DR RICH SWIER NEWS MAG 01/14/2014

Senator Nancy Detert (R-FL): Ted Cruz does not reflect “true Republican leanings” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is coming to Florida to speak and receive the Republican Party of Sarasota (RPOS) “Statesman of the Year Award.” One Republican State Senator is having none of it. Senator Nancy Detert (R-FL District 28) takes exception to Joe Gruters, RPOS Chairman, inviting the likes of Senator Ted Cruz and former Congressman Allen West to speak. Allen West will be the featured speaker at the February 12th RPOS Lincoln Day Dinner and Senator Cruz on February 20th will speak at Statesman of the Year dinner. ... READ MORE . . .     VIDEO: Dr. Sandra Stotsky and Dr. James Milgram: “Why I Refused to Sign Off on Common Core Standards” Hear Dr. Sandra Stotsky and Dr. James Milgram explain to interviewer Ann Marie Banfield why they each refused to sign off on the academic legitimacy of the Common Core standards, when they served as official Common Core validation committee members. Introduction is about five minutes after which Dr. Stotsky begins to speak at about minute 5:00. Professors Milgram and Stotsky were the only content experts to sit on the Common Core Validation Committee and will explain why they refused to sign off on the Common Core Standards ... READ MORE . . . Please support our Partner Smart Meters – The Gateway to Time of Use Rates Smart meters collect detailed energy usage data at certain time intervals. When initially deployed, utilities and government entities will talk up the reasons and benefits as being “to provide users with more information in order to better manage their energy”. Consumers who have studied the smart grid and the purpose of smart meters will point to their main purpose as being necessary for “time of use (TOU) billing.” Utilities and government officials will accuse them of “fear mongering”. Well, California is ahead of Florida, so let’s look at their experience with smart meters ... READ MORE . . . FL Legislature: Adultery, Cohabitation & Marijuana are fine but Texting while Driving is a Crime? “Did this really happen? House committee moves to decriminalize adultery, co-habitation and a strain of marijuana,” reads the headline on the Miami Herald Blog. Tad Mackie, an Executive Committee member of the Republican Party of Sarasota, in an email states, “I didn’t ask but I’m OK with it. Adultery is morally wrong … But criminal? Cohabitation is morally wrong … But criminal? Pot should be legal. (like it was before 1934).” But what are the social costs for legalizing adultery, cohabitation and pot? ... READ MORE . . . The taking of Marie Winkelman 1-2-3 Who is Marie Winkelman? Marie is the author of a book about her experiences as a Holocaust survivor in Poland titled “Keeping A Promise: To Tell My Story of Survival in Warsaw During WW II.” “On December 4th, 2013, a beautiful and brilliant 88-year-old Holocaust Survivor named Marie Winkelman was put into guardianship in the Sarasota, Florida Probate Court – without a hearing – based upon a mediation agreement,” states Beverly Newman, President of the Al Katz Center. Marie is the second victim of elder abuse in Sarasota County, Florida. The first was Al Katz, the father of Beverly Newman, another Holocaust Survivor … READ MORE . . .