the pima county republican party cordially invites you to join us for

THE PIMA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CORDIALLY
INVITES YOU TO JOIN US FOR OUR LINCOLN DAY
DINNER & AWARDS PRESENTATION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 AT 6:00pm Social/7:00pm Dinner
Fraternal Order of Police, 3445 N Dodge (Btwn River & Ft. Lowell)
Dinner: Salad, BBQ Steak or Chicken, Baked Potato, Green Beans & Dessert & Beverage
$30 per person/$50 couple – SILENT AUCTION
RSVP to Linda White, Pima GOP 520 321-1492 or [email protected]
Dinner Reservations must be paid in advance of event
Guest Speakers
National Committeeman and RNC Rules Chair, Bruce Ash
&
Christina Coieri, Goldwater Institute- Update on Obamacare
CAROLYN S. COX, CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
IMPERFECT MARKETS VERSUS IMPERFECT INTERVENTIONS
By Kate Reynolds
The Cato Institute broadcasts a digital audio show, appropriately named The Cato Institute Daily
Podcast. One such show, published on January 9, 2014, asked an intriguing question: “Are
markets less bad than government intervention?”
The speaker, Jeffrey A. Miron, starts by saying we can all agree markets are not perfect; however
government interventions (taxes, mandates, subsidies, regulations, laws etc.) are not perfect either
because those interventions are enforced by imperfect people who usually have their own
agendas. So which is worse–the real-world market or governmental “fixes” to problems?
Miron’s argument goes something like this: Since no market is really perfect, what happens if you
make just one tiny adjustment, a nudge to move the market in the right direction? For example,
take the environmental clean air rules. Since manufacturing plants and cars do throw out noxious
fumes, there is a potential for air pollution. It seems reasonable to want to tweak the market just a
bit to reduce air pollution, as was done in the 1970s. Another example is the label requirements
on food. The 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act merely said companies must declare food and
medicine ingredients. How bad could that tiny nudge be?
Yet the Pure Food and Drug Act evolved over time into the FDA and drug prohibition and a host
of interventionist laws. So the intervention grew and grew and continues grow today.
Miron says the reason markets are less bad than interventions is that interventions never stay
small. Any entity–individuals, firms, non-profits, government agencies–all want to survive. One
way to survive is by getting bigger.
For other great examples of mission creep, you can listen to the original podcast here:
http://www.cato.org/multimedia/daily-podcast/imperfect-markets-versus-imperfect-interventions
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2014 LIST OF CANDIDATES – UPDATED AS OF 2/4/14
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1
Gary Kiehne – www.kiehneforcongress.com
Adam Kwasman – www.adamkwasman.com
Andy Tobin – www.andytobin.com
Jim Brown – [email protected]
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2
Martha McSally – www.mcsallyforcongress.com
Shelley Kais – www.shelleykaisforcongress.com
Charles Wooten – www.chuckwooten.com
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3
Gabriella Saucedo-Mercer – www.gabbyforcongress.org
Miguel Olivas – www.olivas2014.com
Damien Kennedy – www.kennedyforcongress.com
STATEWIDE
GOVERNOR
Ken Bennett – www.bennettazizona.com
Doug Ducey – www.votedougducey.com
Christine Jones – www.christinejones.com
Alice Lukasik - [email protected]
Al Melvin – www.votealmelvin.com
John Molina – www.johnmolina.com
Frank Riggs – www.riggsforazgov.com
Scott Smith – www.votescottsmith.com
Andrew Thomas – [email protected]
Gary Tupper – [email protected]
SECRETARY OF STATE
Wil Cardon – www.wilcardon.com
Justin Pierce – www.justinpierceforarizona.com
Michele Reagan – www.votereagan.com
ATTORNEY GENERAL
*Tom Horne – www.electtomhorne.oom
Mark Brnovich – www.mark4arizona.com
TREASURER
Randy Pullen – www.randypullen.com
Martin Sepulveda – www.sepulvedafortreasurer.com
Hugh Hallman – www.hughhallman.com
Jeff DeWit – www.jeffdewit.com
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
*John Huppenthal – www.facebook.com/huppenthal
Diane Douglas – electdianedouglas@cox.;net
MINE INSPECTOR
*Joe Hart – [email protected]
CORPORATION COMMISSION
Bonnie Katz – [email protected]
^Doug Little – [email protected]
^Tom Forese III - [email protected]
+Lucy Mason – [email protected]
+Vernon Parker - [email protected]
STATE LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 2
Senate – Daniel Estrella – [email protected]
House - John Ackerley – [email protected]
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 3
House – Patricia Flores – [email protected]
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 9
*House – Ethan Orr – www.ethanforhouse.com
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 10
Senate – Mark Morrison – www.morrison4arizona.com
House – Todd Clodfelter – www.tc4az.com
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 11
^Senate – Steve Smith – [email protected]
Senate – Scott Bartle – [email protected]
^House – Mark Finchem – www.votefinchem.com
^House – Vince Leach – www.vinceleach.com
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 14
^*Senate – Gail Griffin – www.gailgriffin4senate.com
^*House – David Gowan – www.gowanforaz.com
^*House – David Stevens – [email protected]
Susan Syfert – [email protected]
CLERK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
*Toni Hellon – www.tonihellon.oom
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
*Keith Bee –JP5 [email protected] JP
*Lisa Royal – Green Valley – [email protected]
*Ann Segal – JP1 – website TBA
CONSTABLE
*Margaret Cummings – [email protected]
* R.C. Brown
SCHOOL BOARDS
SUNNYSIDE DISTRICT
Malcolm Pavey (November election)
Mike Polak (May 20 recall election)
TUSD
*Michael Hicks
* Incumbent
^ Running as slate
+ Running as slate
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DISTRICT 1 SUPERVISOR GOES TO STATE CAPITOL FIGHTING FOR PIMA COUNTY TAXPAYERS Submitted by District 1 Pima County Supervisor Ally Miller When running for office, I promised to fight for the taxpayers of Pima County. Since being elected in 2012 to serve on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, I have kept that promise and remain committed to Pima County’s hard-­‐working taxpayers. I am now taking the fight to the Arizona State Capitol. To that end, I recently visited the State Legislature. It was a visit prompted by a newly introduced bill, SB1264, County Motor Vehicle Fuel Taxes, introduced by State Senator Steve Farley. Though the state is not willing to increase the state gas tax, which is currently 18 cents per gallon, Farley’s plan would permit counties throughout Arizona to impose a 3% fuel tax of its own. That is, a new county fuel tax in addition to the state and federal fuel taxes consumers already pay. This is an additional 3% per the cost of a gallon of gasoline. The county that appears to be the most eager to assess a new tax on an already struggling community is Pima County, which is currently among the nation’s poorest regions. Though gas taxes were initially imposed to generate funds for road maintenance, the tax dollars collected by the county would not necessarily serve such purposes. In fact, the language of the bill cites that “The county shall transfer the monies to the Council of Governments for the County” wherein The Council of Governments would then proceed to distribute the funds; however, the destination of the funds is not articulated. There is no language in the bill assigning the monies for the purpose of road repairs, new roads, mass-­‐transit, etc. Such an ill-­‐defined bill would leave tax dollars vulnerable to questionable use. Pima County already has a road fund; however, the problem in the county is the mismanagement of those funds, which have been used to pay off bonds as well as the salaries and overhead of the Department of Transportation. I gathered information from an April 2013 Gallup gas tax poll and personally delivered it to 20 of the bill’s sponsors. An overwhelming 66% of the American public is solidly opposed to new gas taxes. Clearly, a sound majority of Americans presented in the Gallup poll do not support increases in the gas taxes for their states, even when presented with promises of mass-­‐transit and infrastructure projects. There is also no evidence that such legislation is at all supported by the majority in any of the political parties or in any region of the country, and I am committed to making sure the voices of Pima County’s taxpayers are being heard above the political fray. Read More www.allymillerdistrict1.com ***************** ###
Former Nevada Senatorial Candidate Sharron Angle
Is the featured Guest Speaker at the
REPUBLICAN CLUB OF GREEN VALLEY/SAHUARITA
Topic: “Debunking the Myth of the Republican War on Women”
The Luncheon will be held at the Lavender Restaurant, 77 East Paseo de
Golf in Green Valley; Time: 11:30am; Tickets are $35pp (includes raffle
ticket)
Any inquires for information or to RSVP, contact Joey at (520) 7750
*************** PAN-ASIAN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE DINNER, FEBRUARY 1
Barry Wong, Chair, AZGOP Asian-American Coalition & Linda White, Executive
Director, Pima GOP (Photo 1) attended the dinner. Photo 2 is Linda, PACA’s
“Woman of the Year” Patsy Lee, PACA’s Executive Director Dorothy Lew and
Barry. The dinner celebrated the accomplishments of the Alliance and also
presented Peter Chan with the “Man of the Year Award”. The State and County
Party was honored to be part of a very successful evening.
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VISIT PIMA GOP’s FACEBOOK PAGE
PIMA GOP SPEAKS OUT
www.FACEBOOK.COM/PIMACOUNTYGOPSPEAKSOUT
FOLLOW THE PIMA GOP ON TWITTER
@PimaGOP1
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Randy Pullen
Luncheon is Tuesday, February 11 at 11:30am
Guest Speaker: Randy Pullen, Candidate for AZ Treasurer
Sabbar Shriner Temple, 450 S. Tucson Blvd – Lunch $11
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The Pima County Republican Party is pleased to announce Linda Barber will hold
Precinct Committeemen training classes the first Saturday of the month: March 1,
April 5 and May 3, 10:30 am at Republican Headquarters
Linda calls on current and newly-appointed PCs:
''THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT TRY MENS SOULS"
Who can doubt the truth of Thomas Paine's message in 1776?
And here we are nearly 250 years later possibly wondering if these times are similar to those...
ARE YOU READY TO START MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET OUR
GOVERNMENT BACK?
Reserve your seat and call Linda at (520) 887-7970
ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PARTY
Why Democrats Won’t Be Turning In Their Ballots
Democrat Party Elites Have Already Fixed the Primary Election By Avoiding Voter Input Altogether
PHOENIX – Robert Graham, Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, commented on reactions to his lamentation yesterday that Senator Leah Landrum Taylor was dropping out of the race to be the Democrat's nominee for Secretary of State, denying voters a chance to select their party's nominee for another of the top spots in Arizona government.
“The Democrats are fixing their primary election by eliminating any choice on the ballot — and based on today’s field, Democrats have no reason to even vote in their primary,” said Arizona Republican Party Chairman Robert Graham. “Republicans, on the other hand, have a healthy amount of candidates for each and every top office, and the enthusiasm of voters supporting these Republicans is going to translate into a better turnout in the November election.
Graham noted that in the 2012 election the top statewide office was for a U.S. Senate seat, and while Republicans had a vigorous primary contest in that race and saw a 48 percent voter turnout, the Democrats fielded only a single candidate that had been recruited by President Obama. Other Democrats dropped out when Obama recruited Democrat Richard Carmona, who then lost to Jeff Flake. In the Democrat primary, only 36 percent of party voters participated.
"Removing choice from the ballot not only drove down Democrat participation in the primary, but it caused Democrats to fall far behind in the general election — with 83 percent GOP to 75 percent Democrat turnout,” said Graham. “Even Linda Valdez, one of the most liberal journalists in Arizona, recognizes the disastrous effect of the Democrats’ scheme to deny their voters a role in this election."
### WESTERN CONSERVATIVE CONFERENCE 2014
FEBRUARY 21- Dinner 6:00pm – FEBRUARY 22 Conference 9:00am
PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER
Contact Conference Coordinator Lori Klein for sponsorships and information
[email protected] or (602) 315-1737
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Applications for the Class of 2015 are now being accepted!
Greetings!
I am excited to announce the opening of the application process for admittance into
the Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series Class of 2015. This will be our
eighth year of training Republican women and on behalf of the Board of Governors, we
look forward to a new group of applicants as we develop amazing women to lead our
party.
Past class members hold elected office on school boards, in city, county, and state
offices and are candidates for U.S. Congress, the Arizona State Legislature, and
multiple other local offices. Dodie Londen EIPSS graduates are serving as staff
members for elected officials, on campaigns, in party leadership and have been
appointed to local, state, and federal level boards and commissions.
Please feel free to forward this information and encourage those you know to apply.
Applications maybe found online at http://www.dodielonden.com/apply/ and must be
received or postmarked by May 24, 2014.
Sincerely,
Kim Owens, Executive Director
Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series
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The Dodie Londen Excellence in Public Service Series is an IRS 527 non-profit political
organization that is funded solely through the generous contributions of our donors, who
understand and accept the need to develop Republican women for positions of leadership for the
benefit to our state and nation.
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UPCOMING EVENTS…Include
of 3 Constitutional Classes, LD Meetings, Pima County Tea Party
Patriots Meeting – for details and venues, go to
www.pimagop.org/index.cfm/calendar_of_events.htm
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT HEADQUARTERS
IF YOU HAVE 4 HOURS, 1 DAY A WEEK TO HELP OUT AT PIMA
GOP HEADQUARTERS, GIVE STEVE FUENTES A CALL AT
520 321-1492 OR EMAIL [email protected]
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www.azgop.org
www.awindblows.com
www.soaznewsx.com
www.thelastcivilright.org
www.azpowerconsumers.com
www.fairtaxforall.org
http://theprecinctproject.wordpress.com
http://bit.ly/Obamacare-ACA