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March 10, 2016 No. 16-4

Municipal Election Issue #3 of 3

When Do You Plan to Go to the PollsOn March 15th?

(see page 4) Remember: Non-voters elect Republicans!!

Reading on a phone? Do it this way.

R e p u b l i c a n s A r e i n t h e W a y ! V o t e T h e m O u t !

TALKING POINTS1. 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 you’ll get there! We’ve got your bal-lot proposals and munic-ipal candidates here (see page 4)

5. No matter what conserva-tives say, there’s no “liber-al media!”

6. Republicans use language to bamboozle you.

Some People Already Voted From Home

So When? — If you’re not one of them, have you decided when you will go to the polls on March 15th?

Plan Now! — If you plan now, you are much more likely to get there. Plan now or you’ll never get there! With everything else you’re doing, it’s so easy to tell yourself that your one vote won’t 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!

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. Don’t sit home.

Make It A Habit!Vote In Every

Election!


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15 Things Everyone Would Know If There Were A Liberal Media

by akadjian. Promoted from diaries by Susan Gardner.

Part 5 [continued from Things 12-14 in the February 1, 2016 issue]

Thing 15

15. Media consolidation — Six corpo-rations—- Time Warner, Disney, News

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

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).

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, po-litical lobbying, government's role in a function-ing economy, how much we spend on the military, and countless other issues.

More Likely — What you’re more likely to see in the media, however, are stories designed to get

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.

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? ###

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Six Ways Republicans Use Language To Frame The Issues

Ways 4 — 6

4. Appeal To Fear. Democrats still think most people vote with their heads.

Republicans long ago figured out that many peo-ple 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 pow-erful motivator. How else could Republicans get poor individuals without healthcare to oppose re-ceiving healthcare? Here are a few examples of ef-fective 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. The best defense is a good of-fense. 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 ex-amples of how Republicans accomplish that:

• 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 inten-sively cut down trees”)

6. Bamboozle everyone. If all else fails, bamboozle the public. Here are some

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

• Negative economic growth (Reagan’s expla-nation of his recession)

• “A pre-dawn vertical insertion of an interna-tional peace-keeping force” (Reagan’s expla-nation for his invasion of Grenada… in the morning!)

• Coalition of the willing (George W. Bush’s description of the few countries coerced into supporting his invasions)

• Enhanced interrogation techniques• Creationism … and it is now called “intelligent

design”###


I Never KnewGee, 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, and that we did not need

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

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 RepublicansJust . . . Don’t . . Care.


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CITY OF ATLANTISCity Council Group 1:

Lauri Melear -RBill Pearson -RDan Peterson -RRon Reeg -R

City Council Group 3:David Kintz -R (Unopposed)

City Council Group 5:Catherine Higgins -R (Unopposed)

CITY OF BELLE GLADE - No 2016 election

CITY OF BOCA RATON - No 2016 election

CITY OF BOYNTON BEACHMayor At-Large:

Piotr Blass -RSteven B. Grant -RCarl “The Real” McKoy -DDavid T. Merker -DJerry Taylor -R, Incumbent

Commissioner District 3 James M. Brake -DMichael M. Fitzpatrick-DChristina Romelus -NP

TOWN OF BRINY BREEZES - No 2016 election

TOWN OF CLOUD LAKE - No 2016 election

CITY OF DELRAY BEACHBallot ProposalsQuestion 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

Do You Know If Your City Has A Municipal Election On March 15th?

CITY OF GREENACRESCity Council District II:

Peter Noble, -R, Incumbent Toni Willey, -D

City Council District III:Judy Dugo, -R, IncumbentBert Molow -D

City Council District IV:Jonathan Pearce -D, IncumbentAnderson Thelsume -NP

TOWN OF GULF STREAM - No 2016 election

TOWN OF HAVERHILL - No 2016 election

TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH - No 2016 election

TOWN OF HYPOLUXO - No 2016 election

TOWN OF JUNO BEACH - No 2016 election

TOWN OF JUPITERMayor (3-year term)

Keats Soder -RTodd Wodraska -R

First District Seat (3-year term)Mike Counts -NPJim Kuretski -R

First District Seat (1-year term)Karen J. Golonka -DWayne R. Posner -RCarol Watson -I

Second District Seat (3-year term)Ron Delaney -RBen Klug -D

TOWN OF JUPITER INLET - No 2016 election

TOWN OF LAKE CLARKE - No 2016 election

TOWN OF LAKE PARKTown Commissioner:

Erin Flaherty -NPKimberly Glas-Castro -RCharles “Chuck” Hallden -RAnne Lynch -DMichael O’Rourke -R

CITY OF LAKE WORTHMayor:

Pam Triolo -R, IncumbentGary L. Antieau -RDiane Jacques -D

Commissioner District 1:Scott Maxwell -RRyan Hartman -NP

Commissioner District 2:Andy Amoroso -DFrank McAlonan -NP

TOWN OF LANTANACouncil Member Group 2:

Anthony Arsali -NPMalcolm Balfour -R

TOWN OF LOXAHATCHEE GROVESCity Council Seat 2:

Todd McLendon -NPJim Rockett -D

City Council Seat 4:Dave Browning -RThais 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 OCEAN RIDGECouncil Seat (1-year term):

Lynn Allison -NP, Incumbent Steve Coz -R

CITY OF PAHOKEEMayor:

Keith W. Babb, Jr. -DColin O. Walkes -D

Commissioner Group 1:Deborah Royal Abner -DSanquetta Cowan -NPDiane Harris Walker -NP

Commissioner Group 2:Herbert J. Crawford, Jr. -DClara “Tasha” Murvin -DSara Perez -R

TOWN OF PALM BEACH Ballot ProposalQuestion:

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 Town’s 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 GARDENSCity Council Group 2:

Maria G. Marino -RTakeata King Pang -D

City Council Group 4:Kevin Easton -RDavid J. Levy -DCarl W. Woods -NP

TOWN OF PALM BEACH SHORESMayor:

Myra Koutzen -D, current Vice MayorThomas R. (Tom) Mills -R, former Mayor




VILLAGE OF PALM SPRINGSBallot 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 BEACHMayor:

Billie Brooks -RThomas A. Masters -D, Incumbent

City Council District 1:Bruce A. Guyton -DLynne L. Hubbard -DTradrick McCoy -DHorace L. Towns -NP

City Council District 3:Sylvia Lee Blue -DTonya Davis Johnson-DTommy Lee Walker -D

City Council District 5:Terence “TD” Davis -DElizabeth Pertee Robinson -D

VILLAGE OF ROYAL PALM BEACHMayor:

Fred Pinto -DMartha Webster -R

Council Group 1:Jeff Hmara -DLenore White -R

Council Group 3:Selena Smith -RRichard Valuntas -NP

CITY OF SOUTH BAY - No 2016 election

TOWN OF SOUTH PALM BEACHCouncil Seat:

Robert Gottlieb -NPStella Jordan -DRobert Gargano -NP

VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA- No 2016 election

VILLAGE OF WELLINGTONMayor:

Anne Gerwig -RBob Margolis -D

Council Seat:Michael J. Drahos -RJohn Greene -D

Ballot ProposalsQuestion 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.

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 ___

CITY OF WEST PALM BEACHCommissioner District 1:

Sylvia S. Moffett -D, IncumbentMartina Walker -DRicky J. Aiken -R

Commissioner District 3:Paula J. Ryan -D, Incumbent (Unopposed)

Commissioner District 5:Sharon ‘Shanon’ Materio -D, Incumbent (Unopposed)

Ballot ProposalQuestion: 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.

Instead of “No New Taxes” say

“End Socialism for the Rich.”

Presidential Primary Debate

ScheduleRepublicans

March 10, 2016: Florida (CNN/Salem Radio)

Democrats

Primaries and Caucuses

3/12: DC Rep. Convention

3/12: Guam Rep. Convention

3/15: FL Primary

3/15: NC Primary

3/15: IL Primary

3/15: MO Primary

3/15: OH Primary

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

3/22: UT Caucuses

3/26: AK Dem. Caucuses

3/26: HI Dem. Caucuses

3/26: WA Dem. Caucuses





2016 ELECTION DATES TO REMEMBER

Mark Your Calendar:2016 Presidential Preference

Primary and Municipal Elections:Tuesday, March 15

Early Voting Period:Saturday, March 5 to Sunday, March 13

Book Closing Deadline (New Registration and Party Changes):

Tuesday, February 16

Absentee Ballot Request Mailing Deadline:Wednesday, March 9

Primary Election:Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Presidential General Election:Tuesday, November 8, 2016

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The Lessons of History Are Clear.

• Liberals Fought for an End to Slavery. Conservatives Opposed Them.

• Liberals Promoted Mine Safety.Conservatives Opposed Them.

• Liberals Promoted Child Labor Laws. Conservatives Opposed Them.

• Liberals Fought for a Woman’s Right to Vote.

Conservatives Opposed Them. • Liberals Created Social Security.

Conservatives Opposed Them. • 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.

• Liberals Fought for Same Sex Equality. Conservatives Opposed Them.

See a Trend Here?Liberals Have Been on the Right Side of

History . . . on Every Issue. — Dr. Robert Watson


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