President's Message
I am looking forward to seeing many of you at our exciting 2015 CFRW Winter Board of Directors Meeting/Conference in Modesto this weekend. We will have informative speakers sharing information we need to know on important issues. We have workshops on Growing our Clubs, Protocol and What You Need to Know About Bylaws to fine tune your skills!
We are thrilled that we will have a presentation from the Independence Fund and present one of the volunteers with a check for our first All Terrain Track Chair for a Wounded Veteran. Joseph Brocato will talk to us about Women in Defense of Liberty, Tom Del Beccaro will talk to us about his new book, we will learn more about new tax rules for 2015 from Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and so much more!
The candidates running for CRP office will be speaking to us and the members of the Board of Directors have the opportunity to vote on Saturday afternoon for who we want to endorse for CRP office for 2015/2016. You don’t want to miss our dynamic banquet speaker, John Sullivan, Writer, Director and Producer. Mr. Sullivan co-wrote and co-directed the hit movies 2016 Obama’s America and America. You will also be able to buy signed DVDs of America !
We will award the contest winners for Newsletter, Voter Registration, and Membership. We will also hear some ideas from clubs that were successful this past year by thinking outside the box!. We lost too many members last year. Just imagine…what if there wasn’t a Federation? Who would help our candidates win, who would run the victory offices,who would encourage more Republican women to run for office????
Our #1 priority for 2015 is to increase our membership by 10%. We can do that and must do that because the 2016 election is just around the corner. We must take back the White House in 2016! We need to stay energized and motivated, work hard and build our army of Republican Women so we can lay the foundation for success in 2016 .
See you in Modesto when we will start to lay the ground work for Taking Back America!
God Bless America!
Thank you for all you do,
Roseann
Working Together To Make A Difference
Hidden Gas Tax
Noticing lower gas prices? Across the country gas is well below $2 dollars. But here in California, thanks to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), gas remains anywhere from 32 to 47 cents higher. CARB introduced a hidden gas tax that came into effect this month that expands the state's cap-and-trade program to include transportation fuels. CARB has carte blanche in creating and implementing regulations here in California, because AB 32, or the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, has given them that power. So hidden "fees" or taxes and regulations have become the norm. Republicans in the Legislature are trying to stop this massive government overreach and protect Californians from costly trips to the pump. SB 5 (Vidak, R) and its companion bill in the Assembly, AB 23 (Patterson, R), seek to reverse the effects of this hidden gas tax by exempting transportation fuels- gasoline, diesel, and natural gas- from the cap-and-trade program. We hope that a bi-partisan effort can be made to achieve this end.
Prison Populations and Your Safety
The state is patting itself on the back because California's prison population has reached the court ordered level a year ahead of schedule. But what does this really mean? Because of Props 36 and 47 and the Governor's realignment plan, AB 109, thousands of felons have been released since 2012. Back into your communities. The state has 34 adult prisons, with a current population of 113,463, which is at the court ordered 137.5% capacity. But has this made Californians any safer? Communities all over the state are seeing an increase in crime, in large part because of the Governor's realignment plan, which the Department of Corrections estimates 25,000 inmates have otherwise gone free. Couple that with Props 36 (2012) and Props 47 (2014) that have redefined felonies and allowed prisoners to petition for early release, which have allowed just over 4,000 more felons to be released. While the state may be complying with the courts, they leave our communities at risk. There must be a better "plan".
Join Us!
As many of you know, the California Federation of Republican Women are on Facebook and Twitter! We want you to "Like" and "Follow" us, and invite your friends! Facebook and Twitter are easy ways to stay connected and informed about what is going on in Sacramento and D.C.! You can find us at ◼ >www.facebook.com/theCFRW and ◼ www.twitter.com/CFRWadvocate!
