For questions contact Jim Gleason (954) 562-0336.

Also mark your schedule for other RBN events this month including:

RBN Business Expo – Wednesday, April 18 at Sartory Hall

RBN Happy Hour Mixer – Thursday, April 26 at Wings Plus.

Please invite your business contacts to meet some of the RBN Members and join in on the networking. 

Place:  Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, 9521 Westview Drive Coral Springs, FL 33076

Time:  12:00 Noon – 1:30 pm

Bring a friend and enjoy a wonderful networking opportunity for your business.

Place:  Meyer’s Latin Flair Latin-American Cafe’

        2528 N. University Drive Coral Springs, FL 33065

Time:  12:00 Noon – 1:30 pm

Bring a friend and enjoy a wonderful networking opportunity for your business.

I want to congratulate our club on a very successful 2011.  We started the year off with an entrepreneurial forum, and another presentation on business loans.  Throughout the year, we heard  from Sheriff Lamberti, nearly all of the candidates for the United States Senate, as well as candidates for Congress and other local offices.  We also heard presentations from our local city commissioners.

Our annual Expo in April was the most well-attended to date, with over 200 attendees and nearly 40 businesses presenting.  We received a special visit from Congressman (and member!) Allen West, who continues to fight for businesses in Washington, D.C.  And finally our holiday party was again very well-attended, and gave us the chance to relax and celebrate our successful year. 

We are looking forward to a similarly successful 2012.  We will continue to hear from Republican candidates for office during this election year, and plan to support our members running for office through grassroots campaigning.  Our April Expo will be at a new venue in order to accommodate the influx of new members and guests interested in the Republican Business Network.  Finally, we will use 2012 to continue our mission of Connecting…Electing!

Thank you,

David Gobeo, President

Republican Business Network

The featured speaker at this months meeting is Mike McCalister, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, businessman, and university instructor.  Colonel Mike McCalister (Retired) is currently running for the US Senate. ( www.mikemccalisterforsenate.com )

 Colonel McCalister served honorably in the Army National Guard, Army Reserves, and on Active Duty for a total of 33 years between 1971 and 2005 (see “military record” for more information).  He has worked with physicians at biotech and healthcare companies to improve efficiencies in the healthcare system, is a licensed agri-business professional, and owner of a small tree farm.  He is also a university instructor, teaching practicing, professional students about today’s global economy and global business operations, strategy, and policy.

 Colonel McCalister holds a B.S. in Agriculture from Southeast Missouri State University, Ph.D. in Management from the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a graduate of The Command & General Staff College, the Army War College Defense Strategy Curriculum, and The Air War College; and he has completed the Harvard University Program on Senior Executive Leadership.

 Colonel McCalister is an unapologetic conservative. His number one priority will be to get Floridians back to work by cutting spending, reducing the deficit, lowering taxes, and protecting our products and proprietary technologies and investments against unfair foreign competition. Colonel McCalister believes that Barack Obama and Bill Nelson are destroying our country with their reckless policies, and is frustrated that political insiders have done little to combat high unemployment, rising gas prices, and falling home prices.

Click here for this months RBN Meeting Announcement/Information.

The Brunch includes choice from a raw bar and delicious assortment of salads, fruits, breads, entrees, omelets, and desserts.  Prices (per person plus tax and gratuity): Adults ($21.95 each); Price per child under 12 years old equals their age.

You are encouraged to invite your business contacts to meet some of the RBN members.

Address:  The Blue Moon Fish Co, 10317 Royal Palm Blvd, Coral Springs. Phone: (954) 755-0002.

bluemooncoralsprings.com

Please note that for November only RBN is replacing its luncheon networking event with this special event.  This is a perfect opportunity for those who normally cannot make the weekday luncheon.

If you have any questions or need more information contact James Gleason at (954) 562-0336.

Details Here

Address of The Perfect Game is 10365 Royal Palm Blvd (Corner of Royal Palm and Coral Springs Drive).

The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.

The FairTax Act (HR 25, S 13) is nonpartisan legislation. It abolishes all federal personal and corporate income taxes, gift, estate, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, and self-employment taxes and replaces them with one simple, visible, federal retail sales tax  administered primarily by existing state sales tax authorities.

The FairTax taxes us only on what we choose to spend on new goods or services, not on what we earn. The FairTax is a fair, efficient, transparent, and intelligent solution to the frustration and inequity of our current tax system.

The FairTax:

• Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks
• Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions
• Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities
• Allows American products to compete fairly
• Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy
• Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding
• Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation
• Abolishes the IRS

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