Dear 10th District Members

       Glorious Conservative Country of North Georgia

    E- Newsletter of the Georgia 9th District
    April 2006 www.gagop9.org

     Click on topics to advance:
    ▪ Governor Perdue signs key bills
    ▪ McKinney report cites assault with 'closed fist' just in
   ▪ Immigration still a key issue at the State and National
       Level
    ▪ State wide candidates 2006
      Awesome Bill from Dawsonville To Join Cagle Race Team for Georgia Campaign
      Kick-Off on Apr. 27 More
    ▪ GFYRC Top Gun Training Academy
    ▪ Election dates 2006 and Calendar of Events
    ▪ New Web Site Name for 9th District - www.gagop9.org
    ▪ 9th District County News
    ▪ Fair Tax Update - Paper back updated version of Fair Tax
      Book
    ▪ Cartoons of the Day
    ▪ Attention County Chairman

Click on photos to view nature's grandeur in North Georgia's 9th District

► Governor Perdue signs key bills into law - a follow up to the 2006 Session
of the Georgia Legislature. Most key issues were passed.

▪ Governor Perdue Signs Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act April 17, 2006.
Congratulations to Governor Perdue who did not cave to demonstrations and threats by the illegals and those who represent them. Read more in AJC. . .
The bill was sponsored by State Senator Chip Rogers in the Senate and carried in the House by Representative John Lunsford. Left: Sen. David Shafer and Rep. Melvin Everson of Gwinnett County.

▪ Governor Perdue Creates Commission for Newborn Umbilical Cord Blood Research and Medical
Treatment 4/15/06
▪ Democratic lawmaker joins GOP illegal immigrants 4/6/06
▪ Governor Perdue Highlights Legislative Accomplishments 3/31
▪ What passed, what didn't 4/2/06
▪ President Bush Praises Governor Perdue and Republican Leadership at President Day Dinner.

Hop on board to re-elect Governor Perdue
Late News from the Governor - Daily Press Releases

►Immigration still a top issue at the State and National Level

View More. . .

According to many polls, Immigration and controlling our borders is the #1 issue next to terrorism. Read the following to get more information on this very complicated topic.

▪ Illegal immigration protest draws crowd at GA Capitol on 4/18/06
▪ An ugly reality by our favorite writer, Thomas Sowell, has a good
point about these illegal alien rallies. Did the people protesting,
demanding a guest worker program, sound very much like guests to
you? Not very nice guests, maybe. April 18, 2006
▪ Read Nothing "Mexican" on Cinco de Mayo. Bob Griggs, Editor of
the Gwinnett Gazette, says it so well. May 1 has been designated by
the illegal protesters to be " Nothing Gringo on May 1".
▪ Senator Chambliss: Reform still a possibility this year -- Illegal
Immigration
▪ Congressman Deal, others attack Senate immigration bill

▪ Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants,regardless of what the Administration calls it, is
wrong for America. -- Congressman Deal

▪ View: Illegal Immigration (our special page on this topic)

<<<< Illegal Invasion map

►Elections 2006 -- Georgia Statewide Elections

9th District Statewide Candidates
A number of press releases and newspapers articles pertaining to state wide elections -- Senator Casey Cagle, Candidate for Lt. Governor and Sen. Bill Stephens, candidate for GA Secretary of State are posted in the center column of the home page of our web site. Click here to read more. Both of these candidates are long time residents of the 9th District. See complete list of statewide candidates in 2006 - so far. Please let us know if there are others not listed here.

Awesome Bill from Dawsonville To Join Cagle Race Team for Georgia Campaign Kick-Off on Apr.
27 More Get your tickets today!

►April 29, 2006 - GFYRC Top Gun Training Academy

Don't be left out of this most effective training!!

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Training for Republican candidates, workers, and those thinking about becoming either.

Photos

Event Details

Details:

Randy Evans,Marty Klien, Rep. Joe Wilkinson, Steve shultz, John Garst, Robert Calhaley, and Mark Roundtree are the instructors. Mr. Evans is counsel to Speakers Hastert and Gingrich. Mr. Klien works for the Georgia GOP as Political Director. Rep. Wilkerson was a press offical for President's Reagan and Ford. Mr Cahely own's Bonnie Blue Public Relations. Mr. Shultz and Mr Garst own Rossetta Stone Comunications. Mr. Rountree owns Landmark Communications.

Cost to attend is $25. Please send an email titled Top Gun in the subject line if planning on attending.

Location:

Info-mart in Cobb County

Thank you to the good folks at Info-mart for the facilites and catering.

Address:

1582 Terrell Mill Road
Marietta, GA 30067

Map:

Event Contact:

Doug Grammer

Phone:

(423) 580-8618

Email:

GOPGeorgia@Earthlink.net
web site: http://www.georgiayr.org/

4About the New 9th District Web Site --
www.gagop9.org

Note from webmaster: You are invited to visit out web site frequently since updates are made almost daily which contain links to the latest headline news and other items of interest to members of the 9th District. Our web site is designed to serve as a constant evolving e-newsletter with the latest news posted at the top of the Home page.

Note that our old 10th District web site is now www.gagop9.org. Please list this in your favorites or as a shortcut on your desktop. County Chairman, please notify all of your members in your newsletter or e-mails about our new web address. If you go to the old gagop10.org, it will still come up, but it will be an old version which was last updated on February 15. Eventually, this old one will come down completely -- or at least that is what our hosting company tells us.

► 9th District County News

▪ Hall County.
Joshua Morris of Lula, Georgia (Hall County) has been appointed as a representative to the Ninth Congressional District Republican Party District Committee by the Chairman of the Georgia Federation of Young Republicans, Doug Grammer. Read Press Release.

Congratulations to Representative Stacey Reece on his marriage to Dr. Amanda Wilson on April 15.

Sonny Perdue's statewide kickoff caravan will stop in Hall County May 4th at 4:00 pm at 439 Green Street - that's across from the main post office building on Green street in downtown Gainesville. Mark your calendar!
Visit the Hall GOP web site for more news about candidates and meetings.

▪ Forsyth County
The Forsyth Republican Party sponsored a great candidate forum on April 11 featuring the three Republican candidates for Secretary of State. Read more and view photos, including some of the "Grinch" . . .

▪ Pickens County Republican Party
Program set for April 13 -- SENATOR KEMP AND RALPH REED ADDRESS LOCAL GOP
Read more on the Pickens web site. .

▪ Gilmer County
Next Meeting of the Gilmer County Republican Party - April 25, 2006.
You are invited to a program entitled “Methamphetamines: What to Do” on the fourth Tuesday evening-April 25- at the Gilmer County Library at 7 P.M. This program is for parents, teens, grandparents, community leaders, and all other interested parties.
Read more on Gilmer GOP web site.

A big welcome to the "new" counties in the 9th District: Lumpkin, Union and White!

View enlarged district map

► Fair Tax (national Sales Tax) Update

All Georgia Republicans in the House have now signed on to this Bill, and Senator Chambliss in the Senate is one of the co-sponsors. More members of Congress are signing on every week.

Go to www.fairtax.org and sign up to become a volunteer.
Let the members of Congress know how you feel about this bill. It can become law if we NEVER give up urging our Representatives and Senators in Congress. Go to www.fairtax.org and click on Scorecard to see the members who have signed on to the bill and who has not. The paper back version of the Fair Tax book will be out on May 1. This new updated version contains many new clarifications.

Order book from Amazon and talk to your friends and neighbors!
Visit www.fairtax.org for more information

►Cartoons of the Day

click on above to enlarge -- Immigration and More on McKinney

Click here to view more on the Cartoon page.

Attention County Chairmen

Please send us news from your county for the next edition of the E-Elephant Ear and for the 9th web site. Also, please forward this to all of your members who have e-mail addresses and encourage them to visit www.gagop9.org frequently.

Many thanks for your contributions.

Bettye Chambers
Communications Director/Webmaster
5904 Fox Tail Cove
Buford, GA 30518
770/271-2595

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New District 9 -- Officers

Judy Grammer Chairman	Mary Ellen Childree First Vice Chair	Wesley Clark Second Vice Chair	Mary Jones Treasurer
Rita Odum Asst. Treasurer	Nancy Burton Secretary	Clydeen Tomanio Asst. Secretary	Nathan Deal Congressman - Web Site
Regional Directors:	Alan Painter Northeast	Central	Charles Gordon Southeast

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