Ready to walk

The Los Angeles County Republicans (LACYR) hosted a Republican Campaign walk and BBQ in Long Beach last Saturday, April 10. Forty Eight people attended and over 2500 homes were visited. Young Republicans walked precincts for the Tom Reeves, Tim O’Reilly, Jana Shields, Lydia Gutierrez, Mike Hedges, Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner campaigns. Members of the Long Beach Young Republicans and Long Beach Area Republican Party also participated. “We are happy to be supporting Long Beach municipal candidates this election,” said Matt Fleischmann, President of LA County Young Republicans and the event organizer, “It’s great to organize people my age who want to be involved. We are young conservatives fighting for the greatest nation on earth in the greatest state in the country.”  Participants enjoyed hotdogs, pizza and chips as well as a game of Frisbee in beautiful El Dorado Park. The Los Angeles County Young Republicans continue to recruit young people from around the county and seeks support from the republican community at large.

Join the Long Beach GOP

Join us to walk for the Republican candidates in Long Beach.

Saturday, April 10

Meet at El Dorado Park 10am, Free BBQ will start at 2pm.

He’ll be doing a book signing for his new book entitled COURAGE & CONSEQUENCE. The book signing is in Thousand Oaks at BORDERS. He’ll also be doing book signings and talking in Beverly Hills and La Jolla. Go GOP!

Monday, March 29

@12pm Borders 125 W. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

@5:30 American Voice Speaker Series 8440 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211

AND for the OC folk and those on the South Side

Saturday, March 27

@8am Grand Opening of the new OCGOP Headquarters

1422 Edinger Ave Tustin, CA (OC)

http://www.rove.com/CA

Featuring Navraj Singh

Business Owner and 27th District Congressional Candidate

RSVP (562) 544-3495

Wells Fargo Building at “Club 54″

333 S. Grand Ave., 54th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Open Bar

Karen Elizes(LACYR Vice President) with fellow father and son Republicans, Jeremy and Chris Davis.

Karen Elizes(LACYR Vice President) with Adam Librot(New York Young Republican)

Mitt Romney smiling and shaking hands with a fellow Republican

Karen Elizes(LACYR Vice President) getting her copy of NO APOLOGY signed by Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney talking about his book NO APOLOGY

This past Friday(March 19th) our very own Vice President Karen Elizes had a chance to meet Mitt Romney. The former presidential candidate has been on a non stop book tour to show case his new book NO APOLOGY.

“It was great to meet Mr. Romney! He is such a genuine and patriotic American who believes in protecting the future of the U.S. and its people. In his book NO APOLOGY, which is so modestly written, shows how much more articulate he is in comparison to Obama, about foreign policy. Romney makes no apology for America and its achievements, which has been retracted by President Obama.” Karen Elizes, LACYR Vice President

Wednesday, March 24th 2010 6:00 p.m.

WHO?

The Long Beach Area Republican Party, Long Beach Republican Women Federated, L.B. GOP Republican Women Federated, Long Beach Lincoln Club, Long Beach Young Republicans and the Los Angeles County Young Republicans

WHAT?

Republican candidates in the upcoming Long Beach and Statewide elections will introduce themselves to YOU! You can ask them questions and be informed! ! !

Participants to date are:

Chuck DeVore – U.S. Senate (spokesperson)

Carly Fiorina – U.S. Senate (spokesperson)

Steve Poizner – Gov. (spokesperson)

Meg Whitman – Gov. (spokesperson)

Dana Rohrabacher – 46th Congressional Dist. (spokesperson)

Barak Lurie – 46^th Congressional Dist.

Star Parker – 37^th Congressional Dist.

Larry Andre – 39th Congressional Dist.

Chrystopher Smith – 39th Congressional Dist.

John Stammreich – 28th Dist. State Senate

Gwen Patrick – 52^nd Dist. State Assembly

Martha Gibson – 54^th Dist. State Assembly

Tom Reeves – Long Beach City Attorney

Robert Shannon – Long Beach City Attorney

Tim O’Reilly – Long Beach City Prosecutor

Jana Shields – Long Beach City Council 1st Dist.

Gary DeLong – Long Beach City Council 3rd Dist.

Terry Jensen – Long Beach City Council 3rd Dist.

Mike Hedges – Long Beach City Council 5th Dist.

Dan Pressburg – Long Beach City Council 9th Dist.

Lydia Gutierrez – State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Diane Lenning – State Superintendent of Public Instruction

WHERE?

The Grand, 4101 E. Willow, Long Beach (Off Willow one block West of Lakewood at the intersection of Grand and Willow)

WHEN?

Doors open at 6:00 p.m. – presentations at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $20.00 which buys you a light buffet, beverages and a higher political IQ!  Young Republicans – you are eligible for a 50% discount – just declare your “Young Republican” creditials at the door.

Here’s an opportunity to meet candidates and network in preparation for the upcoming elections. If you hope for change you have to join us on March 24th!

Liberals keep saying that Republicans don’t have a plan, but there is a plan! Republicans want to allow for interstate competition among health insurance companies. Current laws protect insurance companies from outside of state competition and that has lead to higher premiums and health care that falls below its full potential.

Also, Republicans want to get rid of regulation that in some states force insurance companies to pay for abortion, sex changes and fly by night diet plans. Get rid of these radical ideas and allow insurance companies to provide coverage for only the basics, to start off with, and the free market, through competition, will take care of the rest. If a health insurance company wants to stay competitive, they will, eventually, pay for the less necessary procedures or programs. But they must be allowed to do it on their own, when they see it to be profitable, otherwise, we will continue to see premiums go up.

Republicans, also, want individuals to pay only for what is really necessary in health coverage; such as, paying into a plan that only includes coverage for the more important things, like treatments for cancer, for example. Forcing individuals, or companies, to pay into a plan that covers just about everything is unnecessary and expensive. Would you buy full coverage for a car that is forty years old and has about a million miles? Of course not! It wouldn’t make sense too. While aging people may need more coverage, young people usually don’t. For most young people, it would not make sense to pay for full coverage. And forcing them to would only cause many of them to find ways to self exclude themselves from any coverage which can also cause the taxpayer money since people without coverage usually seek the Emergency Room. So, it is important to give consumers a choice. Let the American people decide how much coverage they want to pay for; this is supposed to be a free country, after all.

A huge benefit of keeping health insurance in the realm of the free market is that it will not cost the American tax payer a cent. In contrast, the current administrations plan will end up costing the American tax payer trillions of dollars. Part of the reason it will be so expensive is because the Democrats want to force insurance companies to pay for preexisting conditions. Insurance companies exist to make money, they gamble on the possibility that you will never lose that which you buy their insurance coverage for; they make their money when you pay your insurance premium. If you suffer a loss for the covered item, they have to pay and in the process they lose that money. So, does it make sense for an insurance company offering flood insurance, for example, to cover a home that has preexisting damage due to a flood. NO! They would only lose money. When they do lose money, they remedy that problem by raising premiums to make up for the losses.

But, the free market has something to remedy the problem of preexisting conditions. It’s called charity! I consider it unethical, and not to mention Un-American, to be forced to pay for the preexisting conditions of someone I don’t know, and don’t care for. Let me decide when I want to be compassionate. And, in the process the American tax payer makes a percentage of what I give to a charitable organization. And, I also get to claim the act of charity on my taxes. It’s a win, win, situation for everyone!

Even though it passed in the House, kill it piece by piece in the Senate through the amendment process and then in the courts! Let’s keep our health insurance free from government intervention! Contact your representative and continue the pressure!

Edgar Rivas (LACYR)

(714) 444-1653. Wristband distribution begins at 9am on March 19th. A wristband is a place in line. Customers must have purchased copy of No Apology with receipt to get a wristband. A wristband, book, and receipt are required for the signing line. Wristbands will be called in alphabetical order. Please do not get in line until your group has been called. Wristband groups A & B must be in line by 6:15pm. No memorabilia please.