Lake Conroe Area Republican Women / 2012
Questions about LCARW?
Contact Janis Boulware, President at jboulware@consolidated.net or 936-447-6606 or email info@lcarw.org
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January 19
7:00 PM
Special Evening General Meeting
Candidate Forum
Optional Dinner - 5:50 p.m.
Call Walden Yacht Club for Reservations
936-582-4222
Upcoming Events:
LCARW General Meeting
February 2
Board Meeting
11:30 AM - All Invited
April Sound Country Club
Reservations required for lunch
February 2-3
TFRW Board Meeting - Austin
February 4
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
TFRW Leadership Survival Skills Camp
Sheraton Austin Hotel
Contact Judy Parada for more info or
February 16
7:00 PM
Special Evening General Meeting
Candidate Forum
Optional Dinner - 5:50 p.m.
Call Walden Yacht Club for Reservations
936-582-4222
February 21
9:30 AM
Greater Houston Council Meeting
Nuts & Bolts Training
Sosa Center - Houston
Meet at Walmart in
Montgomery at 8:30 a.m
Thursday - January 19, 2012
Candidate Forum
Free and Open to the Public
7:00 p.m. Walden Yacht Club
Railroad Commission:
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Despite its name, it no longer regulates railroads.
Christi Craddick
Warren Chisum
Greg Parker
Barry Smitherman
Roland Sledge
County Attorney:
A county attorney in many areas of the United Sates is the chief legal officer for a county or local judicial district. It is usually an elected position. The role of the County attorney can be similar to or complementary to that of a local State's Attorney, Commonwealth's Attorney or District Attorney
Gary Beauchamp
J. D. Lambright
Phyllis Rainey
U. S. House of Representatives:
The lower house of the United States Congress, it has 435 members elected from equal population districts, and a single elected non-voting delegate from each of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. It has an equal sttaus with the sente on most matters, but a superior status in tax and spending.
Kevin Brady
Larry Youngblood
9th District Court:
District courts have original jurisdiction in all felony criminal cases, divorce cases, cases involving title to land, election contest cases, civil matters in which the amount in controversary (the amount of money or damages involved) is $200 or more, and any matters in which jurisdiction is not placed in another trial court. While most district courts try both criminal and civil cases, in the more densely populated counties, the courts may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters.
Kelly W. Case
Fred Edwards
Candidates will have the opportunity to give a brief Biography, answer some pertinent questions about the office they are seeking, and there will be a brief wrap up. Nancy Oughton will serve as Time Keeper.
Presidents Message
by Janis Boulware
2012 has come - much sooner than I am ready! Politically, this will surely be an exciting year for conservative voters as we MUST win back our country from the liberal media and politicians trying to tell us how to live our lives. The most important thing we can do is to get behind whichever Republican candidates shake out after the primary and support them completely. ANY conservative is better than who is in charge of things now, agreed?
In this "hopeful" spirit of "change" for 2012, I am making a few scheduling changes to our meetings. Our first two meetings in January and February will be evening candidate forums at 7 PM at Walden Yacht Club so that you can bring along spouses and neighbors, even if they are rose-colored-glasses-wearing-democrats. The candidates invited to speak are Republicans running in contested state and local races. There is no charge to attend the forums. If you'd like to eat dinner at Walden before the meeting (and there is a cost for that!), please go early around 5:30 PM so that you have time to finish eating and head downstairs before the candidates speak. Beginning in March, we will have only lunch meetings for the rest of the year. We have many members who don't like to be out after dark or have conflicting night meetings and attendance seems to drop for the evening gatherings. This year especially, we need informed and engaged voters so I want to make it easy for everyone to attend. I'll also be adding in a door prize for those in attendance (oh boy!). Our regular meetings are held at Walden the third Thursday of the month with social time from 11:30-12 and the meeting and lunch beginning at noon. Once again, there is no charge to attend the meetings unless you would like to eat lunch. Reservations are required for the meals - watch the newsletter for information on how to reserve your spot.
In between general meetings, the executive board consisting of the club's officers and committee chairs meets on the first Thursday of the month at 11:30 AM at April Sound CC. All members are invited to attend these meetings which typically involve lively and entertaining exchanges. This is the group that does all the planning for the year and I encourage you to join us! I am still in need of a chair for the September Literacy Day program (which requires coordination of the book sale and book donations to area schools), someone to chair our Hospitality Greeters for general meetings, a co-chair for our December 6 Christmas party, and another co-chair for the Senior Citizen outreach in Montgomery. It is easy to get helpers for all of these areas - I just need someone to coordinate them! Please let me know if you would like more information or (better yet!) you are ready to take on a committee.
There will be many opportunities this year to volunteer your time by helping out at the county party headquarters, working on our club fundraiser, making Get Out the Vote calls for precinct chairs and candidates, and in various other endeavors. As you make your resolutions for the new year, be sure include a plan for what you can personally do to impact the future direction of our local and national government. Our children and grandchildren deserve that, don't you think?
See you on the 19th,
Janis Boulware
