As I briefly explained in my earlier post, there can be two sides to a Fraternal Order of Police lodge. The fraternal side and that is all it is, fraternal. They have neither political agenda nor influence. Then there is the labor/union side. Any time you see the word Labor associated with a FOP lodge you can substitute the word UNION.
Here is the bottom line folks, Jeff McAdams (from the Gainesville lodge and former labor rep) Gary Evans (the local labor rep), Nelson Cuba (lodge 5-30 president) and his minions are driving this election so they are driving Mike Taylor. They have taken over the local lodge, Clay Lodge 104, and the local lodge is now a puppet of lodge 530.
Now I am going to connect some of the dots.
Jacksonville Public Safety Officers = the Labor Lodge (UNION) side of the Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5-30 = Endorsed Mike Taylor for Sheriff and just as they own and operate Mike Taylor they own and operate the Clay County lodge 104. Let me repeat that, JACKSONVILLE Fraternal Order of Police lodge 530 gives marching orders to our local Clay County Lodge. Clay County lodge 104 is in lockstep with whatever Nelson Cuba wants. It is not just our lodge either, 530 is the most powerful lodge in Florida and they get what they want.
They are supporting Mike Taylor because they are angry that Sheriff Beseler will not kowtow to their every whim. It truly is not about Mike Taylor V Sheriff Beseler it is the UNION V Sheriff Beseler.In case anyone missed my original post, go to it and I hope you will have a better understanding of what is truly going on with this race. Again, it is not about Mike Taylor against Sheriff Beseler, it is about the Florida Labor Lodge (UNION) against Sheriff Beseler. The labor lodge could not possibly care less who Mike Taylor is or what Mike Taylor is about. All they wanted was a puppet. I think both the puppet and the puppet masters are all unscrupulous.
The labor lodge is what is driving Mike Taylor and make no mistake, if anyone thinks for one second that Mike Taylor did not have anything to do with the anti-Beseler flyer that was mailed out from the Jax Public Safety Officers, as he claimed in the live blog tonight, you are a complete chump. I truly do not wish to insult anyone, but again, if you believe that Mike Taylor did not have anything to do with that flyer, you are a complete chump! Mike Taylor’s fingerprints are all over it. Lodge 530 president Nelson Cuba’s prints are all over it too.
If you need more proof that the Jacksonville Public Safety Officers is the same organization as the Fraternal Order of Politicians lodge 5-30, just look at the return address on the flyer from the Jacksonville Public Safety Officers. The return address is 5530 Beach Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32207. Rather than tell you what the address of lodge 530 is, look it up on their website:
Jacksonville Fraternal Order of Police - Consolidated Lodge 5-30
5530 Beach Boulevard
Jacksonville, FL 32207-5161
Phone: (904) 398-7010 - FAX: (904) 398-7192
In case you still do not believe me, here is the link to the lodge 5-30 web site: www.fop530.com [1]
Click on Contact Us and it will bring up their address.
Below is the last question and Mr. Taylor’s response from the live blog:
Lamar Thames: Were you involved in any way in the anti-Beseler flyer mailed to households in Clay County by the Jacksonvlle Public Safety Officers?
Taylor: I had no involvement in the flyer's production or the flyer's content. I am not directly involved with the Jacksonville Public Safety Officers. In working with the FOP in Clay County and Jacksonville, I know that there are many law enforcement officers in Northeast Florida that support my campaign and are working hard to educate voters.
WHAT, NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THEM, YOU ARE OWNED BY THEM, YOU ARE OPERATED BY THEM, YOU WERE ENDORSED BY THEM AND YOU ARE CARRYING THEIR WATER!
Is there anyone out there that cannot connect the dots now?
Sorry folks, I have to call it what it is, no, on second thought, I will let you call it what it is.
How can anyone with an ounce or morality continue to support such a dishonorable, despicable example of a political candidate? I do not think candidate is the proper term for Mr. Taylor. Political HACK is more fitting.
Hey, but do not believe me, call lodge 5-30 and ask to speak to Nelson Cuba and have him tell you that the Jacksonville Public Safety Officers are not the same as lodge 5-30. Actually, he probably will because he will play a word game. Remember, the FRATERNAL lodge is not the same as the LABOR LODGE. Well, they certainly did not differentiate between the two when they endorsed Mr. Taylor nor did lodge 104. You cannot have it both ways there Mr. Taylor.
I am certain that Mr. Cuba would welcome the opportunity to explain this away so lets everybody call 398-7010 and ask for an explanation and please, if you call, tell Nelson that Sun Tzu told you to call.
Remember honorable citizens and VOTERS of Clay County, this is the same man that wants you to TRUST him and elect him to the highest law enforcement position in our county.
In an earlier blog, I mentioned some local FOP members that suffered greatly for standing up for their rights. People that were supposed to be their brothers treated them very poorly. Those brothers turned on them like a pack of ravenous animals when those members fell out of step. I know some of the things that their BROTHERS subjected them to but I am not going to make their business public. I just hope they will reach a point that they are willing to come forward or give me permission to expose the injustice they suffered at the hands of their so-called BROTHERS.
I am in the process of connecting many dots, MANY DOTS, and I hope I will be able to post something soon. Also, as soon as I have time I am going to post the questions that some others and I tried to have the commentator ask Mr. Taylor during the live blog but he was not asked any of them. I have already stated that I do not believe in dragging family members into politics but I am going to expose a lie Mike Taylor is telling about his son being exonerated and I am going to expose the State Attorney that would not prosecute, or at least charge him, for the crime that he admitted. It is right in the report so anyone that wants to can read it for himself or herself. I want you all to understand one very important thing however; this is not about Mike Taylor’s son. I truly wish he had not been dragged into this but he is and that is that. What this is about is Mike Taylor’s dishonesty and what I believe is either cronyism or laziness on the part of the Assistant State Attorney. It is unwise to tip ones hand but there is no damage control the Taylor/Lancaster machine can do for what I am about to publish so I don’t mind telling you.
I would like to point out one last thing. I have challenged Mike Taylor, or any of his minions, repeatedly to show evidence where I am wrong in anything I have said. I have challenged them repeatedly to produce evidence of when Sheriff Beseler has lied. I have asked anyone to give me one single reason anyone should support Mike Taylor and not Sheriff Beseler. I have challenged him to respond to allegations of vote buying. I have issued challenge after challenge but other than some misaimed pot shots from his little minions, no one has rebutted one single thing I have stated, nor has anyone even attempted to.
Additionally, I have rebutted the lies he has on his videos. I have rebutted the misleading information and fabrication (LIES) in his LIAR FLYER. I have exposed Mike Taylor’s unscrupulous character for having participated in these shenanigans. I have rebutted every single lie Mike Taylor has published. Yet, not one single counter rebuttal. You have to ask yourselves, why not? The answer is simple. They cannot rebut with credible evidence one single thing I have written.
If you have not read my earlier blogs, I encourage you to do so. If you have questions post them at the end of any one of my blogs and I will answer them as quickly as I can and I will answer them honestly.
Mike Taylor will deny this but I can tell you for an absolute certainty, many of the Taylor supporters are jumping ship and they are talking. They are talking to me and they are talking to those that know me. Mike Taylor’s campaign is in trouble and he knows it. It was all over his face last night at Clay Hill. He knows he is in trouble so stand by for an out and out blitz of pure hate filled rants, such as the swine dribble that Republicantruth1 has posted, more lies and half-truths and anything else they can come up with to distort the truth. Whoever came up with tic tock was right on target but I do not think they ever dreamed it would be the other way around. TIC TOCK BOYS, TIC TOCK.
Taylor’s minions will be attacking Sheriff Beseler, they will be attacking me and they will be attacking anyone else that offers any resistance to the Taylor/Lancaster machine. If they are talking to you in person, I can give you a hint of how to tell if they are lying, their lips will be moving.
Voters, please, seek the truth for yourselves. Do not take what I have said as fact either, find the facts yourselves. With few exceptions, everything I have talked about is public record. I think however, that the fact that no one has answered my repeated challenges speaks for itself. Again though, search out the truth for yourselves.
If it wasn’t such a waste of time because I know you will not get a truthful answer I would tell you to call Mike Taylor's campaign and ask how many of his supporters have called and told him to either come get his campaign sign off of their property or they will take it down themselves. If you do decide to call, or perhaps you have a Taylor campaign sign you want removed, the number is 375-2642 and please, tell him Sun Tzu told you to call. If after making the morally logical decision you want to replace your Taylor sign with a Sheriff Beseler sign you can call 284-7870 and I can promise one will be provided.
That reminds me; someone asked the question of why the union was not voted in under Scott Lancaster. That is a very simple answer. He bullied and intimidated enough deputies to vote it down. He held MANDATORY meetings under the guise of a “state of the office” type thing then resorted to his threats in order to scare the deputies into voting against it. Does anyone care to refute that? Sheriff Beseler on the other hand did the honorable thing. He voiced his opinion but said in the end, the choice was ours. He did not threaten, he did not bully and he did not lie.
If anyone cares to meet my challenge, by all means, please do, I welcome the debate. However, please make it factual and substantive. I am telling you now so do not brag to the world that Sun Tzu would not face you; blind rage rants, pointless snippets and meaningless questions, etc., will not receive a reply. Again, if anyone can tell me when Sheriff Beseler lied, what he has done to dishonor the integrity of his office or where he has failed as Sheriff, bring it on. However, if all you have to offer is to regurgitate the falsehoods from the Taylor camp, save it because we have already seen it read it and heard it.
The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon, which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.
Sun Tzu