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Lincoln GOP Lincoln Day Dinner | March 18

Posted on March 10, 2012 by The Ocean State Republican

On Sunday, March 18th, 2012, the Lincoln Republican Town Committee, in conjunction with the Cumberland Republican Town Committee, presents its annual Lincoln Day Dinner. This event held at Asia Grille at Lincoln Mall in Lincoln, will feature newly elected GOP State Party Chairman Mark Zaccaria as the keynote speaker. Other speakers include US Congressional candidate Brendan Doherty and US Senate candidate Barry Hinckley. We hope that you will join us at this annual event.

Cost is $35 per person for dinner. Event is from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Cash Bar, Raffles(Great items including Ty Law autographed footballs), Surprises, FUN!

Please make your personal check payable to:

“Lincoln Republican Town Committee”
c/o Barbara Ferioli
6 Comstock Street
Lincoln, RI 02865
NO LATER THAN MARCH 12, 2012

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PLEASE INCLUDE THIS PORTION WITH YOUR PAYMENT

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‘Super Tuesday’ in Rhode Island | March 6

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Dave Talan

This Tuesday, March 6th, the RI GOP will host a “Super Tuesday” party and fundraiser starting at 6:00 P.M. at the Shriners’ Imperial Room, One Rhodes Place, Cranston (corner of Broad St., in Pawtuxet Village, near Rhodes On The Pawtuxet. Same place last few R.I. GOP meetings have been held.)

The event will feature a Straw Poll to help you cheer your candidate to victory. There will be a cash bar and hors d’ oeuvres provided. However, if you do not fill up during the event, special arrangements have been made with the Shrine Restaurant to offer our attendees a 10% discount. The RIGOP will also be having a silent auction for political memorabilia. This is your opportunity to whet your political appetite on the biggest day of the Primary Season, to hang out with other like-minded political junkies, and to help the local Republican Campaign effort for 2012 to boot.

Please plan to stop by the Shriners’ on your way home to help us build momentum for November. Event organized by the R.I. GOP Volunteers

Co-Chairs: Carol DeAngelis, Wendy Regan, Eileen Grossman

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Rhode Island Republican Strike Force Announced

Posted on February 29, 2012 by The Ocean State Republican

The RI GOP announced a new initiative called the “Rhode Island Republican Strike Force” in a crowded room of volunteer grassroots Republicans in Warren Tuesday night.

The Republican Strike Force is a group of grassroots Republicans whose mission will be to assist Republican candidates running for Rhode Island General Assembly seats. Michael Napolitano, who serves as the Lincoln Republican Town Committee Chairman and Communications Director for the RI GOP Chairmen’s Caucus will serve as a co-chair of the group. Eileen Grossman, the Rhode Island GOP Volunteer Coordinator will also serve as a co-chair. They will report directly to Republican Chairman Mark Zaccaria.

Said Napolitano, “This army of grassroots volunteers will assist candidates with much needed help in key areas. We currently have approximately 70 individuals and expect to double that number by the summer. The RI GOP has not seen a force of volunteers for Rhode Island General Assembly candidates this large in years. This group has decided to get involved to help take back our state from the Democrats who have crippled it with their one party dominance and policies for seven decades. Many of the individuals in this group have a wealth of experience they will bring to the table.”

State Chair Mark Zaccaria is excited at the prospects this newly organized team presents. “Everyone understands we need a new Rhode Island.” He said after the meeting. “In my opinion the best way to get one is to first get a new General Assembly.” The vestigial off-year staff of the RI GOP is now to be quickly enhanced with experienced, dedicated volunteers who can easily shoulder a growing number of election year tasks. “The emergence of the Rhode Island Republican Strike Force promises to multiply our capacity to sponsor and support General Assembly Candidates,” Zaccaria concluded.

The group consists of several Republican Chairmen and many individuals who have served on other campaigns. Said Napolitano, “We feel that Rhode Island is on the brink, and we must get candidates elected to bring balance to the Rhode Island legislature. The democrat plan of high taxes and big government has brought us to the point we are at and it will take a strike force to counter it.”

The Rhode Island Republican Strike Force will be one leg of a multi-pronged approach. The RI GOP is already in the process of recruiting candidates and securing funding to assist them.

The state party is now in a far better position to demonstrate to prospective candidates the substantive nature of the support it can offer to help them win in November.

The Rhode Island Republican Party sponsors and supports Republican candidates for seats in the state and federal legislatures. As with all state GOP organizations the Rhode Island Republican Party has three seats on the Republican National Committee. Please visit the state party’s web site www.rigop.org.

Press Release: Rhode Island Republican Strike Force

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Hudson Hinckley – Economics for five year olds

Posted on February 29, 2012 by The Ocean State Republican

“Five year olds, are you better off now than you were five years ago?”

Source: Hinckley for US Senate

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North Kingstown GOP Lincoln Dinner | March 10

Posted on February 28, 2012 by The Ocean State Republican

The North Kingstown Republican Town Committee will be hosting its 54th Annual Lincoln Dinner, with featured guest speaker Sharon Day, Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee. It will be held on Saturday, March 10th, 2012 at the Quidnessett Country Club, at 950 North Quidnessett Road, in North Kingstown, R.I. 02852.

5:00PM – 6:00PM – VIP Cocktail Reception
(50 Tickets only for this special reception @ $50.00 per person)
6:00PM – 7:00PM – Social Hour & Cocktails
7:00PM – 10:00PM – Dinner & Speakers

Cost is $ 65.00 per person or $120.00 couple
Tables of 10 can be purchased for $ 500.00 before February 12th
Tables of 12 for $600.00 before February12th

Checks payable to: NKGOP. Personal checks only.
Please mail ticket requests to: Dave VanderPyl, NKGOP Treasurer, 19 Longfellow Drive, North Kingstown, R.I 02852

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NFRA Spring Board of Directors Meeting | April 14

Posted on February 27, 2012 by The Ocean State Republican

NFRA: CALL TO BOARD MEETING

The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) is holding the 2012 NFRA Spring Board Meeting in conjunction with the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on April 14th, 2012.

The NFRA Board Meeting will take place at the Embassy Suites Hotel, located directly across the street from the Convention Center.

We are hosting a lunch at 12:00 noon, with the Board Meeting beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Registration for the NFRA Board Meeting is $35 per person and covers lunch.

You may REGISTER for the NFRA Board Meeting through the NFRA website.

There is NO specific hotel room block for NFRA. However, reservations for hotel rooms are available at the following link:

https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=3371998

The National Rifle Association Annual Meeting is located at the America’s Center in downtown St. Louis. There is no cost to National Rifle Association members to attend the exhibit hall and workshops. Contact NFRA Executive Director Chris Brown if you are not yet a National Rifle Association member.

For a full schedule of National Rifle Association Annual Meeting Events visit:
http://www.nraam.org/events/schedule-of-events.aspx

The National Rifle Association is offering many ticketed events that may interest you. They include:

• Thursday, April 12 (5 p.m.): National Rifle Association Foundation Banquet and Auction. $75 each.
• Friday, April 13 (1-3 p.m.): National Rifle Association Celebration of American Values Leadership Forum featuring former UN Ambassador John Bolton, the Honorable Ken Blackwell, Lt. Col. Oliver North, and Senator Roy Blunt. $20 each, group of four $65.
• Friday, April 13 (6 p.m.): National Rifle Association Country Jam featuring Trace Adkins. $25 each.
• Saturday, April 14 (5:30 p.m.): National Rifle Association Celebration of American Values Freedom Experience featuring Glenn Beck and Larry the Cable Guy. $35 each, group of four $120.
• Sunday, April 15 (7 a.m.): Prayer Breakfast featuring Lt. Gen (U.S. Army Ret.) Jerry Boykin, Chuck Buck, and musical guest Bryan White. $35 each.
• Sunday, April 15 (12:30 p.m.): Ted Nugent Seminar. Free.

For Freedom,

Rod D. Martin, President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA)
“The Republican Wing of the Republican Party”

http://www.RepublicanAssemblies.org

(The NFRA is the national parent organization of the RIRA. Any RIRA member in good standing may attend the NFRA Board of Directors meeting. However, only members of the Board may vote on contested issues.)

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‘Chocolates with Costa’ Fundraiser | February 26

Posted on February 20, 2012 by The Ocean State Republican

CHOCOLATES WITH COSTA
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 2012
2:00 PM UNTIL 5:00 PM

Everything Chocolate! Brownies… Double Chocolate Cake… Chocolate Cupcakes… Chocolate Covered Strawberries… Death by Chocolate… and much, much more! If you can’t eat chocolate, not to worry… there will be Strawberry Shortcake, as well!

Cost is $25.00 per person.

Please make your personal check out to “Friends of Doreen Costa.”

The event will be held at:
Sonoma Pub
7366 Post Road
North Kingstown, RI 02852

RSVP on Facebook

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Run for Delegate to the Republican National Convention

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Dave Talan

RUN FOR DELEGATE TO GOP NATIONAL CONVENTION

Anyone can run to be a Rhode Island Delegate to the GOP National Convention, which will be held August 27 to 30 in Tampa/St. Petersburg.

In the April 24 R.I. Presidential Primary, we will elect 8 Delegates and 8 Alternates from each of the 2 Congressional Districts in R.I. (Incidentally, for Burrillville and Providence residents, who are being moved to a different Congressional District; you will run and vote in the existing Districts, not the new gerrymandered Districts). In addition, the 3 GOP National Committee people from R.I. (Mark Zaccaria, Carol Mumford, Joe Trillo) will automatically be Delegates.

Each Presidential candidate, who gets at least 15 percent of the statewide vote, will get a proportional share of the 16 elected Delegates. Who those Delegates are will be determined by the number of votes they get, while listed under the Presidential candidate of their choice.

Candidates for Delegate will file a declaration of candidacy, with the Secretary of State, on February 22 or 23; will receive nomination papers no later than 8:30 A.M. of the following day; and will then have to turn in at least 150 valid signatures to local Town Halls by 4:00 P.M. on February 28.
Yes, you read that right. You have just 4 or 5 days to get 150 signatures. (This is down from 17 days that you had 4 years ago. Thank you, Secretary of State Ralph Mollis.).

Since it is clearly impossible for any individual to get so many signatures in such a short time, we are going to organize another team effort to get all our GOP Delegate candidates on the ballot.

We have asked Town Committees to organize signature parties, where people from that Town can come and sign 50 to 60 different papers, for every candidate (most of whom they do not even know). We realize that is asking a lot, but it is necessary to get around the outrageous obstacles that Secretary of State Mollis has put in our way, and help our fellow Republicans.

Here is what you, as a Delegate candidate, need to do.
There are 3 forms you need to fill out, in advance. They are on the Secretary of State’s web site.

sos.ri.gov/elections/ppp

Download these forms:
* Delegate Declaration Of Candidacy Form
* Delegate Pledge Of Support Form Republican Party
* Sample Delegate Nomination Paper Release Form

Continue reading ‘Run for Delegate to the Republican National Convention’

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East Bay GOP Brunch | Saturday

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dave Talan

This SATURDAY, February 18th, will be the EAST BAY GOP Brunch in TIVERTON. It will begin at 10:00 A.M. at Brantal’s Restaurant & Pub, 91 Crandall Rd. (Rt. 81). This is for Republicans in the 10 East Bay communities (East Providence, Barrington, Warren, Bristol, Tiverton, Little Compton, Portsmouth, Middletown, Newport & Jamestown).

Guest Speaker: Brendan Doherty

Guest Host: Sen. David Bates

Also, we will have all the paperwork needed to run for Delegate to the GOP National Convention (in the April 24 Primary). You can fill it out at the breakfast, and give it to us to turn in for you.

Cost is $25 per person (includes a donation to the East Bay GOP Campaign Fund).

For info or to RSVP, contact:

Kathy Santos, SantosClan2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com 437-0542
Sal De Ruggiero, saverio1 [at] cox [dot] net 847-9696

Driving Instructions to Brantal’s Restaurant and Pub
91 Crandall Road, Tiverton.
Telephone No. 401-624-1990

From Providence/East Providence:
Route 195 East to Route 24 South
Route 24 South to Route 81 South
Route 81 south past intersection with Route 177
Restaurant will be on the right

From Barrington/Bristol:
Mount Hope Bridge to Sakonnet River Bridge
Take first right off Sakonnet River Bridge,
heading south on Route 77
Turn left onto Route 177 after passing Evelyn’s Restaurant
You will be going uphill, heading east.
Turn right onto Rte 81 (heading south), at intersection with Rte 177
Restaurant will be on the right

From Aquidneck Island:
Route 114 or 138 to Sakonnet River Bridge
Take first right off Sakonnet River Bridge,
heading south on Route 77
Turn left onto Route 177 after passing Evelyn’s Restaurant
You will be going uphill, heading east.
Turn right onto Rte 81 (heading south), at intersection with Rte 177
Restaurant will be on the right

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Important Reminder: Turn In All GOP Nomination Papers by Thursday @ 4PM!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by The Ocean State Republican

The deadline is quickly approaching to turn in all of the nomination papers to get the Republican candidates for president on the ballot for the April 24th presidential preference primary.

The papers must be turned in no later than this Thursday, February 2nd at 4:00 P.M. to each local Boards of Canvassers or Town Clerk’s office.

Please remember that the back side of the papers must be filled out by the person who collected the signatures, and his signature must be witnessed by a Notary Public. If you turn them in yourself, you can get them notarized in Town Hall. If you have someone else turn them in for you, they must be notarized in advance.

If you have other questions or need a notary public, please contact Dave Talan ASAP, and we will arrange to take care of this. He can be reached at 941-3662 or DaveTalan [at] aol [dot] com.

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