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Next REC Meeting
The next meeting of the Alachua County Republican Executive Committee is on Thursday, April 28th at our HQ - 1210 North Main Street in Gainesville. The meeting will begin at 7:00 P.M. |
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Stephen Foster Neighborhood President Responds to Susan Bottcher
We received an email from Sandra Watts Kennedy, president of the Stephen Foster Neighborhood Association regarding Susan Bottcher's letter to the Gainesville Sun about the Koppers Superfund Site.
This letter needs no commentary from us. We will let the neighborhood residents speak for themselves. Everything below this point, in this article, was included in Sandra's letter, including the final commentary after her signature and Bottcher's original letter:
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Current City Commission runoff candidate Susan Bottcher's March 31, 2010 letter to the Gainesville Sun (see below) caused a great deal of upset and anger among city residents whose lives and health have been damaged, in far too many cases beyond repair, by Koppers' toxic emissions. This letter displays Ms. Bottcher's lack of interest in residents' genuine distress as well as her deep ignorance about our local environmental debacle. Families find this complete disregard for their ongoing pain callous and demeaning. Ms. Bottcher's misuse of this life and death issue to rant at "anti-tax groups" belittles our community's efforts for a meaningful solution. She truly committed a disservice to my suffering neighbors and to everyone working for an effective cleanup- a twist of the knife for no good reason.
Significantly, Ms. Bottcher submitted this letter during last spring's mayoral/commission runoff campaigns, and did not reveal her role as political communications associate with a group (The Walden Group) that provides local campaign assistance to "progressive" candidates. Was this ethical?
Finally, she suggests that not every citizen or group has the right to speak out in disagreement with City Commission decisions. This is a serious cause of concern among residents who see it as an indication that Ms. Bottcher does not understand or respect the democratic process.
Sincerely,
Sandra Watts Kennedy
President, Stephen Foster Neighborhood Association, Inc.
Bottcher shows no understanding of the Koppers issue, no compassion for victims of Koppers' contamination. Her attitude suggests that she does not support residents' efforts for an adequate and authentic remedy to Koppers' contamination of Gainesville and the Floridan Aquifer. We do not believe that Ms. Bottcher has the best interests of local families at heart, if she has a heart:
Pay taxes or clean up
Recently, blame has been placed on the City Commission that Koppers Superfund site hasn't been cleaned up. Critics say our elected city officials could clean up this 27-year-old mess, but chose not to do so.
In reality, the federal and state environmental protection agencies are the entities responsible for allocating resources needed to clean up Superfund sites.
Most of the environmental protection agencies' inertia is due to the success of the conservative agenda to shrink government to ever smaller and impotent proportions. Through the loosening of environmental regulations and continuous lowering of taxes, they have succeeded in stopping government agencies from doing their jobs.
For anti-tax groups to then blame government for not solving such community problems is hypocritical. If cleaning up the toxic mess left by private industry is government's job, then stop pointing fingers. Either gladly pay your taxes or get out there with a shovel and clean up Koppers yourself.
Susan Bottcher,
Gainesville
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The Video That Susan Bottcher Doesn't Want You To See
As soon as we put out our Bottcher Is Wrong web ad, it was apparent from the phone calls and emails that we received that we had upset
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some Democrats. Apparently, being held accountable for her own words bothered her so much that she had a campaign operative file a copyright complaint against us with YouTube.
We made sure that we met all of the criteria for "Fair Use" as described by the U.S. Copyright office, and we are confident that the video will be restored by YouTube. Still, that process can take several days, so, in the meantime, we installed our own video payer on our website.
So, click the video image, above, to see THE VIDEO THAT SUSAN BOTTCHER DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE.
And, I have a challenge for you. Since SUSAN BOTTCHER DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE THIS VIDEO, forward it to as many people as you can. In fact, let's just see if we can get enough pople to watch it that we crash the website. Republicans, Facebook it, Tweet, forward it. Do whatever you do best.
The complete link to that page of our website is:
http://www.alachuarepublicans.com/news/54-bottcher-is-wrong.html
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GOP Boot Stompin' At :08 Seconds
The Alachua County Republican Party is pleased to announce that on Saturday, April 9th, from 1 to 5 P.M., it will be hosting a Get-Out-The-Vote extravaganza at :08 Seconds, downtown. The event will include free food, free soda, free beer and free bull rides as well as free rides across the street to the City of Gainesville's early voting location, at the Supervisor of Elections office.
It is going to be a great event, so if you live in District2 or District 3 in the City of Gainesville then come on down and enjoy a boot stomping good time. If you know somebody that does, then call them up and get them down there.
Come and meet Rob Zeller and Todd Chase!
What: GOP Get-Out-The-Vote Event Where: :08 Seconds - 201 W University Avenue, Gainesville When: April 9th, 1 - 5 P.M. |
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Two In Gainesville City Commission Run-offs - How You Can Help
Two great Republicans made it into the Gainesville City Commission run-offs. They are Todd Chase in District 2 and Rob Zeller in District 3.
We need people to make phone calls the weekend before election day, and we need people to go to headquarters at 2:00, on election day, to call people who have not voted.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE TURN OUT THE VOTE!!! Call us at 352-373-8500 or contact Mildred at 352-375-7646.
Candidate Information:
District 2:
Todd Chase - http://www.votechase.com
Todd is a great guy with wonderful conservative credentials. He is a businessman and is raising his kids right in District 2. Todd is smart, understands Gainesville and would make a fantastic commissioner.
District 3
Rob Zeller - http://www.robzeller.com
Rob came here to go to school, in the early 90's and decided to stay to build a business and a life. Rob is a chemical engineer, by education, and he is successful restaurant owner. Rob has a deep understanding of Gainesville government and will do a fantastic job. |
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The Pirate Party!
The Alachua County Republican Party is proud to announce a grand summer event.
 On Saturday, May 7th, we are hosting a Pirate Party in honor Alachua County's most prolific pillagers and plunderers, Mike Byerly, Paula DeLaney and Rodey Long. We doubt that they will show up, but we are going to honor The Taxing Three for their ability to simultaneously tax us into oblivion and create a $400 million road repair deficit at the same time.
The Pirate Party is going to be a fish fry with a live band, tea, beer and wine and is going to be held at the beautiful Prarie Creek Lodge east of Micanopy. Adult tickets are $25 and child tickets (15 year or under) are $10. You can get tickets by contacting the Alachua County Republican Executive Committee at 352-373-8500 or going to Beaty Restaurant Equipment and Supplies at 1206 North Main Street in Gainesville. Tickets will also go on sale, very soon, on our website.
What: The Pirate Party
When: Saturday, May 7th, 2011 - 5:30 P.M.
Where: Prarie Creek Lodge, 7204 SE CR 234 in Alachua County
How Much: $25 For Adults and $10 For Children 15 Or Under
For Tickets: Call 352-373-8500 |
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