Happy New
Year to all members and friends of Santa Monica Republican Women!
THIS
YEAR SMRWF
has been a rebel with a CAUSE! Thanks to FLAME restaurant which never had a
mask mandate, social distancing or a cap on our numbers, we only kept growing
and getting better as the year went on. OUR
CLUB RECEIVED TWO AWARDS of which I am very proud at the State
Convention.
- The first is for
Membership. Because of people like you we received the membership
award for the second highest increase in membership in the state.
- The second award we received is
very special. Member Sylvia Greer was inspired to create an outreach
to the businesses which were looted and burned in the Santa Monica Riots
last year as well as recognizing first responders – Santa Monica Police
and Fire Departments with a gift. AS A RESULT SMRWF was the state winner
of the Caring for America Award - REPUBLICAN
WILLINGNESS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY. It’s not all politics where you can make a difference.
SOME
OF THE HIGHLIGHTS of 2021 ARE Townhall
Senior Columnist Kurt Schlichter was our featured and favored speaker in March at
our St. Patty’s Day luncheon. We
honored Courageous Conservative College Students in June,
UCLA Bruin President Sam Roth and former IDF member Samantha Sharpe. Our special guest speaker was our first Courageous Conservative Winner –
Natalie Winters. She specializes in subversive Communist China just as
a sophomore in college and is a regular reporter on Steve Bannon’s War room Our
Club worked hard on all the recalls, holding phone banking for Recall Gavin
2021, door to door for Gascon and Mike Bonin. Mike Netter, Siannah Boute,
and Eric Early were guest speakers came to rally and arm the troops at our July dinner
meeting. September brought our Summer’s Not Over Dinner Affair at the Luxe
Hotel. Our guest of honor was LA County
Sheriff Alex Villanueva. He received a standing ovation when
he walked to the stage. October – was a very important meeting with Dr. Simone Gold of
America’s Frontline Doctors who spoke on our medical freedom and civil
liberties as we approached the vaccine passport mandate. My Word for our Club,
Members and Friends in 2022 is FREEDOM! We
are in a fight for our country…and most citizens are unaware of the destructive
agenda of the left. We have to work together to preserve our FREEDOMS –
Educate others that these issues are OUR GOD GIVEN CONSTITUIONAL RIGHTS.
As Rand Paul said the Constitution was not written to restrain citizen’s
behavior it was written to restrain the Government’s behavior. We must be steadfast in the fight for freedom, but we must
also be joyful in the fight. This past year as noted above, we held many events
demonstrating our desire to uplift each other while having fun as we
engage in the fight for freedom in our various ways. We
Deserve the
- FREEDOM TO CHOOSE – such as our
medical freedom, vaccinations including our children.
- FREEDOM TO
TRAVEL – and not just regarding Covid restrictions, but California wants
to track our mileage and tax us for road usage.
- ECONOMIC
FREEDOM - relieve business from undue restraints and ease taxes so
the wealthy can put money back into the economy.
- FREEDOM OF
SPEECH – Cancel Culture and Doxing
- FREEDOM TO
GATHER IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE – restaurants, playgrounds, sports stadiums,
even our own homes.
- FREEDOM TO
HAVE FAIR ELECTIONS – besides election fraud we need to get rid of the
jungle primary to have fair and balanced elections in California
- FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION – PUBLIC FORUMS SUCH AS FACEBOOK, TWITTER should be just
that. Public without fear of the censorship and the thought police.
- FREEDOM TO
WORSHIP – Shutting down churches while pot shops stayed open.
- FREEDOM TO BEAR ARMS – The
right to protect ourselves and for Police Officers to have the ability
to protect us.
Stay tuned
for our schedule in 2022. We will have great speakers, mixers at Busby’s
Sports Bar and ramp up our Campaign Headquarters for the Mid-Term elections in
2022. There are plenty of ways for you to be involved. We will see
you soon, and I do hope you had a blessed Holiday and Happy New Year.
Sincerely
Yours, Pat
Peterson
President
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