Newsletter

By Dennis Melby

Today, Monday April 15 is the Day. Write the check and mail it in – the government thanks you.

If you pay taxes, do you think they’re spent well?

• Public Education
• Public Safety
• Military Defense
• Social Services
• Debt Service
• Salaries of those we elect

Lots of folks don’t think we get the bang for the buck. In this county most of our money goes to funding public education, yet our professionals always tout that next year will be better, next year we’ll spend more money and finally get great teachers and more great administrators who’ll be able to close the forever gap between poor performing kids and those who excel (a gap that doesn’t exist in non-government schools).

Another big pot goes to public safety. Yet people don’t want to be Cops. Many in the government don’t support them – and government officials are torn between defunding the police and paying premiums and signing bonuses to attract people to work for a non-supportive government. Quite a quandary.

• Apr 15 Tax Day
• Apr 16 Back the Blue Wheaton
• Apr 17 Leisure World Republicans
• Apr 18 Third Thursday/Muster
• Apr 18 Republican Youth
• Apr 18 Ella Ennis Day
• Apr 20 MCGOP Convention
• Apr 22 Passover
• Apr 22 Earth Day
• Apr 25 GOP Hispanic Latino
• Apr 28 Olney Days

MORE EVENTS HERE

For just the cost of a Bidenomics lunch at a fast food joint - you can...

• Mingle with your fellow MoCo GOP'ers who share your concerns.
• Meet Sebastian Gorka, Dave Bossie, Dennis Melby, GOP Leadership and other great speakers.
• Listen and ask questions of panels discussing crime, kids, cops and society.
• Visit  tables to pick up literature on senate candidates like Ficker, Hogan, Myrick and others.
• Meet Congressional candidates like Cox, Hyser, Parrott, Roca, Royals & Thiam.
• Meet Board of Education candidates, judges and more!
• Become a member of a MoCo GOP women’s club and other GOP Clubs.
• Sign the ballot initiative to limit the MoCo county executive to two terms in office.  
• Learn how you can help combat racism in education in the MCPS! 
• Pick up a copy of the BLUE BOOK ballot which has vetted candidates who support parents and families.
• Show your support by picking up Trump and other Republican candidate yard signs, hats, flags, bumper stickers and more. 

And for 2 Bidenflation bags of groceries you can....

Stay and enjoy lunch, and listen to former Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tom Homan discuss the dangerous and costly Biden open border policies and what the next administration will do to end the invasion! 

LIMITED TICKETS STILL AVAIABLE

MCGOP SPRING CONVENTION

Saturday, April 20 in Gaithersburg, MD

Tentative Schedule

• Color Guard, National Anthem
• Candidates for Senate, Congress and MoCo Board of Education
• Congressional Candidate Forum MD District 6
• Local Issues Forum on Crime, Kids and Cops
• Reports from RNC Members David Bossie and Nicolee Ambrose

Keynote Speaker

Sebastian Gorka

Radio and TV Host and Former White House Official

Hear remarkable stories of his service at the White House, his days as an immigrant American, and his viewpoints he shares on the media and television.

Dennis Melby

MCGOP Party Chairman

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Luncheon Speaker

You've Waited All Year to Hear Tom Homan

Tom Homan, former ICE Director

Montgomery County unfortunately seems to be the epicenter of serious crimes by illegal immigrants, a sanctuary County which was determined not to turn lawbreakers over to ICE. Former ICE Director Tom Homan will share his opinions on solutions and how we got into this mess to begin with. MoCo is in the news for all the wrong reasons - he'll tell us how to right the boat.

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Patriot Sponsors $200

Ingrid Fraley, Laurie Halverson, Lori Jaffe, Anne Koutsoutis, Dennis Melby, Stacey Sauter, Reardon Sullivan, Del. Brenda Thiam, Maurice Ward

-Available-

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LIMITED TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

Free parking at the Hilton Doubletree in Gaithersburg

GET OUT THE VOTE

Vikki Birkett of the Maryland Federation of Republican Women, Reardon Sullivan, former Republican nominee for Montgomery County Executive, Beth Lawson, Chair of the Howard County Republican Central Committee, Nicolee Ambrose, Maryland's RNC Committeewoman and many other Maryland Republicans showed up last Saturday for Super Saturday door-to-door activity in Damascus and Clarksburg. Birkett and folks from Howard, Prince Georges, Washington, Baltimore, Hartford, Anne Arundel, Frederick and Carroll Counties coordinated the activity to encourage folks to mail in their ballot for the 2024 election.

The Republican Breakfast Club

Brad Botwin of Help Save Maryland and Doreen Rubin of UARE.US (United Against Racism in Education) spoke at the last Republican Breakfast with Friends meeting in Park Potomac last week.

By Lori Jaffe

It’s Your Money – Take Action Now!

Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is driving us taxpayers over a fiscal cliff. We need to take his foot off the accelerator and put on the brakes. You can help the Committee for Better Government limit him to two terms but you must act soon. Ten thousand valid signatures must be gathered by August 2024. (See below).

During his March 14, 2024, FY25 Operating Budget Press Event, Elrich said that he feels “really good” (0:27) about the FY2025 Budget. This is his 18^th budget. His 6^th as county executive and 12^th as council member. Yes, he’s been in power for a very long time.

He continued (3:34): “We could have taken a $25 million cut in this budget to stay within our MOE guidelines. We didn’t do that because that would have meant pulling teachers out of classrooms and doing things that would have been disruptive to schools. So, we are at, you know, $132M over last year.” Yes, that’s 132,000,000 taxpayer dollars.

(4:22) He congratulates Montgomery College: “You get points for reality-based budgeting.” He says, “…when you understand what your resources are and build a budget understanding the resources. Not everybody does that.” Yes, not even Marc Elrich does that.

Report from Montgomery Country

By Peter Huessy

California Dreamin’

Victor Davis Hanson is America’s premier military historian of ancient Greece and Rome but also has a  daily podcast or essay on current events. He lives in California on a farm where he was born and where his family have lived for multiple generations. This link is to his comments this week about what he sees on a daily basis on and around his farm.

West Coast, Messed Coast™: Minimum Wage Rises, Thousands Lose Their Jobs, Democrat Elites Laugh by Victoria Taft, PJ Media, April 6^th, 2024

California increased its minimum wage for fast food business to $20. Leading up to when the increase went into effect, (April 1), Pizza Hut and Roundtable Pizza laid off 1,500 drivers up and down the state. Those restaurants joined Auntie Anne’s and Cinnabon in pre-announcing staff cutbacks. In Redding, California 18 Subway sandwich shops, family-owned, closed overnight. “This is just a harbinger of things that will come,” said one business owner. That was echoed by a Los Angeles restauranteur who warned America that, "This man [Gavin Newsom] is destroying California."

By Lori Jaffe

If Marc Elrich gets his way, soon you will no longer be able to choose the type of vehicle you will drive in Montgomery County.

But most Americans want freedom, and they don’t want electric vehicles. Although the cost of charging an EV remains low, range anxiety, long charging times and vehicle cost make buying and owning an EV problematic. And because most Americans don’t want electric vehicles, car companies are reducing production. Automakers Delay Electric Vehicle Spending as Demand Slows: “Growth is brisk but slower than expected, causing automakers to question their multibillion-dollar investments in new factories and raising doubts about the effectiveness of federal incentives.”

Tuesday, April 16 Wheaton

By Sandy Tuttle

The Back the Blue (BTB) group effort is back for its 5th season, supporting our men and women in blue, who put their lives on the line for us every day.  Please consider joining us!   Over the next few months, members from the Chevy Chase Women’s Republican Club, The Potomac Women’s  Republican Club, Rural Women's Republican Club, Upper Montgomery Republican Women’s Club, the Montgomery County Federation of Republican Women and the Montgomery County GOP will visit all 6 of our Montgomery County Police Districts, the 911 Dispatchers and the Montgomery County Park Police.  

The officers truly appreciate the support we bring to them.  In addition, we provide lunch and drinks and many in attendance will bring other snacks for our officers’ enjoyment.   We leave a large sign, which everyone in attendance is asked to sign to show their support.  We are always heartened to notice that several stations have kept the signs over the years and have them out on display. 

It is a major concern when members of our County Council prefer to push legislation which further undermines what our officers do to protect our communities.  We don’t need to ‘reimagine policing’ or defund the police as some County Council members seek to do.  In our county, which is experiencing an increase in crime, our men and women in blue are finding it increasingly difficult to do their job in protecting the citizenry.   Now is the time to come together and offer, not only words, but actions of support of our men and women in blue! 

We hope you will join us for the first of eight events on Tuesday April 16th at 1:30 at Police District 4, located at 2300 Randolph Road in Wheaton.   We usually do not stay too long, because we don’t want to interfere with their work.  Be on the lookout for our fliers.  Or feel free to reach out to any of the BTB co-chairs: Sandy Tuttle ([email protected]) ; Martha Hale; Rita Beck; Patsy Dillingham.