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Lincoln Day Dinner - February 12, 2010
The annual Clallam County Republican Party fundraiser will be held at the Red Lion Ballroom upstairs at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln, Port Angeles, WA .
The event will start at 6 p.m. with a no-host bar, followed at 6:30 by dinner - a wonderful buffet with salmon and prime rib and all the fixin's. (Click here to see the full menu to be served.)
The main speaker will be Fredi Simpson, GOP State National Committeewoman, who will share her insights about politics and America, followed by our famous auction - always a blast, and a great way to raise money for Republican candidates and cover operating expenses for the county party.
There will also be a special performance by Amanda Bacon.
Get your tickets soon, as space will be limited. It's $50 per person; $95 per couple. You can get them from CCRP Headquarters in Port Angeles, or call Bob Forde in Sequim - 360-681-3023 - or email sueforde@clallamrepublicans.org.
Download a flyer here - and get the word out!
Caucuses: February 13, 2010
Caucuses will be held the morning of February 13th, 2010, to elect delegates to the county convention and to collect input for the county platform and resolutions. Central Committee PCOs voted for ‘pooled caucuses’ - one in each district. Doors will open at the various pooled caucus locations at 9 a.m. - participants must be signed in and seated by 10, so please arrive early.
Click here to see the caucus locations for the various precincts across the county.NEWS ITEM:
Olympia, WA - Jan. 15th, 2010 - Approximately 300 people turned out in the rain on a weekday for The Sovereignty Winterfest, held in Olympia, WA on Thursday, Jan. 14th, starting at noon on the steps of the Legislature. The event, which took place during the first week of the 2010 Legislative Session, was aimed at bringing attention to the meaning of the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Featured speakers included State Senator Val Stevens, Elizabeth Scott (21st LD) Tea Party Patriot - Candidate for State Representative, Rep. Matt Shea (4th LD) - Sponsor HJM4009, Rep. Dan Kristiansen (39th LD) Co-sponsor of HJM4009 , and David Hedrick (3rd CD) -Marine who spoke out at Brian Baird's town hall, Candidate for U.S. Congress. Many of the folks then visited their representatives. Watch for an article, photos & video.
State Sovereignty, HJM 4009.
Check out this Web site: CitizensforHJM4009.ning.com
Need to carpool? E-mail Sue: sueforde@clallamrepublicans.org
Now is the time to be contacting your Senators Patty Murray - http://murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm and Maria Cantwell - http://www.cantwell.senate.gov/contact/ - and Congressman Norm Dicks http://www.house.gov/dicks/email.shtml .
This interesting nugget from the House Ways and Means Committee GOP staff:
Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years.
When confronted with this same issue during its consideration of a similar individual mandate tax, the Senate Finance Committee worked on a bipartisan basis to include language in its bill that shielded Americans from civil and criminal penalties. The Pelosi bill, however, contains no similar language protecting American citizens from civil and criminal tax penalties that could include a $250,000 fine and five years in jail.
According to the Congressional Budget Office the lowest cost family non-group plan under the Speaker’s bill would cost $15,000 in 2016.
So if you're a working family struggling to make ends meet, you either have to come up with $15,000 or potentially face jail time. (From Americans for Tax Reform)
Stay informed on State Sovereignty
Bookmark
www.tenthamendmentcenter.com
The General Election will be held November 3rd. All ballots will be mailed on October 14th. All candidates on the ballot are nonpartisan.
Congressman Dicks held Town Hall meetings on Aug. 31st, 2009.
Read the story at Citizen Review Online - click here.
Watch video of the townhall meeting - click here. - or go to youtube.com. and search for Norm Dicks' Townhall meeting, Port Townsend, WA.
Following are some of the potential solutions proposed by the GOP:
For information about the proposed 1,013 page bill,
here's a good websites to help educate yourself:
Patients United Now - Click Here
To read the bill for yourself (highly recommended),
click here
Republicans' ideas about how to reform health care.
House GOP Solutions Group Outlines Health Care Plan to Increase Affordability, Accessibility, Availability - Commonsense Health Care Reform to Lower Costs and Increase Access and Quality at a Price Our Country Can Afford. Click Here.
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Here's the healthcare chart based on the proposed legislature by
the House of Representatives. Click for larger view.
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The Fair...
The Clallam County Fair was a lot of fun and very productive. We hosted a booth for the Party throughout the Fair, from Aug 20 thru 23, and got much interest in various issues, especially healthcare.
Thank you, volunteers, for manning the booth!
Meanwhile Dick and Company sold left wings and right wings, along with steak on a stake. For the first year, this was a learning experience, but profitable.
Here are a few photos:
IN THE NEWS...
Republicans participated in a nonpartisan "tea party" on August 14th to urge Congressman Norm Dicks to hold open Town Hall meetings about the health care bill. The event took place on the main street near the Red Lion in Port Angeles. At various times, approximately 200 individuals showed up to express their concern. (See slideshow below). Click here to see video of the event.
Recent Activities
A protest against the proposed nationalized healthcare system took place on July 17th in front of Representative Norm Dicks' office today. Here are some photos.
Famous humorist Will Rogers once said: “No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”
Thankfully, the legislature's session is over for now (unless they call back in a special session!)
To learn what bills have been passed, go to washingtonvotes.org.
Meanwhile, continue to keep your eyes on Congress - every day they are moving forward new bills intended to reduce our liberties. www.opencongress.org
Initiatives and Referendums of Interest. Read about them and then sign on the dotted line if you agree - click here.
The following resolution was voted upon and unanimously passed at the June 15th Central Committee meeting.
RESOLUTION - Maintaining Our Sovereignty
“We, the Central Committee of the Clallam County Republican Party of the state of Washington hereby, by majority vote, resolve that our state should retain and maintain our sovereignty within the National Electoral College system and as such, should not relinquish control of our electoral votes to other American states as would be mandated by the National Popular Vote Compact.
“We see the National Popular Vote movement to be a method to institute a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Electoral College without following the constitutionally approved means to effect such amendments. We strongly support the existing constitutional amendment process and all of its time-proven safeguards.”
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