Dear 10th District Members

October 28, 2005 -- New 9th District Republican Party of Georgia

Newsletter for the 9th District Republican Party of Georgia
www.gagop10.org -- Watch for new site name and logo soon!

October 28, 2005

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Just in: GA YR Dinner and Lt. Governor Debate

Click on topics to advance:
▪ Message from Chairman -
Reorganizational Meeting
▪ New web site name soon
▪ News from the Governor
▪ Campaign Finance Guide from GA GOP
▪ 9th District County News - Gilmer,
Hall, Catoosa, Dade, Pickens

▪ Action Alert! Fair Tax
▪ Elections Board Fight
▪ Ichty's (Fish) Soap
▪ An Early Happy Thanksgiving to you all
▪ New items on 10th Web Site
▪ Cartoons of the Times
▪ Message to County Chairs

Message from new 9th District Chairman
Judy Grammer

Reorganizational Meeting for Ninth District

The reorganizational meeting for the Ninth District is scheduled for December 10 at 10:00 A.M. Location TBA soon. Read details of conference call on October 20, 2005. . .

Judy Grammer
District Chairman

4Note from webmaster: The website name will not change until we renew our hosting fee and domain, which will probably be in December. At that time it will become www.gagop9.org . We shall notify all of you as soon as this change is made. We are working on a new header and logo for our site.

Late News from Governor Sonny Perdue

4Governor Perdue Speaks out on Judge's Decision on Voter ID Bill
4Oglethorpe Professor writes Op-Ed on Georgia Voter ID Bill.

4Independent Poll Gives Governor High Marks

A recent Strategic Vision poll found Governor Perdue remains popular with Georgia voters. 56 percent of Georgians approve of the job Governor Perdue is doing and 52 percent believe the state is on the right track.

“The poll shows an increased lead for Governor Perdue against both potential Democratic nominees,” said David E. Johnson, CEO and Co-founder of Strategic Vision. “At this time he is in a very strong position for re-election.”

The poll showed the Governor ahead of Secretary of State Cathy Cox 46 percent to 36 percent. He led against Lt. Governor Mark Taylor 47 percent to 34 percent.

“Governor Perdue is in very strong shape,” said Johnson.
Click here to see the complete results of the poll.

From the GA GOP

►Campaign Finance Guide -- September 2005 -- from the GA GOP a PDF file

Guidelines to comply with campaign finance regulations by the Internal Revenue Service, Federal Election Commission & State Ethics Commission of Georgia

By
Bob Mayzes - Georgia Republican Party Treasurer
Brenda Flood - Georgia Republican Party Controller
Randy Evans - Georgia Republican Party General Counsel

The information is meant to provide general compliance guidelines based on current Federal and State campaign finance regulations. It is not a replacement for reference information regarding political parties and campaign finance laws provided by the appropriate regulatory agencies. We strongly recommend you research the regulations affecting your specific situation and act accordingly. Read complete guide in PDF format.

9th District County News

►Gilmer County Republican Party has a web site up and running. Chairman Mary Jones says that it is still a work in progress. This makes #13 of our 15 counties. Fantastic! Take a look.

►Catoosa County GOP
Catoosa has a great new web site created by Catoosa Chairman Brad Scott. Take a look at www.catoosagop.com

►Hall County GOP
Conservative Forums
Nov. 5 - Forum canceled. Herman Cain canceled due to scheduling error in his office. Herman has been rescheduled for the first Saturday in February 2006.
Dec. 3 - Gordon Sawyer Guest Speaker 8:30 a.m. at GA Mountain Center.
Contact Ken Cochran 770-967-6961 for details

GORDON SAWYER TO SPEAK AT DECEMBER 3 FORUM

Gordon Sawyer, who was a Republican here when Republicans were rare, will speak at the December 3rd Conservative Forum. Gordon's appearance will be a big treat for all of us. The Hall County Republican Party would not be what it is today were it not for his determination, persistence, and leadership over the decades. We Republicans owe him a great deal. Please help spread the word about his December 3rd visit with us. We will announce details later.

State Representative Carl Rodgers is having a public hearing Thursday November 3, 2005 at the Georgia Mountains Center starting at 3:00 pm to discuss school taxes. House Resolution 58 is a proposal to raise the sales tax around the state to fund the local share of school tax we pay. The House Ways and Means Committee will be there to explain the bill and listen to comments from the public
Kerry Cook, Chairman - akcook2@bellsouth.net www.hallgop.com

► Dade County GOP

You and Your Friends and Family Are Invited to

An Old Fashioned Corn Roast

With

Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson
And
Speaker Pro-Tem Mark Burkhalter
For

Rep. Martin Scott
Georgia House of Representatives, District 2

Monday, November 14, 2005, at 12:00 Noon

Location ~ Sanford’s Pavilion

Next to the Flintstone Farm and Garden, Hwy 193

$10/person; kids eat free

RSVP ~ 706-861-7045

Walker County in Chattanooga Valley

    Thank You,
    Bill Adams
    Member-at-Large

►Pickens County GOP

CHARLIE BAILEY AND BOB GREER ADDRESS LOCAL GOP

Local Republicans gathered at the Media Center of Jasper Elementary School on Thursday, October 20, for the first of several candidate forums to be held between now and the Republican Primary in July 2006. The forums will feature Republicans who are competing for a state-wide office and who face primary competition.
Charlie Bailey, Secretary of State hopeful and Bob Greer, who is competing for the GOP nod for State Agriculture Commissioner, made presentations and fielded numerous questions from an interested audience. Read more on the Pickens GOP web site.

Fair Tax (National Sales Tax)

ACTION ALERT!

Time to tell Washington that we want the Fair Tax! - No more Income Tax! Read Action alert and forward to everyone in your address book TODAY! The report from the President's Tax Panel is totally unacceptable. Let your Congressmen and the White House know how you feel about this issue. The panel's suggestions will be even worse than what we have now with the IRS!

4Order Fair Tax Book
from Amazon.com
4Keep The FairTax Momentum Going

Bettye Chambers
Fair Tax Volunteer

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

Brandon Larrabee
404.681.1701
brandon.larrabee@morris.com

►Political fight breaks out at elections board, members seek Cox's resignation

ATLANTA - A meeting of the State Elections Board turned into a political free-for-all Friday as one member called on Secretary of State Cathy Cox to resign and another suggested fellow board members were breaking the state's open-meetings laws.

Randy Evans, who in addition to his membership on the elections board serves as a lawyer for the Georgia Republican Party and for Gov. Sonny Perdue, said Cox should step down because she wasn't willing to defend a law requiring voters to produce a state-issued photo ID before casting their ballots.

Evans said Cox's vocal opposition to the bill violated her oath of office, and Cox should either defend the law or resign.

Cox said after the meeting she did not intend to step down and called Evans' comments "complete political posturing."

The elections board also voted to instruct Attorney General Thurbert Baker to appeal Murphy's ruling and to change Cox from a defendant in the lawsuit to a plaintiff.

(This email was sent to us by Alan Painter)

►From Walter Jagiella -- ICHTYS (FISH) SOAP

My Gift of "ICHTYS (FISH) SOAP" to the delegates at our Republican State Convention in Savannah was my opportunity to remind everyone of the presence and influence of Christ in our lives. I am gratified by the positive response from each of you. Some have inquired about availabilty as gifts to their friends and colleagues. Click here to read more about the product and how to purchase. . .

► An Early Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!!

from Bob Rodriguez, State Committee Member from Whitfield County

Turn up your speakers and click here -- Enjoy!

New Items on the 10th District Web Site

As always, new items are always posted at the top of the Home page of www.gagop10.org. Please take a look since there are quite a few new items there. There are also some new political cartoon on the Cartoon page which you will find interesting.

Cartoons of the Times

Click to view more on these topic

Remembering ROSA PARKS 1913 - 2005
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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

Attention County Chairmen

Please send us news from your county for the next edition (November/ December) of the E-Elephant Ear and for the 10th 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.gagop10.org

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	Brian Laurens Asst. Secretary	Nathan Deal Congressman - Web Site
Regional Directors:	Alan Painter Northeast	Reva Jennings 770-887-758 Southeast	Charles Gordon Central

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