News Corner

By Dennis Melby

With an important ruling, the US Supreme Court struck down the use of affirmative action to limit the number of Asians in education. The court, which has 2 Members who are Montgomery County residents and whose families face constant protest in front of their homes, said in essence the way to end discrimination is to end discrimination.

So many of our previous guests and supporters were involved in this case. Mike Zhao, Xi Van Fleet and Kenny Xu either spoke at our Lunar New Year festivities, appeared on Monday's with MoCo, or spoke at our County Conventions. We congratulate them all, along with citizens of all colors who will be recognized as Martin Luther King said, for the content of their character, and not the color of their skin.

Kenny Xu at the Supreme Court

Xi Van Fleet at the Supreme Court

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Dennis Melby is the Vice Chair of the Republican Party in Montgomery County Maryland and can be reached at [email protected]

Tuesday was an amazing day.  Christians, Muslims, Jews, Atheists, Democrats and Republicans showed up in force.  It is estimated that at one point, before the thunderstorm, we had between 800-1000 people rallying for the reinstatement of the “Opt-out.” Many speakers talked to the crowd about why they wanted the “Opt-out” reinstated, many children spoke as to why they felt uncomfortable in class when this material was presented, and everyone chanted “Shame on you,” which has come to be our rally call.  The opposition had around 25 people.

The next rally is scheduled for July 20, times to be announced at a later date.  A great big thank you to all the participants and future participants.

By Elizabeth Ohmen

On the evening of Saturday, April 8^th of this year, the night before Easter, 5 of us piled into my well-worn minivan, voted least likely vehicle to be car jacked. My very tall and not slight husband was designated Security for the 4 of us, older women, physically fit and yet unsure of what we were getting ourselves into. We represented many Patriot women who had expressed interest in going but had been told that it might be too dangerous of a mission. Somehow, we had overcome the voices in our heads and were fueled by the passion in our hearts to show up for prisoners who had been unfairly accused and incarcerated.