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St Johns County Libertarian General Meeting

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03/07/2012 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
LP Lee Meeting

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03/08/2012 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Duval County Executive Committee

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03/09/2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Baker County Libertarian Party

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03/15/2012 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Libertarian Party of Duval County Monthly Meetup

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03/19/2012 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
LPPBC Monthly Business Meeting

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Palm Harbor, Florida 34683

Notable Libertarians

Here we feature Libertarian activist or candidates that is reshaping the party and the future of Florida.

Jared Grifoni

Jared Grifoni is an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Florida since 2008.  He operates his own law office in Collier County. Originally from Massachusetts, he received his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, MA and received an undergraduate B.A. in Political Science from Merrimack College in Massachusetts. He has been married to his wife Kara since 2008.

Jared has been interested in, and involved with politics for as long as he can remember.

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Pete Blome

Pete Blome is a retired USAF officer, a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, and the University of Oklahoma where he received a masters degree in public administration. While in the USAF, he was a pilot, and became a combat veteran in Operation Urgent Fury and the First Gulf War. He is married to his wife Barbara and they have three children.

Pete says he was a libertarian even before he knew there was such a thing. The role of government is not to grant favors but to protect individual rights. What a person does or believes is his business as long as force or fraud isn’t used on others. He became active as a libertarian because he reached a point when he realized most of what was happening in our country was making everyone poorer, with fewer rights they could exercise, with a government observing fewer limits for itself.

He also does not think the libertarian way is easy, but it is necessary. There is no substitute for hard work. Libertarians will have to compromise on the path back to limited government, and, no matter what, some Americans will see government non-intervention as worse than intervention. It was the libertarians who could predict the America of today with a rigged two-party system, massive overspending, massive overregulation, controlled markets for the benefit of a few, real competition practically eliminated, domination by government both publicly and privately, individual rights used as legislative negotiation tools, disregard for the Constitution, and a currency that is being debased at the expense of everyone’s prosperity. Libertarian leadership has never been so desperately needed to set things right again.

Pete is currently the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Okaloosa County.  Their website www.libertarianpoc.org

 

Franklin Perez

 

Franklin Perez ran for the Florida
State House of Representatives in
District 33.

I am 46 years old, a homeowner
in Seminole County.

I have a Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering from the
University of Florida and a
Master of Science in Electrical
Engineering from the Georgia
Institute of Technology.

I am a strong believer that most
government services, with the
possible exception of police and
court system services, should be
privatized.

I ran on the following platform:

  • For a Pure School Voucher System for grades K-12
  • To Support Fair Tax
  • To Decriminalize victimless crimes
  • For Access to Affordable Health Care via Sensible Free Market and Deregulation Reforms
  • For Access to Affordable Home Insurance via Sensible Free Market and Deregulation Reforms
  • To Ensure that Insurance Companies Pay Benefits Customers are Entitled Under Their Contracts
  • To Protect and Preserve Private Property Rights
  • To preserve and strengthen your Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • For Law Enforcement Accountability Act to deal with Police Abuse and Harassment
  • To Advocate Florida Constitutional Amendment that would state the following:
    • There shall be a Separation of State and Economics
    • The government may not abridge the freedom of production and trade
    • End taxpayer subsidies to corporations
    • Minimal to no taxation to help foster economic growth for all businesses
  • For private solutions to transportation problems
 

Phil Laibe

Hello, my name is Phillip Laibe
and I’ve lived in Jacksonville
for the last 12 years. I moved
here from Ohio not just
because Jacksonville is a great
place to live but because high
taxes and government
bureaucracy have decimated
the economy in Ohio and
there were no jobs.

The reason that I ran for Soil and Water

Board is because I believe that

cooperation with the private sector and
volunteer groups is the best
way to maintain Jacksonville’s
beautifully diverse ecosystem.
Right now the Jacksonville Soil
and Water Board does not
collect taxes and I want to
keep it that way.

I come from a farming family
which still owns over 100 acres
of land where we grow mostly
corn in NW Ohio. My
educational background includes
a BA from the University of
Toledo and a MBA from Florida
State University. During the last
five years I have become
increasingly involved in the
political process because I see
local politicians implementing
the same failed policies that
hurt cities in my home state
and I want to let them know
that there is a better way. As a
former VP of the Concerned
Taxpayers of Duval county and
the co-host of a local public
access TV show based on politics
I have fought for the principles
of less government and lower
taxes. It is my opinion that
Jacksonville families simply
cannot afford a new tax!

I  supported programs
that are tax-free, focusing on
cooperation with local
volunteer groups as well as
local sponsors and I  opposed any
new taxes and tax hikes. If
you want to know more about
me please feel free to look me
up and send me a friend request
on FaceBook. you can also see
me on video at
http://www.youtube.com/user/NEFLLibertarians

 

Ilene Davis

* 60 years of age

* Philosophy:   "any law that uses government power to favor one person / group over or at expense of another is an immoral law".

* Want to put all county jobs to "yellow page test" - if a product/service is available for purchase in the "yellow pages", then it should not be funded with tax dollars  (like forcing Coke to carry a can of Pepsi in each 6-pack or vice versa)

* I read Atlas Shrugged about every 2 years as a reminder of where we can go when government is in control

* My vision for brevard:   Entrepreneur/Innovation Central - where businesses and individuals come to grow and prosper

* I believe when life gives you lemons you should make lemonade:  I want to make Brevard a SWEET spot for job creators.

* Political experience:    Titusville FL city councilman 1994-1996

* Vision basis:  Grew up in what is now Silicon Valley so understand benefits of free enterprise versus government control

* BA in Math, BS in Accounting, MBA, CFP  (Certified Financial Planner)

* Over 25 years as financial consultant helping clients live within means and prepare for future, and reading and analyzing financial statements

* Put myself through college and have been self supporting since I was 21. 

* I believe in a hand up, not a hand out, and believe that all government assistance should be in form of a loan to be repaid by recipient.

* I believe Brevard County has the potential to be America's "silicon coast" if we capitalize on local talent and graduates of Florida Tech to build an economy that is not dependent on government programs, grants or contracts.

Ilene Davis
(321) 631-1127
Cocoa FL
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