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5-Jan-2009

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My favorite cartoon from the 2008 campaign:

Important Dates:

20-Jan-2009: Inauguration Day. Say goodbye to George W. Bush and Hello to Barack H. Obama.
05-Feb-2009: Boulder County Republican Party Central Committee Meeting: 6:00PM at the Longmont Public Library (4th and Emery) in Meeting rooms A, B, and C. This is an organizational meeting held every odd-numbered year, where we elect party officers. Do you think that the GOP is on the wrong track? It needs new direction? Then get involved! NOTE: you must be credentialed as a precinct committeeperson or other party officer to vote or make motions. Each state senate, judicial and state representative district that lies wholly within the county also has a committee with a Chairman, Vice-Chairman and a Secretary. Elected County officers are:

County Chairman
Vice-Chairman (3 of them)
Secretary
State or Congressional District Bonus member (8 of them)

12-Feb-2009: Boulder County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. This is our annual fund raiser, and the date is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President. Check out the new 1-cent coin designs!

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Other Helpful Links:
2010 Candidate Directory from Rocky Mtn. Right

The Four Basic Principles of the Republican Party:

(The Party For All The People)

Protect the rights of the individual.
Protect the free enterprise system.
Reduce government to the lowest practical level.
Endorse and practice fiscal responsibility.

The Democratic party does not appear to have any principles:

It is the party of group entitlements.
It is the party of stifling regulations.
It endorses a government program to solve any problem.
It is the party of borrow, tax and spend

My Old Berthoud Page

I live in Precinct #4171107182, in Longmont, Colorado.

the 4 means 4th congressional district

the 17 means 17th state senate district

the 11 means 11th state representative district

the 07 means Boulder County

It is these districts which the legislature has the responsibility to define. The judiciary tried to usurp this power a few years ago.

If you live in this precinct, you are probably served by the following elected officials:

Map	Office/Name	Photo	Contact


	Mayor, City of Longmont Roger Lange (R)		(303) 772-0065 Email: roger_lange@qwest.net Roger was elected to a first 2-year term as mayor in 2007.
	Longmont City Council Member, Ward I Brian Hansen (D)		(303) 847-7186 Email: council_hansen@hotmail.com Brian was elected to a first 4-year term in 2007.
	Boulder County commissioner District-2 Ben Pearlman (D)		commissioners@co.boulder.co.us Board of County Commissioners Boulder County Courthouse P.O. Box 471 Boulder, CO 80306 303-441-3500
	Colorado State Representative, District 11 JOHN "JACK" POMMER (D)		Note how the house districts are gerrrymandered so that the Longmont vote is split into three districts and mixed with left-wing Boulder, in order to favor the Democrat party. Interesting testimony at the redistricting hearings. http://www.hd11.org/ http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/house/members/hou11.htm jack.pommer.house@state.co.us 200 E. Colfax, Denver, CO 80203 Phone: (303)866-2780 He was elected to a 4th term in 2008.
	Colorado State Senate, District 17 Brandon Shaffer (D)		Brandon's blog page http://www.knowledgemessenger.com/prod/default.asp?app=brandonshaffer&hdr=no brandon.shaffer.senate@state.co.us The Capitol Building Denver, CO 80203 Phone: (303) 866-5291 Fax: (303) 866-4543
	Colorado Governor Bill Ritter (D)		Governor.ritter@state.co.us (303) 866-2471 http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/governor_office.html Bill was elected in 2006.
	U.S. Congressman District 4 Betsy Markey (D)		http://betsymarkey.house.gov/Contact/ Betsy was elected to Congress in 2008.
	U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D)		http://bennet.senate.gov/contact/ Ken Salazar was elected in 2004, after serving as Colorado attorney-general, where he sued his own employer for partisan political gain. Since he was asked to serve as Secretary of the Interior in the Obama Cabinet, Governor Ritter appointed former Denver Public Schools Superintendent Michael Bennet to fill the last two years of his term (2009-2010).
	U.S. Senator Mark Udall (D)		http://markudall.senate.gov/?p=contact Mark was elected as Senator in 2008, after serving several terms in Congress.
	U.S. President Barack H. Obama (D)		president@whitehouse.gov White House: 202-456-1414 He was elected in 2008, after serving part of a Senate term.

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Disclaimer: the opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the official position of any elected official, any political party, or even myself. They are thoughts, freely expressed in a society where this is constitutionally protected, and often tolerated.

"... for me it's humiliating to vote for Kerry, because I don't respect him; but I would -- I will -- it's unpleasant, it's like killing a big rat that is running around your apartment. It must be done. But you're not proud of it." actor and playwright Wally Shawn, 21 Oct, 2004 on Democracy Now

"Conservatives think liberals are stupid.

Liberals think conservatives are evil.

... Liberals who have no head (see above)

believe that conservatives have no heart."

-- Charles Krauthammer

Political parties use abbreviations ... for example "GOP" which stands for Group of Old People, and "DEMO" which stands for Demolition. (Pat Paulson)

The difference between the parties is that the Republicans don't want to spend any money, and the Democrats want to spend other people's money. (Jim Zawor)

Both parties claim to be superior in their ideology--the Democrats in compassion; the Republicans in morality. (Russ Josephson)

We want a society where people are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. This is what we mean by a moral society, not a society where the state is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the state. (British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher)

My favorite cartoon from the 2004 campaign:

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