SUBJECT: Victor Ramos of Orlando Sentinel Reports in his Orlando Sentinel Blog on Franklin Perez's Digust & Anger at Libertarian Party of Florida for Not Passing Anti-Hispanic & Anti-Censorship Condemnation Motions
Hello Folks: On November 19, 2009, I sent out a PRESS RELEASE, which you may view at the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SemCountyLibs/message/4017 hyperlink, entitled Franklin Perez Expresses Disgust & Anger at Libertarian Party of Florida for Not Passing Anti-Hispanic & Anti-Censorship Condemnation Motions. I would like to thank very much Victor Ramos of the Orlando Sentinel for reporting the incidents I have had before with the Libertarian Party of Florida in his Orlando Sentinel blog. You may view the contents of this blog by going to the http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_hispanicaffairs/2009/11/libertarian-upset-over-hispanic-comment-wants-an-apology.html hyperlink. There are some minor innacuries in the article, but that was probably on honest mistake on Victor Ramos's part. I will be issuing another PRESS RELEASE to point out the minor innacuries. Also, there is MORE information that should have been reported and it was not reported by Victor Ramos in his Orlando Sentinel blog. Again, this will be provided by me in a future PRESS RELEASE. Let's see if the reporting by Victor Ramos of the Orlando Sentinel will SHAME the Libertarian Party of Florida Executive Committee into passing the Condemnation Motions I mentioned in the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SemCountyLibs/message/4017 hyperlink. The contents of Victor Ramos's blog may also be seen below.... Sincerely, Franklin Perez (Libertarian) Florida State House Candidate (District 33) - Year 2010 Libertarian and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! http://www.fperez1776.com http://www.twitter.com/fperez1776 ================================================================== Libertarian, upset over Hispanic comment, demands apology posted by Victor Manuel Ramos on Nov 20, 2009 4:56:51 PM Libertarian candidate Franklin Perez, a Cuban-American from Oviedo who is running for state representative in District 33 in east Orange and Seminole, blasted a press release to media outlets in Orlando this week expressing "disgust & anger" at his own Libertarian party in Florida. He cites as reason an e-mail from five years ago in which a party official told him he was too macho for his own good. Perez, who lives in Oviedo, said he is extremely upset because he gets no respect from his fellow Libertarians. He has sought and has not been able to obtain an apology for what he said were anti-Hispanic remarks by a former party official. The complaint originated more than 5 years ago in a private e-mail exchange between Perez and, Mark Clifford, who was on the board of the Libertarian Party of Seminole County. The two had been arguing about rules of order when Clifford reportedly wrote back: "Your Hispanic nature appears to start by creating conflict. Being machismo does not serve you and it slows your progress." Clifford is still listed as the membership chairperson for the Libertarian Party in Seminole, but he could not be reached for comment. Perez said that, regardless of whether Clifford remains an active board member or not, this offense cannot stand. "The reason it should not be tolerated within an organization was that this was the reaction of the party leadership itself, to go ahead and make the assumption that all Hispanics have a certain trait like that and a negative connotation," Perez said. "Just like racism, I would call it ethnicism, where this person felt he had to bring my ethnicity to the discussion." Jim Kearny, a member of the party's board who blogs about Libertarian issues in Broward County, was the only fellow Libertarian to reply publicly, asking Perez in an e-mail: Are you trying to lose your election on purpose? "He is going on about something that happened five years ago and the current people that he is trying to hold accountable are not in office any more," Kearny told the Sentinel. "He was complaining about Mark Clifford and he is not in any way shape or form in any board or organization of the party." Perez said he wants the party to issue an apology and condemn other board members who refused to act on his repeated complaints. "I am trying to shame them into doing the right thing, make some type of attempts to say this was wrong," said Perez, 46. "I'm running as a Libertarian, but I am keeping the Libertarians at arm's length." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
