Matt if you don't like what CFL is doing resign. Nobody is holding a gun to your head saying you have to join.
You said you wanted to be like your buddy in Orlando. Well mission accomplished. You have nothing but compaints about CFL. You offer nothing positive. And you insist on playing the victim card.
Quit and try and get a life.
i'm shocked at the sentiment in this and the post above. the simple answer to matts question is there is no national organization for this movement. i don't know why people are so willing to attack matt for doing to C4L leadership what we all are doing to our local, state, and national governments. these comments against matt and nick and FL supprters reeks of opportunism if not outright hypocrisy.
if anyone took the time to understand what happened at the FL state level, as well as the local orlando level, they would understand that the original post are words that went exactly opposite of the actions taken by C4L HQ to INFLUENCE what is happening in the FL non-existent CFL and Orlando non-existent C4L.
Everyone here going against matt so far has failed to realize the negative impact that the National C4L has had on liberty organizations that are not only fighting incumbent GOP power elite, but now apparently fighting the C4L itself for political influence. National C4L has stepped on the toes of those local and state organizations in FL. IN fact national C4L has kicked FL organizers and FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS in the the groin!
And there has been absolutely NO explanation for this. NONE. In fact there hasn't even been any recognition that this has occurred other than what Matt has brought to the table. Yet here you have other LEADERS telling FL if they don't like it tough titties!
There is no remedy for the 62k+ people who supported Ron Paul in FL. We can't form our organization how we want, because if we do something that C4L doesn't like, ie: bringing lawsuits against the GOP for banning Ron Paul supporters, influencing the GOP meetings with overwhelming numbers and brute political force, question our "state leadership" of the FL non-existent C4L for asking for money to support his run AND getting Ron Paul's endorsement only to toss that support to the very incumbent that is on the defensive side of the lawsuit Mr. Greer at the last minute in exchange for more lip service and the possibility that his party might include us some time in the future.
Tell us what we CAN DO, put it in writing, and make it a part of the rules FOR EVERYONE! That's all this is about!
If none of the other "leaders" are interested in what is happening in FL and Orlando, fine go along your merry way with your local issues. But have some integrity and maturity in your arguments. Think about this, if we fail to hold the leadership of our own movement accountable, if we fail to support each other across county and state lines, then how are we going to even think about taking back our federal government?
Please remember that our country was not founded by a bunch of little cities and states gaining autonomy from the King. They had to work together and get behind the same issues that impacted ALL of them. All of this talk about taking care of your state and your county sounds good but if the end result is 50 different groups with 57 different issues ties loosely together by a lobbying corp, then we will have failed miserably.
Bottom line, if we can't APPLY the values and principles of our own message to our own ACTIONS and our own campaign, then we don't deserve a national stage.
Here's a few basic questions for anyone that I challenge to answer. If C4L is a corporation, then what is it's tax ID? Where is it's state filiing? Where is it's articles incorporation? Why would dues paying members need additional permission to affiliate themselves with the organization they are a member of? What legal grounds do C4L staffers have to revoke the membership of someone who pays their dues? Does that person get a refund? Basic Basic questions.
If this was the republican party wouldn't we ask similar questions?