LARRY HOGAN AT LEISURE WORLD EVENT
A huge crowd gathered last Thursday to hear former Governor Larry Hogan at an event in Leisure World in Silver Spring. The event, sponsored by the Republican Club of Leisure World featured Hogan, Joel Krystal of the Club and Dennis Melby, Chairman of the MoCo Republican Party.
L to R, Brigitta Mullican, Larry Hogan, Stacey Sauter, Monte Gingery, Ann Hingston and Dennis Melby
A bipartisan crowd filled the ballroom in Clubhouse 1 at Leisure World for the event.
Postcards for Trump in Chevy Chase
The Tea Party movement is sponsoring postcards to be sent to voters in swing states asking for support for Donald Trump for President. Chevy Chase Women's Republican Club members joined in the effort.
BURTONSVILLE DAY EVENTS
Full MCGOP and big tent at the Burtonsville Day festivities in eastern MoCo. It was a great opportunity for our folks to meet and greet so many people.
The Huessy Report
Memo for Our Montgomery County and Maryland Citizens, Prepared by Peter Huessy, President of Geo-Strategic Analysis of Potomac, Maryland
The Harris Tsami of Spending
The House Budget Committee has now just completed a thorough analysis of "Kamalonomics" and has cataloged some of the wildly progressive economic policies she has supported while in DC. The total cost just for these six programs is
Here's a brief sample of what's on the list totaling $48 trillion over a decade or spending every year for just six programs more than the entire Federal Budget in 2019.
- Free Childcare: Kamala cosponsored S. 1806, the Child Care for Working Families Act, which would create new federal entitlement programs for childcare. Cost: $600 billion over the next decade.
- Free parental leave: Kamala supported a plan to create a government-mandated parental leave, which she would have paid for by imposing new payroll taxes on families. Cost: $1.2 trillion over ten years
- Free Health Care: In 2019, then-Presidential candidate Harris rolled out her Medicare for All proposal, which included coverage for more than 11 million illegal immigrants. Projected to cost $44 trillion over ten years.
- Free College: In 2017 Harris was an original cosponsor of Bernie Sanders' plan for free college, S.806, College for All Act of 2017. Cost: $600 billion over the next decade.
- Free Child Rearing Expenses: Harris proposed Expanding the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and making it fully refundable (a cash grant) of up to $6,000 in first year of life. Cost: $1.2 trillion over 10 years.
- Free Down payment on Home Purchase: Kamala would provide a tax credit of up to $25,000 to first-time homebuyers, further boosting demand for home ownership and lead to higher home prices. Cost: $100 billion over the next decade.
WHAT WORKS - WHAT DOESN'T
Here's your opportunity to tell the County Executive what works and doesn't work in the county. Complete the survey. Deadline: September 30, 2024.
MoCo Community Survey of Residents
LATINO REPUBLICANS
Check out our Republican talk at noon on Saturday. Vea nuestra charla republicana el sábado al mediodía.
Latino Republican members in the Burtonsville parade last weekend.
Blue Book Ballot
UARE.US has released their recommendation for the non-partisan Montgomery County Board of Education election.
TAKING PARENTS' RIGHTS
Not sure if you heard about the Parents' Rights rally last Tuesday at the Montgomery County Council building in Rockville, Maryland.
One Councilmember introduced a resolution to support an Amendment to the Maryland Constitution entitled the “Reproductive Freedom Act,” which is on the November ballot as Question #1. There were more protestors against the resolution and in support of Parent Rights than abortion rights.
As a matter of fact the Amendment doesn't mention Women or Abortion at all! It's just a way some Democrat politicians decided to get lots of people to vote.
The issue with the amendment is that it is not about abortion. Abortion has been legal in Maryland since 1992 so there is really no need for this amendment. The way this amendment is written it allows minor children to make decisions about their reproductive health without input from the parents. The Democrat in this video explains it ~ 1 min mark
The amendment text:
“That every person, as a central component of an individual's rights to liberty and equality, has the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including but not limited to the ability to make and effectuate decisions to prevent, continue, or end one's own pregnancy. The state may not, directly or indirectly, deny, burden, or abridge the right unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restrictive means.”
The issue is the use of “every person” which does not exclude minors. Sen Justin Ready asked that verbiage be added to exclude minors however his request was denied. If they had said “adult” I wouldn't be writing this.
Pro-choice and pro-life Republicans agree: this is not an amendment regarding abortion, it is an amendment that will take away a parent's right to control the gender reassignment decisions of a minor child.
Does this make sense to you?
Reardon "Sully" Sullivan
Former MCGOP Chairman