RNHA of Greater Los Angeles
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UPCOMING REPUBLICAN EVENTS AND MEETINGS

NOTE:  Events are listed for information purpose only.  The RNHA LA does not endorse any group or candidate listed.  Our members and friends are encouraged to review the list and attend those events in which there is an interest.  Please forward the information about any Republican event not already listed  to luis@rnhala.org so we may add it to the list.  All information is accurate as provided.

 Luis Alvarado, Chairman, Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Greater Los Angeles 

 

 

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RECURRING MEETINGS:
36th Assembly District Republican Central Committee
Every Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30pm to 8pm

Survey phoning
Century 21 Yarrow, on 20th Street West, just north of Avenue J-8, Palmdale
Information - AVRepublicanParty@gmail.com
 
Support Sam Blakeslee for Senate District 15 phone banking
Monday through Saturday - 10am to 8pm through August 17
SCV Republican hq, 26523 Carl Boyer Drive, Santa Clarita
(across from Dick's Sporting Goods/next to Game Stop)
Information - lvakay@megwhitman.com
 
DATE SPECIFIC MEETINGS:

 

39th AD RCC Monthly Meeting
Monday, August 2, 7:30pm
Featuring 28th CD Candidate Merlin Froyd
441 Via San Rafael, Sylmar
Information - Roger Eshleman, 818-988-9313

 
38th AD RCC Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, August 3 - 6pm
New Republican hq, 26523 Carl Boyer Drive, Santa Clarita
 
San Fernando Valley Republican Club Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, August 3 - 7pm
Featuring Candidates Mark Reed (CD 27), Merlin Froyd (CD 28) & Chuck Wilkerson (CD 30)
Galpin Ford 2nd Floor Meeting Room, 15555 Roscoe Blvd., North Hills
$5 - information - www.sfvrc.com
 
Phonebank & BBQ for 15th Senate candidate Sam Blakeslee
Tuesday, August 3, 5:30 to 8pm
Drew Mercy's home, 2525 E. Nugent, Lancaster 93535
Info- AVRepublicanParty@gmail.com

 
Meg 2010 Meet and Greet
Wednesday, August 4, 5:30pm
Home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Apodaca in Altadena
Complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres/business attire
No admission fee, please rsvp to twinsok@mac.com

 
Supervisor Don Knabe's Online Townhall
Wednesday, August 4, 6:30pm
http://www.facebook.com/SupervisorKnabe - click play button
Downtown Los Angeles Lincoln Club Monthly Meeting

 

Downtown Los Angeles County Lincoln Club

Thursday, August 5 - NOON


Featuring Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy D. Baca
California Club, 538 S. Flower St., Los Angeles
$35 includes lunch and parking-rsvp srdoug@aol.com
 
Santa Clarita Congress of Republicans Monthly Board and General Meeting
Thursday, August 5, 6:30pm
Mulligan's Restaurant, 25848 Tournament Road, Valencia
 
36th ADRCC Republican Booth, Thursday Night on the Square
Thursday, August 5, 4:30pm

Poncitlan Park38350 Sierra Highway, Palmdale 93550 (at Chimbole Cultural Center)
Information rrortega@pacbell.net

 


Southeast Los Angeles County Lincoln Club

Friday, August 6, 7:30am
Featuring Pollster Steve Kinney
Geezers, 12120 Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs
$25 includes breakfast, rsvp to srdoug@aol.com
 
North LA RNHA Monthly Mixer
Friday, August 6 - 5:30 to 7:30pm

Mojito's, 26876 The Old Road, Valencia
Info/rsvp scv.gop@gmail.com
 
Cerritos Republican Club Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, August 10, 7pm

Featuring Cerritos City Manager Art Gallucci
Skyline Room, Cerritos Library
Information - www.cerritos-republican.org

 

Supervisor Mike Antonovich's Birthday Celebration
Wednesday, August 11,  6pm Cocktails, 7pm Dinner
Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church, 900 W. Lincoln, Montebello 90640
$200 per person - Rsvp and info - 818-905-5420
 
John Stammreich for Senate Silent Auction fundraiser
August 12 - 6-9pm

Featuring Assemblyman Chuck De Vore
Arjay Plaza Bldg., 3rd Floor, 23211 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance
$10 advance/$20 Door-info - www.stammreichforsenate.com

 

Congressman Buck McKeon Job Fair
Friday, August 13, 10am to 3pm
Antelope Valley College Cafeteria, 3041 West Avenue K, Lancaster 93536
Info/rsvp - www.McKeon.House.gov
 
Long Beach RWF Meeting
August 14, 9:30am
Lakewood Country Club, 3103 Carson St., Lakewood
$15 includes breakfast - rsvp Linda 562-427-0464 or toomaj@aol.com

 

Manhattan Beach RWF/Rotary Club of Los Angeles
Friday, August 13, 11:30am
Featuring Michael Reagan
California Club, 538 S. Flower St., Los Angeles 90012
$38 includes lunch + $75.0 aprking at 400 S. Flower-rsvp CarolFineJewelry@gmail..com
 
38th Assembly District Republican Central Committee BBQ
Saturday, August 14, 4-8pm

Featuring Congressman Buck McKeon
Home of Bob & Kathy Kellar, 26166 Ravenhill, Santa Clarita 91321
$75 per person/$125 Couple-rsvp suzettemmartinez@yahoo.com
 
Palos Verdes Republican Assembly
Sunday, August 15, 2:30 - 4:30PM

Featuring Larry Greenfield from the Reagan Legacy Project
Red Onion, 736 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills 90274 (at Roxcove in the Shops at PV Shopping Center)
$25 advance/$30 door includes buffet and non-alcoholic beverage-info/rsvp tjblair62@yahoo.com
 
Republican Registration & Information Booth Antelope Valley Fair
August 20 through 29th

Antelope Valley Fair Grounds, 2551 W. Avenue H, Lancaster 93536
Information/sign up for a shift  - laurenlpotts@gmail.com
 
California Republican Party Fall Convention
August 20-22, 2010

Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego
Information and rsvp Jasmine Megrabyan - 818-841-5210
 
Buck and Ballot Brigade Annual Summer BBQ
Saturday, August 21, 5-8pm

Jeffers Estate, La Canada
$30 per person/$50 Couple
Info/rsvp - information@buckandballot.org
 
Long Beach Young Republicans August Meeting
Tuesday, August 24  -  Details to follow

 

East Valley Republican Center Prager Listening Group
August 25, 7pm
East Valley Republican Center, 200 E. Rowland, Covina
Coffee and soft drinks provided
 
Republican Club of the Foothills/La Crescenta Valley RWF Dinner Meeting
Thursday, August 26, 6:30 to 9:30pm
Featuring Author Steven Maikoski
Home of Paul and Karen Hackett, 1937 Orchard Lane, La Canada 91011
$15 includes catered dinner - rsvp to 818-248-4602
 
Santa Clarita Valley Lincoln Club Monthly Meeting
Friday, August 27, Noon

Featuring Pollster Steve Kinney
Tournament Players Cup, Valencia
Information - srdoug@laclc.org
 
LACFRW Proposition Workshop (November ballot measures)
Saturday, August 28

Details to follow
 
Whittier RWF Summer Fundraiser Party
Saturday, August 28
Private Home in Whittier
Details to follow
 
LACFRW VOTER REGISTRATION:
Saturday, September 4 through Sunday, October 3

LA County Fairgrounds, Pomona
 
LACFRW Board of Directors Fundraiser
CHANGE OF DATE:  Saturday, September 18

Dedicated to the Republican Woman
Palos Verdes Country Club
Information - 562-421-2591
 
East Valley Republican Center Prager Listening Group

September 22, 7pm
East Valley Republican Center, 200 E. Rowland, Covina
Coffee and soft drinks provided
 
Republican Club of the Foothills/La Crescenta Valley RWF Dinner
Thursday, Thursday, September 23,

Featuring 37th Congressional Candidate Star Parker
Location TBA
info/rsvp to 818-248-4602
 
El Monte RWF/Buck and Ballot Brigade/RNHA LA Proposition Workshop
Monday, September 27, 6:30pm No Host Dinner/7pm Program
Featuring Dr. Barbara Stone on the November Ballot Propositions
Bahooka Family Restaurant, 4501 Rosemead Blvd., Rosemead
Information - elmfrw@yahoo.com
 

Today's Headlines

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Can the president boost jobs and the economy between now and Election Day? (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)

President Barack Obama, center, delivers a statement on monthly jobs number, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010,  in Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. From left are, outgoing Council of Economic Advisers Chair Christina Romer, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Small Business Administrator (SBA) Karen G. Mills and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Exclusive to Yahoo! News - With the Democrats' prospects in the upcoming midterm elections sinking with the release of each new bit of bad economic news, President Obama was quick to concede that performance is "not nearly good enough."


Tea Party Express hopes to repeat Alaska win in Delaware Senate primary (The Upshot)
The Upshot - Buoyed by Joe Miller's surprise win in Alaska's Senate GOP primary, the Tea Party Express is hoping to take down another heavily favored Republican incumbent, this time in Delaware. The group plans to spend $250,000 on radio and TV ads to boost Christine O'Donnell, a largely unknown conservative activist who is vying against longtime GOP [...]
Ariz. governor says she was wrong about beheadings (AP)
AP - A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up.
Why Are the Feds Suing Brash Arizona Sheriff? (The Atlantic Wire)

As he attends an unrelated news conference, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio hands back to one of his deputies an Associated Press news report stating the U.S. Justice Department is suing Arpaio saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, in Phoenix.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)The Atlantic Wire -


Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as she hosted the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington\. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.


Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer at a loss for words in first debate (The Upshot)
The Upshot - It's a politician's worst nightmare: Drawing a complete blank in a high-profile debate. That's what happened to Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer, who lost her train of thought during her opening statement during her first televised debate with her Democratic challenger, state Attorney General Terry Goddard. Brewer was in the middle of talking up her [...]
More Dems buck plan to let taxes increase for rich (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2009 file photo, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., conducts a town hall event in Springfield, Va. Chances are fading that Congress will allow taxes to rise, even for the nation's top earners. Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming election, a growing number of Democrats are joining the rock-solid Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's plans to let some of the Bush administration's tax cuts expire.    (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Congress seems increasingly reluctant to let taxes go up, even on wealthier Americans.


Feingold to skip Obama rally in Wisconsin (The Upshot)
The Upshot - President Obama heads to Milwaukee  onMonday, where he'll mark Labor Day at a statewide union event with other local Democratic candidates — except for one. Sen. Russ Feingold, who is facing a tougher-than-expected re-election campaign, is too busy to meet up with Obama this weekend. It's the second time this summer that Feingold has dodged [...]
Cartoonist Conrad dies at 86 (Politico)
Politico - Paul Conrad, a longtime editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times, died Saturday at the age of 86.
AfPak borderline politics (Politico)
Politico - Opinion: The regime in Islamabad must remain committed to peaceful compromise with Afghanistan.
Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes (AP)

Job seekers wait in line to show their resumes to potential employers at a career fair in Denver, Colorado. US unemployment jumped to 9.6 percent in August, the Labor Department said, as most analysts had predicted.(AFP/Getty Images/John Moore)AP - Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections.


Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering (AP)
AP - The Taliban is confronting a serious "cash flow" problem after losing some half of its annual drug trade money to a farming blight and government eradication efforts, a Marine two-star general said Thursday.
Poll: NYers conflicted on mosque near WTC (AP)
AP - A new poll finds New Yorkers are conflicted about the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site, with half of respondents opposed to the project and a majority saying people have the right to build an Islamic center near ground zero.
Obama pledges to work for a thriving middle class (AP)

People watch as Marine One, with President Barack Obama aboard, takes off from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Obama is spending the weekend at Camp David, Md. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A strong economy needs bustling Main Streets and a thriving middle class, not just a healthy stock market, President Barack Obama said in paying tribute to the American worker.


Throw this on the Labor Day grill: tax cuts for small business (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - This Labor Day weekend, the jobs outlook appears about as inviting as leftover potato salad. But President Obama found encouragement Friday in the jobs report for August.
New York Times Endorses Johnson Over Rangel (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - The New York Times on Saturday endorsed one of Rep. Charles B. Rangel's four opponents in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary over the embattled veteran incumbent who is facing a House ethics trial later this month.
South Carolina's Wilson under wider probe for overseas trips (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The congressional ethics investigation of Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., is broader than previously disclosed and goes well beyond his use of $12 in per diem expense money to buy six decorative goblets in Afghanistan last year.
Prospects in Ohio Looking Better for Senate GOP (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Former Rep. Rob Portman (R) and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher (D) have been engaged in a spirited race for the open Ohio Senate seat since emerging from primaries in May. The contest has long been seen as a tossup, but with the trend lines having shifted toward Portman, CQ Politics is moving the race to the less competitive rating of Leans Republican.
Labor, business leaders differ on ways to fix economy (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — With the Labor Day weekend approaching, union leaders and U.S. business interests expressed concerns Thursday about the fragility of the nation's economic recovery. They offered drastically different remedies for fixing the country's woes, however.