On the Docket…

At the last Executive meeting, David Simmons went over some of the agenda items on the docket for this upcoming session. These are issues that will affect every Floridan.

  1. Property taxes – Up for consideraton is increasing the homestead exemption.
  2. Bodily injury insurance only -No personal injury protection or Florida no fault.
  3. Education -Increasing teacher pay, at risk kids programs, uniforms for D & F schools, gender education.
  4. Sexual predators -Mandantory electronic monitoring devices.
  5. DUI -Interlock devices required after first incident.

A pretty hefty agenda. No doubt some of these will become campaign issues. So keep your ears and eyes open.

New Years Resolutions

A new year has just begun. Let us take some time to reflect on the past year and think about the changes we need to make as a party as we look toward 2008.

There is no doubt about it the elections were dissapointing this year for Republicans. While we held our own in Seminole County – we lost the US House and Senate. Looking back there are several factors that contributed to this. I believe there are several things we can do as a party to bring success in 2008.

  1. Stick to conserative principles.
  2. Reduce spending.
  3. Weed out corruption.
  4. Field real conservatives, not moderates in conservative clothing.
  5. Do not expand the role of Government.