I like to hear about our FL members of congress who send out news letters to the members of their districts. Even better when they also have town halls in their districts.
Florida ping here, and perhaps voters will support Congressman Nugent in 2012. We MUST zero in on the 6 DEMS still in the US House from Florida!
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I thought we'd be redistricte by then, and I expect things to be different in district 5. I would be very surprised if this district wasn't basically split into two separate districts.
As for your statement:
My personal preference is that we find a new candidate who will be committed to actual spending reductions and actually reigning in the Federal government and respecting the limits of the Constitution. Nugent is not interested in that. He's the hand picked heir to our last RINO Congresswoman, and a strong establishment RINO.
seekthetruth wrote:
perhaps voters will support Congressman Nugent in 2012. We MUST zero in on the 6 DEMS still in the US House from Florida!
Republicans in general have not impressed me since the 2010 election. They don't get it on spending.
So far, the Republican controlled Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government in fiscal year 2011 at higher spending levels than in fiscal year 2010. They should have passed that continuing resolution at FY 2009 levels and then passed through whatever the Senate passed in it's place. I don't really hold FY 2011 against them, that was Pelosi's responsibility. But it was an opportunity to show that they were serious about actually reducing spending in terms of absolute dollars, not just "cutting growth rates." The Republicans under Boehner's leadership failed miserably at that.
Now, we have Fiscal Year 2012 about to start. The House has actually passed 7 of the 13 appropriations bills already. From what I can tell, all 7 have increased spending over Fiscal year 2011 levels. To date, there have been no actual reductions in spending for FY 2012. Only very slight reductions in growth rates.
That's really what I expected from Nugent. His big claim in the Primary last year was he "had the experience." His experience was in doubling a Sheriff's department budget in under 10 years. Oh, and he took over a privatized county jail and turned it into a government operation. He'll be a big spender in Congress. This is no surprise.