TERRY RICHARDS
P.O. Box 66202
St. Petersburg, FL 33736-6202
Telephone (727) 327-0277
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LEGAL NOTICE
THE HONORABLE SUE M. COBB
Florida Secretary of State
R.A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
Telephone (850) 245-6500
Fax (850) 245-6125 FAXED ONLY
Re: “PUBLIC INTEREST” AND “PROCEDURAL RIGHT” DEMAND FOR ACTION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF AND DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT AS TO THE RIGHTS, STATUS, AND OTHER EQUITABLE OR LEGAL RELATIONS OF THE FLORIDA VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA, A FLORIDA MINOR POLITICAL PARTY.
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Dear Secretary Cobb:
1. The Florida Veterans Party of America a/k/a www.veteranspartyofamerica.com is
currently led by the alleged Florida State Chair Debra L. Hollis is hereinafter referred to as VPA.COM.
2. The Florida Veterans Party of America a/k/a www.veteransparty.us which is the original Veterans Party of America currently led by Phillip G. Meskin, the alleged Founder of the Party is hereinafter referred to as VPA.US
3. VPA.COM claims to have conducted a “TRIBUNAL” in accordance with Florida
Statutes to remove the VPA.US State Executive Committee because of its Founder Phillip G. Meskin’s FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES, which among other things, included the co-mingling of VPA.US Funds with Meskin’s “FOR PROFIT” Veterans Post Newspaper and “NON-PROFIT” Charity the Veterans Public Awareness Foundation. Meskin also advised Officers, Members, and Voters of VPA.US that the Veterans Post Newspaper “OWNS” VPA.US, and that VPA.US “OWES” the Veterans Post Newspaper $30,000 it lent VPA.US but offered “NO PROOF” of it. Public Records reveal that the Veterans Post Newspaper has not been incorporated since 2001. Therefore, reasonable minds
would conclude that the ownership of this Newspaper is Phillip G. Meskin d/b/a the Veterans Post Newspaper.
4. Since the Florida Veterans Party of America has “splintered” and there are now two (2) Florida Veterans Parties of America whom among other things, are operating, advertising, soliciting for political contributions and forming County Parties, and will potentially be placing Candidates on the Florida Ballot, all of the above is in VIOLATION of F.S. 103.81 - USE OF PARTY NAME; POLITICAL ADVERTISING because the statute requires that any person or other entity shall first obtain the written permission of the chair of the State Executive Committee of the Party.
5. In connection with all of the above and VPA.COM’s “TRIBUNAL,” VPA.COM
claims its “Certified” County Chairs elected DEBRA L. HOLLIS as its State Executive Committee’s Chair. Therefore, if the “legal standing” of VPA.COM as the “LEGITIMATE” Florida Veterans Party of America is “VALIDATED” by a Judge from a Florida Circuit Court, then VPA.US is in Violation of F.S. 103.81 et seq. INVERSELY, if the “legal standing” of VPA.US is “VALIDATED” then VPA.COM is in Violation of F.S. 103.81 et seq.
6. IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC OF WHICH THE PUBLIC AS WHOLE HAS A STAKE AND IS OF FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN TO THE STATE AND THE WHOLE OF SOCIETY, and which is also in the best interest of registered Florida’s voters of the Florida Veterans Party of America (“VET”) of which I am one, and all other Florida Voters who wish to vote for candidates running under the “VET” ticket as well as potential candidates who wish to run under the “VET” ticket, FLORIDA VOTERS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW which of the said two (2) Florida Veterans Parties of America is the “LEGAL” Florida Veterans Party of America (“VET”) who can place its candidates on Florida State and County Ballots, and use the Party’s name, abbreviation or symbol in political advertising in newspapers, other publications and handbills, radio or television, or any other forms of advertising, or in connection with any club, group, association, or organization of the Party, and THEREFORE, THIS “LEGAL ARGUMENT” MUST BE BROUGHT TO AN END BY A COURT OF LAW.
WHEREFORE, I RESPECTFULLY DEMAND THAT YOU PERFORM YOUR “STATUTORY DUTY” as Florida Secretary of State by filing an ACTION FOR DECLARATORY RELIEF AND A DECLARATORY JUDGEMENT in the Florida Circuit Court of your choosing pursuant to F.S. 86.011, and to name both of said Florida Veterans Parties of America as
DEFENDANTS so that a JUDGE, upon hearing all the Evidence from both DEFENDANTS, can determine:
1. The legal status as to which of the said Florida Veterans Parties of America is the “Legal” Florida Veterans Party of America or, if neither one of them is the “Legal” Florida Veterans Party of America?
2. Is VPA.US acting more like a “For Profit” Business for personal financial gain by its Founder and Officers rather than a Political Party, and if yes, should VPA.US be stripped of its “status” as a Florida Political Party and/or its Founder and Officers removed by Court Order?
3. Can or Does Phillip G. Meskin or his Veterans Post Newspaper or any other “For Profit” or “Non-Profit” Business or any other “Legal Entity” other than the Political Party itself “OWN” VPA.US?
4. Does VPA.US or VPA.COM “OWE” the Veterans Post Newspaper or Phillip G. Meskin or any other person or legal entity $30,000, and if yes, is it a “just debt”(?), and if no, was it Criminal Racketeering or other Fraud being perpetrated by Phillip G. Meskin, et al?
5. Any other rights, status, and other equitable or legal relations whether or not further relief is or could be claimed, as the Court deems appropriate.
Respectfully submitted,
COPY 06-30-06 FAXED ONLY
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Terry Richards Date Signed and Mailed
Registered Voter, Pinellas County, Florida,
Voter Registration Number 107129664,
Party Affiliation “VET.”
P.O. Box 66202
St. Petersburg, FL 33736-6202
Telephone (727) 327-0277
cc: Heidi Hughes or current Chief of Staff/General Counsel Fax (850) 245-6127
CONTACT INFORMATION
FOR SOME OF THE OFFICERS OF VPA.US AND VPA.COM
PHILLIP G. MESKIN, alleged Founder and alleged Chair of several Florida Counties of
the Florida Veterans Party of America (VPA.US),
1441 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South · St. Petersburg, Florida, 33705-2424,
Telephone (727) 822-8387.
DEBRA L. HOLLIS, alleged elected State of Florida Executive Committee Chair of the Veterans Party of America (VPA.COM),
220 Dan River Drive · Spring Hill, Florida, 34606-5422,
Telephone (352) 666-2903.
CHARLES L. DONOVAN, alleged State of Florida Executive Committee Vice-Chair, and
Chair of the Bay County, Florida Veterans Party of America (VPA.COM),
1515 South Atlantic Avenue, #401 · Cocoa Beach, FL 32931.
ROBERT C. THOMPSON, former elected State of Florida Executive Committee Chair of VPA.US, and Chair of the Bay County, Florida Veterans Party of America (VPA.COM),
7115 Maxwell Court · Panama City, FL 32404-8458,
Telephone (850) 871-0988.
RICHARD THIEL, Chair of Hillsborough County, Florida of the Veterans
Party of America (VPA.COM),
P.O. Box 270001 · Tampa, FL 33688-0001.
STEVE SENZIG, alleged Chair of the Miami-Dade County, Florida Veterans
Party of America (VPA.COM),
11241 NW 7th Street, #7 · Miami, FL 33172.