The East Providence Republican City Committee will be holding a “Meet the Candidates” Breakfast Forum on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at the landmark STAR DINER, at 140 Newport Avenue, in the Rumford section of East Providence. The event is scheduled to begin at 9:30 AM.
The purpose of this forum is to provide an opportunity for the members of our own committee, as well as members of the public, an opportunity to hear directly from and to question our candidates for statewide and local office in an enjoyable and casual setting.
In addition, we will be discussing our ambitious objectives for the 2010 election cycle, and how we plan to achieve them. We also hope to recruit some candidates for state and local office in the process. If you are even remotely considering a run for office in EP, or want to help out candidates who are running, we want you to be there on the 13th!
THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND. This is a forum, not a fundraiser (that’s coming on April 29th). However, we want to highly encourage attendees to order something off of the Star Diner’s great breakfast menu. Of course, we will not turn away any donations, but do not feel obligated to make one. This is going to be a fun and informative event. Any Republican is welcome to join us. RSVP is appreciated.
If you are a registered Republican in East Providence, but are not already a member of the city committee, and you become a committee member on the 13th, EPGOP Chair Bob Carlin will personally pick up the cost of your meal (yes, really!).
Several East Providence office holders will be speaking, including E.P. Assistant Mayor Robert Cusack and E.P. School Committee Vice-Chair Steve Santos. In addition to Bob and Steve, several candidates have already confirmed their attendance, including, but not limited to:
John Robitaille, candidate for RI Governor
Erik Wallin, candidate for RI Attorney General
Thomas Clupny, candidate for RI General Assembly
Richard Rodi, candidate for RI General Assembly
John Amaral, candidate for EP School Committee
Doreen Costa, RIGOP candidate fundraising
Sean Gately, RIGOP candidate recruitment
We expect other confirmations over the coming days, so check back soon. We hope you will be able to make it to this “first for us” kind of event. If it works out well, we just may make a habit of it!
Any inquiries can be directed to Chairman Bob Carlin at 345-6608 or chair [at] epgop [dot] org or Treasurer Will Ricci at treasurer [at] epgop [dot] org . We hope to see you on the 13th! Thank you.
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Michael Steele: Obama Goes Nuclear
With no hope of reaching the 60-vote threshold necessary for a Senate victory and the American public growing increasingly against the Obama’s government-run takeover of health care bill, the President has decided that reconciliation is the only way he can get ObamaCare across the finish line and onto his desk.
Forget that 57% of Americans want him to start over on this bill. Forget that he doesn’t even have the 60 necessary “yes” votes from his own Party to pass this bill. The President is willing to do anything possible to force this bill through Congress – because instead of worrying about what the American people want, he’s more concerned with his imposing his own agenda.
What President Obama fails to recognize is that while reconciliation has been used before, in the last 19 reconciliation bills enacted into law, 12 of them were bipartisan and passed with the support of 60 of more Senators – something the President can’t say about his health care bill.
Mr. President, instead of risking a nuclear meltdown down of the health care system by ramming a 2,074 page bill through the Senate, the House, and down the throats of the American public – do everyone a favor and rip up your massive bill and start over.
Sign the Petition: Start Over on Health Care Reform
Source: Republican National Committee