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The Republican Women of
Washington County, Utah welcomes
you to our website
and to our organization.
PURPOSE:
~~To promote an informed public through political education
and activity.
~~To increase the effectiveness of women in the cause
of good government.
~~To foster loyalty to the Republican Party and to promote
its principles.
~~To work for the election of Republican Party nominees.
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PRESIDENT'S MONTHLY MESSAGE
Dear WCRW Members and Guests,
With all of the political fanfare these days, I find myself glued to the
news.
Today all of the national polls suggest that none of our
Republican Presidential Candidates are strong enough to beat the current
president. All may not be lost, and I for one, have not given up hope.
..click
for entire message......
MEETINGS
The Washington County Republican Women host a luncheon meeting on the
first Thursday
of
every month where the group hears from speakers who
talk about issues that are
important
to the community.
Our
meetings
are held
at the Best Western
Abbey Inn, 1129 South Bluff in St George.
The cost is $15 per person payable at
the door.
Next Meeting is March 1st, 2012
February 2nd Meeting:
Meet the Candidates for the new 2nd District U S House of
Representatives
We were so impressed with the quality of these candidates and we
thank them for sharing their views, beliefs and solutions with us.
Please click on their photo or name below and take time to read about
them and their platforms so you can be an informed voter.
Please use back arrow to return to this site.
January Meeting:
Dr. Paul & Chantra Gooch presented their story,
"Yearning to Breathe Free." Chantra escaped to freedom from her
birth country, Cambodia.
Click here for their story....
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EVENT CALENDAR
Saturday, February 18th
Lincoln Day Breakfast at the
Dixie Center
Thursday, March 1st
Luncheon Meeting
Caucus Training
March 15th -
Republican Party Neighborhood Caucus's
April 5th
Luncheon Meeting
Meet the County Candidates
April 7th
Washington County
Republican Party Nominating Convention
April 14th
Freedom Run,
Info to come
April 21st
Utah State Republican Party
State Convention
May 3rd
Luncheon Meeting
June 7th
Luncheon Meeting
June 12-22
Early Voting for Primary Election
June 26th
Primary Election
QUILT WATCH 2012
Nathan
McArthur, Dixie College scholarship winner,
says thanks to the Republican women during
our January 5th meeting. Nathan & his wife, Rosanna, are both grateful.
Nathan is going to school full-time, has a full-time
job and is also taking care of his parents who
have health problems. The best to you, Nathan!
Our quilt drawing is our year's largest fund-raiser.
All monies are donated to:
Dixie College for a scholarship ......
GAIL MEE
was the winner of the 2011 Quilt
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BONNIE'S BLOG!!
"I arise in the morning torn
between a desire to improve the world and the desire to enjoy the world.
This makes it hard to plan the day."
E.B. White
From the above quote, I am
finding it harder these days to see that I can do anything about the
improvement of this world. Yet I feel that I just can't give up
hope that we can make a difference in what happens to our country.
Which makes the next part of the quote, planning my day the hard, but
really important part.
My mornings are spent browsing the websites for the latest political
news. Then there's Rush to listen to midmorning. Now,
how am I going to fit in all the other things I have to get done before
Special Report at 4:00 PM on Fox News? You see my daily planning
can be complicated. But, now I feel I have a special
mission, which is to do this research, so that I can save you who are
reading this a lot of time.
One of the items of news
this week was Indiana passing and Governor Daniels signing the state's
Right to Work law. Indiana now joins 22 other states which
have a Right to Work law. And Utah is one of the Right
to Work states! The Heritage foundation's "Morning Bell"
featured Indiana's new law:
Click here to read report.
This Washington Examiner
article
(Click
to read article) continues the discussion of the state of
unionization in the country. While unionization of private company
workers continues to fall, the unionization of public employees
continues to expand. Being unionized puts these public employees
in adversarial relationships with the taxpayers who fund their
paychecks.
Another article, again from the Washington Examiner, discusses why there
has been a fall in union membership among private companies and a rise
in membership in the public sector.
Click to read article.
Well, I'm really on a roll
here now. Here is another article on why we as Republicans should
really be up in arms with these public employee unions:
Click here to read. They really have a racket going on here,
don't they?
Well, I'm going to stay on the subject a bit longer. As a
teacher, I was a public employee for most of my working life. I
saw what happened to education in California when teachers got
collective bargaining. It didn't take long for California's
education system to go from being one of the best in the nation to
falling to near bottom. Fortunately for me, I was able to
retire in 1992 and missed the great decline. The following
link is a fairly long read, but it gives lots of good information on
collective bargaining in our public institutions:
Click to read.
Our Utah Legislature is back in
session and this caught my eye. Being a fairly new resident of
Utah, I'm beginning to see what the Federal Government's hold on nearly
70 percent of Utah's land is doing to the state. Rep. Ken Ivory,
Republican, from West Jordan, along with several others in the
Legislature, is taking on the task of getting Utah's land back. I
found the following article on the subject.
Bill
Stakes Claim To Federal Lands in Utah
I think I've given you enough to "chew" on this week, and I have to get
on with planning the rest of my day.
Bonnie's
Past Blogs
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
LaRene Leavitt Cox,
our president, was born
and raised in Washington County. She grew up in the small town of Veyo
where her parents taught her the value of hard work and self reliance.
After graduating from Dixie High School she attended Brigham Young
University earning her Bachelor of Fine
Arts Degree. It was there that she
met and married her sweetheart of 32 years, Dean J Cox.
Together they made their home in St. George and raised four beautiful
children.
Her interest in politics began early. She and Dean enjoyed helping
Republican candidates with various local, State, and Federal campaigns.
She has served for many years as a County and State Delegate, Neighborhood
Caucus Secretary/Treasurer, and is currently serving on the Washington
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