NEXT EVENT IS APRIL 30 IN GERMANTOWN

by Susan Baker

The first Back the Blue (BTB) event of 2024 was held on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Being my first one, I learned that all the Republican Women’s Clubs (Chevy Chase, Potomac, Rural, and Upper County) and the MCGOP Republican Central Committee have actually been involved in this effort supporting our police for the past five years. I arrived at Police District 4 with several others and helped them set up, bringing food, drinks, snacks and signs of support for the police.  

Officers and staff came and went. Some stayed a bit, and we mingled and talked with them with happy spirits all around. I had an especially good conversation with three officers with whom I shared my experiences taking the MC Police Citizens’ Academy. They all said how pleased they were that I had attended, enjoyed, and learned so much about the work they do, and that I am an alumna of the Academy (I had my badge on). I shared an exciting conversation with one of the officers about community household security, the available systems, and the physical aspects. I learned a lot. I goofed and ate a cookie, and the Officer I was talking with said that it was OK that I had eaten their cookie… "It is a good thing" … as he patted his belly. 

The Montgomery County Federation of Republican Women held a Champagne Brunch to honor Ella Ennis for her leadership, vast knowledge of the legislative process and her achievements over many decades. Both the MCFRW and the MCGOP proclaimed April 18, 2024, as Ella Ennis Day. MCGOP Organization Chair Ann Hingston presented the MCGOP Proclamation and MCFRW President Anne Koutsoutis presented the MCFRW Proclamation.

Don't Go Changing...

Unless it's to register Republican to vote in the Maryland primary election. Get the candidates you want to do the best job in November. The last day your Democrat and Unaffiliated friends can change is April 23. Go here for more INFO.

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.

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.

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.”