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Arlington Republican Club Newsletter
Since
1975April
2009~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Next Meeting ---
Topic: "Local
Government Total Debt," with guest speaker Cindy
Mallette from Americans for Prosperity -
Texas. (www.AFPTX.org)
Location: Cacharel
(7th Floor of Brookhollow II, also called the KSCS/WBAP Building),
2221 E. Lamar, Arlington 76006. For directions, please refer
to http://www.cacharel.net/info.htm.
Time, Date and
Details: Thursday, April 23,
2009
6:00 p.m.
Dinner
7:00 p.m. Program begins
Dinner will be provided starting at 6:00
PM at a cost of $15 per person. The meal will
include roast beef, dill carrots, and whipped potatoes. You
need reservations to enjoy the wonderful dinner---please
rsvp by the end of the day Monday, April
20, 2009, by calling the Arlington Republican Club Voice
Mail Center at (817) 740-5700 or by
e-mailing
arc@ArlingtonRepublicanClub.com with the number of
people eating. You do not need reservations to enjoy just the
program.
Our friends at Cacharel need to know how much
food to prepare. We urge you to have dinner at Cacharel; enjoy
Arlington's best view and support the Arlington Republican
Club!
Children and visitors are welcome at Arlington Republican
Club events. Bring your friends! A Very Special PICTURE of the Month
--- A sign outside a shop in
Annapolis, Maryland, posted on The Corner at the National Review's
website.
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1. President's
ReMARKs: You Can't Spend Yourself Rich
Obama's
spending is out of control and he's making George Bush's 2008
deficit of $459 billion look tame. Suddenly W is looking
better all the time. Obama's 2009 deficit will only be
1.7 TRILLION dollars. The fact we are so upset about
this obscene wasteful spending is one reason the tea parties on
April 15 were so well attended and popular.
I worry
that the last November election was a "tipping point" between worker
bees like us Republicans who are pulling the cart and welfare cheats
and tax users who are in the cart-holding it back.
Once America gets to the point where there are more people in the
cart using taxes our society is in danger. "A democracy
cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
It can only exist until voters discover that they can vote
themselves largess from the public treasury. From that moment
on the majority always votes for the candidates promising them the
most benefits from the public treasury." (a famous quote
by Professor Alexander Tyler.) I fear the voters elected
someone in November who will give them everything by borrowing,
taxing and spending!
A startling fact is that 43.4
percent of Americans now pay zero or negative federal income
taxes! The number of single and jointly-filing "taxpayers" who pay
no taxes or receive government handouts has reached almost 66
million, out of a total of 151 million. These people think federal
spending is good. They benefit from the spending! Notice
there were no welfare cheats at the Tea Parties!
We are
seeing the true democratic party at work, tax and spend, borrow and
spend, more socialism, more waste.
Mark R. Hanson, 52, is President of the
Arlington Republican Club and is certain the dollar will be
worthless if all this spending keeps up!
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2. Legislative
Alert: Grassroots Effort Makes Arlington Tea Party a
Success
On April 15, 2009 the people of Arlington
gathered at River Legacy Park to show their frustration with our
federal government that they believe taxes and spends too
much. Estimates are that over 2000 people showed up at River
Legacy Park with their signs and their enthusiastic support for The
Tea Party movement.
The Arlington Tea Party was fortunate to
have great speakers and participants. Matt Foster of the UTA
Young Republicans was the spokesperson for the event and had the
distinct honor to introduce Congressman Joe Barton and Governor Rick
Perry.
Arlington resident Edie Moore put the Tea Party
together. Edie became interested in setting up the Tea Party
when she, like many Americans, watched in horror as the Obama
Administration began implementing policies that she believed would
bankrupt the country. She had never been involved in politics
and wondered, "What can I do?"
Edie set up a
website for the Arlington Tea Party and the rest is history.
She enlisted the help of Scott Hansen who brought the PA system, Dr.
Gary Frazier who delivered an eloquent speech and Matt Foster who
arranged the Barton and Perry speeches.
The
event started off with a moving rendition of The Star Spangled
Banner by Scott's daughter Maren. Chelsea Recine led the
Pledge of Allegiance. Our own Arlington Republican Club member
Dale Attebery was Master of Ceremonies and did a fantastic
job.
Edie spoke about her calling to start this
movement and then introduced Dr. Gary Frazier of Discovery
Missions. He gave a rousing, spirit-filled speech along
with a stirring innovation. He was a wonderful speaker
and he also provided the podium.
We heard from Warren Norred
who was very informative regarding the mass transit proposition that
will be voted on soon. Many people in Arlington, including
myself were unaware of what our Tarrant County politicians had in
store for us regarding mass transit.
We then heard from
Congressman Joe Barton who spoke of what is going on in
Congress. It was an honor to see Congressman Barton and hear
about what he plans to do to combat the Pelosi-Reid cabal.
Governor Perry then arrived and entered with thunderous
applause. He thanked Matt for his service then went on to give
an outstanding speech about government's intrusion on the rights of
the states. The basic theme of the speech was that Texas
does not need Washington to tell them how to run Texas. His
message resonated with the crowd and the cheers were
deafening.
Bottom line the grassroots ruled the day.
Everyone that attended was just as important to the movement as the
people who spoke. The cars honking and the support from the
people who drove by invigorated those that chose to demonstrate
along Green Oaks. The children that were there seemed to
enjoy the demonstration. They looked delightful when they
waved their flags and signs. The service of the Arlington Police
Department was outstanding. They were instrumental in
directing traffic and ensuring security for all
participants.
You can view videos of Congressman Barton's and
Governor Perry's speeches at arlingtonteaparty.blogspot.com. There are
also some great photos as well.
Anne Coker is 4th Vice President of The
Arlington Republican Club and owns a company that provides
pre-employment assessments.
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3. Special
Edition: Photographs from the Forum and the Tea
Party
THANK YOU to all candidates and public officials
for making our Candidate Forum and Tea Party a success. Though
we could not make room for everybody's picture, we appreciate
everyone's attendance.
Governor Perry at the Arlington Tea
Party.
Candidates for School Board Peter Baron, Gloria Pena,
Luis Castillo, and Aaron Reich  Moderator Dale Attebery
questioning mayoral candidates Jerry Pikulinski, Aaron Bickle, and
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4. Coming Events and
Two News Alerts
May
9, Local Elections
May
28, ARC Meeting, program to be announced
June 5, ARC Golf Tournament, Tierra
Verde Golf Course
June 25,
ARC Meeting, speaker State Representative Diane Patrick, to be held
at the Admiral Hotel (Brown and 360)
John P. Chupp, ARC member and Arlington
resident, has been appointed by Governor Perry to be the Judge of
the 141st Judicial District Court.
Mike Hrabal, ARC member, has announced
his candidacy for Judge of Tarrant
County Court at Law Number 3.
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5. Birthdays
May 1, Brian Smith and Vincent Galante
May 4, Brenda Dietrich and Sharon Durniakth
May 8, Jerry Pikulinski
May 9, Marti Van Ravensway and Nancy Tice
May 13, Carolyn Rhodes, Dan McClure, and Tom Corbin
May 14, Donna Korman
May 17, Ben Rhodes
May 18, Jane Berberich
May 29, Terry Niedecken
May 30, Linda Davis
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