It’s time to Vote, Election Day is Nov 6th.

 

If you are registered to vote, you should have received your ballot by 10/25 (Thursday). If you did not receive it please contact the San Juan County Elections Office. Phone: 360-378-3357. Talk to Carlys or Camolyn.

Voter’s Guide (PDF)

Voter’s Guide (online version)

Sample Ballot

Looking for rules about political signs? Try MRSC “Regulating Non-Commercial Temporary Signs During Election Season”

Contact your PCO or a party leader if you have questions: http://sjcrp.org/about/your-pcos/ 

 

Election Observers Needed

November 1, November 6, at 9 a.m.  and November 7 at 11 a.m.

email me: sjcrpchair@gmail.com

 

SJC Republican Party Endorsements

Candidates

US Senator: Susan Hutchison (prefers Republican)

40th Leg State House: Michael Petrish (prefers Republican)

Initiatives 

I 940: Police Training and Criminal Liability — vote NO

I 1631: Carbon Emissions Fee: — vote NO

I 1634:  Prohibit Local Taxes on Groceries measure  — vote YES

I 1639:  Changes to Gun Ownership and Purchase Requirements — vote NO

Proposition 1:  Affordable Housing Real Estate Excise Tax — vote NO

More information on Initiatives is available from the 10/3 newsletter found here. Sorry about the website formatting, the emails don’t convert very well — but the information is there.

 

Now for the harder races: Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney…

 

The number one question party leadership gets asked is the sheriff and prosecuting attorney. The SJC Republican Party has endorsed none of the candidates. Anybody who tells you there is a clear conservative choice is just wrong.

There are many Republicans who feel strongly about each of the candidates. After the debate last Saturday those who were present discussed each of the races. This was one that generated a lot of airtime.

The Opioid crisis. The handling of a bad apple police investigator. Abby Finney’s wrongful death. Facebook time. Sheriff’s guild endorsements. Photoshopped candidate photo. Political signs. Police dogs. Lying to the council. If you have been following the local news you know how each of these issues have impacted BOTH contests. I’m not going to lay them all out.

Bad things happen in this world, some of them because of other people — that’s why we have a Sheriff and a Prosecuting Attorney. Here’s the biggest question: do you think each challenger (Nick Power and Jeff Asher) would have done a better job in dealing with each controversial issue?

If you do, then vote for change. If not, don’t.

You can read what some other conservatives are saying below.

 

… And Now for the Down Ballot Races

 

These are not official endorsements of the Republican Party. Few people have strong feelings about these candidates, but I asked some people to help me do research and here is what we got.

Judicial Court of Appeals Div. 1, District 3:  Tom Seguine  

Tom is the former chairman of the Skagit County Republican Party, but he is also very qualified.

• Over 28 years Practicing Attorney in northwest Washington.
• 17 years as Prosecutor in Skagit, San Juan, and Whatcom Counties.
• 10 years private practice, mixed litigation of civil and criminal cases.
• Litigated close to 50 appellate matters since 2007 in private practice.

Read more about Tom in the voter’s guide or on his website here.

District Court Judge:  Steve Brandli 

His opponent Carolyn Jewett is very young. She’s endorsed by the democrats. As one Republican said, “she still uses experiences from college to answer questions.” That said, she was relatively nice when I emailed with her, I’m not saying she’s a horrible person, just that she’s liberal and maybe too young for this job.

Steve Brandli is:

• 55 years old
• Graduated University of Washington School of Law, top 5% of class
• 12 years practicing law in San Juan County
• Former Deputy Prosecutor for San Juan County District Court
• 10 years in private practice handling civil and criminal cases
• 2 years as a public defender

Read about Steve in the voter’s guide or on his website here.

WA State Supreme Court Position 8 –

Honestly, Nathan Choi is going to get votes from Republicans because he is right wing and not funded by the left, but he does seem “out there” to me.

From HIS website: “It has recently been brought to Nathan Choi that he is being called a conspiracy theorist.  Nathan Choi stands by his position that the Titanic was intentionally sunk so that the “Creature from Jekell Island” would be enacted.  That creature being the Not so Federal Reserve.” https://www.nathanchoiforjudge.org/conspiracy-theorist/ 

Read about Nathan in the voter’s guide or on his website here.

On the other hand, his opponent is a current Supreme Court justice on one of the most wildly left-wing courts in the country. He is funded by the left.

Read about Steve in the voter’s guide or on his website here.

So, not great. This is why our state keeps having crazy court rulings.

 

Let’s Hear from Some Conservative Voices —

 

Cindy’s Picks

Long Answer:

US Rep:  Brian Luke – Not really endorsing the Libertarian, but way better than gone extremist Rick Larson.  Seems he no longer feels the need to appear to be a moderate.  Democrats are working on taking the House so they can impeach Trump.  They will do anything to get those proceedings started, even though President Trump has done an amazing job with international relationships, bringing jobs back to the US and strengthening our economy.  We need to keep the D’s from being in charge of the House!

Judicial Court of Appeals Div. 1, District 3:  Tom Seguine  Tom Seguine is not an activist judge…he will rule impartially as he has always done.  His opponent seems to be working to change the laws through judicial activism.  This is not the way our Constitution, both state and federal, is set up.  Vote for Tom Seguine to maintain our Constitution and the law of the land.

Prosecuting Attorney:  Nick Power?  Randy Gaylord’s office does not want to prosecute drug offenders, to the point where they would not even consider the case on Lopez until the Lopezians got involved and insisted.  Nick Power is a wild card….having done many things that have angered both conservative and liberal county citizens.  Would it be worth it to get rid of one for the other? We will never know unless we try, and we know what we will get if we don’t.  I recommend a vote for change!!!

Sheriff:  Ron Krebbs Ron has done an excellent job the past 4 years, gaining the respect of deputies and undersheriffs and county citizens alike.  There is some fuss in the newspapers about some disgruntled former employees and some emotional distress, but Ron is, as one citizen of the county put it, the best sheriff we have had in years!!!  So true.  Uzek Susal, well known for his straight up work on Orcas, verified in the Islands’ Sounder that 22 of the people who know the sheriff and work for him, endorse Ron Krebbs.  One endorsed his opponent…probably himself.  Vote for Ron Krebbs to keep a really great sheriff.

District Court Judge:  Steve Brandli  this is such an open and shut case it should not even be a contest.  If you look at their experience, Steve Brandli has all of the necessary experience that is needed to be a qualified judge.  His opponent is fresh out of college and currently employed by the very agency who will be coming to her for cases, the county Prosecuting Attorney’s office.  This is an easy pick, vote for Steve.

A Prayer for Christians to Vote

Courtesy of Sandra Frinell

“Dear Father, I do not take lightly what You have done for our nation. I appreciate not only the right but the privilege I have to vote. I pray that I, as well as others, will use that privilege wisely, seeking Your will as we consider the qualifications of those for whom we are to vote”

—Pray for Our Nation, by Keith and Megan Provance

From one of our Members.  Please consider taking the survey —

“We are asking you to participate in this survey. The survey asks about your views on youth substance use in the community. We will use this information to help us understand your thoughts and feelings, in order to better serve youth in our community.

This survey is anonymous. We will not know who you are or which responses are yours. Your responses will be kept confidential and will be reported only in the aggregate (combined with other responses).

This survey is voluntary. That means you can skip any question or stop the survey at any time. The survey will take about 15 minutes.”

English Version Here | Version en español aquí

Silly Protestors Bring Attention to the Awesome Republican Fair Booth.

What a hoot!The fair provided a great way for us to connect with other conservatives in our county. We also met conservatives from Canada, Virginia and the Midwest US. Our booth provided a Make America Great Theme as we  provided patriotic conversation and take home items.Much attention was given to the cotton candy Trump Hair that we passed out to kids and adults. I estimate over 100 pocket US Constitutions are now in the hands of young and old who came to our booth.

As we delivered our message of patriotism and conservative American values protests came in various ways. One man now has a police report filed against him for being verbally abusive and intimidating. This photo of silly protestors shows how adolescent adults can behave. What was their point? Really how intimidating can you be standing there holding your fair food take out container? If you recognize people in this photo you may want to advise them appropriately.

Well we all had a blast of a time. Our cardboard Trump has been photographed and hugged. OK once it was punched but we defended him before he was hurt. He was then sold for a nice donation to our party. Yea!

Thanks to all the hard work and patience of our volunteers. You held our purpose up proudly and with dignity.

Sincerely,
Michelle Loftus

From Family Research Center online—www.frc.org

Want to make more for doing less? Ask Planned Parenthood how. The abortion giant is sitting on piles of cash according to their latest annual report — and not because they earned it! It was a record year for abortions and profits, but not much else. And in the middle of the biggest fight over their funding in a decade, Planned Parenthood’s 35-page document may have just made conservatives’ case for them.

Services for women are down across the board — except for one area: abortion. While the “vital medical care” plunged, the group’s primary moneymaker raked in more than ever. It was one of the bloodiest years in the organization’s history, making the Memorial Day release of the report an eerie irony. Somehow, Cecile Richards still manages to keep a straight face when she says abortion is a tiny fraction of Planned Parenthood’s business, but, as National Review points out, “this tired, bogus statistic has been debunked numerous times — including by left-leaning outlets like Slate and Washington Post. Despite repeating the three percent statistic, the new report lists 328,348 abortions in the U.S. during the 2015-16 fiscal year, up nearly 5,000” over the previous year.

In one of the biggest shocks of the report, abortions now outnumber basic breast exams for the first time in Planned Parenthood’s history. That’s not difficult to believe since overall health screenings have dropped by half since 2011. Cancer exams, the go-to talking point for Planned Parenthood’s defenders, are down a whopping 16,974 at Richards’s clinics. Of course, the number of mammograms performed at Planned Parenthood stayed the same: zero. Even contraception counseling, the group’s bread-and-butter, fell by 136,244. They even saw 100,000 fewer patients than the year before!

But even though business slumped, government aid certainly didn’t. Once again, taxpayers chipped in the lion’s share of Richards’s budget, forcing Americans into a reluctant partnership to keep the killing machine afloat. For the fourth time in as many years, Richards’s “nonprofit” is celebrating more than a billion dollars in total revenue — and almost half of it came courtesy of U.S. taxpayers. For all of Planned Parenthood’s scandals (including the latest), it still managed to squeeze $554.6 million out of federal, state, and local governments. Instead of putting the financial hurt on the group for its possible criminal activities, politicians rewarded it. And judging by its $77 million profit, the organization hardly needed the money!

Although the group’s overall services dramatically dropped, there is one area that never slows down for Planned Parenthood: political activism. Thanks to taxpayers’ reluctant contributions, Richards was able to free up millions to influence public policy. In the last three election cycles, Planned Parenthood’s political arms sank $38 million into electing candidates who will multiply their financial investment and send it back once they’re elected. Although the money comes from different accounts, it’s the same abortion cartel. Meanwhile, talk about a great investment! Richards only has to funnel $13 million a year into liberal campaigns for a $550 million return in taxpayer funds!

If there is a silver lining, it’s that the timing of the report couldn’t be worse for Richards. Like us, she knows the 35-page document will only fuel the GOP’s determination to pull the plug on Planned Parenthood. “This sham organization’s focus is increasingly on higher abortion numbers and higher profits,” FRC’s Arina Grossu argued. “Why are we continuing to hand over half a billion dollars in taxpayer money to an organization that kills America’s unborn children at record rates while lining their pockets with more than $77 million in profit? The time to defund Planned Parenthood is now. It’s time to redirect the funds to community health centers that provide comprehensive and holistic care to women and children.”

That’s exactly what Republicans are trying to do in the latest version of the American Health Care Act. Under the House plan, Richards’s group would stand to lose a huge slice of its Medicaid funding (80 percent) – which happens to be one of the bill’s biggest selling points. In polling just released by Kaiser Family Foundation, the provision gutting Planned Parenthood’s annual haul from taxpayers is the third most popular piece of the legislation among Republicans. Forty-five percent of GOP voters would be more likely to support the plan if it put Planned Parenthood on the financial chopping block. And that was before the Center for Medical Progress released its latest video exposing just how little the organization is actually doing for women. No doubt the push will be even more popular now that Americans are getting an honest look at the group’s realservices.

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