E- Newsletter of the Georgia 9th District  --  March 2006

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March 2006 -- E-Elephant Ear        www.gagop9.org      Click on topics to advance:     ▪ 9th District Meeting - March 4, 2006     ▪ Need Help with Medicare Part D? (who doesn't?)     ▪ Daily News from the Gold Dome     ▪ Headline News of the Day     ▪ March is Women's History Month     ▪ RNC News Linda Herren, GA National Committeewoman     ▪ Election dates 2006 and Calendar of Events     ▪ New Web Site Name for 9th District - www.gagop9.org     ▪ 9th District County News     ▪ Cartoons of the Times     ▪ Attention County Chairman         ► 9th District  Meeting     March 4, 2006 at Jasper Congressman Nathan Deal gave an informative update on current congressional actions to an attentive 9th District audience of over 40 District Committee members.  Many thanks to all who came out to participate in the District Meeting on March 4 at Jasper.  Also, thanks to Pickens Chairman Lurlene Argo for arranging our meeting at the Southern Skillet Restaurant in Jasper. Clydeen Tomanio of Catoosa County was elected District Asst. Secretary and Joshua Turner of White County was elected to the State Committee. Bill Slack, who is the  new Dade Co. representative, was introduced by Chairman Judy Grammer.  All of the county chairmen present gave a report of activities in their counties. ▪ Read official Call and Agenda ▪ Updated Rules District Rules ▪ View entire District Committee List. Chairman:  Judy Grammer 1st Vice Chair: Mary Ellen Childree 2nd Vice Chair: Wesley Clark Secretary: Nancy Burton Asst. Secretary: Clydeen Tomanio Treasurer: Mary Jones Asst. Treasurer: Rita Odum   ► Need Help With Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan?  (Who doesn't?) As a retired school teacher, I am one of those seniors who is having a great deal of difficulty with the State Health Benefit people. I thought I was safely still covered with my husbands wonderful GM Prescription Drug Plan like I have been for 30 years. However, last Friday I received a call from the SHBP informing me that if I did not go with one of their 40 or so approved carriers they would go up $100 a month on my regular less than stellar PPO health plan.  This is total madness, but I am not surprised. Thankfully Congressman Deal and his great staff are here to help us over these hurdles.  -- Bettye Chambers      A Message from Congressman Nathan Deal:   As Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, I have been closely monitoring the implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit. In fact, during the months of November and December last year I sponsored Medicare Part D Enrollment Workshops throughout my congressional district. I have continued to be concerned with the initial implementation phase of this program. Like any new program, there will be some growing pains. Through my chairmanship I want to minimize, if not eliminate these missteps. I need to hear from you. Tell me your experiences. If you are still having difficulties with Medicare, tell me the problem you are incurring. My staff and I will do our best to help. Simply fill out the form below. I will take what I learn from you and inform the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of areas that need improving and where necessary changed. If you prefer to speak with someone by phone, you can call any of my Washington or district offices. Thanks for your help Go to his web site at http://www.house.gov/deal/ ► Daily News from the Gold Dome   ▪ Daily Updates -  From the Atlanta Journal/Constitution Following the daily events at the Georgia Capitol via the   AJC  reporters   ▪ GA Daily Digest - Covering All of Georgia . . . All Day!    Georgia Daily Digest/Georgia Political Digest News from the Capitol and around the state using major Georgia newspapers. Both of the above sources are listed at the top of the home page so you can easily follow events under the Gold Dome on a daily basis.   ► Headline News of the Day At the top of the Home Page of www.gagop9.org you will find current news items of the day which will be of interest to Republicans in the 9th District. These are updated almost daily, so please check them out frequently.   ▪ Cagle proposes state  Immigration Enforcement Director - by Ken Stanford    3/3/06 ▪ Voter Outrage of the Week  by Sen. Bill Stephens Week 2 , Week 3,   Week 4 ▪ Feb. 01, 2006  "Senator proposes paper ballot voting bill"     The Associated Press - ATLANTA - ▪ Mark Taylor and Cathy Cox: Playing Politics with Georgia’s    Children    Read More ▪ 2006 GA Statewide Candidates  - let us know of others who are not yet listed. ▪ Georgia's New Ethics Laws:  A Summary of the Changes Relevant to    Lobbyists and Legislators by Randy Evans, GA GOP Legal Counsel ▪ March 9 - GA GOP - President's Day Dinner at the Georgia  International Convention Center - 2000 Convention Center Concourse (near Hartsfield Airport) - College Park, GA 30337 -- Directions: http://www.gicc.com/directions.htm     News from the Governor Plans are underway now for the Governor's tour of the State in May. He will be in Gainesville around the first of May.  More on this later. Go to www.newga.com and sign up to receive the latest news from the Governor's campaign.   ►March is Women's History Month ▪ A Proclamation by the President of the U.S. ▪ GOP.gov  Launches Women’s History Month Website ▪ Celebrating Women's  History Month at the White    House            Read more 4News from the RNC and Linda Herren, our GA National    Committeewoman Linda Herren, GA National Committeewoman to the RNC, would like to invite you to attend the RNC Republican Woman's Conference on March 31 - April 1 at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead. Read more on Linda's web site.. She also invites you to visit her site frequently for late news from the RNC.  Read E-News   Election Dates 2006 and Calendar of Events        No Conventions in 2006 -- Off Year   Conventions 2007 February 24 - Precinct Mass Meetings March 25 - County Conventions April 21 - District Conventions May 19 - 20 - State Convention in Duluth in Gwinnett County at the Gwinnett Civic Center   4New Web Site for the 9th District  --          www.gagop9.org Note from webmaster:  Please 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 ▪ Whitfield GOP Meeting  March 6 -- Speaker Sen. Casey Cagle.    Lt. governor candidate, Casey Cagle pledges to be 'jobs czar'. Read more in the    Dalton Daily Citizen ▪ Dade County News -- GOP To Hear Dade School Board Chairman ▪ Pickens County News  -  Handel and Strickland to Address Local GOP - Read more. . . ▪ Hall County GOP News ---  2-4-06  Just under 100 people showed up Saturday, February 4th, at the monthly Conservative Forum to listen to what Herman Cain had to say about fixes to our economy.  The standing room only crowd, cheered and nodded their approval during the 1-hour speech that included Mr. Cain getting chocked up when talking about the terrible burden of debt this generation will pass on to our children and grandchildren if we don't fix the problem - not patch it.  Check out the photo album Click here to read about the Hall GOP Forum on March 4 with our Representatives in the GA House giving their reports. ▪ 9th District  Member from Hall County  Receives NFRW Board appointment 2-15-06 Bettye will be going to D.C. on March 15 for the NFRW Spring Board Meeting. While there she will be going with the NFRW Regents to the White House for Tea with First Lady Laura Bush. ▪ 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.                                                View enlarged district map   Go to www.fairtax.org and sign up to become a volunteer. Order book from Amazon and talk to your friends and neighbors! Visit www.fairtax.org for more information     ►Cartoons of the Times           Teacher Terrorist        Click here President Peanut Strikes Again! The Worst President of the 20th Centuryand Georgia's Biggest Embarrassment along with McKinney                                        Read Dick Yarbrough's  great piece   Click here to view many more   View more Our favorite conservative cartoonist, Rick McKee of the Augusta Chronicle         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.   Many thanks for your contributions. Bettye Chambers Communications Director/Webmaster 5904 Fox Tail Cove Buford, GA 30518 770/271-2595 The End   www.gagop9.org   ◄Back to top of page                                                 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   To be removed from this list, click here to send e-mail to the editor. Type PLEASE REMOVE in subject line. To subscribe click here and type PLEASE ADD in the subject line.   The E-Elephant Ear is the official Publication of the 9th District Republican Party of Georgia   Paid for by the 9th District  Republican Party, not authorized by any candidate or any candidate committee. ©2003 The 9th District Republican Party of Georgia. All rights reserved

 
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