President's Message

     It’s 2010 Already, Well Almost   .  .  .
Every election cycle someone says that “this is the most important election in our lifetime” and you know what – they’re right. It’s always the most important election. We seem to get revved up a few months before voting starts, vow that we will keep the momentum going once the ballots are counted but then shut down almost everything until a few months before the next election. We continue this process year after year. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. It doesn’t work that way. We have municipal elections in only a few short months. Several slots are open in the City of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Boulder City and Mesquite. What have you done to help a good Republican to get elected to city government? Made any phone calls? Knocked any doors? Donated any money? Maybe you could actually put your neck on the chopping block and run for office.

    2010 will be the most important election in our lifetime for Nevada. No it’s not a presidential election year. It’s the year that will determine how State Assembly and Senate Districts will be realigned (or gerrymandered) and will affect election outcomes in Nevada for the next 20 years. We are also scheduled for one or maybe even two new congressional seats. How will the boundaries for these seats be drawn? A lot depends on, strike that, everything depends on the 2010 elections. Why don’t we gear up right now for municipal elections state wide and get some solid Republicans elected? We can then keep the momentum going for the next two years.

    Looking at the numbers, not much has been done lately in the way of voter registration. We can’t undo the past so let’s get on with the future. The state and county parties need to get organized and get voter registration forms filled out. We need to get back to the shopping centers and DMV’s, we need to go door to door and business to business, we need to send in editorials to newspapers, call radio talk shows and talk to our friends and neighbors. During the last election I was shocked that so many who seemed concerned about issues weren’t even registered to vote. Conservative ideals aren’t dead; on the contrary they are alive and well. The country has been in a vicious cycle for far too long. Democrats get elected and do nothing. Someone steps up with an idea like “The Contract for America” and Republicans get elected because citizens truly like those novel ideas like limited government and fewer taxes. Republicans then get elected and don’t do what they promised so they get voted out and the cycle seems to go on and on and on. We can win the war of ideas but we have to take the bull by the horns.

    Finally, let’s work together in meaningful ways and encourage Republicans to not eat their young. When Republican candidates trash each other in Primary Elections we are killing our farm team. Of course there will be differences of opinion on issues but only one candidate will win. Don’t go with the scorched earth policy on other Republicans. As Republican candidates promote your ideas and ask citizens to vote for you because of who you are not because of who your opponent is not. Remember Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment “Thou shall not speak badly about other Republicans”.
     

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