Updated Jan 24, 2012: Calendar
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Welcome to the Shelby County Kentucky GOP!

We hope you will join us as we help shape local, state and national policy by electing Republican officials, training future leaders, and advocating our positions to the community.


Get ready for the 2012 Presidential election year!

On Sat., March 17 we will hold the county precinct officer elections as well as the county convention. This is also the year for the state convention, for re-writing the Kentucky Republican platform and for choosing Ky. delegates to attend the national convention. Please visit the site often for updates on campaigns and events.

2012

Jan. 26: regular monthly meeting, at the Stratton Center, 215 Washington Street, Shelbyville. Donations of food items will be collected for the Food for Kids Backpack Program. Please call Chairman Jennifer Decker for more information, 502-773-2326.

Jan. 31: candidate filing deadline: last day to file nomination papers for candidates who must run in primary.

Feb. 18: Lincoln Day Dinner; guest speaker Mandy Connell, conservative talk show host from WHAS 840 AM; Claudia Sanders Dinner House, 3202 Shelbyville Rd, Shelbyville, Ky. For tickets or table reservations, please call Debbie at 502-722-1881. For a ticket sales form, click here. To read the Chairman's letter regarding the event, please click here.

Mar. 17: Precint officer elections and County Convention (to elect officers and adopt resolutions for consideration at the district conv.), 9 A.M. - 1 P.M., (old) Shelby Co. Courthouse, 504 Main St., Shelbyville.

Apr. 23: last day to register to vote in the primary.

May 19: 2nd District Convention (to elect district officers, nominate national delegates, pass the district platform) at the Vaughn Reno Starks Community Center, 105 Bishop Lane, Elizabetown. Check back for times, fees, etc.

May 22: Primary Election Day

Oct. 9: last day to register to vote in the general election.

Nov. 6: General Election Day

Arm Yourself: US Debt "ALARM" Clock Links - these are mind-numbing, real-time figures

USDebtClock.org - purpose to inform the public of the financial condition of the United States of America.

DefeatTheDebt.com - is dedicated to educating Americans about the size, scope, and consequences of our rapidly escalating debt.

DaveManuel.com - an overview of the United States' national debt

Obama wants to raise the debt limit again

from newsmax.com
Dec. 2011

The Obama administration will ask Congress to increase federal borrowing authority by $1.2 trillion as the nation approaches the debt limit set by law, according to a Treasury Department official. ... More

End the Spending: sign the petition

from The Heritage Foundation

Help the Heritage Foundation stop wasteful government spending. Now is the time for action.

Stock markets are wavering, and the economy remains stagnant. The American dream will vanish very soon if Washington doesn’t cut spending now.

Sign the Heritage Foundation's Open Letter to the President and Congress, go to www.endthespending.com.

Poll: Americans fear 2:1 Obama's re-election

by Paul Bedard, from US News blog
Jan. 2012

When it comes to how Americans view President Obama going into the new year, there appears to be very little spirit of Auld Lang Syne. Instead, according to the new Washington Whispers poll, many voters aren't forgetting what they dislike about Obama and want him out of office. More

2012 GOP Presidential Candidates

(in alphabetical order)

former House Speaker Newt Gingrich

US Rep. Ron Paul

former Gov. Mitt Romney

former US Senator Rick Santorum

Congress approves controversial defense bill

from foxnews.com
Dec. 2011

Congress passed a massive $662 billion defense bill Thursday after months of wrangling over how to handle captured terrorist suspects without violating Americans' constitutional rights. ... The second [controversial] provision would deny suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens seized within the nation's borders, the right to trial and subject them to indefinite detention. It reaffirms the post-Sept. 11 authorization for the use of military force that allows indefinite detention of enemy combatants. More

The worst economic recovery since the Great Depression

from forbes.com
Jan. 12, 2012

The record of President Obama’s first three years in office is in, and nothing that happens now can go back and change that. What that record shows is that President Obama, with his throwback, old-fashioned, 1970s Keynesian economics, has put America through the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression. More

Ronald Reagan speaks out against socialized medicine

from youtube.com

From the 1961 Operation Coffee Cup Campaign against Socialized Medicine as proposed by the Democrats, then a private citizen Ronald Reagan Speaks out against socialized medicine. ... More

Dirty Spending Secrets
that Washington liberals don't want you to know

from DirtySpendingSecrets.com

Provided by the Heritage Foundation More

Kentucky state budget

from SunshineReview.org

**Information is a little outdated, but makes the budget information easier to understand.***

The state has a total state debt of $32,099,663,040 when calculated by adding the total of outstanding debt, pension and OPEB UAAL’s, unemployment trust funds and the 2010 budget gap as of July 2010. More

Jennifer Decker, Chairman
502-773-2326

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