This long article includes an overview why Lake County, FL Property Appraiser lost his position due to dirty tricks by a Dirty Tricks Cabal setup by David Jordan, Tax Collector, and Mark Jordan, his brother. The main article is written by Tom Vail, with many personal opinions and comments by FiscalRangers.com editor Vance Jochim. Read more →
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Here is the new, official X account for Vivek and Elon's DOGE or Department of Government Efficiency, and how to apply for a job. Read more →
Advocates for the FL ballot item Amendment 4 (abortion) got the ballot item certified earlier this year to be on the Nov. ballot. But now Gov. Ron DeSantis's Election Crimes group is asking several SOEs for copies of petitions signed by voters to support the Amendment 4 being on the ballot. Read more →
Laura Loomer, political commentator and former Lake County, FL candidate for Congress published an expose of how Kamala Harris voters are paying social media influencers $150 for each NICE post about Kamala. And, without explaining that, the mainstream media are claiming Kamala has more social media followers than Trump. Laura is in the picture on the right during a Lake County, FL Republican Party parade event. On the left is past president of the Republicans, Walter Price. Loomer corrects all of that in her Loomer.locals.com article HERE! Visit her X channel or the above linked Locals channel to get all of her investigative stories about the Presidential 2024 elections. Vance Read more →
Tom Vail, who we endorse, is running for the Lake County FL Superintendant of Elections and this is his list of endorsements so far. Read more →
In June, 2024, Lake County, FL Tax Collector and his brother Mark Jordan, committed an underhanded dirty trick to fool incumbent and 2024 re-election candidate Lake County Property Appraiser Carey Baker into thinking he had no opponent, and at the last minute filed Mark Jordan for the position while Carey had filed as a write-in, thinking he had no opponent. This post includes the details and an approved resolution by the Lake County, FL Republican Party calling for Mark Jordan to drop from the race. In my opinion, David Jordan, who had no opponent, should also drop from his race and let the Governor appoint a new Tax Collector. Read more →
Lake County, FL Republican Residents in North-West Lake County need to know who is best for them by watching this video. These are the two leading candidates in the elections for FL House Dist 26, 2024. Read more →
The two Republican candidates for FL House District 27, Beckie Sirolli and Steve Shives, appeared at the Lake County, FL Republican Party HQ in Tavares, FL on Feb. 23, 2024. This video was edited and uploaded Mar. 30, 2024 by Vance Jochim. Read more →
March, 2024: Tom Vail is running for Lake County, FL Supervisor of Elections against incumbent Alan Hays. This post included links to a full video of Tom Vail on both YouTube and Rumble speaking at the headquarters of the Lake County, FL Republican Party HQ in Tavares, FL on Feb. 6, 2024. Read more →
James O'keefe spent 49 minutes today, Feb. 20, 2023 explaining in a video the entire, not well known, train of events leading to his departure from his investigative watchdog group Project Veritas. It happened strangely forced by a hostile Board just days after their huge expose of the Pfizer executive admitting apparent improper actions related to their Covid vaccines. Read more →
The Lake County, FL Republican Party meets next week on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at 7pm at the Howey Mansion in Howey-in-the-Hills, FL and it should be exciting with a new Chair, Anthony Sabatini, and a vote on supporting Trump. All Lake County, FL Republicans should attend and see the Mansion. Read more →
Conservative Texas vlogger Debbie Georgatos of AmericaCanWeTalk.com had a great video segment on Rumble on Jan. 12, 2023, explaining a growing TexasFirst.org movement to uncover and document election integrity issues and get legislative changes to improve election integrity. Read about the event and get the links here. Read more →
Dec., 13, 2022 Tonight's Lake County, FL Republican Party met in Eustis, FL to elect new officers. Former State Rep. Anthony Sabatini was elected Chair, 1st Vice Chair was Tom Vail (recent candidate for FL House), 2nd Vice Chair was Sam Durrance, Corresponding Secty was Sue Ferrera Parent, Recording Secty was June Lang. Additionally, five District Managers were elected: 1 - ?? Benoit (Chuck?), 2 - Kris Jurski, 3 - Loretta Garretson, 4 - Alex Whicher, 5 - Apóstol Ludy López. Congratulations to all. The trend was to elect people who were active or supporting of more aggressive policy stances on election integrity, and other policies needing action by the RPOF. Vance Jochim Read more →
Aishah Hasnie from Fox News came out to The Villages, FL on August 21 to interview Laura Loomer, candidate for Florida's US Congress District 11 seat. We provide some details and a link to the video. Read more →
Here are my (Vance Jochim) recommendations for Lake County, FL primary election candidates for the August 23, 2022 primaries. Read more →
A couple in the Villages, FL supporting Dan Webster for US Congressional District 11 formed a PAC and funded attack ads against Republican Laura Loomer. BUT, they also approached a third Republican candidate, Gavriel Sorviano, and asked if he would quit the race and endorse Webster. He refused and told his story to VoxPopuli, which printed an expose, which is the source for our story. Read more →
Tomorrow, Monday, Aug. 8th, 2022 and on Tuesday, Aug. 9th, there are two election "Hob Nobs" run by local Chambers of Commerce to let the public meet and greet all local election candidates and to vote for them in a straw poll that is administered by the Lake County Supv. of Elections. We provide details and encourage Lake County, FL voters to attend and "vote" in a straw poll to support their favored candidates. Read more →
Laura Loomer, candidate for the Florida US Congressional Dist. 11 (mosly Lake County and nearby county areas) is having an open house in Leesburg, Tue. July 26. Read the details and flyer here! Read more →
Lora Lumer (you know who we mean - Laura Loomer), candidate for Florida US House District 11, spoke on July, 12, 2022 at the Villagers for Trump where opponent Daniel Webster did not show up, and here is their video. Another opponent who attended and spoke was Gavriel Rosario. Incumbent US Congressman Dan Webster, could not attend. Read more →
2020 Florida voter registration analysis and questionable fluctuations in different party registration volumes are shown in this 10-minute video of the Florida statewide voter registration database. Also, could there be a pattern of fake registrations? Speculation is that Florida's membership in "ERIC" may be the reason. Go to the Rumble channel to see the 10 minute video. Vance Jochim FiscalRangers.com Read more →
Contrary to advice of Dr. Anthony Faucie, the Biden Administration, WHO and the CDC, masks for students or adults are DANGEROUS in our opinion and we list the reasons and sources that you can use to make up your own mind. Read more →
The video of the recent Conservative Watch USA-Villages April 28, 2021 meeting featuring Election fraud and cybersecurity expert Col Phil Waldron was uploaded at: https://youtu.be/AWq4f-3UKaM About the speaker, Col. Phil Waldron, Cybersecurity and Elections Integrity and fraud prevention expert: Colonel Phil Waldron(Retired) served in the US Army for 30 years and is a decorated combat veteran with extensive experience in Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Strategic Communications; Joint Information Operations; Cyber/Computer Network Operations; OPSEC; All -Source Intelligence Analysis; Unconventional Warfare and Operations Integration. He is most well known by the public for his recent testimony regarding the foreign and domestic interference in our election used by the Dominion Voting Machines that he presented at a hearing in front of the Arizona legislature defending President Donald J. Trump. Video by Vance Jochim of FiscalRangers.com Read more →
A new Sumter County, FL conservative political group, Conservative Watch USA - Villages Chapter, had a kickoff event with three great speakers. Here is the link to the full video. Event was March 24, 2021. https://youtu.be/z0zFS_NdC-Y The speakers were: Col. Douglas MacGregor - Defense & Foreign Policy Inside Story Anthony Sabatini - FL Legislation update Bev Kilmer - Education Update The meeting was led by: Suzanne Days Annie Marie Delgado Conservative Watch USA - The Villages ========================================================================= For other conservative issues, join us at FiscalRangers.com and our Facebook Group: FiscalRangersLakeCounty The video is about 2-hours long with three speakers. We had to leave the songs and music out due to YouTube policies. Vance Jochim FiscalRangers.com Read more →
I am covering it and have a press pass. (Feb. 26-28, 2021) I am posting pictures and some comments on my FiscalRangersLakeCounty GROUP. You can also view it live on RSBN HERE. More detailed posts will be posted there and here later in the first week of March, 2021. Read more →
The big, annual CPAC convention is coming to Orlando, FL this Feb. 25-28, 2021, so Republicans should register now before the cheaper tickets are sold out. Read more →
A commentary in the Orlando Sentinel blasted most local City Councils and the County Board for trying to say they reduced property tax millage rates, but since they did not reduce them to the rollback rate, total actual taxes will go up significantly once those officials vote in September to NOT approve rollback rates. Confusing? Yes, so read my article and the linked commentary by Lauren Ritchie. Read more →
Watch the Trump Team 2020 bus arrive at the Lake County, FL Republican HQ and the dignitaries speak! Read more →
Lake County Voters should delay their voting in the Lake County primary elections until closer to the final voting day. They need to do that to see if anyone sends out negative mailer hit pieces that may see unethical or inaccurate before finally deciding who to vote for. We point out two candidate races where negative mailers have already been mailed out, and who in our opinion "might" be advising them. Read more →
We created a watchdog blog video of the convoluted, confusing and non-transparent process used by the Florida Governor's Appointments office to find filled and vacant positions and apply for them. Watch it - it took us 44 minutes to explain the whole bureaucratic "we always have done it this way" process. Read more →
An email campaign consultant ran a study and found that big email providers like Yahoo and AOL were favoring liberal political candidates by routing Republican candidate emails to spam folders, such as in Florida, 100% of Rick Scott tested emails were routed to recipient spam folders, but ZERO % of Democrat Bill Nelson's emails went to spam. Read more →
Tavares, FL Oct. 26, 2018 A shorter version of this opinion commentary by Vance Jochim was also posted on CityGrader.com. Updated Oct. 27, 2018 with more facts. The opinions in this commentary are all my own, based upon observations at meetings and my research. Will Eustis, FL, controlled by liberal or RINO (Republican in Name Only) City Council members, become the first Sanctuary City in Lake County, FL? As an active Republican and fiscal watchdog blogger in Lake County, FL, I rate this City a C due to the Democrat or liberal sympathizers on the City Council. I live in nearby Tavares and the contrast of "vision" is quite strong. The City staff are quite competent, and the historic ambiance is great, but the elected leaders with a liberal bias are not helpful. I am a watchdog blogger in Lake County, and have been monitoring Eustis politics for years. They keep electing liberal or do nothing Council members under the cover of "non-partisan" elections, leading to disputes with residents. Under the right circumstances, they could become Lake County's first Sanctuary City. City Elections for City Council candidates are now in progress for the Nov. 6, 2018 elections. The positions are... Read more →
This is a recap of all the upcoming political events in Lake County the week of July 31, 2017. Read more →
Karen Jaroch, Florida Regional Coordinator, speaking about the Heritage Action organization, which is a community action spinoff of think tank Heritage Foundation. Read more →
The Lake County, FL Elections Canvassing Board performed an audit on Nov. 21, 2016 to compare a sample of paper ballot counts to machine generated totals. This is an overview of the process and a link to the video of the 3+ hour process. This includes some observations about loopholes in the "audit" process. Read more →
This is the FiscalRangers.com Guide to Recommended Candidates for local Lake County, FL primary elections held on August 30, 2016. Does not include cities or special districts. Read more →
Tavares, FL (Lake County, FL) Monday, August 25, 2014 Update Aug. 26, 9am: We have corrected 3 bloopers as noted below. If you haven't voted yet, below is our reminder and fiscally conservative recommendations for Lake County, FL (no cities). Forward this to anyone who you think could use the information. But first read this NOTE: DID you get your property tax TRIM notice this week and see how high the proposed tax is? The Lake County Board is having a workshop tomorrow (Tuesday) on the pending budget and proposed 18% tax hike. If you want to give them your opinion, call, write or go to the meeting and give public input. You will have to do that at the BEGINNING of the 10am meeting (not 9am) when public input is allowed. The workshop could be 1-3 hours later. This is a workshop, and not the TWO required public hearings which are the final votes on Sept. 9 and Sept 23rd at 5pm in the County Admin building. Plan to be at BOTH meetings. Here is where you can find a copy of the proposed budget Update: 4pm: We got this superb 5 page analysis of all the alternatives to... Read more →
Our overview and recommendations of 2014 election candidates for Florida House District 31 which includes Apopka, Eustis, Mt. Dora and Tavares in Lake County and Orange County, Florida. Candidates include Belita Grassel, Jennifer Sullivan, Joseph Stephens, Randy Glisson and Terri Seefeldt. Article also includes links to videos of candidate forums and other news media articles. Read more →
A Lake County, FL area elections HobNob was held Aug. 14, 2014 in Leesburg, FL and here are the results and links to pictures. Read more →
Tavares, FL July 4th, 2014 Be sure to attend the July 4th Parade in downtown Tavares. Be there before 4:30. Parade starts at 5pm Today is the great patriotic holiday, July 4th. “America” is a patriotic movie now in theaters, including the AMC theaters in Leesburg, where the producer, Dinesh D’Souza, describes all the complaints about America by liberals, then takes them apart one by one. You walk out of the theater being proud of America, not hostile towards America like Obama and the liberals. I saw the movie yesterday, and it was great. It helps understand the clear difference between American hating liberals and American loving patriots and conservatives. One big learning point for me is that the way that people increase wealth in most other countries is through CONQUEST, using force to TAKE property or countries. In the US, we have Constitutional freedoms and property rights they don’t have, and thus INDIVIDUAL Americans ALL have the opportunity to build wealth through entrepreneurship and improving property values. Dinesh provides examples. It is a big difference, and “professional” media reporters need to educate themselves on these issues if they really want to be a “balanced” reporter and also provide visibility... Read more →
The 2014 Florida Legislative session is over, and Lake County's FL District 31 Rep. Larry Metz held a community update meeting in Clermont, FL to describe wins and losses in the recent legislation session. Links to his Powerpoint and Video are included. Read more →
Last minute political tricks may result in Democrats and other voters voting in the Republican Primary for Florida House District 31. District 31 covers Apopka, Mt. Dora, Eustis and Tavares areas. Read more →
Florida Gov. Rick Scott made a campaign stop in Lake County, FL. Here are links to a video of the event, a newspaper article and pictures on Facebook. Read more →
The Republican Party of Florida just distributed a new resolution calling for Governor Scott and State officials and leaders to CEASE implementation of Common Core standards. Read more →
Tavares, FL - Monday, Sept. 2 See update in red below - 37 people have now signed the letter. vj Florida & Lake County Common Core Update: 12 Florida GOP Committee men & women and County Republican party Chairs sent a letter to other Florida "Republican Leaders" objecting to Common Core. Signers include Mike Levine, Lake County Republican Executive Committee Chair, and Patricia Sullivan, Florida State Committeewoman for Lake County. What is interesting is that the Lake County REC never discussed issuing a resolution so Levine & Sullivan are speaking as individuals without any vote of the REC. I know, because I am chair of the Public Policy committee who was going to bring a resolution against Common Core before the REC at the end of Sept. We were going to do it last month, but the August meeting was dedicated to Lake County Transportation Funding issues. But, reasons for prompt action do exist: the recent 3 day Tampa "Education Summit" was held by Gov. Scott which was not announced until 2 business days before the meeting with already selected panel members using the “Delphi” technique and with mostly Common Core supporters on the panels. The Delphi technique is used... Read more →
Tavares, FL - June 29th, 2013 Two videos of the June 27th, 2013 Common Core Forum in Lake County, FL are embedded below or linked HERE (Part 1) & (Part 2) . Hosted by the Lake County, FL Republican Party. Names of panelists are in attached page below or in text on YouTube pages. Two panelists were for Common Core and two were against it. Note: The panelists assumed attendees knew the history of Common Core, so it was not clearly presented. To get better background on Common Core, look at our Factsheet at www.tinyurl.com/HaltCommonCoreNow . Download Common Core Forum Panelists Info Download 2013-06-27 CC REC Forum Download Top 10 Objections to Common Core Education Standards - Handout Summary of Event: Both sides made relevant points. However, most audience sentiment was against Common Core, so a planned straw vote was not taken. Video - Part one - Two hours Video Part two - about 30 min Read more →
Tavares, FL - May 7, 2013 by Vance Jochim FiscalRangers.com In the field of boxing, they used to say that white boxing fans were always looking for the "great white hope", meaning a white boxer who could beat the many black boxers. Similarly, in the field of politics, conservatives keep seeking conservative, not liberal news outlets besides Fox News and Glen Beck online. Now, it might happen and the Ronald Reagan of Newspaper publishers might take over and purge a major liberal newspaper chain of liberal writers and install conservative reporters and editors. You Betcha. The well know conservative billionaires, the Koch Brothers, are contemplating the purchase of the Tribune Corp. newspapers, including the Orlando Sentinel, the rabidly liberal Lost Angeles Times and several other papers. That company just came out of bankruptcy recently and their papers are on the market to be sold. Columnist Cal Thomas gives us a glimpse of the possible Conservative Publishing Valhalla here: http://www.calthomas.com/index.php?news=3978 According to Thomas, Los Angeles staff were asked if they would quit if the paper was bought by the Koch Brothers, and HALF of them said yes. Christmas might be early for us conservatives. Imagine what would happen to the nearby... Read more →
Tavares, FL - Nov. 1, 2012 Here are the FiscalRangers Lake County voting guide & recommendations, followed by tips to ensure your ballots or votes are not denied due to stupid voter mistakes (which are infrequent, but do happen). FiscalRangers.com Lake County Voting Recommendations (Cities not Included) By Vance Jochim Many offices were decided during the primaries, thus I don’t list them here. My bias is I mostly vote Republican and for candidates who are intelligent, create initiatives and exercise sound fiscal decisions. If you don’t have a sample ballot, go to this Lake County Elections page, select your precinct and print or download your specific sample ballot: http://elections.lakecountyfl.gov/sample_ballots/index.aspx President : Romney/Ryan – duh! Or did you forget that Obama ran the deficit up to $1-trillion per year, and the national debt up to $16-billion for your kids. Don't even get me started on all those Executive Orders or Obama failing to provide security, resulting in the murder of a US Ambassador in Libya. US Senator: Vote for Connie Mack, NOT Nelson. Democrat Nelson voted like Obama and is part of the problem we have with the economy. US Representative – District 10: Vote for incumbent Daniel Webster (not Deming).... Read more →
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