Congratulations to Steven Palazzo

Steven Palazzo won the Republican Primary on June 1st for the District 4 Congressional seat currently held by Democrat Gene Taylor. A big thank you goes to Marsha Peters, election coordinator, and all those who worked so hard and gave of their time on Election Day.

Steve Palazzo spoke at the May meeting

Steve Palazzo spoke to our group last night. Some of the topics discussed were the recent oil spill and what was being done to contain it. Also discussed were Steve's military qualifications and record of commitment to the state of Mississippi. Please get out and vote on June 1st!!!!

Tea Party Event-Update

There is going to be a Tea Party @ the Biloxi Green on Saturday, April 17th at 3 pm. In attendance will be Republican candidates for Congress and Governor as well as Sen. Chris McDaniels. He will give an update on the lawsuit against Obamacare. The event is being sponsored by Citizen Liberty.

***It was a great event. The speakers were all informative, and of course the weather was fantastic!***

Habitat for Humanity presentation

President Michelle Mersdorf and first Vice President Karla Reeves were on hand to present a flag to  homeowners Valorie Butler and Clyde Blackston on Saturday, April 10 at the dedication of their new home. The flag was donated to the George County Republican Women for presentation by Jack's Hardware. As Republican Women, presenting the flag is our way of promoting patriotism within our community.

Dave Dennis spoke at April 6th meeting

Mr Dave Dennis and his wife Jane came to our meeting on April 6th. Mr. Dennis was very informative and comes from not only a blue collar background as a contractor, but also one of community service. He has served on the Federal Reserve board, among other things, and gave some interesting information about the system of money in the United States. He shared his vision for our state with a clear passion for business and education.

GCRW Welcomes Marsha Peters to the Executive Committee

At the April meeting of the George County Republican Women held on April 6th, Marsha Peters was nominated for Treasurer and accepted. We are excited to be operating again with a full Executive Committee and are looking forward to getting the word out about the Republican message.

Pictures from the Tea Party

This picture is from the Political Rally the Republican Women sponsored in February. They were submitted by Karla Reeves, our first Vice President. If anyone else has pictures they would like to submit, I would be glad to post them. The Republican Women email is republicanwomen@rocketmail.com It is checked once or twice a week.

Please leave comments

As the President of the George County Republican Women I chose to put together a blog forum instead of a website so that people would be able to comment on the posts and other information for all to see. Some of the links have been sent to me by people in the community or pertain to the current campaign. It is the policy of the Republican Women not to endorse any candidate before a primary so we have all Republican candidates links or websites listed. Please look at them for more information. If there is something you would like to see on this site please comment. The site is update twice a week. Thank you for your participation.
Michelle Mersdorf
GCRW-President

Update from the Legislative Session

This weekend legislators considered two bills that "involve floating general  finance obligations bond issues to finance certain repair and renovation projects at state-owned facilities, to fund highway and bridge improvement projects and to bring new jobs through economic developments." These two bonds together will equal $600 million in specific projects. 
Other bills under discussion were HB1043 creating new start schools by helping schools that have showed no improvement. HB1047 studying teacher attrition, retention, and professional growth, and HB1097 requiring the state to provide technical assistance to schools not meeting state standards.
The bill I found to be the best piece of legislation was SB2015 prohibiting bullying behavior in schools. This is an important piece of legislation because kids who bully grow up to be adults that bully through dominating others with intimidation. If children are taught more appropriate ways of dealing with their own fears maybe the world would be a more pleasant place.
(The information for this post was taken from a weekly housekeeping report sent to me by Rep. Shaun Walley.)
Michelle Mersdorf
President-GCRW

Update on Mississippi's Obamacare position

An email this morning informed me know that if Mr. Hood doesn't do the right thing and file suit, than Haley Barbour will probably do so by Thursday. Anyone reading this MUST please call the Attorney General's Office and make your sentiments known!

Michelle Mersdorf
GCRW-President

Generation Joshua organizational meeting held

The first meeting of Generation Joshua was held on Saturday, March 20th. The officers were elected with John Bolton to serve as president of the group. This group encourages youth to be more active politically and in the civic arena. If we do not encourage our youth to get involved who will carry on? We must give our youth a solid Christian world view. Generation Joshua does this by teaching youth founding beliefs. It has been said that those who show up make policy!!

Disappointed

I know everyone must be very disappointed by last nights vote. This should "set brush fires in people's minds" to quote the great Samuel Adams. Many small fires will eventually cause a lot of smoke! According to some in the State Legislature our fair Attorney General Jim Hood is not going to file any legal action to fight Obamacare. His email is http://www.ago.state.ms.us/ The general information number is 601 359-3680. We need to flood his office with our desire to fight this!

Update on the legislative session

Want to know more about our legislative session? You can call the Capitol at 601 395-3770. Legislative proceeding can be viewed on the Internet @ www.ls.state.ms.us click on "House" or "Senate" and see our state elected officials in action!

New blog

I encourage everyone to say committed to being informed about what is going on around us at the city, county, state and federal level. If anyone has something they would like to see on our blog please feel free to email us at the email listed. Remember, one vote CAN make a difference!