FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Republican Liberty Caucus of Northeast Florida is holding a Rally in Support of Ending the Federal Reserve Banking System

On Sunday, November 22nd from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM outside of the Federal Reserve Building, 800 Water Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204, members of the Republican Liberty Caucus will be holding a rally to express support for “Ending the Fed.”

This rally is being held simultaneously at 38 cities across the country with various liberty minded organizations to express support for U.S. House Bill HR 1207 and U.S. Senate Bill S 604 authorizing a full and complete audit of the privately held Federal Reserve Bank System.

The local chapter’s chairman, John Stevens, says, “American Taxpayers deserve to have a full and complete audit to bring transparency to the Federal Reserve Banking System that has repeatedly created financial bubbles and exacerbated the current economic crisis.”  Mr. Stevens further adds, “Very few Americans realize that the Federal Reserve System is a privately owned banking cartel with the ability to create money out of thin air.”

Founded in 1991 as a 527 political organization, the RLC works to advance the principles of individual rights, limited government and free enterprise within the Republican Party and throughout the country at all levels of government.

For more information about the RLC, contact Northeast Florida Chairman John Stevens at 904-806-3586 or johncharlesstevens@msn.com.

For more information about this event, contact Activism Chair Victor Wilhelm at 904-318-7208 or VLW149@gmail.com.

The Republican Liberty Caucus would like to invite you to attend a very special marksmanship event.  If you have never been to an Appleseed Event, please come.  You will get lessons in both history and marksmanship.

The RLC is a great supporter of the Second Amendment and we urge you to come participate in this event.

Range: Ancient City Shooting Range

Address: 3021 Agricultural Center Drive , Saint Augustine, FL 32092

Website: www.attac-fl.com

When: Oct 10-11, 2009

Range Fee: $10/person/day (under 21, and members of the Armed Services exempt)

Camping Available:
Stagecoach RV Park, 2711 County Road 208 St Augustine, FL 32092 (Special Rates available, contact Missy @ Ancient City Shooting Range for more info.)

Hotels:
Hampton Inn (904)824-4422
Country Inn & Suites (904)824-0355
Ramada Inn – (904)829-5643
Windgate – (904)824-9229

Directions:
I-95, Exit #318 (S.R. 16) you will see the outlet malls

From Jacksonville – Make a RIGHT TURN after you exit, get in immediate LEFT LANE and turn TURN LEFT onto C.R. 208 (Picolata Rd) you will see KFC and Hampton Inn
Make FIRST LEFT onto Agricultural Center Dr and we are at the END of Ag Center Dr (about 1 mile)

From Daytona – Make a LEFT TURN after you exit, go under I-95 and continue towards Dennys get in LEFT LANE and turn TURN LEFT onto C.R. 208 (Picolata Rd) you will see KFC and Hampton Inn
Make FIRST LEFT onto Agricultural Center Dr and we are at the END of Ag Center Dr (about 1 mile)

GPS: N/A

State Laws to be aware of: Check State Laws(link)

Misc:
Located in the oldest city in North America, Ancient City Shooting range offers non-shooting family members a plethora of sight-seeing options to choose from. Visit www.oldcity.com for more info.

Rifles will be available for rent from the pro-shop, at $10/day. Ammunition is also available in the pro-shop.

Walk-ons are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.There is limited space available, so please register for this event in advance, and be sure of your place on the firing line!

If you are unable to register online, please visit the range in person prior to the event, and ask to see Missy; she will gladly get you registered!

For More Information Contact:
Appleseed – Eric “ItsanSKS” McCabe- Florida State Coordinator
Email: RWVA@Live.com Phone: (813)385-3968

Range – Missy, with Ancient City Shooting Range
Email: Crumis@bellsouth.net Phone: (904)808-8559

Registration Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/402806806

You can download, print and distribute the flyers below, wherever you travel. The more people on the line, the more shoots we can have!

St. Augustine, FL – October 2009 (.pdf)

On October 3rd 2009, a fundraiser and mixer was held for Rand Paul (Congressman Ron Paul’s son) who is running for an open congressional senate seat in Kentucky.  Rand Paul and Trey Greyson are in a hotly contested Republican Primary race.

Several RLCers attended the event to show their support for Rand Paul, including Will Pitts, Johns Stevens, Kristi Dunn, Victor Wilhelm, Charlie Sheppard, and Noni Mayer.

Overall, Rand Paul described policy positions that were very similar to his father’s.  The foreign policy positions continue to be controversial within the party, but Rand Paul’s father’s warnings about the impending economic catastrophe have come to a prophetic fruition.  Rand described being very interested in term limits in Congress and the exploding and unsustainable deficits due to expanding entitlement programs.  Of note was the Medicare prescription drug plan, TARP (bank bailout), and Economic Stimulus.  The biggest concern was the TARP legislation being used as justification for the intervention and ownership of private companies by the federal government.

Of particular interest was the discussion of the how the national players in the Republican Party are actively suppressing competition in the primaries in several of the states’ races.  This has become an alarming trend across the nation where party bosses select the primary candidate and pressure all competitors out of the race.  Rand Paul described that his initial interest was in supporting the idea of competition in the primary, versus the GOP party elite making this choice for the people based on fiduciary considerations.  This transformed into preparation to run his own campaign for the open senate seat should the pressure from the party bosses work to drive out competition.

We have seen this phenomena personally in Northeast Florida and throughout the state.  Instead of the constituents for a particular political subdivision selecting a candidate from a spectrum of choices to represent their party, they are provided seemingly one choice. Unfortunately when good candidates stand on principle and stay in a race, the Republican Party elite blacklists those candidates and their supporters.  In Florida, supporters of “insurgent” candidates who are “unrepentant” have been banished from holding any party leadership positions.  This has resulted in precinct representatives, duly elected by the their constituents, being cast out from their representative positions.  Even now the pressure is building to push Marco Rubio out of the Senate race against Charlie Crist.  This pressure is also present to exclude competition for the Republican primary race for Florida Governor.

Rand Paul noted how the media reports that money is corrupting the political system in the United States; however, media outlets rarely focus on issues during the primary and instead focus on fundraising ability. Rand Paul described his campaign as picking up steam with the fundraising success of the “money bombs.”  He also expressed gratitude for the large amount of grassroots support coming to his campaign.  Rand is well positioned to win the Senate race if things keep going the way they are now.

Towards the end of the event, the tone was very optimistic as many in attendance expressed hope that the American people are beginning to become aware of the precarious position we are facing.  All in attendance agreed that there were few problems that an American society could not solve when armed with free markets and individual liberty.

We would like to thank each and every one who came out to Island Girl on September 18th for our RLCNEF Constitution Day Event! It was a great time for our group to relax and enjoy each other’s company as well as to recruit and fundraise. It was an honor to toast our founding document and to give our North Florida area Chairman, John Stevens, the Jefferson Cup Award to recognize his efforts in championing the cause for liberty over the past year.

We look forward to growing this event into our signature annual gala and we have already started planning for Constitution Day 2010! Mark your calendars now because the things we have in store are sure to impress! Go check out the pictures from this year’s event in the photo gallery!