PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Common Ground

January 19 was Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday that celebrates his birth, life and achievements. February is Black History Month, the annual recognition of the central role of African Americans in U.S. history.

A miniscule sampling: of course, Marin Luther King Jr, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, Mary McLeod Bethune, Jackie Robinson, Sammy Davis, Jr., Don King, The Rock, Thomas Sowell, Condoleezza Rice - luminaries in religion, education, economics, entertainment, science, sports. And Republicans all, because the Republican Party championed civil rights for over a hundred years, from Abraham Lincoln to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act of 1965. Since then, the GOP has allowed itself to be labeled the party of the white and the rich by allowing the left to successfully pervert history instruction in our schools and by submitting to its relentless spewing of its rewritten make-believe history of the civil rights movement and its slandering of Republican values. (See: www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/FrequentlyAskedQuestions) As a result, although people of all stripes are conservative, it is a reality that as groups, those who put African, Asian, or Latino in front of American overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. The RCWV, therefore, should commit to share GOP history and common goals with these. groups. The club needs to increase its visibility by participating in community events, at which we offer information and invitations to our meetings, as we did at the recent DeLand Dog Parade and MLK Dinner in Daytona Beach (see page 3). As individuals, we can do the same with those we encounter in our daily dealings. We politely get our message out and patiently listen to those who disagree with us. We learn more about them and they about us. Perceptions based on appearance and reputation may begin to melt away. It is impossible we can, nor should we need to, agree on everything, but there are issues where we can find common ground: whether there are jobs to enable us to live comfortably; the availability of a good education for our children and whether they have an economic future; what quality of healthcare we can afford; working hard in school; keeping families intact; taking individual responsibility for actions; assisting those who are disabled or temporarily strapped; whether or not Americans get blown up on their way to work. These aren’t goals and values based on skin color, and we need to show with facts how these goals and values have been impeded by progressive policies and can be reversed by new ideas. Ideas and movements, be they good (civil rights) or bad (Progressivism) take decades to reach fruition. With patience, perseverance, and positivity, we can change opinions by sowing the seeds of conservatism while remembering that “some will fall on stony places, where they do not have much earth… And some will fall among thorns and be choked... But others will fall on good ground and yield a crop: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

Paul Deering, President

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"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now." Marin Luther King, Jr. to students of Barrett High School, Philadelphia, PA., October 26, 1967 “What’s Your Life’s Blueprint”

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NEXT MEETING February 17 at Noon

Lunch 11:30 a.m. The Sand Hill Golf

Course 800 E. Euclid Avenue

DeLand ♦♦♦♦♦

GUEST SPEAKER ♦♦♦♦♦

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Dr. John Hill Volusia County School Board

District 1 ♦♦♦♦♦

(see page 8 for details, speakers)

Bill Mathas Receives His President’s Award

Jo Lau Receives the Dave Smith Award for Outstanding

Service from Outgoing RCWV President Dana Swanson

County Councilman Pat Patterson Featured Speaker and RCWV Officers Sworn In at January 20 Meeting Outgoing RCWV President Dana Swanson reviewed the awards presented at the Christmas party to members recognized for their service: Ann Robbins, Marshall Bone, Lisa Firestone, Judy Vingleman, Gary and Patty Crews, and Bill Mathas. Jo Lau received the Dave Smith Award for outstanding service and dedication of time to the club and election of Republicans. Dana also presented each person attending a homemade candy with the Republican elephant logo as thanks for the support she received while president. Webster Barnaby, former Deltona City Commissioner (D2) and Volusia County Council At-Large Candidate, presided over the swearing in of the new officers: Jo Lau, Treasurer; Gary Crews, Secretary; Dana Swanson, First Vice President; Dan Ericksen, 2nd Vice President; Lisa Firestone, 3rd Vice President; Laura Roth, 4th Vice President and Paul Deering as President. Newly re-elected Volusia County Councilman (D1) and Vice Chair Pat Patterson reviewed upcoming council matters such as a prospective homeless center, beach issues, Sun Rail, and he Smart Growth Road Committee. He also fielded questions. Photos courtesy Karen K. Clark

Jo Lau and Gary Crews are Sworn In

Dan Ericksen (foreground), Laura Roth. Lisa Firestone

and Dana Swanson Recite Their Oaths

Paul Deering is Inducted as President

RCWV Wreaths Across America Coordinator

Marilyn Lanning Reports on the Success of the Event

The Inaugural Meeting of the New Board

Featured Speaker County Council Member Pat Patterson

THE REC HONORS MLK The RECVC was proud to be a sponsor at the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Dinner, January 15, at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront, helping to raise funds for scholarships. Many of our members joined us at our eight sponsored tables, including one for our Volusia Teenage

Republicans members. Contributions from the RPOF and individual donors allowed us to invite some new friends and students from the African American community to join us. County Council

Chairman Jason Davis presented a Declaration from the Volusia County Council honoring Dr. King. Latanya Peterson, Florida Director for African American Outreach for the RNC is working

with Daisy Grimes, Sponsor, to form a College Republican Club at Bethune Cookman University. It should be up and running soon. This is something we are very excited about and we thank and appreciate Mrs. Grimes for her enthusiasm and willingness to be responsible for this group of young

students. Many people in our African American community are conservatives. As conservative Republicans, we must share our story and make it an individual priority to invite those we meet to

our meetings and events so they can learn more about us. We need them and all Americans to support the conservative principles of the Republican Party that we believe will lead to the best life

possible for all. (Photos Courtesy RECVC)

Tony Ledbetter, Chairman, Republican Executive Committee of Volusia County

MLK Dinner Crowd

Daisy Grimes and Alan Burton,

RECVC Member, RPOF and Volusia

County Soil and Water (D5) Rep.

Stacy Cantu, Shiloh Baptist Emeritus

Pastor Ernest Sheffield, Bonnie

Sheffield and RNC Engagement

Director Latanya Peterson

Reverend Michele Williams

and Tony Ledbetter

Former Deltona City Commissioner

and County Council At Large

Candidate Webster Barnaby with

RECVC Member Vic Baker

Halifax Health Hospice Presents an

MLK Scholarship to DeLand High

School Student Daezya Birch with

Reverend John T. Long III

Volusia Teenage Republicans with

RECVC Chairman Tony Ledbetter

and Alan Burton

Students Tony Wyyet and Matthew

Hunt, Michael Cantu, Past

Candidate Florida House (D26) and

Student Mykel Wyyet

Scholarship Recipients Proudly

Display Their Certificates

WE THE ENEMY

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HOMOPHOBIC, RACIST, GUN TOTING, SLASH AND BURN RELIGIOUS FANATICS WAGING A WAR ON WOMEN. THE TALIBAN? NOPE, YOU.

What the Obama administration and many Democrats share with the collective authors of the liberal storyline – the main stream media - is a deep and abiding suspicion that the American people are bigots. On the 2008 campaign trail, then candidate Obama, referring to working-class voters in old industrial towns decimated by job losses, said "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." And arsonists. During the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit in 2011, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) said: “the Tea Partiers and the GOP have made their slash and burn lunacy clear, and while I do not love this compromise, my vote is a hose to stop the burning. The arsonists must be stopped. During the 2014 Continuing Resolution debate, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called Tea Party allies “legislative arsonists.” And even worse terrorists, this coming from people that can’t choke out the words Islamic terrorists. During the same CR debate, Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) commented, “We have negotiated with terrorists. This small group of terrorists have made it impossible to spend any money.” Vice President Biden accused Tea Party Republicans of having “acted like terrorists,” and the President’s spokesman, Dan Pfeiffer, said the White House is “not negotiating with people with a bomb strapped to their chest.” These same people think the Cold War is ancient history, despite Putin’s aggression, and the War on Poverty has been a smashing success, despite a continual underclass and struggling middle class. But there are wars that the administration continue to wage - a war on the English language and a war on the American people. SURPRISE, YOU ARE PROBABLY AN ENEMY OF THE STATE Excerpted From Zero Hedge Fund http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-13/obama-declares-war-

extremism-%E2%80%93-are-you-extremist Obama Declares War On "Extremism" – Are You An "Extremist"? Tyler Durden on 01/14/2015 (Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog)

“Do you know what an extremist is? As you will see below, your definition of an extremist may be far, far different from the definition that Barack Obama is using…According to Wikipedia, “extremism” is “an ideology (particularly in politics or religion), considered to be far outside the mainstream attitudes of a society or to violate common moral standards. Extremism can take many forms, including political, religious and economic” (notice no mention of violence)… In this day and age, you can be considered an extremist simply based on what you believe, and as you will see in this article there are now tens of millions of Americans that are considered to be “extremists” and “potential terrorists” according to official U.S. government documents. When you use the word extremist, you may have in your mind a picture of ISIS fighters or the terrorists from the Charlie Hebdo massacre. But for elitists such as Barack Obama, the word extremist has a much broader meaning. In recent years, it has become a code word for those that do not have an “enlightened” view of the world. If your views on politics, religion or social issues are extremely

“Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master! Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry." “When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil." Both Quotes Attributed to Thomas Jefferson

different from the liberal, progressive views of “the mainstream” (as defined by the mainstream media and by “mainstream” politicians such as Barack Obama), then they consider you to be an extremist. I want to share with you a list that I have shared in a couple of previous articles. It is a list of types of Americans that are considered to be “extremists” or “potential terrorists” in official U.S. government documents. (To see the original source document for each of these, go to the Zero Hedge webpage)… As you can see, this list potentially includes most of the country… 1. Those that talk about “individual liberties” 2. Those that advocate for states’ rights 3. Those that want “to make the world a better place” 4. “The colonists who sought to free themselves from British rule” 5. Those that are interested in “defeating the Communists” 6. Those that believe “that the interests of one’s own nation are separate from the interests of other nations or the common interest of all nations” 7. Anyone that holds a “political ideology that considers the state to be unnecessary, harmful, or undesirable” 8. Anyone that possesses an “intolerance toward other religions” 9. Those that “take action to fight against the exploitation of the environment and/or animals” 10. “Anti-Gay” 11. “Anti-Immigrant” 12. “Anti-Muslim” 13. “The Patriot Movement” 14. “Opposition to equal rights for gays and lesbians” 15. Members of the Family Research Council 16. Members of the American Family Association 17. Those that believe that Mexico, Canada and the United States “are secretly planning to merge into a European Union-like entity that will be known as the ‘North American Union’” 18. Members of the American Border Patrol/American Patrol 19. Members of the Federation for American Immigration Reform 20. Members of the Tennessee Freedom Coalition 21. Members of the Christian Action Network 22. Anyone that is “opposed to the New World Order” 23. Anyone that is engaged in “conspiracy theorizing” 24. Anyone that is opposed to Agenda 21 25. Anyone that is concerned about FEMA camps 26. Anyone that “fears impending gun control or weapons confiscations” 27. The militia movement 28. The sovereign citizen movement 29. Those that “don’t think they should have to pay taxes” 30. Anyone that “complains about bias” 31. Anyone that “believes in government conspiracies to the point of paranoia” 32. Anyone that “is frustrated with mainstream ideologies” 33. Anyone that “visits extremist websites/blogs” 34. Anyone that “establishes website/blog to display extremist views” 35. Anyone that “attends rallies for extremist causes” 36. Anyone that “exhibits extreme religious intolerance” 37. Anyone that “is personally connected with a grievance” 38. Anyone that “suddenly acquires weapons” 39. Anyone that “organizes protests inspired by extremist ideology”

40. “Militia or unorganized militia” 41. “General right-wing extremist” 42. Citizens that have “bumper stickers” that are patriotic or anti-U.N. 43. Those that refer to an “Army of God” 44. Those that are “fiercely nationalistic (as opposed to universal and international in orientation)” 45. Those that are “anti-global” 46. Those that are “suspicious of centralized federal authority” 47. Those that are “reverent of individual liberty” 48. Those that “believe in conspiracy theories” 49. Those that have “a belief that one’s personal and/or national ‘way of life’ is under attack” 50. Those that possess “a belief in the need to be prepared for an attack either by participating in paramilitary preparations and training or survivalism” 51. Those that would “impose strict religious tenets or laws on society (fundamentalists)” 52. Those that would “insert religion into the political sphere” 53. Anyone that would “seek to politicize religion” 54. Those that have “supported political movements for autonomy” 55. Anyone that is “anti-abortion” 56. Anyone that is “anti-Catholic” 57. Anyone that is “anti-nuclear” 58. “Rightwing extremists” 59. “Returning veterans” 60. Those concerned about “illegal immigration” 61. Those that “believe in the right to bear arms” 62. Anyone that is engaged in “ammunition stockpiling” 63. Anyone that exhibits “fear of Communist regimes” 64. Anti-abortion “activists” 65. Those that are against illegal immigration 66. Those that talk about “the New World Order” in a “derogatory” manner 67. Those that have a negative view of the United Nations 68. Those that are opposed “to the collection of federal income taxes” 69. Those that supported former presidential candidates Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin and Bob Barr 70. Those that display the Gadsden Flag (“Don’t Tread On Me”) 71. Those that believe in “end times” prophecies 72. Evangelical Christians” ENTHUSIASM FOR COERCION AND THE SUBSTITUTION OF ENEMIES FOR IDEAS

The Founders entrusted limited, enumerated powers to government. The Progressives, who believed that a government of the educated elite, not the individual, knew what was in the best interest, created the administrative state as an assault on these restrictions. For government to do the collective good, it had to be centralized at the national level, expanded dramatically, and involved in regulating most (if not all) of the economic and social decisions made by citizens. Their legacy is a tangle of behemoth agencies with the power to make laws, to investigate, prosecute, and enforce laws, and in many cases to judge violations of the laws. (The crown jewel is Obamacare). These unelected bureaucrats with immense concentrated powers operate under the radar, largely shielded from the control of the people. That is why some nameless people in some obscure office in some agency can codify who is outside the norm. It should come as no surprise, then, that those individuals and organizations that push back against this leviathan, that attempt to restore the government to some semblance of the one the Founders envisioned and to return to the values they cherished, are deemed by their government as dangerous “extremists” that need to be watched carefully.

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DeLand went to the dogs on January 24, when the 17th

annual Mardi Gras on MainStreet Dog Parade marched

down Woodland Boulevard. Parade participants and

viewers, both two and four-legged, thronged the

boulevard from Michigan Avenue to Howry Avenue and

celebrated at the street festival on West Indiana Avenue

in front of the historic courthouse. Club members

enjoyed a dog day afternoon manning the RCWV booth

at the festival. (Photos Courtesy Karen K. Clark)

The RCWV Street Festival Booth

RCWV Member Judy Vingleman and President Paul

Deering Promote Conservative Values

Judy Vingleman Offers Information

“Paws” For a Treat

Happy Valentine’s Day ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Future Speakers to Be Announced

February 17, 2015 Meeting Speaker: Dr. John Hill Volusia County School Board District 1

Dr. Hill graduated from Deltona High School and from Ross University School of

Medicine April 30, 2002. He also has a Bachelor of Science degree in

Cardiopulmonary Medicine from the University of Central Florida and an Associates

of Science degree from Daytona Beach Community College in Respiratory Care

Technology. Dr. Hill’s practice, West Volusia Family and Spots Medicine, is located

on SR 15A in DeLand. He is married with two children and is very active in the

community with his church and high school sports, as well as with the soccer and

baseball teams at Stetson University.

RCWV Speakers Schedule (Posted on the Club Website

www.rcwv.us)

March 17, 2015 Meeting: Ben F. Johnson, Volusia County Sheriff

Sheriff Johnson is a lifelong resident of Volusia County. He graduated from Deland

High School (1968), Daytona Beach Community College, with an Associate of

Science in Criminal Justice (1978) and Rollins College, Winter Park, earning a

Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, with honors (1981). He was elected Sheriff

of Volusia County in November 2000 and assumed office January 1, 2001, and was

re-elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012. His career with the Volusia County Sheriff's

Office spanned from October 1971 to May 1998. He was promoted to Sergeant in

November 1974; promoted to Lieutenant in January 1984; First District Commander

in Deltona, April 1989; and SWAT Entry Team Leader. Sheriff Johnson is a graduate

of the 156th session of the FBI National Academy, Quantico, VA (1989) and was

elected President of the Florida Sheriff's Association (2011). He and his wife Leslye

Gale, host of the Magic Morning Show on Magic 107.7, Orlando, live in Glenwood.