You can find a July 7, 2017 update to the FLVCS Climate Change Report: Urgency and Action at this link: Climate Change Report update 7-17…
Update to FLVCS Climate Change Report: Urgency and Action
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Lucky’s Market Supports Veterans and Green Path Veterans Farms: Sarasota Store Grand Opening: Party
Lucky’s Market supports veterans and Green Path Veterans Farms by awarding a grant to Florida Veterans for Common Sense Fund, Inc. (FLVCS FUND) a 501 (c)(3) tax exempt, non-profit corporation to support its Green Path Veterans Farm Project.*
Lucky’s Market has chosen FLVCS FUND as a community partner and all members, supporters, and friends of …
Boston University Honors Veterans for Common Sense Executive Director
Boston University Honors Anthony Hardie, Veterans for Common Sense Executive Director,with Ozonoff Award as an Veterans Advocate Hero
http://www.bu.edu/sph/2017/06/14/veteran-advocate-wins-ozonoff-unsung-hero-award/
Anthony is the national chair of Veterans for Common Sense, chair of the Department of Defense’s Gulf War Illness research panel, a congressionally-mandated research program, and FLVCS …
Veterans for Common Sense Successes in Washington
Gulf War Illness treatment research funding. VCS succeeded in our extensive Spring efforts related to our requested $20 million appropriation for the treatment-focused Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP) that VCS champions. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations included that request in their recommendations.
Historically, the Subcommittee’s recommendation has been the final
Memorial Day: May 29, 2017: Remembering Harry Stimmel
Take a few moments this Memorial Day to reflect on the sacrifice so many made to fulfill the American promise, the radical concept that “All men are created equal with liberty and justice for all.”
Until our forebears adopted the American Declaration of Independence, the world believed people were assigned their station in life by …
FLVCS Letter ref Proposed Defense Budget Increase in The Herald Tribune
At his recent Town Hall, Representative Buchanan was asked about his position on funding the $54 billion increase to the Defense Department budget proposed by President Trump.
The Pentagon acknowledges it cannot account for billions of dollars in expenditures. Instead of increasing the military …
FL Veterans For Common Sense Climate Change Report 2nd Ed
Urgency and Action: Mitigating Climate Change
The Florida Veterans for Common Sense Environmental Working Group headed by Coty Keller and John Darovec have updated the committe’s important report on climate change. While the report recognizes the urgency of the problem including a threat to our national security, its conclusions are optimistic. It provides ways to …
Celebrate the Defeat of Amendment One!
Essay by FLVCS member Coty Keller.
To use Paula Dockery’s analogy, David has (again) slain Goliath. The Voters have turned out the lights on Amendment one (attached). Thanks to all of you who helped make this happen!
For me, the overriding story over the past year has been the bantering about solar power in Florida. …
FLVCS Position on US ISIS Strategy
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The brutal, determined foe that is the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/Daesh) arose from the continued sectarian chaos in Iraq following the US invasion, and it has become particularly adept at exploiting Sunni fears of Shia oriented governments in Iraq, Syria and Iran. Though intelligence estimates place active ISIS membership at only between 20,000 and 30,000, …