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Monday, November 7, 2022
Florida MassResistance: Vote John Labriola for City Council!
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Florida MassResistance: Citrus County Group Stomps on Liberal Newspaper, Beats Their Endorsed Candidates
In election primary: Florida MassResistance chapter triumphs over leftist media endorsements and RINO Chamber of Commerce funding.
Vicious attacks against MassResistance backfire.
All three candidates endorsed by leftist media lose. County Commission candidate supported by our Florida MassResistance chapter wins.
September 13, 2022
Winning candidate for County Commission, supported by MassResistance (at left in green dress) gets a hug from the County Sheriff. Losing candidate (at right) was supported by leftist newspaper and Chamber of Commerce.The forces of good can come out on top if people are willing to be persistent and tell the truth.
Leading up to the August 23 primary in Citrus County Florida, the powerful leftist interests pulled out all the stops to pummel our MassResistance chapter – and elect their endorsed radical candidates. But that’s not how it worked out. Our Florida MassResistance chapter fought back unrelentingly. All of the Left’s endorsed candidates lost, while one of the candidates our Florida chapter supported won a County Commission seat.
Citrus County, located north of Tampa, is one of the most conservative Christian (and Republican) areas of the state. But like many other supposedly “red” areas, the local media leans far-left. And leftists have seeped into local elected offices by running as Republicans. Adding to that, the LGBT movement is pushing their agenda hard in conservative areas. So local citizen groups need to be on the alert, stand up, and fight back. MassResistance is often called on to help.
It began with stopping the Library’s “Pride” display
As we reported earlier this year, this fight started back in June 2021. People in town were outraged that there were “Gay Pride” displays in the library entrances that year, and fought to keep them out this year. But the leftist majority on the County Commission (which controls the Library Advisory Board) sided with the library staff who wanted the displays – and wouldn’t budge.
One of several Citrus County library displays last year that greeted people as they walked in.Our MassResistance chapter organized a huge wave of community opposition, including vigorous testimony at County Commission and Library Advisory Board meetings, plus a petition with nearly 1,000 names. (The leader of the Citrus County MassResistance group, John Labriola, also documented the fight on his well-read Citrus Crusader blog.)
Finally, on April 6 the Citrus County Library Director capitulated, at least temporarily. Under pressure, he announced to the local media that he has “no plans to put up an LGBTQ Pride Month display this June.”
Focus moves to the upcoming election
The next step was to make sure it never came back.
Their first plan was to get a majority of pro-family people on the Library Advisory Board. But on April 26, the County Commission and representatives from the two local city councils who make up the Library Governing Board (which appoints members to the Library Advisory Board) decided to reject all 39 new applicants and to reappoint the existing members of the leftist-dominated Library Advisory Board.
The politicians clearly needed a shakeup. So the focus fell on the August 23 primary elections for County Commission and other offices. (In Citrus County, most local races are decided in the August primaries because virtually everyone runs as a Republican, including the liberals who know they can't get elected there if they have a D after their name.)
Chamber of Commerce attacks, lashing out against conservative Christians
Across the U.S., local Chambers of Commerce (similar to the national Chamber) have taken their cues from corporate America and have become forces dedicated to pushing the country leftward, and the Republican Party along with it.
About three weeks after the Library Director’s announcement to cancel the “Pride” displays this year, the president of the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce lashed out at conservative Christians. During the April 26 Library Governing Board meeting he spoke up during the public testimony period and compared those wanting to protect children from LGBT propaganda to segregationists like Gov. Wallace of Alabama who wanted to keep blacks from enrolling in the University of Alabama in 1963! He called these Christians “agitators, and you have not heard the last of them.”
The Citrus County Chamber of Commerce president rants against conservative Christians at Library Governing Board meeting.But pro-family people weren’t taking it. Their outrage only got stronger! There were demands for the president of the Chamber to resign. There were calls for local businesses to leave the Chamber.
The Chamber president, not surprisingly, came back with even more bigotry and vitriol. On May 13 he told the Chamber members that he would continue pushing leftist ideology – and the members applauded him!
No “Pride” month library displays in June!
As promised, the Citrus County Library Director relented to MassResistance pressure. There were no “Pride” month displays, posters, etc., in the Citrus County libraries during June (or any other time) this year.
As the Citrus Crusader reported, the vindictive Chamber of Commerce President marked the first day of June with a special LGBT-themed email blast to all the Chamber's 600-plus member businesses.
The local leftist newspaper begins its attack on MassResistance
As in most of the country these days, the local newspaper, the Citrus County Chronicle, is far-left, anti-Christian (every October, the Chronicle holds a transsexual Drag Queen show as a breast cancer research benefit), and is shamelessly unprofessional in its journalism.
Cross-dressing drag queens perform at the Chronicle's "Diva Night."As soon as the Chronicle realized that Florida MassResistance was supporting candidates, it began a series of vicious attacks on the group and on John Labriola, our leader in Citrus County. They continuously brought up the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which labels hundreds of conservative organizations and churches as “hate groups.” The SPLC is a universally discredited left-wing, anti-Christian attack group – and is itself a hate group. The SPLC has even been debunked in the editorial pages of the liberal Washington Post.
The Chronicle started off with a vicious attack editorial targeting MassResistance. (Note: their articles are behind a paywall.) More negative articles followed.
But the Citrus Crusader fought right back even harder. And people in the area took notice. It became clear in Citrus County that this was a battle between normal values and extreme cultural Marxism – and that as usual the Left would stop at nothing to demonize their opponents. Many residents weighed in on the debate with letters to the editor of the Chronicle:
From photo of a letter that appeared in the print version of the Chronicle.As the August 23 election neared, the Citrus County Chronicle endorsed candidates in three races - including the husband of the publisher of the Chronicle for a County Commission seat!
According to reports, Chamber of Commerce business elites enthusiastically supported (and helped finance) all three.
Primary night victory: Chronicle newspaper and Chamber of Commerce lose big!
The August 23 primary was a disaster for the Citrus County Chronicle. All three of their candidates lost. A MassResistance-supported County Commission candidate won. Here are the three races:
- County Commission District 2: The MassResistance-supported candidate crushed her Chronicle endorsed liberal opponent by a 14-point margin. She faces only token opposition in the November election.
- County Commission District 4: The husband of the Chronicle publisher lost.
- School Board: The Chronicle-endorsed far-left candidate got only 25 percent of the vote, coming in third.
Read more about this in the Citrus Crusader report. Needless to say, MassResistance was thoroughly exonerated of any of the Chronicle’s hate journalism.
Final thoughts
John Labriola and his Citrus County MassResistance activists are a shining example of what the conservative movement usually fails to do: tell the truth (even if it’s politically incorrect) and always be relentless. And never be intimidated by the media’s attacks or by powerful RINOs in the community.
John is now taking it to the next level by running for office himself in the upcoming Nov. 8 election. He’s a candidate for city council of Inverness, the county seat of Citrus. His platform includes a pledge to continue fighting the LGBT indoctrination agenda by taking the battle directly to the leftist forces that are working to undermine the area's conservative Christian character. His candidacy could become a template for grassroots conservative activists everywhere, and it's already causing panic among local liberal elites. Read more about it by checking out his campaign website (and consider making a donation).
Bring on the battles!
Please help us continue to do our uncompromising work!
Our successes depend on people like you.
Your support will make the difference!
Monday, August 22, 2022
Florida MassResistance, Citrus County: Voters v. Groomers (Support Mary Seader for School Board!)
Here's the latest report from our Florida MassResistance chapter leader John Labriola:
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Sunday, August 14, 2022
Citrus County Groomer Chronicle: Editor Targets MassResistance, Justifies Sexual Perversion as "Representing the Entire Community"
If you want any proof that the corporate media has hit its lowest lows, look no further than the Citrus County Chronicle.
They are obsessed with MassResistance, and they are particularly targeting our Florida chapter in Citrus County, headed by John Labriola.
Jeff Bryan is the rude, unprofessional editor who has made it his mission to target MassResistance and its Florida activists in Citrus County.
Check out his latest vapid editorial:
The Other Guy: Those seeking office must represent entire community
Citrus County is a beautiful place to reside, and what makes it charming, besides the natural resources, is the people: the folks we work with daily, our neighbors, civic leaders and business leaders.
It is a beautiful place, but they have a really crappy newspaper with corrupt editors.
Each of them is unique in the qualities and attributes they bring to the table. We are all different, and much like our country, we are a melting pot of diverse individuals with different backgrounds.
Here comes the "diversity" tactic. Identities are one thing. Behaviors are not. There is a place for discriminating against behaviors.
It’s no secret: Right now Citrus County is facing a number of critical issues.
We have poor roads.
We have a severe lack of career-class jobs to not only attract young professionals but to encourage those who’ve been reared here and who have left to come back.
Even the professional jobs, like *ahem* journalism are not very professional in Citrus County. Any newspaper, in which the owners' family are running for public office, has no integrity and should be closed down.
We are faced with an affordable and workforce housing crisis.
We have real issues that need real solutions to be addressed by our local representatives, those eager to serve the needs of every Citrus County resident, regardless of their beliefs.
Beliefs is one thing; behaviors are something else. Some behaviors should not be tolerated or celebrated, like homosexuality, transgenderism, or defamatory hate in the local press.
Right now, there’s a festering problem in Citrus County, a group of folks who don’t believe that every individual resident should be afforded the same rights to be recognized, valued and appreciated.
This is one of many lies in this brazen, empty editorial.
Citrus Crusader, the local branch of MassResistance led by John Labriola, and other members of this faction have been critical of the library’s Gay Pride displays, critical of county government and schools.
More people need to be critical of those obscene displays. Why would anyone think it's appropriate to promote sexual deviancy, destruction, and dysfunction to children?
The Citrus County Chronicle is OK with pushing LGBT on children. Sounds like grooming to me.
MassResistance was labeled an anti-LGBTQ hate group in 2021 by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group, and anyone who promotes the SPLC is a hate group in turn. It's very disturbing that a local newpaper has not only embraced grooming children as a policy, but promotes hate.
Now this local group is dipping its toes in Citrus County’s political waters, offering “endorsements” in local and state races.
Our local chapter endorsed candidates. They have a First Amendment right to do so. They put the needs of children and parents first. Would that hate groups like the Citrus County Groomer Chronicle would do the same.
Candidates, including Diana Finegan, Mary Seader and Dr. Paul Reinhardt, have embraced these “endorsements.”
GOOD FOR THEM! They don't believe in grooming children in public spaces or private places, and they don't want adults in authority to groom children, either.
That’s alarming. By embracing the endorsements, they’re embracing what the group stands for, which is division.
The Citrus Groomer Chronicle is fostering division. They are focused on MassResistance, when they should start asking some basic questions of the local government agencies, like "Why do the local libraries feel compelled to promote homosexuality and transgenderism to children? What kind of sick people are so obsessed with pushing sexual topics on children? And outside of the awareness and transparency of the parents?!"
We have enough division at the national level – we don’t need it at the local level.
Again, this is the pot calling the kettle cracked. They fomented the division when the quoted a hate group like the Southern Poverty Law Center. They promoted perversion when they wanted to celebrate disgusting "PRIDE" displays in the local libraries, and at taxpayers' expense.
As Citrus Crusaders spins its false narratives of “indoctrination” at libraries and in the schools, it’s evident they haven’t spent much time in our libraries or schools. If they spent time in the library, they’d see people all of walks of life coming together. If they spent time in the schools, they’d see loving and caring teachers doing their best.
On the contrary, they are the only ones paying attention to what is happening in the libraries, along with what books are being brought into the libraries. Florida MassResistance, Citrus County has been attending county commission and library board meetings for the last eight months. They are paying attention, petitioning their government for a redress of grievances. That is their right and responsibility.
How strange it is that the local newspaper is propping up the government rather than holding the local government accountable ...
We have to ask ourselves, do we want to be known as a county that precludes folks because we don’t agree with their choices?
Well, isn't this phrase interesting? He recognizes that homosexuality is not an innate behavior! Then why would he quote a hate group like the SPLC?
A key component of the “American dream” is the pursuit of happiness. Each individual has that right. They have a right to be heard, to feel welcome. This is the 21st century, and just because you or I don’t agree with another person’s choices, doesn’t mean they should be deemed outcasts because they don’t meet our standards.
People have a right to be heard, and even the small number of LGBT activists (including one lesbian who called herself a "Disney pervert") have been heard. They do not have a right to harm children. There is nothing in the Declaration of Independence which sanctions grooming children or upending the moral order. Besides, based on the staggering number of statistics about LGBT behaviors, it's clear that homosexuality and transgenderism are not conducive to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happineness.
With early voting now open and Primary Election Day less than two weeks away, it’s pivotal that each citizen makes the right choices for the future of all our residents, regardless of what they believe.
Citizens need to vote with their dollars and their eyes, too, by not reading the Citrus Groomer Chronicle.
Jeff Bryan is the executive editor of the Citrus County Chronicle. Contact him at jeff.bryan@chronicleonline.com.
Jeff Bryan is
executive editor of the Citrus County Chronicle. Contact him at
jeff.bryan@chronicleonline.com or 352-564-2930.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Florida MassResistance Shuts Down Pride Display in County Library
Florida MassResistance helps derail “Pride Month” in Citrus County library system
Fighting political corruption, leftist officials, and angry LGBT activists along the way
April 19, 2022
One of several Citrus County library displays last year: What were they really promoting?We’re seeing it more and more: Shocking “culture war” battles are being waged even in conservative areas.
Citrus County, Florida, located on the west coast about half-way between Tampa and Gainesville, is one of the most conservative Christian areas of the state. The county voted 70% for Donald Trump in 2020.
But most people don’t pay close attention to local elections, such as for county commission. For those local offices, leftists often run as Republicans - and the effects can be terrible. Adding to that, the LGBT movement is pushing hard in conservative areas. So local citizen groups need to be on the alert, stand up, and fight back. MassResistance is often called to help.
“Pride” displays come to the library
Last June, two of the five Citrus County Library branches shocked the community by putting up homosexual “Pride” displays. A lot of people were outraged that their tax dollars were subsidizing that perverse sexual agenda. They wanted to stop it from happening again this June. Little did they know how big a fight it would be!
As children came into the library, this is what greeted them during "Pride Month."Citrus County has a nine-member Library Advisory Board (LAB), appointed by the five-member County Commission. But the County Commission effectively controls the library. Although there was intense community opposition to the Pride Month displays, county employees had insisted the displays would continue despite the many complaints.
County Commission takes a vote
A great local activist, John Labriola, began organizing dozens of people to attend County Commission meetings to demand that future library “Pride” displays be canceled. Those numbers swelled over time as his group reached out to local pastors and congregations. John also chronicled the events on his Citrus Crusader blog.
But a smaller number of angry LGBT activists also began attending commission meetings, insisting that the library system had a duty to support the LGBT lifestyle in the community.
After months of pro-family pressure, the County Commission chairman put the issue on the Jan. 4, 2022 Commission meeting agenda and made a motion to prohibit the displays. Before the vote, dozens of people testified about the dangers of homosexuality. There were heartbreaking stories of how the LGBT lifestyle had harmed their children.
The Citrus County Commission listens to testimony.It looked like the prohibition would pass. But at the last minute, one Commissioner flipped his vote, and the motion was defeated, 3-2.
The Commissioners said that it was now up to the Library Advisory Board, which would be meeting on March 22. One of the Commissioners added that if people don’t like how the Library Board decides things, they should apply for the Library Board positions.
John immediately began gathering signatures in the community against the Commission’s decision. In some local churches, pastors announced it from the pulpit. The petition eventually had nearly 1,000 names.
MassResistance gets called in to help
Enter Bonnie, a seasonal Citrus County resident and MassResistance activist in her native New England for over 20 years. In mid-January, Bonnie and John asked us to help them fight this battle. Arthur Schaper, our National Organization Director, began working with them on organization, strategy, and tactics.
As John said, “Becoming an affiliate with MassResistance has really helped us make an impact.”
Appalling corruption exposed by parents’ group on Library Board appointment policy
After the Jan. 4 County Commission meeting, several residents decided to apply for the five Library Board seats that were expiring at the end of that month. They were told that the application period was closed. However, when pressured, the County Administrator admitted that the positions had never been announced or advertised, as the county normally did with every other county Board.
The County Administrator agreed to reopen the application period and advertise it. But at the Feb. 8 Commission meeting, the County Attorney said that the positions could not be advertised because the Library Board had lifetime appointments!
Lifetime appointments? It turns out this came from the County Attorney’s and County Commission’s shady interpretation of the regulation, which only states that members with expiring terms are "eligible for reappointment," not automatically reappointed if they wish to remain.
People were outraged. So on March 8, the County Commission agreed to re-open the Library Board application period and advertise it. Over three dozen local people have applied for the five seats! The County Commission will decide on which applicants to appoint during their April 26 meeting.
Library Advisory Board rejects parents
On March 22, dozens of residents showed up at the Library Advisory Board meeting to demand that they take action on the Pride displays, since the County Commission had deferred that issue to the Board.
Pro-family residents - and some LGBT activists - packed the Library Advisory Board meeting on March 22.Parental rights advocates, who represented the vast majority of the crowd, gave compelling testimony.
But a number of pro-LGBT people also came to testify in favor of exposing children to the homosexual agenda. They were particularly vicious against people’s religious beliefs on the issue. One man, who described himself as a gay former educator, was adamant that children need “information” in their public libraries about LGBT behaviors, complaining that schools were now off-limits because of Florida’s new Parental Rights in Education Act (which bans LGBT grooming of children in grades K through 3).
John also delivered his petition with 800 names of local citizens who were against the display.
But not surprisingly, the leftist-dominated Library Advisory Board voted 7-2 to keep the “Gay Pride Month” displays in the Citrus County Libraries.
Library Director caves in: No plans for Pride Month display this year
But the pressure from our side made a difference!
On April 6, the Citrus County Library Director announced to the local media that he has “no plans to put up an LGBTQ Pride Month display this June.”
He said that this decision “allows for a cooling off period while emotions are running hot in the community” and that he “doesn’t want to add more fuel to an already incendiary issue.”
Coverage in the local newspaper.The momentum is with us. The next step is to make sure that this display never comes back!
Final thoughts
People need to pay attention to everyone they are voting for, not just the top of the ticket. Across the country, stealth leftists have been getting elected to local positions, causing havoc.
Also, as John warns, the LGBT movement is incredibly wealthy and aggressive. They organize and work their way into virtually every library and school across America. Children are stake. The average person needs to be willing to take a stand.
Please help us continue to do our uncompromising work!
Our successes depend on people like you.
Your support will make the difference!
Militant Lesbian Marti Little of Citrus County, Florida: "I Am One of Those Disney Perverts"
MassResistance has a new chapter in the state of Florida, and they are already doing great things.
Click this link for more information.
But there is one person from the Left who has been harassing and demeaning our Florida MassResistance activists:
Marti Little:
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Check out the remarks from this lesbian activist in Citrus County, Florida: