Team ECRP in the Petoskey Fourth of July parade! Great job by Robert Igielski, Johnathon Klonowski, Ashley Richardson, and Janet Szymanski. Trump 2020 #MAGA2.0
Top-of-the-Nob Photos
And, natch, a fun, educational time was had by all who attended the annual GOP Emmet County shindig. Plan, now, to come next year to #18!
- Speaker Lee Chatfield fires up the crowd. 2. The new banner is slammin! 3. Sheriff Pete Wallin is all smiles. 4. Which president is your fav?
Dr. Lou Defends Life, Speech
Compassionate physician Lou Zako laments the blatant censorship of the Unplanned movie in northern Michigan.
He writes in the Petoskey News-Review: “Like almost everyone in Harbor Springs, I was thrilled when the Lyric Theater opened, have seen more movies there since it first opened than I have for decades, and have promoted it to friends far and wide. However, its blatant censorship of a pro-life movie has deeply disturbed and deeply disappointed me.
Those of us who believe In the sanctity of all life have a constitutional right to express our views and our deeply-held beliefs and to push back vigorously against those who would attempt to censor us or our views.”
Amen. Keep pushing back, ladies and gentlemen!
5/15 Update: Dr. Lou was informed yesterday, by the Lyric’s general manager, that Unplanned will now be shown for one week, beginning this Friday (5/17), in the smallest of the three venues at the Lyric, the 24-seat screening room.
Countering the Whitmer-Nessel-Benson Troika
Yoder
Please come to our May membership meeting Monday, May 6th.
6:00 pm Business Meeting
7:00 pm Speaker
Northern Lights Recreation
8865 M-119
Harbor Springs
Our Speaker will be Steve Yoder, our 1st District Co-Chairman.
Steve will update us about GOP party issues, and how the district reps, activists, and other Republicans in Michigan are countering the radical plans of the new Democrat state leadership troika of Whitmer-Nessel-Benson. What with the coming recreational marijuana commercial ventures and now the redistricting fiasco, there is much work to do!
The public is welcome.
Opportunities for Civic Duty
Emmet County is looking for a few good women and men!
From the website: “The Board of Commissioners appoints Board and Committee members from a pool of applicants when positions become available. Openings occur on committees at various times throughout the year. Please feel free to submit an application at any time and it will be held and considered should an opening on a committee become available.”
Current Open Positions: Planning Commission, Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
Construction Resource Committee (1 openings Plumbing Contractor)
Economic Development Corporation (2 openings)
Historical Commission
Parks & Rec (2 openings)
Regional Prosperity Board (2 openings)
Sanitary Board of Appeals
Fill out this form if you are interested, and return it to Juli Wallin, County Clerk. Note: These appointments are for one year terms, and the term expires on 12-31-19.
Bossladies Bond, Make the Rounds
Geri Szymanski, ECRP chair, and Laura Cox, MIGOP chair, at a Lincoln Day Dinner in Mackinaw City hosted by the Cheboygan Republicans.
Speaker Chatfield: Opening Act for POTUS
Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, in Grand Rapids at the Van Andel Arena. Thousands of folks watched the rally outside the arena on a jumbotron. #MAGA2020
Packed house last night for @realDonaldTrump in Michigan! Thank you @GOPChairwoman and @MIGOPChair for helping put this together! “Not only was @POTUS the only Republican to win the presidency in Michigan in the last 30 years, but.. he’ll be doing it again in 2020!” #MAGA pic.twitter.com/jxA4NW5m4e
— Lee Chatfield (@LeeChatfield) March 29, 2019
The President is Coming to Michigan!
The 2020 presidential campaign has begun! Information about how to obtain free tickets for this rally, here.
Zako: Dealing with the Social Pathology of War
Proud MI alum, Dr. Lou
Dr. Lou Zako, ECRP vice-chair and Petoskey News-Review editorialist, has been carefully weighing in on the topic of social pathologies – difficult issues such as poverty and racism.
In his most recent column, the good doctor discusses war. Specifically, how a strong military not only discourages war but it also discourages isolationism. Quote: “So one may ask what is a better treatment for war? I would submit that a militarily-dominate U.S., recognized by every nation on earth as a beacon for freedom, in alliance with other freedom-loving nations, is a far better deterrent to war than a feckless UN, the majority members of which consists of dictatorships.”
Read it all, and note that this column features a bonus – a mention of Lou and M.J.’s mission trip to the small African nation of Rwanda.
