'Defend Florida' and 'Reclaim Campaign' Zoom Call
2025-08-19 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Reclaim, Retake, Restore

‘Reclaim Campaign’ identifies:

That many of us belong to different organizations
We’re all fighting the same enemies
These common enemies use the same common tools against all of us
All of these politico groups are duplicating similar or identical efforts
We need to band together to organize the fight

‘Reclaim Campaign’ is mainly a weekly Zoom call, sharing experiences, enemy lists, tactics, strategies, and resources

Retain our individual organization’s autonomy
Individuals are welcome to join the call, and to join one of the participating organizations, such as LCRA
Representatives from participating organizations contribute to the ‘Steering Committee’, identifying priorities, strategies, etc.
Every week there are individuals and organizations representing themselves or their organizations on these calls, such as FRA’s Kris Jurski, and Chris Gleason
Every meeting will discuss multiple issues, strategies, and tactics to Reclaim your county, Reclaim Florida, and Reclaim America
Share the link to our events page, with all of your contacts

Usually Tuesday evenings at 7pm, occasionally begins earlier for Town Halls or Special Events.

Sign up for email notifications from Reclaim Campaign

Links to the ‘Reclaim Campaign’:
The website:
reclaimcampaign.com
To sign up for email notifications:
https://form.jotform.com/231767960364162
The recap and chat from previous Zoom meetings:
https://defendflorida.org/p2/

Cape Coral Town Hall - Take Out The Trash
2026-01-31 13:00 - 15:00 | Lake Kennedy Center, 400 Santa Barbara Blvd, Cape Coral, 33991, United States
Cape Coral Town Hall
Hosted by Take Out The Trash Committee of Cape Coral Inc.
Lake Kennedy Center
400 Santa Barbara Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 33991
Saturday, January 31 at 1:00pm
Additional info provided by tripledippers.org
Michael Ilczyszyn
Connie Barron
Cape Coral Taxpayers Deserve Answers — And Property Tax Relief
Cape Coral taxpayers pay for one of the most expensive pension bonus schemes in Florida. Cape Coral spends about $2 million every year to operate its own standalone pension system so employees can receive nearly 50% higher pensions than School, County and State workers in the Florida Retirement System.
While families struggle with high property taxes and rising City water bills, City Hall quietly expanded its DROP pension bonus from Five years ($32.8 Million) to Eight Years ($52.4 Million) — a 60% increase in 2024 — while refusing to release the pension bonuses by employee name.
Under Cape Coral’s system, City employees can file “retirement” paperwork, but never leave their job. For eight years they collect a full paycheck and a full pension at the same time to do the same job— while paying zero into the retirement system! City Employees cash out unused days off at their final highest pay, not the original pay taking more money from taxpayers and artificially increasing their pension bonus and annual pension! https://tripledippers.org/
Cape Coral initially replied no such public documents exist responding to a formal request for City Pension Bonus data by employee. After threatening a lawsuit, limited employee pension information was provided, but no pension bonus numbers. Why? Google’s Co-Pilot estimates that the City Manager Michael ILCZYSZYN annual pay $336,980, 5-year pension bonus was $1,159,353 and 8-year pension bonus will be $1,853,394
These Pension bonuses are funded by taxpayers — 85% whom have no pension at all. Joining the Florida Retirement System — which costs Cape Coral nothing to administer — would save approximately $2 million every year while still providing a strong, stable pensions. Outlaw or limit Pension bonuses to $50,000. Those savings could finally deliver real property tax relief for Cape Coral homeowners.
