked cop. If a croodoctor was going to prescribe medical marijuana OxyContin for a hangnail, which one would you rathim prescribe? Which one is the lesser of two evOne kills 16,000 people a year and hooks hundredsthousands and destroys millions of lives. e other hasever killed a person," Morgan said. "I'm a heck of more worried about the pharmaceuticals that we take t

are poisonous."

AMENDMENT 3 COULD DETERMINE FUTUOF COURT- THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSOctober 15, 2014.......... A low-pro le bproposal that supporters say would avert a constitutiocrisis but opponents say is nothing more than thinly-veipartisan power grab is headed to voters in Novembpossibly with the future of the Florida Supreme Courstake. Amendment 3 would essentially grant an outgogovernor the right to appoint replacements for SupreCourt justices and District Courts of Appeal judges wleave o ce at the same time as the governor does.It comes a er years of heated battles over the hcourt, which has served as one of the last barriers to Republican agenda in Tallahassee. And it comes agathe backdrop of an election between Republican GRick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist, his Democrrival, that could decide which governor gets to make appointments in 2019. at has le critics suspicious the motives of Republican lawmakers who approved



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"We think that this is politicizing the way that the courtworks," said former Republican Sen. Alex Villalobos, whohas sometimes butted heads with his party since leavingo ce.At the center of the issue are three justices --- R. FredLewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince --- who arepart of the court's le -of-center majority. at voting bloc,which o en decides controversial cases on a 5-2 margin,has frustrated GOP lawmakers and governors for years.

Lewis, Pariente and Quince will reach themandatory retirement age for justices before their nextretention election, meaning they will have to step asiden early 2019. at will happen at the same time that the

governor elected in the November 2018 elections is takingo ce.

As it stands now, according to Senate JudiciaryChairman Tom Lee, R-Brandon, it is unclear who would

have to power to appoint replacement justices --- theoutgoing governor or the incoming governor. eproposed constitutional amendment, if approved, wouldgive that power to the outgoing governor. " e SenateJudiciary Committee thoroughly researched the FloridaConstitution and case law surrounding the lling ofcourt vacancies and concluded that, under the FloridaConstitution and case law, either governor is arguablyauthorized to make these appointments," Lee wrote in anop-ed distributed to media members.

Former Supreme Court Justice Harry Lee Ansteadand others say that ies in the face of a 2006 advisoryopinion from the Supreme Court that "a vacancy existsupon the expiration of the term of the judge or justice."Anstead, who was a member of the court that unanimouslyapproved the opinion, said that means the new governorgets to make the appointment."What's wrong with that?"he asked. "We have lived with that at least 40 years, andnothing terrible has happened to us."

But Lee pointed to a 1955 case involving countyudges in which the Supreme Court ruled that the

outgoing governor's appointments were valid. at rulingoccurred before the adoption of the merit-retentionprocess for appeals court judges in Florida, though Leesaid the current rules are "substantially the same" now." e stakes will be immeasurably higher in 2019 whenhe dispute involves three Supreme Court vacancies,"

Lee wrote. He also highlighted logistical issues in havinghe new governor make the appointments. "Even if the

appointments could be made on the incoming governor'snauguration day in 2019, the Supreme Court would likely

not be fully functional for weeks as the new appointeesclose existing law practices, relocate to Tallahassee and get

up to speed with their new duties," Lee wrote. Anstead said existing justices or judges fromstate's district courts of appeal can be appointed by chief justice to serve as acting justices --- something brie y happened, for instance, at the end of Anste

nal term to allow him to wrap up some cases. Lewis, Pariente and Quince have been in middle of a political storm for several years now. In 2in the wake of several court decisions that went againsLegislature, then-House Speaker Dean Cannon proposplitting the Supreme Court into two panels and puttthose three justices on the court that would hancriminal cases --- not challenges to the Legislatuauthority. at plan was killed in the Senate. In 2012, when the three justices faced their merit-retention election --- in which a candidate runs re-election, but not against an opponent --- the Republic

Party of Florida formally opposed the justices. All tstill easily won another term. Coincidentally, Quince was appointed in 1during a change in administrations from outgoiDemocratic Gov. Lawton Chiles to incoming RepubliGov. Jeb Bush. A er Bush argued that he had the rto name the next justice, he and Chiles agreed to joiappoint Quince. Business groups like the Florida ChamberCommerce, o en closely allied with the RepublParty, and the Florida Council of 100 have supported proposed constitutional amendment."Florida can't a ord to let its highest courts fall vito uncertainty and doubt if it wants to continue to shas a prime location for doing business," Susan Parepresident and CEO of the council, said in a news relea

ey have been countered in the low-level ght by intergroups that have traditionally opposed GOP e orts on courts and elections, such as the League of Women Voof Florida. Anstead said he's concerned that allowing

outgoing governor to appoint the justices to court will remove the accountability that would facgovernor who would later seek a second term. Anstsaid he's "not cynical, but no dummy" when it coto whether politics is at play."If there is partisanship here, it appears to be somethina gamble that Governor Scott will be re-elected," he But Lee said the uncertainty about the battle betwScott and Crist is the reason to change things now."Vo'yes' on Amendment 3 avoids all these questions beforknow which political party will be positively or negatimpacted," he wrote.


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COURT ALLOWS INSPECTION OF CELLPHONE IN TRAFFIC DEATH An appeals courtMonday ruled that defendants in a wrongful-death case can inspect the cell phone of a driver killed in atra c accident to determine if she was using it at the timeof the crash.

e case stems from the September 2012 deathof Tabitha Frances Guyton Antico. ough Monday'sopinion from the 1st District Court of Appeal did notprovide details of the accident, news reports from the timeindicate Antico, 18, of Lake City, died a er she collidedwith a truck in Suwannee County. Antico's estate leda wrongful-death case against Sindt Trucking, Inc., andJames Paul Williams. A circuit judge agreed to allow thedefendants to use an expert to inspect Antico's cell phonedata to determine if she might have been distracted at thetime of the crash.

e estate appealed, arguing such an inspectioncould violate privacy rights. But a three-judge panel upheldthe circuit judge's ruling, which also put conditions onthe inspection. " e trial court didnt allow the inspectionsimply because respondents (the defendants) madeassertions that decedent was on her cell phone, or becausethe decedent happened to possess a cell phone in her car,''said the 11-page opinion, written by appeals-court JudgeTimothy Osterhaus and joined by Chief Judge JosephLewis and Judge Brad omas.

" is case does not involve an unanchored shingexpedition as petitioner (the estate) alleges. Rather,respondents supported their motion to inspect the cellphone with speci c evidence. Respondents cited cellphone records showing that the decedent was textingjust before the accident; two witnesses indicated that thedecedent may have used her cell phone at the time of theaccident; and troopers responding to the accident lentsupport to the conclusion that the decedent was usingher cell phone when the accident occurred. Additionally,no one has disputed that the decedents smart phone maycontain very relevant information."

SATANIC TEMPLE TO APPLY FOR HOLIDAYDISPLAY IN THE CAPITOLe New York-based Satanic Temple wants tobring some of its holiday cheer to the Florida Capitol,a er being turned away last year. e Satanic Templeannounced Wednesday that "in a gesture of seasonalspirit and good will" it will ask the state Department ofManagement Services to accept the same display for theCapitol's rst- oor rotunda that was rejected a year ago

as being "grossly o ensive." "We feel our holiday display

sends a very important, a rmative message that goabove and beyond that of super cial season's greetinthe temple's Lucien Greaves said in a release. "Itmessage of religious freedom, and church-state separatexpressed in the states neutrality." Ben Wolf, a spokesmfor the Department of Management Services, said inemail Wednesday that the agency has yet to receive application.

e agency limits the height of displays bason where they are located in the rotunda and prohibdisplays from blocking permanent memorials such the Civil Rights and Veterans halls of fame. Also, department will allow displays as long as there is availspace, but has rules against noise and impeding o cbusiness.

e department decided in May to maintaiits mostly open-door, rst-come, rst-served policy

Capitol displays a er a number of diverse exhibits dotthe Capitol rotunda during the 2013 holiday season.e o en irreverent displays, which include

a pole made of empty beer cans to mark the sitcocreated Festivus holiday and a shredded pile of pathat was supposed to resemble the deity of the Chuof the Flying Spaghetti Monster, came in response to state approving a pair of Christian nativity scenes for Capitol. e Satanic Temple had proposed a diorama an angel falling into hell bannered with the phrase "Hapholidays from the Satanic Temple."

R ED-LIGHT CAMERA CITATIONS TARGETBY COURT. Siding with a motorist in a dispabout red-light cameras, an appeals coWednesday said the city of Hollywood violated state by relying on a private company to issue tra c citationsred-light runners.

e decision by the 4th District Court of Appereversed an April decision by the same court. It came athe Florida Supreme Court in June ruled in two other relight camera cases that dealt with whether cities followstate tra c laws. e Hollywood case was led by motorEric Arem, who received a notice that a camera cauhim failing to comply with a red-light signal.

Arem did not respond and then received a tracitation generated by American Tra c Solutions, Inc.company that had a contract with Hollywood to provicameras and other related services. A county judge fouthat Hollywood had improperly delegated responsibilitto the private company and dismissed the citation.

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screened potential red-light violations and then sentimages to the city, where a "tra c infraction enforcemento cer" clicked a digital button to accept enforcement.

A company computer then sent out notices ofviolation and, if motorists did not respond, generatedcitations sent to the motorists.

e nine-page ruling, written by Judge MarkKlingensmith and joined by judges Carole Taylor andBurton Conner, said state law does not authorize a privatevendor to issue citations. "Such outsourcing to a third-party for-pro t vendor of a citys statutorily mandatedobligation to issue uniform tra c citations for red lightcamera violations is contrary to the plain wording of theFlorida Statutes,'' the ruling said

From the MRF:Its been a slow week for Congress, with most of theenergy in the room being sucked into immigration

issues and foreign a airs. Both of which are important,but it leaves me with very little to wrap up.Checkpoint Bill

e House checkpoint bill (H.R. 1861) is up to 51 co-sponsors and the Senate version (S. 2078) has four.Black Box Privacy Bills

e House version (H.R. 1462) has 17 co-sponsors andthe Senate version (S. 1925) has 24.Ethanol Bill

e bill that we support with the ethanol viability study

(H.R. 875) has 24 co-sponsors. e more popular ethanolbill (H.R. 1462) is an all out ban of E-15 bill and it has 79co-sponsors. e Senate version of that bill (S. 344) has 5co-sponsors.August RecessUse the upcoming August recess to attend a town hall orhave a sit down with your elected o cials at the federallevel, when they are back home. Its an easy way to get ina visit without having to come to D.C. Contact your localdistrict o ce for schedules.

You can't make this stu upFORT WAYNE, Indiana (CBS Cleveland) Usually when someone says Jesus take the wheel

its meant to help them through a rough patch in life. Butpolice say an Indiana woman took the phrase literally onJuly 11th, when she took her hands o the steering wheelas she was driving.

e Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette reports 25-year-old Prionda Hill told authorities she let go of the wheelbecause God told her he would take it from here.

Unfortunately for Anthony Olivery, her car veered o the

road and slammed into his motorcycle, throwing him the ground. en the car ran over him. When I looked athat bumper and looked at that tire, I told myself, todaythe day you die, he told the paper.

e accident broke all of Oliverys ribs on hle side, cut his spleen, bruised his kidney and caussevere injuries to his le arm and leg. Hill kept on goi

according to court records, hitting a pickup truck twiand only stopping when her car crashed into an islanbetween two fast food restaurants several blocks awfrom where she struck Olivery. O cials say she too cers she had a prescription for Vicodin. ough still in constant pain from the accidentOlivery, an experienced rider, told the Journal-Gazette is grateful it wasnt worse. You have no idea, even thouhow badly I was beaten up, at that point how ecstatic I wthat I was still alive, he said. Hill was arrested and charged with failure to sta er an accident and criminal recklessness with a deadweapon.

Highway Funding Bill Clears Congress e United States Congress has agreed on temporary patch for the highway trust fund, reports thMotorcycle Riders Foundation. e Senate agreed tthe House version of the temporary funding x for thighway trust fund.

e x came just hours before the United StateDepartment of Transportation would have had to cut opayments for highway construction projects and matransit programs. e quick x will keep the trust funsolvent through mid May of 2015.

e nal Senate vote ended a week of legislatiping ponging between the House and Senate. Senate wanted to modify the legislation so it woexpire in December of 2014, thus forcing a vote onlarger highway bill that would address the trust fuissues before the end of this year. e House defeatethat legislation, sending its own version to be pass

by the Senate, that will run through May and spen$10.8 billion. e temporary patch kicks the largeissues into the next Congress to be sworn in next ye

Quote of the week: Let us not seek the Republianswer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. us not seek to x the blame or the past. Let us accepown responsibility or the uture. John F. Kennedy.


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MEETING MINUTES -10/05/2014 ABA E OF FLORIDA, INC. SOU HWES CHAP ER GENERAL MEE ING HARLEY DAVIDSON F . MY

CALLED TO ORDER @ 10:17 amAnyone besides secretary taking notes? No.Please silence cell phones.Salute ag/Pledge & Moment of silence for the fallenWelcome guest and new membersStarted meeting with guest speaker, Don Armstrong whomcurrently holds the Distric 4 seat on the Lee County SchoolBoard.

PRESIDENTS REPORT: VICTOR PIORKOWSKI1. ank you Mr. Armstrong for coming and speaking with ustoday.2. Cape Coral Bike Night on October 11th. Need volunteers tohelp with booth. Victor and Richard will be attending the statemeeting.3. Will be setting up a booth at Hallowheels, October 4th inNorth Ft. Myers.VICE PRESIDENT: RICHARD LEON

1. e newsletter will be late due to computor problems.2. Still have ra e tickets to sell.3. State Meeting we will be hosting February 14th, ValentinesDay. A) Dolphin Resort for the rooms B) Food is locked down C) Place for meeting is still undecided

SECRETARYS REPORT: LAURIE HANLEY1. Report will be carried over till next meeting.

TREASURER REPORT: GWYNNE HICKMAN1. Gave report on current balance.2. Motion to accept report by Bi e Davis, 2nd by Teddy Bear.All in favor.

SARGENT AT ARMS: SHAYNE HANLEY1. Need help at the Cape Coral Bike Night.

MEMBERSHIP: LYNNE DAVIS2 renewals 3 new memberships

LEGISLATIVE TRUSTEE: KEN TEDDY BEAR MILL1. Report in newsletter.2. Need everyone to get out and vote in November.

OLD BUSINESS:1. Vote on rather to keep contract with the Daytona campgrouResults as follows: yeas none nays allOur president will therefore take a no vote to state meeti2. Vote on location of monthly meetings, new Harley Davidor somewhere else. e vote will be tabled until next meetOur November meeting will be held at the Harley Davidisnew location at Treeline and Daniels.3. Christmas Run. Still working on details.

NEW BUSINESS:1. If anyone knows of someone or business who wanadvertise with us, let Victor know.

FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER:Anyone who wants to ride, meet out in the parking lot, athe meeting.

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FLORIDAS LEE COUN Y LEGISLA IVE DELEGA IONHonorable Matt Caldwell, Chair, District 79Wayne Miller Jr. Building,191 Homestead Road, Lehigh Acres Fl 3397139) 694-0161. Matt.Caldwell@my oridahouse.gov.gislative Assistant: Charlotte Gammie.strict Assistant: Priscilla Bezerra.llahassee O ce: 402 House O ce Building,2 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Fl 32399. | (850) 717-5079.

Honorable Lizbeth Benacquisto, Vice Chair, District 3026 Victoria Avenue, 2nd Floor, Fort Myers, Fl 3390139) 338-2570. Benacquisto.Lizbeth.web@ senate.gov.gislative Assistant: Matthew Hunter, Dane Bennett, Tamara Holliday.llahassee O ce: 330 Senate O ce Building,4 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Fl 32399. (850) 487-5030.

Honorable Garrett Richter, District 23999 East Tamaimi Trail, Suite 203, Naples, Fl 34112.39) 417-6205. Richter.Garrett.web@ senate.gov.gislative Assistant: Becky Kokkinos, Michael Nachef, Sandra Mummert.llahassee O ce: 404 Senate O ce Building, 404 South Monroe Street.llahassee, Fl 32399. (850) 487-5023.

Honorable Dane Eagle, District 77

39 SE 9th Place, Room 310, Cape Coral, Fl 33990. | (239) 772-1291. Dane.gle@my oridahouse.gov.gislative Assistant: Paige Biagi. District Assistant: Vacantllahassee O ce: 1302 e Capitol,2 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Fl 32399. (850) 717-5077.

Honorable Heather Fitzenhagen, District 7820 Main Street, Suite 208, Fort Myers, Fl 33901.39) 533-2440. Heather.Fitzenhagen@my oridahouse.gov.ailto: Heather.Fitzenhagen@my oridahouse.gov)gislative Assistant: Edward Metzger.strict Assistant: Christine Deramo.llahassee O ce: 1302 e Capitol,2 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Fl 32399. (850) 717-5078.

Honorable Ray Rodrigues, District 76ico Lake Commons,595 S. Tamiami Trail, Suite 218, Fort Myers, Fl 33908.39) 433-6501. Ray.Rodrigues@my oridahouse.gov.gislative Assistant: James Mullen. District Assistant: Jasmine Villanueva.llahassee O ce: 1302 e Capitol, 402 South Monroe Street,llahassee, Fl 32399. (850) 717-5076.

e County Delegation O ce: (239) 694-0161.Wayne Miller Building,191 Homestead Road, Lehigh Acres, Fl 33971.

ce of Governor Rick Scottate of Florida, e Capitol,0 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Fl 32399-0001.50) 488-7146. www. gov.com/contact-gov-scott.

ce of Lt. Governor Carlos Lopez-Canteraate of Florida, e Capitol,0 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Fl 32399-0001.50) 488-4711. www. gov.com/email-the-lt-governor.orida Senate web site: www. senate.gov.

ce of Senate President Don Gaetz4 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Fl 32399-1100. (850) 487-5229.

ww. senate.gov/O ces/President. Chief of Sta : Chris Clark.orida House of Representatives web site: www.my oridahouse.gov.

O ce of Speaker of the House Will Weatherford402 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Fl 32399-1300.(850) 717-5038. Will.Weatherford@my oridahouse.gov.Legislative Assistant: Joy Hampton, Ralph Lair.

White House web site: www.whitehouse.gov.O ce of the President of the United States of America Barack Obama

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