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CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
The Clallam County Republican Party will be conducting a food drive for the Clallam County Food Bank and a toy drive for the local Toys for Tots. All of this began on October 17 and culminates in mid December. Contact Vice-Chair Lyn Lawson-Wheeler for more information at 360-461-2487 (leave message). MORE>>>
Calendar - November 2011
Nov. - Every Wed., Conservative Coffee Chat Group, 9 AM, Ely’s Café, Sequim
Feb. 20 - Central Committee Meeting, 7 p.m. - Headquarters
Feb. 21 Sequim Issues Group, 8 until 9 AM, Mariner Café, Sequim.
Mar. 3 - Caucuses
Mar. 9 - Lincoln Day Dinner - Red Lion - Guest Speaker: Michael Baumgartner, running for U.S. Senate.
Mar.13 - RWCC meeting
Mar. 31 - County Convention
May 30- June 2 - State Convention - Tacoma
Aug. 27 - 30 - Republican National Convention, Tampa, FLA
2012 Caucuses
The caucuses will be held in 3 pooled caucus locations on March 3rd.
Click here for more information - and to watch for updates.
Schedule Changes
The CCRP Issues group now meets at the Mariner Cafe, 707 E. Washington St., Sequim, WA. The hour-long meeting starts at 8 AM and is an opportunity to get caught up with local, state and national issues - with emphasis on local issues. If you wish to order breakfast, it is recommended you arrive 15 minutes before the meeting begins.
Budget 2012
The budget for Clallam County 2012 is available. To review it, go to
http://www.clallam.net/index.html
[Click on ‘Budget & Finance’]
The 2011 regular session of the Washington State Legislature began on January 10 and is now over. In the state House, Democrats have a majority of 55 - 43 advantage over the Republicans. In the state Senate, The Democrats outnumber the Republicans 27 - 22.
Club Information
The Republican Women of Clallam County (RWCC)
There will be no meeting of the RWCC in February. The next meeting will be on March 13th.
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Members of the RWCC attended a workshop on January 23rd, hosted by Silverdale-Seabeck Republican Women. Fredi Simpson, Republican National Committee member, spoke on the current presidential campaign and the caucus process in Washington state. Twenty people attended the event from Clallam. An exciting response and a good start to 2012 and the new board of the RWCC. I hope we can continue to bring fresh ideas to the group and a presence in our community. This fellowship with our neighbors shows that the RWCC is alive and well in Clallam County.
- Vangie Rivera-Levine
Check their website for current events. www.rwclallamcounty.org
Have plenty on your mind? The new Sequim Conservative Coffee Chat Group may be just the place to let off some steam. It meets at 9AM on Wednesdays at Ely’s Café, 206 No. Sequim Avenue in Sequim. Join them.
The Issues Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at The Mariner's Restaurant in Sequim, at 8 a.m. Come join us for discussion of local, state and national issues.
2012 County Convention
A date has been set for March 31st for the county convention at the Sequim Community Center, at 950 No. 5th Avenue. County Chair Dick Pilling appointed the following committee chairs: Coordinator/Arrangements Committee - Sue Forde; Credentials Committee - Tom LaRosa; Platform Committee - Kaj Ahlburg and Martha Ireland; Rules & Order of Business Committee - Jerry Stiles.
Also appointed were Convention Chair: Dave Cummins; Secretary: Nola Judd; Parliamentarian: Martha Ireland; and Sergeant-at-Arms: Terry Roth. The keynote speaker will be County Commissioner Jim McEntire. Pastor for invocation will be Rich Hay.
The Republican newsletter is available by e-mail. If you prefer receiving your monthly Republican News via e-mail rather than a hard copy via the U.S. Postal Service, please e-mail your request to sueforde@clallamrepublicans.org
Attorney General Rob McKenna visits with Chair Dick Pilling.
TAX FREEDOM DAY
Nationwide, Tax Freedom Day arrived on April 13 this year, the 103rd day of 2009. That means Americans worked about three and a half months of the year, from January 1 to April 13, before they have earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels.
This is eight days earlier than in 2008, and a full two weeks earlier than in 2007, for two reasons: (1) the recession has reduced tax collections even faster than it has reduced income, and (2) the stimulus package includes large temporary tax cuts for 2009 and 2010. Nevertheless, Americans will pay more in taxes than they will spend on food, clothing and housing combined.
In the state of Washington we worked until April 16th, a total of 106 days before celebrating Tax Freedom Day.
Washington ranks 8th in the nation as having the heaviest tax burden.