Evers Honored As ‘Defender Of Liberty’ By Conservative Group

November 16, 2011

Sen.Greg Evers (R-Baker) received the 2011 Defender of Liberty Award from the American Conservative Union for his “outstanding support of conservative values and principles throughout 2011″. About two-thirds of the members of the Florida Legislature received the award, which was presented Tuesday during a reception at the State Capitol.

“I am sincerely honored and humbled by this wonderful recognition from the ACU,” said Senator Greg Evers. “The ACU is, and has always been, an unwavering watchdog for our conservative values being enforced and upheld by Lawmakers at every level of government, and I appreciate their recognition and their service to our nation.”

Senator Evers received a perfect 100 percent score on the ACU’s first-ever ratings for the Florida State Legislature, which takes into account a Lawmaker’s conservative rhetoric and expressed philosophical views, and his or her actual voting record on a wide variety of issues and proposed legislation, according to a press release.

“I want to thank the good people at the ACU and Chairman Al Cardenas for this great honor,” said Evers. “It is truly an encouraging recognition as I strive to continue to vote for legislation on the most important issues facing our state that will uphold our founding principles of limited government, individual liberties, Second Amendment rights and free markets.”

There were 14 senators and 52 House members that got a 100 percent score on the nearly 20 bills scored by the ACU, and 11 senators and 29 House members who voted with the group at least 80 percent of the time — high enough to rank as a conservative on the organization’s scale — despite Florida’s reputation as a swing state.

Of the 11 senators who fell short of a perfect score, three did so because of opposition to an immigration bill that narrowly passed the Senate but died in the House

The News Service of Florida contributed to this report.

Comments

4 Responses to “Evers Honored As ‘Defender Of Liberty’ By Conservative Group”

  1. SW on November 19th, 2011 1:16 pm

    He defends liberty so well that he has been subpoenaed before a grand jury to explain how he does it, I guess.

  2. Suzanne Wilson on November 16th, 2011 7:58 am

    I feel like we are so blessed to have Greg as our senator because he is not like any other political If you call him, he personally answers and he helps us. He recently helped my family with a problem we were having with drainage caused by runoff from a state road construction project. We couldn’t get any help from the State for months and he had help for us within 24 hours of my calling him. Greg is the only political I know that works every day like we do. He is a working farmer and still gets his hand dirty. I am glad that organizations like this one are recognizing Greg for what we already know he his. But I am more grateful Greg is here for us and helps us. i really feel we – the people he represents – are his first priority. He is the rare person in government that is there to help PEOPLE. To me, that is more important than any award.

  3. Kathy on November 16th, 2011 6:51 am

    I was thinking more like oh so all republicans in the Fla house and senate got the award? Hum, makes Mr. Evers what he is one of the republicans making money off our backs. Thank the Lord for another inept politician.

  4. 429SCJ on November 16th, 2011 4:20 am

    Thank the Lord for sending us Mr Evers. He is certainly a light of hope in these dark and troubled times, and for that which is to come.

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