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As a life member and a former board member of a former chapter, we saw first hand his tirate and self rightious nature, always taking or making every suggestion or change a personal attack on him, and now its come back to haunt him, we knew the time would come when Doc would reveal his true side, and everyone would see him for what he was. He's had a free ride with ABATE for far too many years, with chapters handing him cash mone at state meetings, so called(FOR THE CAUSE)he's let/or forced the members to support him, good or bad. As one of the state board members stated at an April state meeting I attended, a few years back, You have to pad the pockets to make things happen, LOL well that was something, as a chapter we refused to do. and so we as a chapter were black balled from then on. My chapter was a hard working chapter, very much involved in the safety program and we set booths up at EVERY available function to get ABATE out to the public, our membership more then tripled in the 6 years I served on our chapter board, and we were proud, Our president at the time, had more knowledge, facts, concern and appreciation for what the organization was, as a whole, but no one on the higher levels wanted to listen, to anything new or new ideas, and none of the other chapters wanted or had the gonads to go against the mighty Doc, Im glad to see some of them are waking up to his tirate and belittling of other members. I hope its not to late for the organization. I havent been much involved in ABATE since our chapter DECIDED TO DESOLVE, but I have kept up with the goings on. It saddens me to think all the work we did locally was for nothing because I have nothing good to say about how its presently run.
Posted by Anonymous to BIG BEND BIKERS FOR FREEDOM at March 18, 2010 5:19:00 PM EDT
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "President of ABATE of Florida is the result of it'...":
great article, i,m in full agreement. i have always been opposed to the president also being the lobbyist. it gives the lobbyist free hand to float his personell agenda.big dick
life member independence charter
Posted by Anonymous to BIG BEND BIKERS FOR FREEDOM at March 18, 2010 5:14:00 PM EDT
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Gulf Coast Chapter ask For the resignation Of FLor...":This is "the Little Redneck" who caught Doc verbally assaulting and being physically aggressive with RC at the Freedom Rally held at The Volusia Fairgrounds on Feb 27th 2010.
I just happened to have walked outside to talk to a friend between speeches I was covering as a photojournalist. And as I looked to my left, I saw RC, whom I had just met an hour before, being surround by people wearing ABATE patches and a couple of them in orange "security vests".
Now being the noisy soul I am, after all I do get paid to investigate the news, I wandered to a point where I could clearly hear what was being yelled about by a man later identified to me as "Doc" the paid president of ABATE of Florida.
I was so impressed that I swung a camera up and starting taking pictures of Doc's aggressive stance towards RC as he just leaned against a pole and let him carry on what I can only refer to as rant about something another speaker may have said the day before at a public Rights Rally event that the president of ABATE apparently could not be bothered with attending.
In a later set of Lies issued by Doc, he tries to twist the events and make RC the aggressor. Sorry Doc, you were caught on film and the pictures speak in volumes.
You claimed I worked for RC. Lie! I had just met the man. You claim he was being aggressive. Lie! He simply leaned against that post with one friend by his side and let you make a public (in my opinion) ass of yourself. You claimed he and his group of friends surrounded you. Lie! The pictures clearly show otherwise.
And I heard your offer to resign and I believe the words were go "Old School?".
I was an innocent bystander with no connection to ABATE. Again in "my opinion" you acted like a thug and I sure would never want my name connected with anything you were President of.
I thought ABATE was rights group but after reviewing my film, you and your members were nowhere to be seen at a Rights Rally? What's up with that? You were all camped within walking distance. Or do you all require a golf cart and security guards to attend a Rights Event? What happen? You did not have enough carts to go around to transport you to the pavilion for the Freedom Speeches and to meet the candidates running for public government offices that were there to meet and greet everyone?
I may be just "the Little Redneck" but guess what Doc? Tag, you are it, it is all on film and you emailed your own proof of your Lies from coast to coast.
pictures can be seen at: http://www.thelostsoul.com or Facebook, Plaxo, MySpace, and almost every Freedom Blog and Site out here.
I am glad to see that ABATE is finally waking up and smelling the coffee. And I hope next time you offer to resign there is a Sgt-at-Arms there to accept it and remove you from office on the spot.
We are out here doing for free and taking money out of our own pockets to undo what you do in secret behind closed doors on a salary paid to you by the organization you are president of. Do you set your own raises and expense account too? I bet that would make for some wonderful reading.
As Always - the Little Redneck
March 18, 9:21am
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "President of ABATE of Florida is the result of it'...": Although I'm not impressed with Bruce Arnolds tactics and would never vote for him due to those tactics, It is time for Doc to go! it has been time for a long time, I left abate some time ago because of the lies, not informing their members on very important issues.
what has it done for FL? kept insurance rates outrageous, kept us from getting good insurance
they also gave us 300.00 MANDATORY MSF courses! ABATE what are you really for!
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Gulf Coast Chapter ask For the resignation Of FLor...":
It is past time for Doc"The Carpetbagger" to move on and let ABATE state to recover and grow instead of losing 50+ members every month.Doc is rotten to the core.
Posted by Anonymous to BIG BEND BIKERS FOR FREEDOM at March 18, 2010 8:41:00 AM EDT
March 18, 8:43am
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Gulf Coast Chapter files formal complaint against ...": Time for Doc "The Carpetbagger", to get his ass out of ABATE for the good of the org. This is unacceptable to anyone.
As a life member and a former board member of a former chapter, we saw first hand his tirate and self rightious nature, always taking or making every suggestion or change a personal attack on him, and now its come back to haunt him, we knew the time would come when Doc would reveal his true side, and everyone would see him for what he was. He's had a free ride with ABATE for far too many years, with chapters handing him cash mone at state meetings, so called(FOR THE CAUSE)he's let/or forced the members to support him, good or bad. As one of the state board members stated at an April state meeting I attended, a few years back, You have to pad the pockets to make things happen, LOL well that was something, as a chapter we refused to do. and so we as a chapter were black balled from then on. My chapter was a hard working chapter, very much involved in the safety program and we set booths up at EVERY available function to get ABATE out to the public, our membership more then tripled in the 6 years I served on our chapter board, and we were proud, Our president at the time, had more knowledge, facts, concern and appreciation for what the organization was, as a whole, but no one on the higher levels wanted to listen, to anything new or new ideas, and none of the other chapters wanted or had the gonads to go against the mighty Doc, Im glad to see some of them are waking up to his tirate and belittling of other members. I hope its not to late for the organization. I havent been much involved in ABATE since our chapter DECIDED TO DESOLVE, but I have kept up with the goings on. It saddens me to think all the work we did locally was for nothing because I have nothing good to say about how its presently run.
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