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4 1. Chairman’s Corner - December 2007
December 10, 2007
In less than one month, the primary and caucus season will finally arrive! The next year is a critical time in the life of our nation. More quickly than imaginable, voters will begin to formulate opinions on the candidates and the direction that our country will be taking for the next four years.During the last eight months, the leadership team of the 9th District Republican Party has worked with each individual county to prepare for the 2008 election cycle. While attention tends to focus on Presidential politics, the Executive Committee of the 9th District GOP understands that the battle for the direction of our country begins not in Washington D.C. but in each person throughout North Georgia.
In 2008, the counties that make up the Ninth Congressional District of Georgia will experience the strongest Republican ticket that has ever been presented to its voters. There have been unprecedented efforts to ensure strong candidates for sheriff, school board, commission board, clerk of court, tax commissioner, surveyor, and coroner. At the state level, it is critical to increase our legislative majority by one to ensure that EVERY state house and state senate member from our area is a Republican.
Before 2008 rolls around, however, let’s take a moment to enjoy the time we have with family and our individual communities. From our family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas. May the peace and love of the holiday season surround each of you with His love and grace.
Kevin Harris
9th District Chairman
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42. Steps to Serving in the GA GOP -- Conventions 2008Linda Herren, our GA National Committeewoman, and I recently finished the new version of Steps to Serving in the GA GOP -- Conventions 2008.
Since 2008 is a Presidential election year, the Precinct Caucus, County, District and State Convention will be different from the other years. Please take a look at this new Steps page below, forward to your members, Republican friends and print out to distribute if you wish. These pages have proven very helpful to county chairs, district officers and delegates in the past. Please urge your people to attend the Precinct Caucus in your county on February 16 so they will be eligible to then attend the County, District and State Conventions. Additional information is available at the GA GOP web site on their Events Calendar page. This includes the official Call and Convention Planning Manual.
NEW
Steps to Serving in the GA GOP -- Conventions 2008 Feel free to forward that page or print out and distribute.- December 2007
Visit Linda's website since she updates frequently with news from the RNC and our National GOP Convention. www.lindaherren.org and E-News on www.lindaherren.org/E-News.htm
Linda is emphasizing the importance of doing the conventions by the book in 2008. If we foul up even on the precinct level, the entire GA delegation at the National Convention could be sent home. All states are under the microscope by whoever will be candidates #2 and #3 come convention time. We could have a real floor fight at the GOP National in Minneapolis in September 2008. Usually, the candidate is pretty well cut and dried before we get to the National Convention; however, next year could be quite different.
Bettye Chambers
Webmaster for www.lindaherren.org
Meeting and Convention Dates 2008
Approved at State Committee Meeting - August 25, 2007§ February 16 - Mass Precinct Meeting
(Counties over 80,000)
§ March 15 - Precinct Mass Meetings
(Counties 80,000 and under)
§ March 15 - County Conventions
§ April 19 - District Conventions
§ May 16, 17 - State Convention, Columbus, Georgia
Columbus Civic Center - Muscogee
County
§ September National Convention in Minneapolis -
1-4 begins September 1 and runs through the 4th
3. 4Weekly Republican Articles by Members of our 9th District
The 9th District is proud to publish on our web site some excellent "Republican Articles of the Week" on our home page. Current interesting articles are below:
§ A Worthy Purpose -- Week’s guest column is written by Chuck Payne, former Chairman of the Whitfield
County GOP. -- Dec. 15, 2007
§ Weekly Republican Article by Alfred Chang , Chairman of the Lumpkin County Republican Party
§ The Question No One Seems to be Asking by Steve Ellis, Chairman of the Walker County
GOP, Chickamauga, GA 12/2/07
§ Weekly Republican Article by Bobby Valentine of White Co. GOP and Treasurer of the 9th District -
Cleveland, GA 11/24/07
§ Lake Lanier Drained: Slow the Flow! A Photo Essay plus several newspaper articles by Bettye
Chambers of Buford The lake is very much a vital part of our 9th District. 11/18/07
§ Weekly Republican Article by Sally Forest of Ellijay “Take Two Aspirin …
Sally is currently the 9th District Secretary
§ Weekly Republican Article by Paul Stanley, Chairman of the Hall GOP --
You Might Be a Republican 11/10/07
§ Read Senator Chip Pearson's latest news articles - www.team51.org
§ Two Months Until Legislature Convenes; Speaker's Tax Reform Plan to be Debated Read more
GA Chamber Report sent by Rep. Ron Forster
§ The Morganton Barber Shop by former GA Senator Bill Stephens. He is a fifth generation native of
Fannin County and served in multiple rolls in the State Senate while representing most of North Georgia
from 1999-2007
If you would like to submit a Weekly Republican Article, please contact Kevin Harris, District Chairman
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4 4. Recent Headline News concerning the 2008 Presidential Race
§ Gingrich Says Huckabee Can Win the Nomination
§ Poll: Huckabee in 2nd Place in GOP Race 12/7/07 GOPUSA
§ Buzz Brockway of Gwinnett County submitted question on YouTube at the Presidential Debate
on CNN. 11/28/07
§ Video: Fred on Fox News Sunday
§ Social Security to Become Key Issue in Presidential Campaigns 11/25/07
§ View current news on all GOP Candidates www.eGOPNews.com
NEW
NumbersUSA’s Roy Beck Assesses Republican Presidential Candidates
On Immigration Issues Click here to see how each candidate stands on
Immigration.
Visit the home page of our web site frequently for headline news which are being updated frequently.
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► 5. America Supports the Troops at Christmas
a project by Freedoms Watch
§ NBC rejects ad from Freedoms Watch
§ Support the troops
§ Sign the Card today!
► 6. Fair Tax (National Sales Tax) Updates 2007
NEW
Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, and Mitt Romney do NOT support the Fair Tax at this time.
The biggest success story of the 2008 Republican primary season isn’t about a candidate. it’s about
an issue. [read full story]
If you have not yet read the Fair Tax Book, you owe it to yourself to do so.• Order Fair Tax Book
from Amazon.com
• Keep The FairTax Momentum GoingBoortz and Linder are working on another book about the Fair Tax - Answers to the Critics to come out in February 2008.
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4 7. News from the 9th District Counties
▪ Murray County GOP Candidate Ad - GREAT Idea!
▪ Gilmer County GOP - News - View photos
The Gilmer County Republican Party will have their Christmas party, Friday,
December 14, at the Bobcat’s Den at a drop-in reception from 4:30 to 7:30.
Former Dekalb County district attorney, J. Tom Morgan, will be signing copies of
his book, "Ignorance is No Defense; A Teenager’s Guide to Georgia Law."
Refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend. For more information,
call Linda Wright at (706) 276-6905.
▪ Hall County: Please visit Hall GOP Chairman's blog at www.epaulstanley.com
Read more about Hall GOP
▪ Dade County Meeting - View Fish Fry Photos
Check for special events in all counties by going to www.gagop9.org/News_Events.htm and click on the county name at the top.
► 8. New Christmas Flash Movie -- very impressive!
"What Would Jesus Want For Christmas?"
click here
9. 4Christmas Cartoons
View more - Too Much Santa
Please send us news from your county for the next edition of the E-News Elephant Ear and for the 9th web site. Also, please forward this to all of your members who have
e-mail addresses.Thank you so much for helping to make our 9th District web site current and informative!Many thanks for your contributions.
Bettye Chambers
Communications Director/Webmaster
5904 Fox Tail Cove
Buford, GA 30518
770/271-2595
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First Vice Chair
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Sally Forest
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