By Crazy Eddie President of Biker's For First Amendment Rights
THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY
FOR OUR 7th ANNUAL RIDE AND RALLY.
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYONE. I AM ON A HIGH TODAY. THEY SAY A MAN’S WEALTH IS JUDGED NOT BY THE NUMBER OF TOYS HE HAS, BUT
BY THE NUMBER OF FRIENDS HE HAS, AND TODAY I FEEL LIKE THE RICHEST MAN IN
VOLUSIA COUNTY. THANK YOU
I AM HUMBLED WHEN I LOOK AROUND AND
SEE YOU ALL. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT 7 YEARS
HAVE PASSED ALREADY SINCE WE FIRST CAME TO THIS COURTHOUSE. WE HAVE HAD SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD,
BUT WE ARE STILL ALIVE AND WELL, THANKS TO YOU, OUR MEMBERS, ALL 5,000 OF
YOU COUNTY WIDE AND SOME AS FAR AWAY AS GERMANY.
ALMOST 9 YEARS AGO WHEN I STARTED
BIKERS FOR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, THE NAY-SAYERS SAID THAT YOU DIDN’T CARE
ABOUT YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT WE WOULD NOT STAND TOGETHER TO MAKE THEM
ACCOUNTABLE. THEY SAID WE COULD NOT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE…….
WE PROVED THEM ALL WRONG AND NOW MOST
OF THOSE SAME NAY SAYERS ARE MEMBERS OF OUR GROUP. ARE THERE ANY OF YOU OUT THERE NOW?
WE HAVE NOT ONLY
BEEN A FORCE TO BE DEALT WITH BY GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE BECOME A
VALUABLE ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AS FUND RAISERS AND A SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SERVED MANY MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITY IN MANY WAYS.
THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF OUR MANAGER TAMMY AND THE MANY
VOLUNTEERS THAT WORKED WITH HER, WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE ONE-THIRD OF THE TOTAL OF
GIFTS FOR THE MARINE CORPS TOYS FOR TOTS LAST CHRISTMAS.
WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMING THE
VETERANS LIFELINE THAT PROVIDES NEEDED TRANSPORTATION TO OUR NEEDY VETS FOR
URGENT CARE TO GAINESVILLE.
WE ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE VETERANS
AFFAIRS OFFICE OF VOLUSIA COUNTY AS A MILITARY POST.
WE HAVE HELPED MEMBERS WITH CODE
ENFORCEMENT ISSUES AND SOME WRONGFUL POLICE ENFORCEMENT.
WE WERE ABLE TO FORCE AN ONGOING
FULL-BLOWN INVESTIGATION OF THE MISTREATMENT OF OUR VETS IN THE EMORY L. BENNETT
NURSING HOME.
WE BROUGHT BACK OUR BIKE WEEK PARADE. WE HAVE FORCED A CHANGE IN AN UNFAIR
CITY ORDINANCE. I COULD GO ON AND ON.
THERE ARE MANY MORE THINGS WE HAVE DONE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR
VETS AND ALL OF THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF YOU, OUR MEMBERS. THANK YOU.
NOW WE ARE READY TO BRANCH OUT. WE WANT A POST IN DELAND, PALM COAST/ FLAGLER, NEW SMYRNA / EDGEWATER.
WE ARE READY TO BECOME EVEN BIGGER AND STRONGER AND ADD MORE MEMBERS TO
OUR MISSION.
WE ARE READY TO WORK AT HOME FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTRY AS HARD AS OUR VETERANS ARE ON FOREIGN SOIL. AND IF YOU CAN NOT STAND BEHIND OUR
TROOPS THEN STAND IN FRONT OF THEM.
THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE SAYS TO YOU,
WHAT IS BFFAR, YOU CAN SAY WE ARE AMERICANS THAT CARE ENOUGH ABOUT OUR COUNTRY
TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT HOW IT IS RUN. YOU
CAN PROUDLY SAY I AM A MEMBER AND WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE. THEN ASK THEM, WHAT
HAVE YOU DONE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COUNTRY? DO
YOU EVEN VOTE? WE DO!!
