If you are reading this and are not a member of the Cerritos Republican Club, you can join by contacting Barbara Lockwood, our membership chair by email at barbie562@aol.com or calling her at 562-926-7069.  To join you must be a Registered Republican.

Over to the side are links to four initiatives currently in circulation.

 

The Citizen's Power Initiative, is sponsored by the California Tea Party Patriots and the Orange County Lincoln Clubs.  It would prohibt the deduction of money from public employee union members if it will be used for political purposes.  Basically if a member of a public employee union wants to give a donation to their union's PAC they will have to get out their wallet or check book and they, not the union bosses, will determine how much or how little they give.  I have access to already printed out petitions call me at 562-743-1855, if you are unable to make the meeting and want to circulate this game changing petition.

 

The Local Government Protection Initiative is sponsored principally by the League of California Cities.  Our own board member and Mayor of Cerritos Bruce Barrows is the contact person in our area on this initiative call him at 562-547-1732 or email him at bbarr90703@aol.com to help him collect signatures.  It protects the budgets of local governments from being raided by a voracious state government, which as Ronald Reagan once said is like a baby with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

 

The California Human Rights Amendment is sponsored mainly by a coalition of churches and pro-life groups.  It changes the definition of person in our State Constitution to include those born at the moment of conception.

 

Last we have the Part-Time Legislature sponsored by a group founded by Gabriella Holt called the Citizens for California Reform and pushed by Jon and Ken on the radio.  Some politicians like Chuck Devore have given lukewarm support primarily due to the practice of a number of legislators, in both parties, who check in for roll call and leave for the rest of the day have engaged in as reported in the Sacramento Bee. However, in the next breadth he has said if these regulations were in place he could not have been able to afford to represent his district in the State Assembly.  Much of this has to do with "ethics" rules which sets up massive hurdles for certain folks, particularly those who are not independently employed, to be able to both represent their district and retain their jobs. Prior to being a State Assemblyman Chuck was the Vice President of Research for an aerospace company. 

The Next Meeting of the Cerritos Republican Club is scheduled for Tuesday, March 9th starting at 7:00 PM in the Skyline Room of the Cerritos Library. Our Featured Speaker will be bruce Brown, founder of Conservative Movement.com and candidate versus Maxine Waters for the 35th Congressional District.