Ambassador’s Newsletter

Free State of Florida

Republic for the united States of America

Susan Chisolm March 2011

Ambassador
To all our dear members of the Republic:

As the servant Ambassador of the Florida Republic, I

strive each day to fulfill my promise to all those who
elected me, that being said, to fulfill my duties to the
best of my ability, to maintain the highest goals and
standards for our Republic and to bring all people
whose intentions for the success of the Republic to-
gether as one. I have personally met many of you and
have become good friends, a privilege I cherish. Be-
cause of this, the importance of our success for this
Republic has become even more acute. Many of you
have helped all of your elected servants without recog-
nition, and have continued to work tirelessly for the
good of the Republic. It is to all you silent helpers, I
express my thanks, from the bottom of my heart for all
your dedication and faithfulness you have shown to us
and for us, and our collective cause to be free. And for
all of you good people who hold dear, the concept of
the Republic within you, going about your daily lives
in faith, you also are the heroes and heroines who
have inspired me to further dedicate my efforts to the
success of this Republic. I can safely say that most of sence,” reminded us of the importance of time. With
your elected servants here, and in the nation as a this in mind, we decided to seek answers elsewhere.
whole, live every day for “We the People,” and that Something had to be done, as our brave people who
includes “Walking the walk, not just talking the talk.” were losing their homes and jobs, still loyal to the
Now, we are going to reveal the most exciting and Republic, were most definitely on their last lap in our
overdue news you have all been waiting for since the race to the finish line. As we began our search for
inception of the Republic, the reward all of you so solutions, much to our surprise, Mary and I were ap-
rightly deserve, and earned to hear. Mary Heiler, who proached by friends of our Republic, and asked to
is a member of the House of Representatives in our speak to the people who were part of the original
Florida Republic, and I, were experiencing much funding programs. After meeting with them in Bar-
frustration after meetings with others within our Re- tow, Florida, we laid out our case, and were then gra-
public, regarding our questions pertaining to funding ciously offered the chance to present a funding pro-
and forward movement. Remembering a part of my gram to the people. These funding packages that were
speech to our Florida Assembly, the day of my elec- being offered to us are designed to be disseminated
tion, where I expressed that “Time was of the Es- directly to all 50 Republics, in other words, into the
hands of the people of the nation.

It's not what your Republic can do for you,

it's what you can do for your Republic!
 Susan Chisolm
Ambassador

We chatted at length, and the idea of direct funding was

a concept which Mary and I felt mirrored most closely,
the sacred tenant that it is always the people who should
have the power and control. Thus, funding directly to
each Republic appears to work brilliantly, dove-tailing
seamlessly with any national funding which our Presi-
dent says is still to come. Our joy in knowing that we
could move our Republic forward and the nation as a
whole, ameliorating the suffering of our good people,
overwhelmed us both, leading us to this extraordinary
moment with you today. As the servant Ambassador for
the Florida Republic , I am anxious to present to you,
your opportunity from the “White Hats” of the world,
and on your behalf, we hope to assist in the acceptance
this precious miracle, with your permission, in a timely
fashion. The requirements for the funding are very mini-
mal in order to be delivered to all 50 Republics. There is
much else to tell the members here of the progress al-
ready made in our quest to develop the Republic of Flor-
ida, now 1,000 souls, but I shall reserve the balance for
later, in view of this paramount development.

Lastly, I want to thank our “White hats” for their pa-

tience and dedication to the Republic, and to Mary
Heiler for her exceptional help in bringing this dream to
fruition. We are all anxious to roll up our sleeves and
assist all Republics who wish to participate in this his-
toric rebirth of freedom. The ball is now in the court of
“We the people.” The problems as well as the solutions
are ours to solve.

May all of you be blessed and guided in your decisions

to fulfill the will of our people……..

Your faithful servant Ambassador,

Susan Chisholm
 Mary Heiler
House Representative

the control of the People. 
Greetings, members of the Republic! 
  
  
We still need a lot of assistance on many lev‐
The Florida Republic is moving along splendidly 
els.  There are many of you who have skills which 
thanks to all of you.  At times, our steps were 
can help us and take some of the pressure from 
small.  At times, we appeared to be stalled out and 
some who have to work too many hours in the 
even going backwards.  We are proud to say, now 
day.  It is a very satisfying feeling knowing that our 
we are making giant strides, and that our Republic 
efforts are bringing many long overdue 
is one of the best organized in the entire na‐
changes.  Please contact us and let us know how 
tion.  Many people have invested countless hours 
you can help.  There is much to do and will be for 
daily to get us to where we are now.  We are not 
years to come. 
only investing our time, but we are also investing 
  
our hearts and Souls. 
We are your humble servants.  The twelve mem‐
  
bers of Congress serve the Florida Republic‐at‐
A very small percentage of the population realize 
large.  I am sure I speak for all of us when I wel‐
the grave danger that our country has been in over 
come you to contact us through the Florida web 
the last decades and increasingly, year by 
site, www.republicofflorida.org, should you have 
year.  The work that has been done will allow a 
suggestions or concerns.  It is a great honor for me 
safety net for our beloved country and all of our 
personally to serve in this capacity.  There will 
people.  Many of us recognize that the Republic is 
be nothing more important in our lifetimes than 
our final option.  WE will make it work. 
what we are doing.   
  
  
All of the elected officials are working tirelessly 
These efforts are not only for us but for many fu‐
with no pay to ensure that this Republic is re‐
ture generations.  Please join us in fortifying these 
inhabited as our Constitution requires.  Not only 
efforts and share in the gratification of a job well 
are we working with no pay except for the satisfac‐
done. 
tion of a job well done, it costs many dollars out of 
  
our own pockets to do what needs to get done. 
Humbly and respectfully, 
  
Mary Heiler 
Our Florida Republic Congress is meeting a couple 
Florida Republic 
of times per week via teleconference tending to 
House of Representatives 
official Republic business.   There are committees 
working on many different issues that are confront‐
ing us as a nation and as a people.  You should take 
great comfort in knowing such care and dedication 
is being rendered to bring our Republic back under 
 Kurt Annaheim
Volusia County
Volusia County is starting to come out of the ground.
We’ve had several members join the Republic recently,
some of whom traveled far to hear about the exciting
potential the Republic has to restore freedom in Amer-
ica. Two of these are Wesley Peek and his fiancée
Elizabeth both of whom have taken active roles.
We’re also pleased that and Dawn of the Barnhouse
family are coming on board. Eric Barnhouse has been
performing with his band, “Scared Straight” for more
than 10 years, and Eric has offered that his band might
perform at member recruiting events and that he may
even write a song to promote the Florida Republic.
Kurt Annaheim
“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I still can do something.
I will not refuse to do the something I can do.”
Helen Keller
Gordon King
Columbia County
Columbia County Recruitment Efforts:
I have been in contact with one of the leaders of the
local group of the NCF Tea Party and went to one
of their meetings to listen to their guest speaker on
the Bill of Rights. I have made several contacts and
members of the group suggested I speak at one of
their meetings.
I have also been in contact with the local Campaign
For Liberty coordinator. She is reading some mate-
rial I gave her and checking into the Republic.
I am working on being invited to speak at one of
their meetings too.
I have recruited a friend of mine who is a teacher
and has lived in Columbia County for many dec-
ades. He knows a lot of local people. His back-
ground is in sales and he is a hard worker. I have
been talking to him for several years on what's go-
ing on in the world, little did I know it would turn
into joining the Republic.
Once I get things going in Columbia County, I will
be expanding into my other counties.
If God is with us, who can succeed against us?
Sincerely,
Gordon King
Columbia County
 Clyde Cleveland
"Indigenous Power Rising" by Clyde Cleveland author of Common Sense Revisited
Congressman pro tem of the free state of Florida
Dear Friends:
As I write this article for our Florida Republic newsletter
we are finalizing our national tour called "Using Com-
mon Sense to Restore our Republic." This is really ex-
citing as we have done 7 presentations now in Iowa and
will do the fourth in Florida on Sunday February 20th in
Sun City Center. It is amazing how excited people get at
these events. They are thirsting for knowledge and for
real solutions to our current state of affairs in this coun-
try.
We have 11 events planned in eight different states for
my drive out to California and my drive from California
back to Iowa. We will be returning to Florida in April
for an entire series of events covering most of the
state. If you have not attended one of these events we
trace the history of our founding documents back to
Thomas Paine and the influence his amazing pamphlet,
Common Sense, had on the people of the 13 colo-
nies. People leave with a clear understanding of the
difference between indigenous power and surrogate
power and an appreciation for how deeply the founders
understood this concept and expressed it in the Declara-
tion of Independence.
The difference between a republic and a democracy be-
comes clear as the characteristics of a bottom up struc-
ture are compared to those of a top down structure. My
friends, it is no longer about right vs, left, or conserva-
tive vs liberal, it is clearly ALL about top down vs bot-
tom up.
Once we lay out these principles we get to the solution,
which is clearly to re-inhabit our original republic which
has been inactive now since 1861. It is so unbelievably
inspiring for me to see the veil of ignorance removed
from the hearts and minds of the people attending these
meetings as they hear this knowledge presented.
I certainly encourage all of you to do these presenta-
tions. The power point I created with Michael Bishop,
our Florida pro tem Governor, has specific scripts for
every slide. Anyone can give this presentation, however
you are going to want to read and/or listen to Common
Sense Revisited. I would also suggest the following
reading list (see below) I also highly recommend setting
up a study group with four to six people who meet regu-
larly and go through these materials and Michael Bad-
narik's 13 hour constitutional study course which is
available on line for free.
It is not going to be a walk in the park to restore our
founding principles in this country. It is going to take
commitment but it will be great fun and an incredibly
rewarding process. Remember, knowledge is power,
and the more knowledge you have the more power you
will wield in this mission. And this is, like the Blues
Brother said, A mission from God!
So please start by going to Commonsenserevisited.com
and order some copies, or download it for free and read
it on line. You can also pay the $3.00 and listen to
it. Then order and read "Whatever Happened to Justice"
by Maybury. Get going and get excited and get in-
volved! How quickly and how effectively we create the
dream of a truly free society is going to depend on you.
If you read some of the testimonials of those who have
read Common Sense Revisited you will see that it is life
changing knowledge! I did not know it at the time but I
wrote it for this movement to reinhabit our repub-
lic. Please use it to get your friends and everyone you
know introduced to this knowledge and the reinhabited
republic.
I will leave you with this thought. Our creator gave us
free will and the ability to create a maginificient reality
for ourselves and every human being on this
planet. When individuals are in an environment where
they are more able to use their free will they blossom
and use much more of their God-given creativity and
abilities. Our founding documents helped
to create that structure, but it has been
deeply corrupted. It is now up to each one
of us as individuals to reestablish an even
better structure based on those original
principles.
Thanks for all that you do and will do
Clyde Cleveland
 Michael Louis
Florida Representative

Perspective

Every year about this time is the “fall” in my garden.

The live oak, drops its leaves in January and February
each year and there is a deluge of debris to retrieve so
that it can be deposited in the new Palm Beach County
large bins. The bins are in fact so large that if one falls
in, no one would know. The pick-up is now being
achieved by one person rather than two which presuma-
bly saves some money for the city council and does
away with one worker who may be employed in other
areas or may yet be looking for a job.

Here is the analogy. There are still many leaves to fall

from the tree before the new green and growing flora
takes their place. A considerable number of the falling
leaves will belong to the personnel of the De Facto ad-
ministration. In the restoration of the new parameters,
our new green and growing country will once more be
free to decide on the future that will no longer be in the
hands of the deviant.
Delete box or place a caption here.

Considering that most of HISTORY was populated by

the male of the species and it will no longer be HIS
TORY, or HER STORY but will be OUR STORY. Let
us go out and prosper together as a team.
G-d be praised.
Michael Louis, Florida Representative ©
“The principles on which we engaged, of
which the charter of our independence is
the record, were sanctioned by the laws
of our being, and we but obeyed them in
pursuing undeviatingly the course they
called for.”
Thomas Jefferson,
to Georgetown Republicans in 1809
 Mark Yoder
House Representative

sion by any “person” weather real or artifi-

Hello, my name is Mark Yoder and I am one
cial. (see definition of “person” at usle-
of your Representatives for the Florida Re-
gal.com)
public. I consider it an honor to have been
asked to write a short piece to be used in
Last week my wife and I were invited to our
our first news letter. It is my hope that the
neighbor’s house for dinner. They were en-
following words will exponentially increase
tertaining some of their friends from out of
within you the desire to share your knowl-
town and wanted us to meet them.
edge of this Republic with all those you
Well, as we were eating and conversing with
know. I challenge you to find at least one
some of our new found acquaintances,
more person each day to share the path to
somehow we came upon on the topic of how
freedom with.
nowadays, in so many communities,
neighbors although they may smile and
wave at each other, don't really have any
relationship beyond this. It is sad that we
have come to this as a society. Weather or
not you blame the technological advance-
ments which have virtually allowed almost
unlimited communication without physical
(face-to-face) interaction, the contentment
of many to just sit and watch television and
have little or no interest in anything else or
allowing our lives to be so dominated by a
profession or job that we find little time for
our families let alone our friends and
neighbors, the end result is the same. In
My wife and I are truly blessed, in that we
many instances, we have become a nation of
live in a small, “tightly knit” community
souls "disconnected" from those around us,
where we all know our neighbors and ex-
separated from those which we are in closest
change pies, cakes and other “goodies” from
proximity to, and as ridiculous as this has
time to time as well as surplus veggies from
become we are missing the larger perhaps
our back-yard gardens. Just recently, our
most important result of this "disconnect".
neighbor knocked on our door and delivered
The fact is, as a result of this "disconnect"
a gallon zip-lock bag filled with fresh caught
we are left divided and more vulnerable to
dolphin fillets. We all “watch-out” for each
attack. (Divide and Conquer). We are there
other’s property and pets while one of us is
everyone. We have all seen the news clips
away. In my opinion, this is at a minimum,
where senseless violence is being bestowed
the way members of a community should
upon another human being as people just
interact if we are to be able to defend our
homes and families against crime and intru-
 Mark Yoder
House Representative
stand idly by and do nothing. Now, we even
see and hear that people will film a hideous
act with their "personal media device" and
"tweet" about or send it to "Face-book" while
someone is injured or even killed. Unfortu-
nately, this type of "robot mentality" has be-
come the accepted norm while a human act
of kindness or compassion is the "once in a
blue moon" occurrence. Now, I am not blam-
ing anyone, for this is what we have been
molded into by those that would have us too
busy "getting ours" to be bothered with a life
which includes genuinely caring about others
outside our own families and in even some
cases those "genuine " feelings do not exist
within our families as a whole. But again, it
is easier to control a society in this condition.
Now, you probably have an idea where I am
going with this. We need to ... No, WE MUST
regain our ability to forge those solid rela-
tionships with our neighbors and WE MUST
once again get together with people from
our neighborhoods and have "block parties"
and "cookouts" with those same people. WE
MUST have the kind of relationships with
each other that if we notice a friend or
neighbor's child doing something potentially
harmful to themselves or another that we
can mention it or even intervene out of
genuine concern without fear of being told to
"mind your own business". WE MUST get
back to the "it takes a village to raise a
child" mentality, and renounce this "you
can't tell me what to do" attitude that so
many young people have for adults
(sometimes even their parents).
Correcting our course will start with WE THE
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER ON A COMMU-
NITY LEVEL FIRST. If you have not men-
tioned the Florida Republic to all your family
members, friends and neighbors then I
would ask….”What are you waiting
for?” Believe me, I understand that there are
a multitude of reasons which we can tell our-
selves that justifies sequestering what we
have come to know from some that we deal
with on a daily basis. But if you do not share
your knowledge of the Republic, you are de-
nying these people access to the tools with
which they can then use to regain the free-
doms and power over their own lives and
destiny. Ultimately, the decision will be
theirs to make of course, but it is our job as
friends and neighbors to see that all those
we know or come to know, have the knowl-
edge to make an informed and rational deci-
sion. You only need mention it one time,
hand them a notice of a nearby meeting or
assembly, or do like I do and copy a screen
shot of the home page from the Republic for
Florida website, highlight the web address at
the bottom of the page, and pass these out.
Plant those seeds and watch them grow!
 Dan Graves
Speaker of the House
of the Republic of Florida
I just wanted to express how grateful I am to
be a part of the new republic of Florida. It is
quite a privilege to be a part of the future of
this great nation we live in. We are currently
making adjustments to better our Florida
constitution and things are moving forward
with excellence. As we see more and more
people wanting to get back to the original
intent that our founding fathers had for We
the People, I find a great satisfaction in
watching the people wake up and realize
they do have a say in the way their govern-
ment should be run. Every day, more and
more are finding out about this restoration
and becoming a useful part of it. I look for-
ward to the day when we all see this country
get back to being the great nation we all
respected. I find myself working with many,
many people who have a vision for our fu-
ture and our children and grand children's
future. With their knowledge of the constitu-
tion and deep belief in the people, we will
see great things in our future. We know
God has His hands on this work or it would
never have come this far. May He continue
to watch over and bless us in all we do.
Dan Graves
"Life is not about waiting for the
storms to pass...it's about learning
how to dance in the rain!"
Jim Costa
Regional Ambassador
First Day
It’s my fist day on the job and the boss says I’m
already two weeks behind! Boy, don’t we all
feel like that? Talk about overwhelming.
As the Regional Ambassador for the extreme
west end of the panhandle I can finally say that
I am (somewhat) organized and definitely mov-
ing in the right direction. I am sure that every-
one would agree that all this “bringing up a
country” will be a lot easier after the national
announcements. But if it were easy it probably
wouldn’t be as much fun, now would it?
Our first two assembly meetings, out of the re-
quired three, will be held this Wednesday and
Saturday. So far we have approximately 25
members in each of two counties. At this point
they should have all been through the Red
Beckman Jury class and are currently viewing
the Michael Badnarik Constitution classes.
This coming week I hope to break into the local
Constitutional study club, the Ron Paul Asso-
ciation and any other clubs I can locate that
might hold potential members.
At this time I feel that I have a better under-
standing on the direction of things in move-
ment. I still have a lot of unanswered questions
but can see that we are getting support. I am
confident that we are not alone as I once
thought we were. I am confident that all of the
hard stuff is behind us! It’s all downhill from
here. Let’s keep on keeping on.
Jim Costa

Website for Ambassadors
A website for Regional and County Ambassa-
dors is now operational.
The purpose of this site is for the open ex-
change of ideas, assets, training materials and
work product that might be of value to our co-
partners in creating a better Florida for poster-
ity.
Let's admit it, we are all Imperfect idi-
ots ambassadors feeling our way through a
dark room right now.
So let’s not be bashful. Speak up so that those
that follow us don't have to make the same
mistakes we may have made.
This is a open user site which any member can
post to them self. This site does not require
special at-home software.
You can post directly or email Jim Costa to
upload for you.
A TEST page is available for you to practice
on, so help yourself to it.
Please contact Jim Costa for access to the web-
site.
Gabe Nichols
Broward County
Dear Members of the Republic,
This is Gabe Nichols, the Florida Republic Regional Am-
bassador of Broward County. I am happy to report a
solid group is forming here. We have high hopes as we
move Into the month of March, with new meeting loca-
tions we will post them next week.
A member of our group, Andy Valisalo has been in con-
tact with two groups of Tea party members, who seem
disillusioned with the newly elected Congress for their
part in the renewal of the Patriot Act. For all of you out
there this is a very promising group, given this recent
event. Also many of you are probably experiencing the
same thing I’ve come across when talking about the Re-
public to people for their first time. For those of you who
are running into resistance here is a tip that works for me.
Clarifying what the Republic is about. Try to share “What
it is not”, first defuse the wrong ideas.
People may think we are a religious group, a militia
group, or a political party. I found the best way to handle
this, is to tell them up front that none of these things are
true. This will allay their fears and suspicions. That will
clear the way for you to share with them what the Repub-
lic is, and how the Republic will benefit them.
Good Members of the Republic if only, each and
every one of you would sign up just one neighbor, one
friend, or one co-worker, we could double our numbers
and stand this Republic up. I leave you with this
thought…