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I cannot help but comment on the fact that our meeting is the day after the May 19th election. However, our speakers will be so interesting you will be sorry if you don't make plans to come.
Attorney Brad Dacus who is the founder of Pacific Justice Institute, has agreed to be our morning speaker. During the past eleven years he has taken issue with the ACLU, which constantly gives its opinions as though they are authorities on the culture of the United States especially on our Christian foundations.
Another target of his very astute testimony is the group known as Americans United for Separaton of Church and State. Both organizations try to influence legislation pertaining to religious freedoms and parents' rights. This is our country and we must have our opinions considered as well.
For our afternoon speaker, we are making every effort to obtain Senator George Runner, California, 17th District, serving Northern Los Angeles County to discuss the fiscal problems of the California State Legislators and share his opinions on the best solutions to bring spending under control and the kinds of laws being passed.
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Dearest All,
I wish to start my message to all of you , with a few words of wisdom from President Reagan in 1992, “ American’s best days are yet to come. Our proudest moments are yet to be. Our most glorious achievements are just ahead.”
I believe that can be true for our nation, the world and certainly for all of us ladies and gentlemen of the CPWHRWF as well as the Federation!
It is so fruitful and refreshing to think of these words after the accomplishments achieved this year so far, and there is yet so much more we have planned. As mentioned to those of you who attended the board meeting, as well as the General Meeting, and now directed to everyone as well, heartfelt Thank You to everyone involved in our just recent April 7 2009 Tea Fundraiser. That is, our members, guests and especially coordinators Jackie Russo and Pril Sullivan, Ways and Means, Chairladies as well as all who helped very much to bring this wonderful day to a success. Our Program was one truly to remember, as the “2 For the Show couple” performed with a variety of entertainment from their repertoire to include dancing, singing and attracting. Those of us who were there had wished that the turn-out would have been at its greatest for such a special occasion.
For those of you who attended the April 15 2009 Tea Party near the local city hall, thank you, and please read our own Jan Roper, Americanism chair’s review attached for that evening. I encourage those of you who like and are good on writing reviews and articles to also send them to the LACFRW, CFRW or NFRW newsletter !
With that said, as we are an important club and part of the Federation, those who are not on the board, please consider to attend as you can, the 1st Wednesday’s Southern Division CFRW meeting at the Pomona Valley Mining Co. at 1771 Gillette Road, in Pomona, CA at a cost of $20.00 The meetings challenge continuous Education and good speakers, other programs as well as networking and getting to know other members from other clubs in addition to what we are already doing.
Again, in this message I wish to remind you of the upcoming Wednesday April 29 2009 special EVENING MEETING with MUCH SOCIAL AND A MOVIE, JOHN ZIEEGLER’S “MEDIA MALPRACTICE”,for everyone to include members and associates, honored guests that are otherwise unable to attend always regular general meetings and students ! ( Rated R for dogs and cats, they must stay home)!
A call also comes to you all on the fact, that we have two California elections, May 19 and June 8 2009 coming up ! The 2010 elections and the 2012 elections follow later and remind us that Republican candidates need to be strongly supported.
Our club’s membership is taking a rise, and we are all very pleased.!
We stand at 70 members and 20 associates, thank you Mary Lou Dudzak our membership chair who is doing a great job and to whom we wish only well now as she is recovering from a fall where she injured a bone in the right arm’s elbow. On this very page, we wish further encouragement and good will as well as support to Diane Newton, who is making progress on her condition, but we miss you Diane !
"To the most precious mom's in the world, I wish them an enlightened, happy and full of beautiful flowers Mother's Day !”
I also understand, that Linda Starr our website manager is doing well after a recent illness. We are glad to hear that Linda, and look forward to see you and Gary at the April 29 meeting !
As a follow up to the last month’s message regarding our recently deceased member Irma Smith, 5 of us attended, Mary Hamersen, Pril and husband Will Sullivan, Pat Schwartz and myself and represented our club at a very special memorial service held at the Veteran cemetery chapel on Thursday April 16 2009 at 10:30 AM.
Irma leaves behind beautiful memories of her to us all, and a lovely family who we got to know closer on this day, and who embraced us with them as we all gathered at this service followed by a get together at one of Irma’s favorite place “Coco’s” in Woodland Hills.
Yours always, MaryAnne
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We have 70 members and 20 associate members.
Members renewing are Armineh Chelebian, Barbara Cirks,Geri De Rubertis, Florence Loesch, Janet McCaman. Grazna Newton, MaryCaryl Serritella, and Lorraine Strieby-Gunn.
Associate member renewing is Elly Loeffler. Welcome back Elly. We haven’t seen you since your automobile accident.
ANYONE WANTING TO JOIN shouldmake out a $30 check to CPWHRWF ($15 for Associate members) and mail to Mary Lou Dudzak
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Citizen Reporting on the Van Nuys Tea Party
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“Freedom of assembly” is the individual right to come together with other individuals and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend common interests.
On April 15, over a thousand people (and many CPWHRWF women!) gathered together at the Van Nuys Court House to exercise their right to protest the excessive and reckless spending of Congress and the Obama administration. It was an impassioned evening of friendly, even normal people (or am I supposed to now say “right-wing extremists”) who had come together for a common cause to make our collective voice heard. Before the program began, as folks held their signs high, thousands of cars drove by honking their horns in agreement. What a sight, and how invigorating!
The program kicked off with the Pledge of Allegiance and an acapella “Star Spangled Banner”, and continued with many inspiring speakers. The evening ended with folks being given an opportunity to voice their feelings in one or two sentences on the microphone before throwing their tea bag on the pile. You can view a clip of that memorable ending here: http://digg.com/d1oukN
But Paul Krugman from the New York Times says this: “Republicans have become embarrassing to watch. And it doesn’t feel right to make fun of crazy people.” He also said the tea parties are not an accurate representation of public sentiment. Okay, I guess he would know.
And ACORN spokesman Charles Jackson said, “This is the first we’ve heard of these ‘tea parties’ and, frankly, a gripe-fest by a bunch of conservatives whose preferred economic policies got us in this mess in the first place is of no interest to us.” I see. I guess that’s why ACORN scheduled their own rallies on April 15 “in support of the priorities outlined in President Obama’s budget”. But of course, it was futile for them to try and steal our thunder. In the end, it was reported that over 250,000 people attended tea party protests throughout the country. The conservative message is finally mobilizing!
Well, dear disgruntled Americans, it appears that the kettle is whistling, and whether the mainstream media wants to acknowledge it or not, there is a groundswell beginning that has the potential for something truly fresh and uplifting to emerge. We are beginning to find our voice and define our message, and that blessed 1st Amendment has never been sweeter.
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Our thanks to all who brought items or gave cash contributions toward our annual donation to Haven Hills for the "battered" women and their children who reside (temporarily) in safe and secluded apartments. Not only was there a generous supply of food, but the money from individual members and our club allowed for much needed and requested paper towels, paper cups and plates and toilet paper, along with additional food items to be contributed as well.
Our May general meeting has been chosen as the time for us to collect items and letters to our troops to be presented to Operation Gratitude for their next Patriotic Care Package Drive.You may write letters at home and bring them along or do so at the meeting, as we intend to supply stationery for that purpose.
Remember, all donated items must be new. Bring any of the following items:
Individually packaged items such as nuts, trail mix, beef jerky, trail mix bars, power bars, hotel size bottles of shampoo and body lotion (not soap), CDs and DVDs (all new), AA batteries, etc.
Or you may donate money toward the purchase of additional items.
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April 19, 2009
Sometimes it's harder than other times to suck down my anger over how our city officials carry out their pogrom against the middle class year after year, seemingly oblivious to how their actions subject the poor to generations of poverty, enrich the rich and drive away those who are neither rich nor poor.
Water rate hikes that the City Council rejected unanimously barely a week ago were enacted into the law on Friday with only Janice Hahn and Dennis Zine honest enough to speak the truth or vote with honor against the DWP's latest effort to turn the public's desire for environmental sensitivity into revenue to sustain its bloated payroll.
Starting June 1, residents of single-family homes get a 15 percent cut in their base water allocation and face a 44 percent increase on every drop of water they use above that -- a rate that is 75 percent higher than the base.
Yet, as far as I can tell, apartment owners and businesses and everyone else in LA only need to cut their base rate consumption by just 2.5 percent
The allocation takes into account lot size and other factors so that houses on small lots face the same 15 percent cut as those on giant lots which get roughly twice as much water on their base rate allocation.
At the same time, the DWP is in the process of more or less doubling those on reduced rates to about one-sixth of the total number of households. This is being done without regard to means testing so, for example, people who live in an area where most people are poor all get the reduced rates regardless of income.
Is any of this fair or rational or likely to achieve conservation goals? Does any of it achieve the mayor's stated goal of "re-inventing" LA's middle class (re-inventing because the middle class has been chased away for years) or does it strengthen the message that the real goal of City Hall's policies is get rid of the middle class homeowners replace them and their houses with high-rise slums surrounding luxury enclaves?
LA does have a water shortage, an electricity shortage, a land shortage, a paved streets and sidewalks shortage, a jobs shortage and a budget shortfall so massive that the mayor on Monday will announce he will start selling off pieces of the city like parking revenue, raising fees on the middle class and cutting services just to get through a few more months before the situation worsens.
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April 6, 2009 As printed in The FlashReport
When you buy a pair of shoes, you assume that the price you pay includes the store’s cost for the footwear and a profit margin on top of that. However, when you pay your water bill to a government agency, you do not expect a profit margin to be built into the price. But if you live in Los Angeles, that would be wrong.
The City of Los Angeles has a long standing practice of skimming money off the top of the customers’ water bills.
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association has just concluded a legal case that may put an end to this practice once and for all. In encouraging news for Los Angeles water customers, on March 25th the Los Angeles Superior Court issued a tentative ruling in LA vs. All Persons finding the City’s practice of padding water bills to pay for unrelated City expenses to be unconstitutional.
The city’s padded water bills created an annual multi-million dollar surplus in its water fund, while, adding insult to injury, the city owned Department of Water and Power (DWP) was seeking rate increases. For example, in the 2006-07 fiscal year, the city was set to transfer nearly $30 million from the DWP to the General Fund, to be spent at the Council’s discretion.
However, in 2006, the Supreme Court ruled in Bighorn-Desert View Water Agency v. Verjil that the provisions of Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act -- an initiative sponsored by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association and approved by voters in 1996 -- apply to fees for water service. Proposition 218 requires that fees charged for a property-related service not exceed the cost of providing that service and “not be used for any purpose other than that for which the fee or charge was imposed.”
Judge Kenneth Freeman’s tentative ruling states, “Proposition 218 prohibits the City and its Department of Water and Power from transferring surplus revenue derived from water service fees to the City’s Reserve Fund, General Fund, or any other fund for expenditure on non-water related purposes. The $29,931,300 transfer via resolution number 007-106 and City Ordinance number 178451 is unconstitutional and void.” The Judge ordered that the transferred money be repaid.
The City’s lawyers have 10 days from the issuance of the tentative decision to challenge it, otherwise the decision becomes final. When finalized, this decision will save DWP ratepayers more than $30 million per year at today’s rates … a big win!
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CFRW Opposes ACA 18, (Evans-D) Analysis by Cathy Ritch, Legislative Analyst - Tax and Revenue
The California Constitution requires specified bills, including certain bills making appropriations from the General Fund, and bills making a change in state taxes for the purpose of raising revenue, to be passed in each house of the Legislature by a 2/3 vote. This measure would exempt General Fund appropriations in the Budget Bill from the 2/3-vote requirement.
This bill would, upon approval by the voters, amend the Constitution to reduce from two-thirds to a majority vote to pass the Budget Bill and other budget related bills. It would also reduce the voter requirement for raising taxes statewide from a 2/3 vote to a majority vote.
The current system ensures a budget by consensus while not giving too much power to whichever party is in control of the houses of the legislature. The budget bill, and its trailer bills, are arguably the most important bills heard before the legislature and should represent the conflicting needs and interests of all Californians.
This measure would effectively undo Proposition 218 which requires a 2/3 vote of the people to increase taxes. With a majority vote only and the majority of the state’s voters being Democrat, this is a recipe for ever increasing taxes. A similar proposition (Prop 56) was handily defeated on the March 2, 2004 Ballot (65.7% to 34.3
CFRW Supports SB 295 (Dutton, R-31), revising the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Analysis by Anne Blake, Legislative Analyst - Economy and Jobs
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32 which CFRW opposed) requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt regulations to require the reporting and verification of emissions of greenhouse gases and to monitor and enforce compliance with the reporting and verification program. The state board is required by January 1, 2011, to adopt greenhouse gas emissions limits and emission reduction measures by regulation to achieve the prescribed emission reductions.
This bill would prohibit the state board from beginning to develop regulations until June 1, 2009, and until the state board re-evaluates the costs, and would prohibit the state board from implementing those regulations until the unemployment rate in the state is below 5.8% for 3 consecutive months. The bill would also require the state board to evaluate, and make public, the costs of those regulations. The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
In March, 2009, 59 scientists from around the world added their names to the U.S. Senate Minority Report of dissenting scientists, pushing to 700 the number of skeptical international scientists who dispute that human activity causes global warming. Studies from the Leibniz Institute of Marine Science, the Max Planck Institute of Meteorology, and the University of Wisconsin predict a slowing, or even a reversal of warming, for at least the next 10 to 20 years. The Arctic sea ice has grown more on a percentage basis this winter than it has since 1979. The number of polar bears has risen from 12,000 in 1999 to 15,000 this year. If these scientists are correct in concluding that climate change (warming or cooling) is a result of activities on the sun, placing more burdens on the California economy will cause unemployment and poverty to increase, while doing nothing to cool the earth.
“Greenhouse gas” consists of 98 percent water vapor. If water vapor were not present, the earth would be frozen. Carbon dioxide comprises only 0.04 percent of greenhouse gas, and only 3 percent of that is human caused. We should be more fearful of government regulations destroying our economy than of carbon dioxide.
According to the state Climate Adaptation Strategy, California produces about 1.4 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas, and 6.2 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gases. In order to reduce California’s output of man-made carbon dioxide 25 percent by the year 2020, our state has the most restrictive policies in the world. Congressman Tom McClintock, speaking before the Heartland Institute’s Symposium on Climate Change explained that we could junk every car in California and still not meet the AB 32 mandate.
Some of the major industries in California that will be severely impacted by AB32 mandates are small gas stations, construction, agriculture and electricity providers. SB 295 has been referred to the Committee on Environmental Quality and a hearing is scheduled for April 20th.
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The following came from Gary Aminoff, President of the SFV Republican Club
Limited Government and the 10th Amendment
The 10th Amendment to the Constitution, consisting of just 28 words, reads:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
This is one of the most important amendments to the Constitution. Our Founders were concerned that a Federal Government that did not have limitations would become too powerful, which would lead to an oppressive national goverment and weaken the rights of the States and the people. That is exactly what has happened.
The 10th Amendment, called the Enumerated Powers Amendment, states that only those powers specifically delegated to the Federal Government in the Constitution are the powers it has, and all others are reserved either to the States or to the people.
For 70 years the Federal Government has expanded its powers far beyond those enumerated in the Constitution. One example: The Department of Education. The Federal Government has no Constitutional authority for regulating education. Not only is it not a power enumerated in the Constitution, but education is clearly an area best administered by the States, or the people (parents).
There are many such examples of the unconstitutional overreach of the Federal Government.
H.R. 450, introduced by Republican John Shadegg (R. AZ) and 15 others requires any Act of Congress to contain an explanation of which enumerated power in the Constitution gives the authority for that act. Excerpt:
'Each Act of Congress shall contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act. The failure to comply with this section shall give rise to a point of order in either House of Congress. The availability of this point of order does not affect any other available relief.'
Write to all members of the House of Representatives, especially your own, and urge them to vote for H.R. 450. It is a major deterrent to the unprecedented expansion of the Federal Government.
Urge Congressmen to vote YES on H.R. 450.
Obama to Control the Internet
Senate bills No. 773 and 778, introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., are both part of what's being called the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, which would create a new Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor, reportable directly to the president and charged with defending the country from cyber attack.
I have a copy of a working draft of the legislation. It spells out plans to grant the Secretary of Commerce access to all privately owned information networks deemed to be critical to the nation's infrastructure "without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule or policy restricting such access."
There are three areas where we need to be very concerned, and where it seems to me there might be violations of the Constitution:
First, the White House, through the national cybersecurity advisor, shall have the authority to disconnect "critical infrastructure" networks from the Internet - including private citizens' banks and health records, if Rockefeller's examples are accurate - if they are found to be at risk of cyber attack. The working copy of the bill, however, does not define what constitutes a cybersecurity emergency, and apparently leaves the question to the discretion of the president.
Second, the bill establishes the Department of Commerce as "the clearinghouse of cybersecurity threat and vulnerability information," including the monitoring of private information networks deemed a part of the "critical infrastructure."
Third, the legislation proposes implementation of a professional licensing program for certifying who can serve as a cybersecurity professional.
In layman's terms, what this means is that the White House will have the power to shut down the internet if there is a "cybersecurity emergency." A cybersecurity emergency isn't defined and is left to the discretion of the President. Which means that whenever there is information coming across the internet that is unfavorable to the President, he would have the power to declare a "cybersecurity emergency."
This is a very dangerous power to give to the President and the Administration. Having the power to control the internet is a way for the Party in power to control free speech, under the guise of declaring a cybersecurity emergency.
Urge your Senators, and others, to vote NO on S.B. 773 and S.B. 778.
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We can lose some very big games with this rookie.
NationalReviewOnline, March 31, 2009
Someone once said that, for every rookie you have on your starting team in the National Football League, you will lose a game. Somewhere, at some time during the season, a rookie will make a mistake that will cost you a game.
We now have a rookie president of the United States, and, in the dangerous world we live in, with terrorist nations going nuclear, just one rookie mistake can bring disaster down on this generation and generations yet to come.
Barack Obama is a rookie in a sense that few other presidents in American history have ever been. It is not just that he has never been president before. He has never had any position in any kind of organization where he was personally responsible for the outcome.
Other first-term presidents have been governors, generals, Cabinet members, or others in positions of personal responsibility. A few have been senators, like Barack Obama, but usually for longer than Obama, and not having spent half their few years in the Senate running for president.
What is even worse than making mistakes is having sycophants telling you that you are doing fine when you are not. In addition to all the usual hangers-on and supplicants for government favors that every president has, Barack Obama has a media that will see no evil, hear no evil, and certainly speak no evil.
They will cheer him on, no matter what he does, short of first-degree murder — and they would make excuses for that. Even Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan has gushed over President Obama, and even crusty Bill O’Reilly has been impressed by Obama’s demeanor.
There is no sign that President Obama has impressed the Russians, the Iranians, or the North Koreans, except by his rookie mistakes — and that is a dangerous way to impress dangerous people.
What did his televised overture to the Iranians accomplish, except to reassure them that he was not going to do a damn thing to stop them from getting a nuclear bomb? It is a mistake that can go ringing down the corridors of history.
Future generations who live in the shadow of that nuclear threat may wonder what we were thinking about, putting our lives — and theirs — in the hands of a rookie because we liked his style and symbolism?
In the name of “change,” Barack Obama is following policies so old that this generation has never heard of them — certainly not in most of our educational institutions, where history has been replaced by “social studies” or other politically correct courses.
Seeking deals with our adversaries, behind the backs of our allies? The French did that at Munich back in 1938. They threw Czechoslovakia to the wolves and, less than two years later, Hitler gobbled up France anyway.
This year, President Obama’s attempt to make a backdoor deal with the Russians, behind the backs of the NATO countries, was not only rejected but made public by the Russians — a sign of contempt and a warning to our allies not to put too much trust in the United States.
Barack Obama is following a long practice among those on the left of being hard on our allies and soft on our enemies. One of our few allies in the Middle East, the Shah of Iran, was a whipping boy for many in the American media, who vented their indignation at his regime — which now, in retrospect, seems almost benign compared to the hate-filled fanatics and international-terrorism sponsors who now rule that country.
However much Barack Obama has proclaimed his support for Israel, his first phone call as president of the United States was to Hamas, to which he has given hundreds of millions of dollars, which can buy a lot of rockets to fire into Israel.
Our oldest and staunchest ally, Britain, has been downgraded by President Obama’s visibly unimpressive reception of British prime minister Gordon Brown, compared to the way that previous presidents over the past two generations have received British prime ministers. President Obama’s sending the bust of Winston Churchill from the White House back to the British embassy at about the same time was either a rookie mistake or another snub.
We can lose some very big games with this rookie.
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Ron Nehring, Chairman of the California Republican Party, says,
“In less than two months Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi are doing more to destroy the American Dream than any two Democrat leaders in U.S. History!
“With the passage of the $787 billion ‘recovery’ package – which is more reckless spending than real stimulus – we have realized our worst nightmare: unchecked power in the hands of liberal Democrats.
“Their agenda was clear from the start – to expand the role of government in ways never imagined. “But it’s worse than that.
“They want to rob you of money you have earned – money that rightfully belongs to you.”
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UNITED STATES PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington D.C. 20500
(202) 456-1414 Comments at (202) 456-1111 fax at (202 456-2461
www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (213) 897-0322
State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814 fax (213) .897-0319
governor@governor.gov
U.S. SENATORS
Diane Feinstein (D) (310) 914-7300
11111 Santa Monica Blvd #915, Los Angeles, CA 90025
331Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. 20510 202) 224-3841
www.Feinstein.senate.gov
Barbara Boxer (D) (213) 894-5000
312 N, Spring St., Ste 1748, Los Angeles, CA 90012 fax (213) 894-5012
112 Hart Senate Office Bldg, Washington D.C. 20514 (202) 224-3553
www.boxer.senate.gov
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
27th Brad Sherman (D) (818)501-9200
5000Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
sherman.personal@mail.house.gov
28thHoward Berman(D) (818) 891-0543
10200 Sepulveda Blvd., #300, Mission Hills, CA 91345
Howard.Berman@mail.house.gov
30th Henry Waxman (D)………………………………………...(818) 878-7400
8436 W. Third St. #600, Los Angeles, CA 90048
www.house.gov/waxman/
CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
17th George Runner (R) ………………………………………..….(661) 729-6232
848 W. Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA 93534
19th Tony Strickland (R) (805 494-8808
223 E Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste 400, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
State Capitol Room 3070, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 445-8873
20th Alex Padilla (D) (818) 901-5588
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., 400, Van Nuys, CA 91401
23rd Fran Pavley (D) (310) 441-9084
10951 W. Pico Blvd. #202, Los Angeles, CA 90064
State Capitol, Room 4032, Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 445-1353
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY
37th Audra Strickland (R)……………………………………..(805) 230-9167
2659 Townsgate Road, #236, Westlake Village, CA 91361
38th Cameron Smyth (R) (661) 286-1565
23734 Valencia Blvd., #303, Santa Cclarita,CA 91355 State Capitol, Room 4153, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 319-2038
40 Bob Blumenfield (D) (818) 904-3840
6150 Van Nuys Blvd., #300, Van Nuys, Ca 91401
State Capitol, Room 6011, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 319-2040
41st Julia Brownley (D) (818) 596-4141
6355 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Ste. 205, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
State Capitol, room 5144, Sacramento, CA 94249 (916) 319-2041
LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Central Office, 500 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
3rdZev Yaroslavsky(D) (818) 880-9416
26500 W. Agoura R., Calabasas, CA 91302
5th Michael D. Antonovich ( R )…………………………………. (818) 993-5170
…………21943 Plummer Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311
fifthdistrict@lacbos.org
LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL
City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
3rdDennis Zine(R) (818) 756-8848
19040 Vanowen St., Reseda, CA 91335
counvilmember.zine@lacity.org
12thGreig Smith (R) (818) 886-5210
18917 Nordhoff St., #18, Northridge, CA 91324
councilmember.smith@lacity.org
LOS ANGELES CITY MAYOR
Antonio Villaraigosa (D) (818) 778-4990
City Hall, 200 N. Spring Street,, Room 303, Los Angeles, CA 90012
City Hall, 14410 Sylvan Street, Van Nuys, CA 91411
mayor@lacity.org
CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY
1903 w. Magnolia Blvd. Burbank, CA 91506 (818) 841-5210
alternate phone (714) 893-8004
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN (LACFRW)
NANCYY EISENHART, PRESIDENT………………….(818) 389-0423
P.O. BOX 8995, CALABASAS, CA 91372-8995
nwrepublicanwoman@yahoo.com
Los Angeles Federation of Republican Women
www.lacfrw.org
User name: lacfrw Password: bush
Join LACFRW on Facebook. We've started a new group which can be found at www.facebook.com Please invite your Republican friends to join, be they Federated or not, If you are not already on FACEBOOK, you will need to register, a simple process. Join in the conversation.
California Federation of Republican Women Southern Division
www.cfrwsoutherndivision.org
User name: sodiv Password: sunny
California Federation of Republican Women
www.cfrw.org
User name: cfrw Password: ULC2hK
National Federation of Republican Women
www.nfrw.org
User name: federation Password: 1938nfrw
NFRW Spring 2009 magazine now on-line
WEBSITES FOR CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION
www.ReaganAction.com
www.majoritynext.org
This is Austin Dragon’s website that he told us about at the March 2009 meeting
Want to know where the stimulus money is going? Check the website….
http://www.stimuluswatch.org/project/by_state
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Some spaces on the bus are still available
Join the Canoga Park/West Hills Republican Women Federated
On a Tour of the CAMULOS RANCH in Piru
The present 1,800 acre Camulos Ranch was established by Ygnacio del Valle in 1853. Rancho Camulos is the only National Historical Landmark in Ventura County.
It is also the only early Rancho in California in its original rural setting and the "Home of Ramona" from Helen Hunt Jackson's famous novel. Camulos was the home of the early Californio del Valle family, obtained as a Mexican land grant in 1839 until 1924 when it was acquired by the current owners, the Rubel family. Both families have preserved this slice of early California history for the public.
Tour Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009
Time: bus to leave promptly at 9:00 a.m.so get there a little earlier to check in
Meet at: - Parking lot behind City Councilman Dennis Zine's office, 19040 Vanowen St., Reseda.
Cost: $25 per person
The Rancho consists of a number of buildings, a separate kitchen building called a “cocina”, chapel, barn, winery, schoolhouse, bell structure, fountain, aviary, grape arbor, fishpond, etc. We will have a docent tour of some of the buildings and gardens and view a 10 minute silent film version of "Ramona." There is an interesting gift shop that includes books of and about the featured subject.
Lunch included: Picnic box lunch on the grounds. Choice of sandwich includes: roast beef, ham, or turkey
Return to Valley: around 4 – 4:30 p.m.
Make a reservation through the "contact us" section of this website.
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