From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ORLANDO WEEKLY MICA'S MILLIONS -- Unearned Millions From 1980s Federal Cellular Telephone Lottery Speculation Helped Propel John Mica Into Congress

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: THE JOHN MICA FAMILY, TRULY SCARY PEOPLE, AS THE ADDAMS FAMILY

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Letter: Mica -- Never signed term-limits pledge

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: FOLO WEEKLY NAMES CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA ONE OF ITS "SCARIEST PEOPLE" IN HALLOWEEN ISSUE

A Post-Election Message from Faye Armitage

The Start of a New Era

Obama did it!
Florida turned BLUE!

It was an absolute thrill, and truly breathtaking to be in Orlando Tuesday when the news broke that Obama won the Presidency. The atmosphere was electrifying as word came earlier that Alan Grayson and Suzanne Kosmas won their congressional races.

In District 7, the numbers unfortunately didn't go our way on election night, and we are disappointed. More money would have helped, but of the 9 DCCC supported congressional races in Florda, only 2 won. The Obama excitement coupled with the poor economic outlook, normally expected to generate an anti-incumbent mood, just did not translate into most of the widely anticipated wins at the congressional level in Florida.

In two years, we'll have the chance again to convince a lot more people in district 7 to embrace the change we need in our own district.

Already our great nation has witnessed history in the making, and for that I am grateful.

During my campaign I enjoyed meeting with many of you, and I know we'll do better next time.

A special thank you goes out to all of you who worked so hard on my campaign!

We successfully increased our visibility in District 7, and set the stage for a changing of the minds in 2010.

Your support was really terrific, and very much appreciated.

Faye

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: The Home Front by Mike Mullins: Rep. John Mica on Fannie/Freddie Special Prosecutor

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: BULLETIN: FALSE TV ADVERTISING BY CONGRESSMAN JOHN L. MICA

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: GOLIATH'S PUBLIC RELATIONS CONMEN SAID HE WAS "POWERFUL," TOO -- Reprobate JOHN MICA Brags on How "Powerful" He Is -- Crass Congressman's Website

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: MICA's control over roads on which you drive, the college degrees you can get, the parks in which you can play and the jobs available

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: VULGARIAN U.S. REP. JOHN MICA'S WEBSITE TOUTS HIS BEING AMONG THE "MOST POWERFUL" IN CENTRAL FLOIRDA

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: FAYE ARMITAGE: Why I Can Beat John Mica (R-FL)

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Elect Faye Armitage to Congress

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: "DELINQUENT": FL DBPR Website Says CPA License of U.S. REP. JOHN MICA's Campaign Treasurer, W. EDWARD LANGDON, IS "DELINQUENT," "EXPIRE[D] 12/31/2007

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: MEET 7th DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA's CAMPAIGN TREASURER, W. EDWARD LANGDON

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN L. MICA IS TOO CHICKEN TO DEBATE FAYE ARMITAGE AGAIN

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: CONGRESSMAN JOHN L. MICA IS TOO CHICKEN TO DEBATE FAYE ARMITAGE, AFTER LOSING ORLANDO PBS DEBATE

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Letter: Supports Faye Armitage Congress, District 7

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Record Endorsement of Reprobate JOHN MICA Rooted Solely in Pork Barrel Earmarks, Not Any Legitimate Legislative Accomplishments

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ALL IN THE FAMILY

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: SEEKING ALPHA: "PATHETIC DISPLAY" BY REP. JOHN MICA AT YESTERDAY'S FINANCIAL HEARINGS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Where's REP. JOHN MICA: ENDORSING REPUBLICANS ON STATEN ISLAND, NY

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: THEHILL.COM -- CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA WANTS TO EXPLORE CESSPOOL

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: GIVE HEAD-BUTTING JOHN MICA AND ERRONEOUS JONES DUNCE CAPS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA FLUNKS 7th DISTRICT GEOGRAPHY 101: GAFFE BY EIGHT-TERM INCUMBENT CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA: SAYS PALATKA IS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY!!

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ORLANDO SENTINEL: Faye Armitage: Mica head-butt a "childish antic"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: FOLIO WEEKLY: Mica Caught with Rich Lobbyists in a "Debauched Atmosphere"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ORLANDO WEEKLY MICA'S MILLIONS -- Unearned Millions From 1980s Federal Cellular Telephone Lottery Speculation Helped Propel John Mica Into Congress

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: CHICKEN HAWK 16-YEAR CONGRESSMAN JOHN L. MICA IS TOO CHICKEN FOR DEBATES WITH DEMOCRAT FAYE ARMITAGE

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Faye Armitage, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Congress 7th District, issued a renewed challenge to Republican incumbent John Mica to debate her.

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: POLITICO: CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA "CAN'T RESIST" CRACK AT HILLARY CLINTON

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: 21st CENTURY TWEED RING: WHAT DO CITY HALL, TALLAHASEE, CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA AND WHITE HOUSE HAVE IN COMMON?

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: THE MICA FAMILY AS THE ADDAMS FAMILY -- THAT IS ONE DYSFUNCTINAL FAMILY

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ENRON's AND SAUDI ARABIA's MEN IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WORK FOR CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA SHOWS POOR JUDGMENT ON QUESTION OF FIRING SEC CHAIRMAN, JUST LIKE SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: IN JOHN MICA's WORLD, THERE'S LOTS OF CAMPAIGN CASH FOR "MEALS WITH CONSTITUENTS," OR EATING HIGH ON THE HOG AT RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND CASINOS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: FOLIO WEEKLY: Mica Caught with Rich Lobbyists in a "Debauched Atmosphere"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA NOW AN INTERNATIONAL EMBARASSMENT

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: STILL NO RESPONSES FROM EITHER REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MICA OR STATE REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM PROCTOR ON ST. AUGUSTINE NATIONAL PARK, SEASHORE & SCENIC HWY!

Fla. Dems Good on Environment, Reps Not So Much

The League of Conservation Voters released their scorecards for Congress. Can you guess what the pattern is? Of Florida Republicans, only Ileana Ros-Lehtinen does as good as any Democrat and that's only one person. Beyond that, all Democrats do way better than all Republicans. No shocker there.

Alcee Hastings (D), 92%
Ron Klein (D), 92%
Timothy Mahoney (D), 92%
Kendrick Meek (D), 92%
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), 92%
Bill Nelson (D), 91%
F. Allen Boyd (D), 85%
Corrine Brown (D), 85%
Kathy Castor (D), 85%
Robert Wexler (D), 69%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R), 69%
Vern Buchanan (R), 62%
Gus Bilirakis (R), 38%
Ginny Brown-Waite (R), 38%
Mario Diaz-Balart (R), 38%
C.W. Bill Young (R), 38%
Mel Martinez (R), 36%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R), 31%
Ander Crenshaw (R), 15%
Ric Keller (R), 15%
Connie Mack (R), 8%
John Mica (R), 8%
Adam Putnam (R), 8%
Dave Weldon (R), 8%
Tom Feeney (R), 0%
Jeff Miller (R), 0%
Cliff Stearns (R), 0%

Esquire Endorsement

Esquire endorsed Faye Armitage over Mica:

Mica demands budgetary transparency from the TSA; that's good. But over the past two years he's given a rubber stamp to every invasion of privacy the agency proposes while seeking to trim costs by keeping TSA workers' wages and job security at a minimum. That's dangerous.

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: SOURCE WATCH.ORG: MICA's TOP CONTRIBUTORS in 2008

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA ONLY VOTES WITH GEORGE W. BUSH 95% OF THE TIME

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: MICA GETS LIMP ENDORSEMENT FROM ORLANDO SENTINEL

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: So, Congressman JOHN MICA wears a pinkie ring -- what do you make of that?

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ALL IN THE FAMILY -- CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA'S CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM HIS SERVICE IN CONGRESS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: WORLD TRAVELER: JOHN MICA FLEW TO TIBET

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA CAN'T EXPLAIN TO THESE KIDS HOW REPUBLICANS HAVE FOULED UP THEIR FUTURE WITH THEIR INEPT POLICIES FAVORING OLIGOPOLISTS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: WORLD TRAVELER: Here's Congressman JOHN MICA in Will County, Illinois

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: WORLD TRAVELER: JOHN MICA MEETS WITH SLOVENIA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Newsweek Blasts MICA, Republicans, for Trying to Blame Credit Crisis on Poor People

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: MICA IS THE DECIDER, WHO DIDN'T EVEN ASK ST. AUGUSTINIANS BEFORE EARMARKING MONEY FOR TUNNEL

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: HE'S THE "DECIDER" HARRUMPHERY -- CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA's EGO IS BIGGER THAN THE STATE OF KANSAS -- IT'S ALL ABOUT HIM!

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Mica Caught with Rich Lobbyists in a "Debauched Atmosphere"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: John Mica faces 'soccer mom' Faye Armitage for U.S. House District 7 seat

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ALL IN THE FAMILY -- CONGRESSMAN JOHN MICA'S SON, CLARK MICA, HAS POLITICAL PATRONAGE (SCHEDULE C) JOB AT DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ECONOMIST AND CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE FAYE ARMITAGE COLUMN ON PRESIDENT, CONGRESS AND ETIOLOGY OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN, DAVID AND DAN MICA REMIND ME OF THE THREE BROTHERS ON BOB NEWHART

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Like closing the barn door after the horse is gone -- MICA wants investigation, when Republicans refused oversight for years

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: REUTERS: "Florida Rep. John Mica said he would consult with colleagues on whether a special counsel should probe the "financial mess." It was unclear

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA IS A NATIONAL EMBARASSMENT -- I WILL LET YOU COUNT THE WAYS!

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: WORLD: At Lehman hearing, REP JOHN MICA "suggested that Lehman hadn't spent enough on lobbying in Washington, compared to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac!"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: GUARDIAN: MICA TO LEHMAN BROTHERS EXEC: "You've Got to Act Like a Villain"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: MICA-s BAD JUDGEMENT: So in 2003, MICA said airplane bomb was inevitable but in 2006 he was insouciant about bomb vulnerabilities at Orlando Airport

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: In 2006, MICA said, "IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME.... DID IT EXPLODE?" re: undercover investigation revealing vulnerability to bombs at Orlando Airport

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Associated Press: in 2003, JOHN MICA said airplane bombing was inevitable

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: JOHN MICA DOES LOBBYISTS' BIDDING, NOT THE VOTERS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Mica's Earmarks -- St. Augustine Record Reports Mica Earmarks Go to Campaign Contributors

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Micaville

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Source Watch: JOHN MICA was a tool for Big Tobacco, distributing biased "study"

Republicans Don't Support Troops As Well As Dems

Check out the latest scorecards from Disabled American Veterans and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America...

DAV:

Bill Nelson, 100
Allen Boyd, 100
Corrine Brown, 100
Kendrick Meek, 100
Robert Wexler, 100
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, 100
Alcee Hastings, 100

Mel Martinez, 60
Jeff Miller, 66
Ander Crenshaw, 66
Ginny Brown-Waite, 66
Cliff Stearns, 66
John Mica, 66
Ric Keller, 50
C.W. Bill Young, 66
Adam Putnam, 66
Connie Mack, 66
David Weldon, 66
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, 66
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, 66
Tom Feeney, 66
Mario Diaz-Balart, 66

Notice a pattern here? All of the Dems have 100%, while none of the Republicans has anything better than a mid-range "D." So much for supporting disabled troops.

IAVA:

Bill Nelson, A+
Allen Boyd, A
Corrine Brown, A
Kathy Castor, A
Timothy Mahoney, A
Kendrick Meek, B
Robert Wexler, A
D. Wasserman Schultz, A+
Ron Klein, A+
Alcee Hastings, A

Mel Martinez, B
Jeff Miller, B
Ander Crenshaw, B
G. Brown-Waite, B
Cliff Stearns, B
John Mica, B
Ric Keller, A
Gus Bilirakis, A
C.W. Bill Young, B
Adam Putnam, C
Vern Buchanan, B
Connie Mack, B
Dave Weldon, C
I. Ros-Lehtinen, A
L. Diaz-Balart, B
Tom Feeney, B
M. Diaz-Balart, B

Republicans do a little better on this one, with Keller, Bilirakis and Ros-Lehtinen all getting an "A." Dems still do better, Meek has the lowest grade on our side of the aisle, and he still has a "B." The only "A+" grades amongst Florida's delegation are Dems and the only grades below "B" are all Republicans. Again, which party actually supports the troops?

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Armitage plans door-to-door campaign to unseat Mica

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Birds of A Feather -- Representative JOHN (Butthead) MICA and St. Augustine City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: St. Augustine Record: Camera, Congressman collide

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ORLANDO SENTINEL: Mica opponent joins pledge to hire wounded veterans

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: ORLANDO SENTINEL: Faye Armitage: Mica head-butt a "childish antic"

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: Congressman Mica Head-Butts ABC News Cameraman Outside Indicted Alleged Felon Tom Delay's Fancy Lobbyist-Driven Party at Republican Natl Convention

From the Blogs

Clean Up City of St. Augustine, Florida: VOTE FAYE ARMITAGE, THE ONLY CD7 DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE WHO OPPOSES OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING, WHICH COULD DESTROY FLORIDA'S TOURIST ECONOMY!

Flablog: Sockpuppeting in the 7th

John Hates America and Its Values

It's clear that Americans generally favor more progressive values most of the time. Not John. With a lifetime Progressive Punch voting score of 4.25%, it's clear he hates Americans and their values.

John is Wasting Your Time in Washington

According to Congress.org, John is the 265th most powerful member of the House and as part of the hugely ineffectual Florida Republican delegation in Washington, helps make Florida one of the least powerful states in Congress. Thanks for the great work!

John Hates the Environment

The League of Conservation Voters recently released scorecards for Congress. How did John do? Poorly:

John Mica (REP), 5%

Not only did all of the Democrats do better than all of the Republicans, With one exception, all of the Democrats did more than twice as good as all the Republicans. And most of the Democrats voted in favor of the environment more than four times as frequently as most of the Republicans.

I wonder how many of these Republicans own property that will be beachfront property when most of Florida is under water because of global warming? I'm just saying...

Angered New Yorkers Demand Info From Mica

Rockland County, NY - January 16, 2008: In the face of an apparent refusal by Representative John L. Mica (R.Fl., 7th Dist.) to heed a prior demand that he step down from the House Transportation Committee and Aviation Subcommittee, New York environmental group “Quiet Rockland,” acting in solidarity with the strength of thousands of petition-signatories, 300,000 Rockland County, N.Y., neighbors, and millions of affected residents in four other Northeast states, today served Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) demands upon Mica at his six (6) Florida offices, as well as mirrored FOIA demands on the USDOT and FAA. The FOIA’s requisition all documents implicating Mica, as well as his campaign donors and donations, in the FAA’s hotly-contested and litigated “NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign.”

Said John J. Tormey III, Esq. of “Quiet Rockland”: “Our grassroots group has learned to keep its press releases short, as a ‘thanks’ to the many journalists who have covered our plight to date. John L. Mica misused his position in government to personally peddle the FAA’s horrific Airspace Redesign. ‘Quiet Rockland’ will further unearth why, and how. Mica, the USDOT, and the FAA can now elect to timely comply with the document demands, or else not. They can come forward, or they can hide. ‘Quiet Rockland’ is ready to play it either way. All our rights and remedies are reserved. The FOIA served on Mica is not served on him as a Congressman, but instead served on him as an FAA alter ego, as well as on his Florida district and campaign offices. Mica and the FAA have acted in concert as one and the same harmful enterprise, to cram-down a harmful flight-plan for commercial gain while oblivious to safety and environmental imperatives. He waived any FOIA immunity he would otherwise have as a Congressman.”