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Saturday, August 31, 2013
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[Peninsula-Patriots] Re: Yellow sign
Bob I think you guys are a good example of what an active tea party should be and set a goal that the rest should strive for. We in the Peninsula Tea Party do some of the things you describe. For example Andy Maggard publishes "The Clarion" which has great articles contributed by numerous authors. He, Sue Long and some other members have regular letters to the editor of the Gazette-Journal and other newspapers. We recently distributed approximately 1000 flyers by five teams placing them in paper boxes throughout the county. In the future we may consider doing what you guys did by having them placed in our local paper instead. As you know, the Middlesex Tea Party and the Peninsula Patriots have joined together to form The Middle Peninsula Tea Party. The Middlesex group brought with it some great patriots like Trudy & Tom Feigum and provided us a great facility to hold our meetings (Middlesex Sports and Hunt Club). Ruth provides outstanding leadership and keeps us motivated. So I see the many tea parties across the country making great strides in changing the status quo. If this Republic is preserved, it will be through the efforts of these tea parties. We are privileged to be a part of that effort.
Dewitt Edwards
Speak the truth even if your voice shakes.
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again in the yoke of bondage." (Galatians 5:1 KJV)
From: Robert Shannon <robertshannon_44@msn.com>
To: DeWitt Edwards <l_edwards@verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: Yellow sign
Lonnie,Yes indeed the high traffic count in front of Wittmans Stafford office gave us a lot of exposure.In King William and Mechanicsville we have developed an elaborate coordinated plan of attack1. letters to the editor of local newspaper That section is the most widely read section of local newspapers and it helps CHANGE THE NARRATIVE in local discussion. The other side has controlled the NARRATIVE for so long many low information voters never hear our positions. One of our members up here has developed a team of :ghost writers" who's names the letters go out under so as to maximize the chances of getting published .2 the signs---they have become a powerful tool. We attempt to re-message them frequently so people keep reading them and keep the topic relevant, tying it into what we are discussing at meetings. We name names and hit hard. Recently a member of the Hanover BOS who had allowed us to put up a sign on property he owned asked us to change a message because he didn't like us attacking one of his buddies in the General Assembly. I took the sign down. I will not allow any property owner to have editorial control over our messages and I make that clear up front before I put the sign up.3 The Inserts ( I believe I had passed samples out at one of your meetings I spoke at last year ) In King William we hit 8,000 homes with these for around $850 in Mechanicsville we hit 29,000 homes for around $3100. Very effective because we stay focused on just 2 issues in each one, targeting the message to taxpayers and equally important--LOCAL LEGISLATORS.4. Liaisons to the County School Board and the BOS. We have 1 person who attends all of their meetings, reports back to our groups with summaries and is the conduit with which all communications pass between us and them. It is very effective. This Thursday the Mechanicsville group is doing a presentation to our group on Common Core and the Hanover School Superintendent and Chair are coming, as well as the Richmond Times Dispatch reporter who covers Hanover County5. Our 1 hour a month Volunteer Club. Too often one of our challenges has been getting people to help so we came up with this idea since it is very hard to refuse to give 1 hour a month. I have a few guys who paint the signs, it only takes 20-30 minutes to paint a sign so I can get two signs painted with each volunteer. I have two guys who change the flags, it is a small minor task but it keeps our flags on the signs fresh and takes it off my plate. We have the 2 Letter a month group, volunteers who comprise the ghost writers---who can't write 2 letters a month ?? By allowing them to just take bite size chores it keeps the work flow wasy. I have 1-2 guys who do the weed eating around the signs, everyone has just 1 small task so they are not having to commit whole days to TEA Party work.Seems to be working !Bob Shannon----- Original Message -----From: DeWitt EdwardsTo: Robert ShannonSent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 9:29 AMSubject: Re: Yellow signThank you for your words of encouragement Bob. The signs you guys have put up have definitely made a difference. I have had a number of people tell me"you won't believe the yellow signs I have seen along the various highways". I tell them I know all about them and the guys who are trying to inform people. I am hoping to get a few more signs up here in Mathews and maybe I can get our Gloucester patriots to put some up in Gloucester as well where there is much more traffic. I checked with VDOT to see what the traffic count is at the intersection I chose to place my sign and found it to be around 2500 per day. That's not bad for a location out here in the boonies. Again, I thank you for your inspiration. I think we had about 12 people from the Peninsula Tea Party at the rally in Stafford. We were hoping to get more but over all I think the rally was a success.Dewitt EdwardsSpeak the truth even if your voice shakes."Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again in the yoke of bondage." (Galatians 5:1 KJV)
From: Robert Shannon <robertshannon_44@msn.com>
To: DeWitt Edwards <l_edwards@verizon.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Yellow sign
Lonnie,I have been beleaguered this past week by a few of the group leaders who are soft on Wittman. One in particular sent me a e-mail link showing that back in 2010 Wittman finally signed on to Duncan Hunters bill H.R 337 attempting to derail the repeal of Don't ask Don't tell , which as you know would allow open homosexuals to serve in the U.S military.I offered to send this gentleman the newspaper article from a week after we met with Wittman and his refusal to sign onto Hunters bill. It appears Wittman did and he did it on APRIL 17TH 2010 some two full months after we met with him and after he had refused to at our meeting.My point in telling you all of this is to demonstrate the power of these signs. We had a sign on 360 that had the following message on itCONRESSMAN WITTMAN---WHY ARE YOU NOT PROTECTING OUT MILITARY ?He felt so much heat from the pressure he finally relented and signed onto H.R 337......but only after we pounded the snot out of him. One of the local newspapers came up and took pictures of the sign and ran it on their front page the following week.These signs are very useful tools Lonnie, try and get the others down there to get busy and get as many as possible constructed. God Bless You for your efforts. Remember all of these signs we have in King William, King & Queen, Hanover and now Henrico county have tens of thousands of cars drive by and read them daily ! They work.Bob Shannon----- Original Message -----From: DeWitt EdwardsTo: Robert ShannonSent: Saturday, August 24, 2013 2:20 PMSubject: Yellow signHi Bob,This is my yellow sign which was inspired by yours. Hope to see you at the rally Monday.Dewitt EdwardsSpeak the truth even if your voice shakes."Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again in the yoke of bondage." (Galatians 5:1 KJV)
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
YCRC Call for Mtg. 5 Sept 2013
Greetings, Fellow Republicans,
I hope you all have enjoyed the “Summer Break” and are rested and ready to hit the ground for these last 67 days of campaigning!
Attached and below, please find the Call for the 5 Sept. YCRC meeting. Please note the venue change to Bruton High School’s auditorium.
t I’ve learned that many Republican Committees throughout our Commonwealth strive to grow their membership by rotating meetings throughout their localities, especially those whose geography stretches lengthy distances so that the same people aren’t always having to travel long distances to every meeting. In other words, they take turns to ease the travel burden as well as to reach possible new members in those areas. Several YCRC members have brought up that they would like some meetings to be nearer to them since York County does stretch across quite a lengthy distance from our southern area next to Hampton & Poquoson all the way up to Williamsburg & James City County. In that effort, for the next few meetings, we will be rotating throughout York County, usually to YCSD schools, to meet in each of our five districts. In addition, meeting in the auditoriums will allow us more space to break into our district/precinct groups for campaign/election/other planning.
If you have any friends who are upper York County residents, please invite them to join us on Sept. 5th at Bruton HS since we’ll be in their neighborhood! A membership form is attached.
BHS: 185 E. Rochambeau Dr., Williamsburg, VA 23188. If you take I-64W towards Williamsburg, take the Camp Perry exit, turn left at the stop sign. (Camp Perry entrance will be to your right.) Turn right at the light onto E. Rochambeau. Bruton HS will be on your left – you’ll want the 2nd driveway into the school as the first one is the BHS exit (one way in, one way out).
t On the Call’s agenda, please note that Bob D’Eramo’s name has been re-added to the list of possible new members for election. Bob was introduced at a 2012 meeting and had his application form mistakenly filed as having been voted in as a member, but he was not as he missed the next meeting. He has been unable to return to a YCRC meeting since Jan. due to recovering from serious injuries in a near-fatal car accident, but he let me know this summer that he’d like to return. He’s now back on the list and will be voted on at the next regular YCRC meeting he attends. We look forward to having Bob join us, again! (Many thanks, again, to Bob for allowing YCRC to place our booth in front of his Ben & Jerry’s shop on Water St. for the Yorktown 4th Celebration!)
t The 6 June minutes will be sent in another email before the 5 Sept. meeting for your review.
t Don’t forget – if you cannot attend the meeting, a non-YCRC member who lives in your York County District can attend in your place as your proxy so you’re not counted as absent. Since YCRC must follow RPV Party Plan rules, if you miss three (3) consecutive meetings, you resign your membership and lose all voting/speaking privileges. A proxy form is attached for your convenience.
I look forward to seeing you all next Thursday, 5 Sept., at Bruton High School to hear Suzanne Obenshain speak about Mark’s campaign and to organize our grassroots’ Get Out The Vote efforts to help our Republican candidates WIN in November! We only have 67 more days left to work towards VICTORY!!
For God and Country,
Lynda
Lynda Fairman
Chairman, York County Republican Committee
As Chairman of the York County Republican Committee and pursuant to the YCRC Bylaws, I, Lynda Fairman, do issue this Call for the general meeting of the York County Republican Committee to be held Thursday, 5 Sept. 2013, at 7:00 pm at Bruton High School Auditorium, 185 E. Rochambeau Dr., Williamsburg, Virginia 23188 for the purpose of conducting business as stated in the following/attached Agenda.
AGENDA
5 Sept 2013
I. Call to Order / Opening Ceremonies 7:00 – 7:05 PM
A. Invocation, Pledge, Republican Creed
B. Welcome Guests
II. Program / Guest Speakers 7:05 – 7:35 PM
A. Mrs. Suzanne Obenshain, wife of Sen. Mark Obenshain – candidate for Virginia Attorney General
III. Roll Call / Handle Proxies / Determine Quorum 7:35 – 7:50 PM
IV. Announcements 7:50 – 8:00 PM
A. York Republican Women’s Club – Mary Clark
B. Cuccinelli-Jackson-Obenshain Campaign Update– Tim Pogge
C. Other: (sign up form upon arrival)
V. Chairman’s Report / Comments 8:00 – 8:05 PM
VI. Approval of 6 June 2013 YCRC Mtg. Minutes 8:05 – 8:010 PM
A. Distributed via email prior to mtg.
VII. Introduction of Prospective Members 8:10 – 8:15 PM
A. New applicants applying tonight
B. 2012-2014 members seeking reinstatement after missing 3 consecutive mtgs.
VIII. Officer, Committee Reports 8:15 – 8:40 PM
IX. Unfinished Business 8:40 – 8:50 PM
A. Consideration of new members introduced at previous meetings, if in attendance: Philip Bogert, Jeffrey Bramick, Gary Brocksmith, Miles Burcher, Bob D’Eramo, Robert Harrell, Conni Jones, Jeremy Melish, Carol Meredith, David Meredith, Sharra Odom, Lisa Wallace
B. Consideration of 2012-2014 members seeking reinstatement after three (3) consecutive YCRC meeting absences introduced at previous meetings, if in attendance: Delbert Curtis, Norman Ingram, Bobby Rapp, Tu Ritter
X. New Business 8:50 – 9:10 PM
A. Issue regarding Nat’l Park Service preventing use of Victory Monument grounds – Tom Nelson
B. Other (sign up form upon arrival)
XI. Adjournment 9:10 PM
· We must exit building by 9:30 PM
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