House Republicans pass Health Care Plan

House Republicans approve health care plan, reject ObamaCare aid extension

House Republicans have pushed through a bold health care package, aiming to steer policy away from the expiring ObamaCare subsidies with a distinctly conservative vision.

The legislation, passed Wednesday with a 216-211 vote, offers an alternative to extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits set to lapse on Dec. 31, as reported by NewsNation.

The bill, named the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, sailed through despite opposition from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and all Democrats. It bundles popular GOP ideas like funding cost-sharing reductions, reforming pharmacy benefit managers, and expanding association health plans.

Democrats have seized on the subsidy debate, framing it as a critical affordability issue for ObamaCare enrollees facing rising premiums. Their push forced the GOP to craft this package, though it sidesteps the immediate crisis of expiring tax credits.

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Maybe Cara Jennings can respond because back in 2026 she screamed at Rick Scott about cutting Medicare so that she couldn't get Obamacare.

You're not going to believe this!

LWB cancels controversial sand agreement with Palm Beach because it violates city charter

"LAKE WORTH BEACH city officials are canceling an agreement, approved eight days ago, that would have let the town of Palm Beach use the city’s public beach as a staging area for a town beach re-nourishment project.

When the City Commission voted 4-1 on Dec. 3 to grant the town access to the city beach, they did so illegally because they violated — unknowingly apparently — a city charter provision, approved by voters in 2009, prohibiting the pumping of sand onto Lake Worth Beach from off-shore borrow sites. The provision also prohibits the beach from being used as a staging area for dredge and fill projects.

Town dump trucks were supposed to start dumping sand on the south end of the city beach on Jan. 1, a project that would have lasted up to 45 days. But that’s not going to happen, Lake Worth Beach’s city attorneys said Dec. 11."

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Now don't you think the Commission would have had the city lawyer check this all out BEFORE they agreed to allowing this beach sand re-nourishment project?

"What happened? The 2009 charter change was never codified into the city charter, an apparent error by the city clerk at the time.

And when commissioners considered the agreement with Palm Beach on Dec. 3, no one at City Hall remembered the 2009 referendum, which was approved by 70 percent of the voters.

Commissioner Chris McVoy, who cast the lone “no” vote on Dec. 3, forwarded Jennings’ letter to the city attorneys, who confirmed the interlocal agreement violates the city charter and has to be canceled." So all of you who like to call McVoy a disrupter, get off his back...and the Lake Worth Herald should give him some credit.

And Cara Jennings is still on top of it!

Allen West speaks out on Treason from Within

Against all Enemies, Foreign, and Domestic

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. — Roman Statesman, Marcus Tullius Cicero

The title of this missive comes from the oath we take in the military, “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign, and domestic. And to bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” It is an oath that true members of our military understand has no statute of limitations.

For me it represents the idea that this Nation requires those who will forever be Guardians of the Republic, which was the title of the first book that I wrote. Several generations in my family have taken that oath and served in combat. And that is the same experience in many families across America.

Today we face not just enemies from without, such as our #1 geo-political foe, China, but we have enemies from within. That is why the quote attributed to Roman Statesman Cicero is relevant to what is happening in America.

Read more of Allen West, who represented Florida's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 until the anarchists, with top anarchist Cara Jennings, stalked him and drove him out of Congress in his re-election.

Note from former Lake Worth Commissioner, Cara Jennings

Hello Friends,

Finally, an update on the lawsuit and it is good news! The panel of judges for the 15th Judicial Circuit released their opinion this week granting our request to have the Deco Green development go back to the Commission for review and a new vote. Thanks to the donations, research and support of each of you the approval is "quashed"!!!

The judges decision is based on a very limited criteria, essentially a math error that allowed the developer two extra units (127 units instead of 125). While it may sound minor, the two extra units could gain them upwards of half a million, based on the current insane housing market.

We submitted for the judges consideration other serious concerns - that the City erroneously applied their Land Development Code in their use of the Sustainable Bonus Incentive Program to approve height, stories and density in excess of what the code allows. Unfortunately, the judges did not rule on those issues based on a technical position that the public comments submitted by the petitioners did not have the level of detail they say is required by law. This is an important lesson learned about how the laws favor developers and shut out residents for not submitting enough detail in their public comments.

We won this first phase in the battle of community power over real estate greed. Here are two things that can solidify this victory:

• 1. Call and email your commissioners and the mayor. Let them know you are aware that the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit reversed the development order for the Deco Green development. Encourage them to listen to you and other residents' concerns before approving the Deco Green again. They will be under pressure from the developer to fix the two unit mistake and plow forward. But, according to PAPA, the land is still owned by the CRA (map attached). This means it is still technically public land, paid for with public dollars, and the residents should guide what the best and highest use of it is. This project needs to go back to the drawing board - we have a new commission, new city manager, new CRA board members and an increased affordable housing crisis. IF the city is going to double the density for a project it should be for true affordable housing, not an expensive 9 story building with a dog park.

• 2. Kick in towards the ongoing legal challenge. We currently owe another $2,000 to our lawyer for review of the judges opinion and to help ensure the court order is honored. If you can each offer $25 - 75, we can pay off the balance and have some funds to continue having their legal assistance as this comes back before the commission.

We believe in our communities' power to fight and win real sustainability, economically and ecologically. We are committed to public land being used for affordable housing that will stabilize our community rather than upend it. We respect the height and density limits that people organized for and voted on, in order to establish neighborhood controls on development.
Let's keep at it!

Cara

ps - If you can kick in towards the legal costs I can do venmo, paypal or drop off a check at my house. thank you!!!

The Petition for Writ of Certiorari

Cara Jennings Rally in Tallahassee bombed

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Read about it... and only two showing up.

Rick Scott's reply to Cara Jennings - Latte Liberal gets an earful

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Cara Jennings screaming at Rick Scott

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Screaming at Rick Scott, the ONLY embarrassment here is Cara Jennings. Why do people have to be so rude and so angry. Screaming doesn't get you anywhere.

Gov. Rick Scott, since December 2010, has created 1,056,000 private-sector jobs in Florida. Florida businesses created 235,200 private-sector jobs over the preceding year in February, exceeding the nation’s private-sector job growth rate. Source:  PolitiFact

Anarchists make his head explode

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The latest edition of The Lake Worth Herald is hot off the press...

In it, the editor's brain appears to be the only thing on fire. He is finding fault with the ACLU lawyer who was present at the last city commission meeting who was there reminding the commission of rights of the homeless. The editor has found fault with the homeless and their advocates who remained seated during the invocation and the Pledge to the Flag and on shhhhhh, anarchists. From his editorial one can gather that he and his fantastical political friends believe the anarchists are behind the homeless invasion and fear anarchists to a point of absurdity—some excerpts:

“The real crux is not the homelessness; that’s just an anarchists way of kicking down the door.”

The next outlandish statements were—

Lake Worth has an election coming up and these people will use every opportunity to twist and create falsehoods to sway the vote of Lake Worth Citizens who just want to live their life in Lake Worth. Sitting commissioners, Ryan Maier and Christopher Mcvoy APPEAR to be sympathetic to the anarchists [using the word "appear" gets him off the hook of a lawsuit] and if they get another sympathetic commissioner [sympathetic to what?] in the next election, anarchy could rule Lake Worth.

Think of a Lake Worth with no street lights, completely dark at night.That is the atmosphere they desire. [I believe that this statement is libelous but if not that, OUTRAGEOUS].

Think parks and city streets where it is completely unsafe to visit. A city where going out of your home is extremely dangerous. A Lake Worth the majority of citizens don’t want to see. [Again, SILLY]

Ok, come on, paint graffiti on our building again. [And then after insult after insult, he taunts them to commit vandalism--just more SILLY STUFF]

Please let me remind all of you that 1) Maier and McVoy did not agree or disagree with the homeless or take any stand of any kind, nor did Cara Jennings.  Cara Jennings was there to talk about the Siemens contract, not the homeless. 2) This problem has existed for years and this commission has been in power for years now with the problem  getting worse along with the panhandling. 3) The person that Easton is so scared of owns her own home, she is not homeless, and she was an elected commissioner for two terms. She did not create the homeless situation.

I just wish that our commissioners McVoy and Maier could sue for this defamation.  But it's opinion, and you can get away with just about any lie, twisted as it may be, without  repercussion if you are clever enough.  However, the voters are smarter than some politicos believe even the local press. All the lies didn't win it for them this past March and all their ranting now and silly comments about anarchists won't help them in the future.

If anything is to be learned from our past election, besides having an honest message, it is to honor the people you serve. People before Politics as Ryan Maier said.

Palm Beach Post responds to the Lake Worth Herald Editorial

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The Palm Beach Post comments on Mark Easton's editorial of October 23 in the Lake Worth Herald...which was offensive in more ways than one. I haven't written about it as it was just so shocking and inflammatory.

The part of the editorial that was totally appalling was not so much against Guatemalans as it was against former commissioner Cara Jennings and "company." He suggested that they take up hygiene and culture adaptation. He was offended that anyone would protest the sacred PBSO. He made disgusting snide remarks in general. He made all sorts of assumptions to which he has no knowledge saying that they (Cara Jennings and friends) don't approve of life in a clean, safe society and would prefer communal living and should move out of Lake Worth and leave us all alone. How ridiculous is that? Easton believes they have no right to challenge the PBSO.  Well, why not?  Jack Scarola has.  I am rather certain that he doesn't fit into the "loser" mold of Mr. Easton's.

As far as the Guatemalan Maya Center, I do agree that they should be teaching these immigrants our culture and helping them to assimilate.  Learning English is a requisite to finding a good job.  Actually, obeying the laws in general would be helpful and teaching them how to immigrate legally so that the stigma of being "illegal" can be lifted and we no longer have to be politically correct by calling them "undocumented."

OPM - It's easy to spend other people's money

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It's easy to spend other people's money (OPM). City Manager Michael Bornstein is recommending that the city hire a project manager for the $78 million ($60 million perhaps on a general obligation bond plus $16-18 million in cash) for the 2020 Infrastructure program at $415,000 a year for 5 years or $2,075,000! On top of that, the city will be hiring more staff at $380,000 a year or another $1,900,000.  We have no idea whether this is for five years, whether it includes benefits, etc.  So, the city is talking about $4 million plus for project management for possibly 5 years. Imagine that...the 2nd poorest city in Palm Beach County and we will be DEAD BROKE and in big debt.

When I think of project managers I remember the fiasco at our pool. If you recall, back in 2006, Cara Jennings and Mark Drautz were the only officials who voted NO to a lease with Greater Bay to take over our entire 19 acre beach property with Lowe, Burns and Vespo voting YES.

Later,  Greater Bay was allowed to get back on our beach park property after non-performance and constant stalls. Cara Jennings was the only one who voted NO to allow Greater Bay to continue on and refurbish the pool. On February 8, 2008 and on a 4 to 1 vote with Commissioner Cara Jennings dissenting, the Commission voted for Amendment 1 to the Greater Bay Contract allowing them to proceed with repairs to our pool. Mayor Clemens, Commissioners Lowe, Golden and Vespo voted YEA. Karns, the city attorney who had been fired by the Burns commission, previously had given  legal advice against allowing them back on the property.

 I have always believed that this action was the catalyst for Greater Bay to pursue a lawsuit on November 9, 2009, for if we were really serious in our charge of non-performance, we would never have allowed them back on the beach. Corey O'Gorman, former Director of the CRA, was hired as project manager and unfortunately the pool turned out to be a mess in spite of paying him and his firm $200,000 plus for oversight..

Our pool repairs originally were to cost $391,000. Before too long, the cost jumped up to $424,826. As everyone now knows--

the pavers sunk because sand was not packed correctly

an incorrect sized pool pump was installed

inferior materials used and the pool pump house was unsafe

the pool eventually had to be closed

Starting blocks installed incorrectly. Can't attract swim meets.

Two diving boards in contract; 1 meter and a 3 meter-- only one used 1m board installed.

Pool covers used to retain heat were made for residential pool--won't work on a competitive pool as they are too lightweight and will also blow off in a strong wind. We had to contract with Lincoln Equipment for a new pool cover because what we paid for was inferior in every way.

Heater not connected.

You get the drift?  Even after hiring a project manager, all this incompetence happened. Prevailing politics at the time even extended O'Gorman's contract (the commission loved the CRA, his former affiliate). Greater Bay couldn't even handle pool repairs and the city with all its good intentions, did not get its money's worth.

There are certainly no guarantees with a project manager although I agree that we should have oversight on a project of this magnitude with experts on the job--a project that will use up all our cash reserves and literally put a debt noose around our necks. If you think you can trust the government to do the right thing, ask the Indians.

Creating a socialist state

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The irony we face in Lake Worth are from those who hate what they consider "anarchists" when they are anarchists themselves. They "hated" Cara Jennings for her stand on social issues but they love Obama for his.

There are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state. The first is the most important.

• 1) Healthcare - Control healthcare and you control the people

• 2) Poverty - Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.

• 3) Debt - Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.

• 4) Gun Control - Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.

• 5) Welfare - Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)

• 6) Education - Take control of what people read and listen to - take control of what children learn in school.

• 7) Religion - Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.

• 8) Class Warfare - Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

- Read more at Henry Makow.

The Federalization and Militarization of our Police

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Years ago I remember Cara Jennings brought up the possibility that the police were over-stepping their authority and that they needed to go through proper channels for search and seizure, etc.  Of course, her political enemies went wild with that one calling her anti-police and at the same time hurling the dreaded "A" word...anarchist.  Now I have to wonder if she didn't have an eye into the window of the future. More and more police atrocities are being reported.  Are we becoming a police state?  Are they really using hollow point bullets?  Shoot first and ask questions later?

WND founder and CEO Joseph Farah began reporting the trend to militarize the police in 1998 and not too many people were paying attention, I for one. We even have Cpt. Silva in FBI training right now.

The biggest danger we face is the federalization and militarization of all law enforcement. Interagency task forces, bringing together local and state police with federal agents are now the rule of the day,” Farah noted. “Federal agencies bribe local cops with funding, equipment and training programs.

The challenge to the Fourth Amendment generated by the use of SWAT teams and no-knock warrants is likely to continue as a result of a ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court in 2011. I still can't forget the Chamber and Ramiccio calling SWAT on us for petitioning downtown.

In a 3-2 ruling, the court ruled that there is no right for a private citizen to resist illegal entry by a police officer. The court stated in its ruling “that there is no right to reasonably resist unlawful entry by police officers.”

 As it's something to think about and an eye opener as police home invasions have increased from 3,000 a year in the 1980's to 80,000 a year now.  It's a NO knock policy with way too many mistakes. Innocent people are getting killed and their homes being destroyed while bypassing the 4th Amendment

On Paranoia at our local level

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According to Wikipedia--Paranoia is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself. (e.g. "Everyone is out to get me.") Making false accusations and the general distrust of others also frequently accompany paranoia.

We have a lot of that right here in Lake Worth with even some elected officials leading the bandwagon when it comes to Cara Jennings. Jennings has been out of local politics for years. She is about to be a mother. They honestly believe that this little group of anarchists are plotting and planning to take over our government in Lake Worth. Anarchism is voluntary Socialism. They have wrongly put the blame on this small band of people for every ill in this city.  I must admit, this group does act ridiculous at times, but how ridiculous can you get?  No one can over-throw our government unless YOU let it happen.

Paranoia is a medical term for a condition in which the person has either recurring delusions that people are trying to harm him or a false sense of exalted self-importance that leads him to be suspicious of others. It is the latter that is believed by some local officials and the small paranoid group who follow them who make waves and are attempting with every cyber attack to exaggerate and be oppressive and belittle all those they "fear"-- therefore, they are anarchists in their own right. Both groups are pretty silly.

Am I being paranoid?

Clearing up Lake Worth Political Myths

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Most of us believe in giving credit where it is due. But some play the blame game or just simply do not understand the facts when it comes to the subject of  robbing our Reserves to the tune of $9 to $12 million, attributing it to "the previous commission." This is a totally false declaration.

Those who say this tell the tale that it was this last commission that totally screwed up our city, meaning Suzanne Mulvehill and Jo-Ann Golden, and even if the allegation was remotely true, which it is not, they are only two votes. It takes three votes to royally screw up and make a difference. Now the story is that this present commission is cleaning it all up.

Well, I have news for you. If you want to put the blame on a commission, which I think is unfair to begin with because the commission must rely on the city manager and city attorney giving them the facts and guiding them correctly, then the blame goes to the Commission elected in March 2006 and the majority commissioners who were on the dais at that time:  Vespo, Burns and Lowe. Their first huge and costly mistake in 2006 was later that year, signing over our beach property to a flim flam artist (who NEVER performed and a company that they NEVER vetted) because Lowe (who signed the deal) and the rest of the majority were tired of kicking the football on the beach for another 30 years and wanted something finally done.

In the Fall of 2006, the budget for 2007 was formulated and agreed. We broke even in 2007. The following budget year, 2008, we spent more than we took in but all the plans and contracts were formulated and laid for the future.  At that time we had a city manager, Bob Baldwin, who made a bundle and was never here--he didn't even live in the city. This was against our Charter but was allowed by the Commission with Retha saying he was a "great guy."  In the 2008/2009 budget year, we had spent 9 million more than we brought in and dipped (big-time) into reserves.  Our Union costs were out of control--still are. The Utility was called the "black-hole" as revenue and expenses never could be tracked. Line items were moved, erased or disappeared. Money was gone too. Mark Bates was then the finance director.  In those days there was usually 10 to 14 items on Consent Agenda. At least you were allowed to pull them for discussion. We are now reverting to the same practice of putting everything possible on Consent.

We then hired a new city manager, Susan Stanton, in April 2009 and during her first year, she cleaned house. The city, once again, got in the black with a surplus of $843,000 after her first year. The next year was even better than that. The trend continued with budget cuts and delaying some capital improvements and at the end of the 2012 budget cycle, we had $3.8 million to the good. In 2013 we are back in the Red and the projection for 2014 is Red.

The bottom line here, we are as good as the management team we hire. Commissioners will always have their personal agendas but commissions have to get all the correct facts and must be guided. They need to read and understand everything that comes before them and question everything. City managers must stay out of politics. We must have an excellent internal auditor watching over the entire enterprise. We can't continue to spend more money than we bring in. Trust but verify.

Note:  If anyone has something that does not agree with my timeline of events, get in touch.

Giving all of the Facts -- Lake Worth Reserves

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There has been much said of late about a "former Lake Worth Commission" that went through our Reserves (our savings) to the tune of $8 to $12 million dollars. Commissioner John Szerdi mentioned it in the very first political speech he gave after being sworn in. The Lake Worth Herald continues to mention Reserves and writes that Suzanne Mulvehill gave praise in her final speech to those "who nearly bankrupted the city" and that "we don't need them in office ever again."

We concur. We don't need them nor do we want them in office. This was all during the Paul Boyer and Bob Baldwin regimes. The people who were in power then and the biggest culprits to this were Jeff Clemens, Dave Vespo and Retha Lowe. They had the majority vote and it was they who either allowed the then city managers to dip heavily into reserves and/or voted Reserves away. During Vespo's term, $60 million in Consent Agenda items were approved. We expect politicians to twist or eliminate facts to their advantage (that is why most are held in low esteem and honest ones are subject to annihilation--think Allen West) but we don't expect that of the Press. Over the last four years, however, we have witnessed a biased press.

It is unfortunate that neither one (Commissioner Szerdi or the Lake Worth Herald) identified the commission that was in power at the time reserves were squandered. The reason?  Some of them, to this day, are their friends. By leaving out that important information, it is meant for the listener or reader to jump to false conclusions and blame their political enemies, Cara Jennings and Suzanne Mulvehill.

Mulvehill was elected well after the money was allocated and the Budget set. Soon after, Susan Stanton was hired in April 2009. At that time she stopped the bleed and the robbing of Reserves. Past managers did not take the proper measures and did not address the imbalance between the estimated cost of city services and the projected revenue needed to pay for those services.

We all became aware of the city depleting Reserves in 2006. The City's failure to address this fundamental problem and not implement long term solutions, nearly depleted the unreserved general fund balance. Three years later, Stanton had us headed towards a healthier Lake Worth when she ended the robbing of our Reserves.  She was fired because she was a tough administrator, not because she failed at her job. When you make the hard decisions, you get a lot of folks angry, the Unions for one.

Even though these problems were pointed out over and over again, that commission majority voted to keep one ineffectual manager in place and our money kept disappearing. Retha even said, "I like him." He finally left after finding a job closer to his residence.

Union backers and Socialists harass Allen West

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"We should be able to talk about the differences between the direction that we want to take America," West said. "But instead all they (protesters) want to do — it's about the politics of character assassination."

~ Allen West

It seems anarchists and protesters caused havoc again--Stand Up Florida, which hires some paid pickets, such as Cara Jennings, is backed by the Service Employees International Union and CREDO SuperPAC, has taken aim at several high-profile Republicans across the country. They got involved in another Allen West event.

Stand Up Florida has organized several recent anti-West protests (their mission in life and what keeps food on their table,  ironically a sick sense of free enterprise/capitalism that they constantly demonstrate against). Lynne Purvis, Socialist, activist, occupier and good friend of Jennings is in charge of Stand Up Florida's efforts.

Lynne Purvis Mug Shot
Minus the facial jewelry

I don't know why they think Allen West is part of a Tea Party race as he has not gone along with many Tea Party ideas and his voting record proves it. But this is where these anti-free speech demonstrators don't know what in hell they are talking about.

It is all about liberals and socialists who are against anyone who disagrees with their socialist principles. They are against conservatives and even people who believe in God who are simply asking for fiscal responsibility and for people to take charge of their own lives rather than being dependent upon government for everything.

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Marco Rubio heckled by Anarchist losers

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Anarchist Cara Jennings at the Republican National Convention

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Cara Jennings, anarchist from Lake Worth and Allen West's nemesis and one who loves to harass anyone who is not a liberal or a socialist, is in Tampa attempting to disrupt the Republican National Convention with protests against fiscal conservatives. She obviously wants bigger government and to be cared for from cradle to grave. She is a voter outreach organizer for Palm Beach County. Now she is getting paid to do what she used to do for free...socialism at its hypocrisy.

The protesters expected 5,000 to show up but here Jennings gives the weather as an excuse for the few hundred who actually arrived in Tampa to cause havoc at a peaceful Republican convention. "Cara Jennings, of Lake Worth, said the massive police presence had scared away some demonstrators. They’ve militarized Tampa. The chilling effect has succeeded, said Jennings, a voter outreach organizer in Palm Beach County."

Well good. If protecting innocent citizens from anarchists, one of whom was found armed yesterday, is "chilling," then we are really in a topsy turvy country.

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More on Jennings heckling Marco Rubio this morning 

Thanks, Cara. Thanks, Rene. Thanks Commission

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For screwing around with our beach.

Great timing. Spring break. Tourist Season. As soon as this is completed, there will be plenty of people screaming bloody murder when most of the upper level parking will be GONE.

Just released:
The City of Lake Worth will begin construction on the Lake Worth Beach Redevelopment Project this coming Monday March 12, 2012. Phase I of the project will require the closure of the Upper Parking Lot with only limited parking available along the beach roadway and lower parking lot. Phase I is expected to conclude by the end of May and visitors to the beach are reminded to take particular care during this period.

Directional and informational signs have been erected and we apologize for the inconvenience but urge beach patrons to continue to patronize both the beach, the pier and Benny's during the beach rehabilitation - click here for press release and more details.

See the original Greater Bay plan that isn't much worse than the plan soon to be implemented. Click to view William Coakley's video here. Funny stuff really. Now with the Singer Plan, we will have 89 upper level spaces and we will have to drive through the parking lot with cars backing up on us. No ocean view anymore. All gone. Poof.

Cara and Crew - Get a Job

Latest stats on unemployment.

Do you remember that old do wop song by the Silhouettes, Get a Job?

As Cara Jennings is protesting Allen West with a charge that he voted to cut off unemployment benefits, read the above article to find some startling facts. It seems that we are slowly crawling out of this recession and unemployment has been reduced.

In December, Allen West said, "Today I joined a bipartisan coalition of Members of the House of Representatives, putting Americans before politics and voting in favor of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act. I support this legislation because both the extension of the payroll tax holiday and the extension of unemployment insurance program are paid for. Further, the legislation protects the social security program for both today and future retirees."

The total number of weeks of benefits available in any particular State depends on the unemployment rate and unemployment insurance laws in the State where the person worked. Florida has reduced the maximum number of weeks that you can collect unemployment benefits to 85 weeks. This State law took effect on January 1, 2012. Prior to that, it was 99 weeks.

Maybe Jennings and crew should use all this time and energy looking for a job rather than demonstrating and demanding "entitlements" from our government. Allen West is actually doing something about unemployment and helping small businesses.

After breakfast, everyday, she throws the want ads right my way, and never fails to say,
Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na.