"Have We Hit Rock Bottom?" - The Silver Lining in the Cloud

How the current & future fiscal state of California impacts us & how to manage through it.

Jack Weir is a long-time taxpayer advocate, retired Bell executive and organizational consultant. He has served on three school district bond oversight committees and is a former board member of the California League of Bond Oversight Committees. He has also served as a director of the County Connection transit agency and as a Pleasant Hill City Councilman.

He carries into his Presidency of the Contra Costa Taxpayers Association the same principles that he held throughout his long public service, namely, that:

• We only need government to provide those services we cannot do for ourselves
• Government exists to serve us, not vice versa
• Government, at all levels, must live within its means, just as our families must do
• Direct and indirect taxes (of all kinds) now constitute the largest segment of working families’ budgets. This is wrong and unsustainable.

Founded in 1937, the Contra Costa County Taxpayers Association leads the way in providing fiscal oversight of local government. It actively resists unwarranted taxes and fees, discriminatory regulations, ill-advised public expenditures and government secrecy, inefficiency and waste. Its mis- sion is to promote good government at an affordable cost. Educating the public about tax issues is another goal. CoCo Tax is Fighting for Good Government at Affordable Cost in Contra Costa!

Check it out www.cocotax.org and join us for a dynamic conversation with the taxpayers’ advocate who has been in the trenches and will give us the scoop!

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Register online by noon on Monday, February 11th, the deadline for reservations, payment and cancellations* at www.blackhawkrepublicanwomen.org.

(For check-mailing instructions, please e-mail [email protected] or phone 925-736-4064).

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March 5, 2019
Part 1: 9:00 pm ET, House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney
Part 2: 9:20 pm ET, Constitutional Expert KrisAnne Hall
Part 3: 9:40 pm ET, Kimberly Fletcher, Moms for America
Dial-in: 712.775.7031, 835.960.616#

http://www.nfrw.org/calendar/ArtMID/12559/ArticleID/1730/F1RST-Tuesday-Nationwide-Call-In-Program

California Federation of Republican Women, presents, “Power of the Past - Force of the Future”

Learn and be inspired with our “sisters” from Redding to San Diego. This energizing three day statewide conference is almost in our backyard! Ride together for camaraderie by car or by Amtrak and light rail! All Aboard!

Three times a year, the California State Federation, CFRW, prepares workshops, conferences and board meetings to continue our goal of educating our membership. Don't miss this great opportunity to get involved, network, and meet new friends!

All details including agenda & registration packet for the event can be found on the website of California Federation of Republican Women. Register for the conference at www.cfrw.org

The Marriott CFRW block rate is $129 ++ per night for two queens (while rooms last).

If questions, contact Shirley Meloy, Board Member Blackhawk Republican Women, Federated and 2019 Winter Advocacy Convention Chair at [email protected]

“What is Driving the Decline in California Public Schools?”

Larry Sand, President, California Teachers Empowerment Network

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Just how educated are we?  According to The Literacy Project, there are currently 45 million functionally illiterate (unable to read above 5th grade level) Americans, half of all adults cannot read a book at an 8th grade level, and, in California, 25% of the state’s 6 million students are unable to perform basic reading skills.  Why so much illiteracy? Who’s to blame? What can be done?

Larry Sand retired from teaching in the New York and Los Angeles public schools in 2009 and is President of The California Teachers Empowerment Network (CTEN) (www.ctenhome.org).  CTEN was formed in 2006 because a wide range of information comes to teachers and parents from entities that have a specific agenda.  Larry Sand’s comments and op-eds have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Real Clear Politics, The Weekly Standard, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and other leading publications. Additionally, he has been an advisor to student and parent advocacy groups, lawyers and education and public policy experts, including being a policy advisor at the Heartland Institute (www.heartland.org).

California public schools have gone from first to some of the worst in the nation.  Come find out why from the expert who witnessed that demise and will inspire us to correct it!

Recent Articles & Publications:

https://www.heartland.org/about-us/who-we-are/larry-sand

https://californiapolicycenter.org/author/larrysand/

https://www.nationalreview.com/author/larry-sand/

https://californiapolicycenter.org/no-dues-without-political-representation/

RSVP Deadline: March 19, 2019

Please make your reservations* and any cancellation** by noon, Tuesday, March 19th by e-mailing or calling Penny Jaspar at [email protected] or 952-943-6221, then mailing a check made payable to “Blackhawk Republican Women” to her at 10 Frances Way, Walnut Creek, CA  94597 to arrive by the 19th. 

*Reservations for this event are by check or cash only. We are upgrading our online payment process at this time. Please bear with us.

**Please understand that the Country Club bills for the count we submit at that time so we cannot subsequently issue any refunds.

All welcome, no need to be a member or resident but no denim, please, per the country club’s policy.

5:30 check-in and social with hors d’oeuvres and no-host bar; 6:00 speaker

$27 (please note increased price due to country club’s increase); $15 student w/ID

Republican Women Federated work together for the common goal of educating our community on Republican principles and values. Please, join our sister club on April 9, 2019 for a very special guest, Harmeet Dhillon.

PARW's "Republicans After Five" Event

"Critical and Current GOP Issues"

Harmeet Dhillon is a nationally recognized lawyer, founder of the Dhillon Law Group, and frequent commentator on Fox News. Ms. Dhillon served as Vice Chair of the California GOP and as National Committeewoman of the Republican National Committee of California. Although her law firm has focused on federal and state commercial litigation and arbitration, Ms. Dhillon has developed a niche practice in representing clients across California in election and campaign law matters, as well as employment and civil rights matters (Meghan Murphy v. Twitter, James Damore v. Google, Berkeley Republicans v. Napolitano, Trump Supporters v. San Jose, to name a few).

Members and Guests:  $25.00 per person (appetizers and no-host bar)

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Private country club*

*For reservations and more information: Please email [email protected].

Due to our long-standing policy, our events are closed to members of the news media.

The Role that County Government Plays in Shaping Your Quality of Life

Candace Andersen, District 2 County Supervisor, Contra Costa County

Ever wonder what the County does for you? Come find out from our own County Supervisor, who was first elected in 2012, re-elected unopposed in 2016 and will run again in 2020!

Many of us remember Candace as Danville Councilwoman and Mayor between 2003 and 2012. With a B.A. in Public Policy and Juris Doctorate from BYU, she began her legal career as a Prosecuting Attorney. She put her legal career on hold to serve the community and raise her family. She remains an active volunteer in her church and community.

She and her husband, attorney Philip M. Andersen, have been married for 35 years and are the parents of six children and now six grandchildren.

Come find out how the County administration impacts our lives and how we can have a voice in it!

Blackhawk Country Club, Grille Room (All welcome, no need to be a Member or Club Resident)

5:30 check-in and social with hors d’oeuvres and no-host bar; 6:00 speaker

$27; $15 student w/ID; RSVP Deadline: April 9

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Please make your reservations* and any cancellation* by noon, Tuesday, April 9^th by e-mailing or calling Penny Jaspar at [email protected] 952-943-6221 or [email protected]. Mail check payable to “Blackhawk Republican Women” to 10 Frances Way, Walnut Creek, CA 94597 to arrive by the 9^th. 

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Berkeley College Republicans & Newly Elected Bay Area Republican Leader 

Free Speech Executive Order Debrief & 2020 Campaign Call to Action

Free Speech Feud - Berkeley College Republicans Think free speech is dead? Think again! Matt Ronnau, President of the Berkeley College Republicans and Chairman of the California Federation of College Republicans, was the guest of President Trump at the signing of his Executive Order on free speech on college campuses. Matt is studying Statistics at UC Berkeley and hopes to become a pollster to predict political trends.

New Bay Area Republican Leader - Jason Clark Jason P. Clark was unanimously elected to lead the Bay Area Regional Vice Chairman of the California Republican Party. A California native, Mr. Clark is a practicing attorney, and earned his JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law. He also holds a degree in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley where he was a Regent's Scholar. At Cal, he played trumpet in the Cal Band, and served as President of the Cal Band Alumni Association from 2010-2012

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Internet Sensation - Millennial Conservative Filmmaker

“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion”

Internet Sensation & Bay Area Influencer - Fog City Midge is inspiring a new Conservative voice on social media. 

Maggie VandenBurghe is a successful Conservative Filmmaker, Director, Producer, Actor & Influencer. She grew up in the Bay Area, received her highly acclaimed training in film-making from USC, has traveled and lived around the world. Her motto is: “Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion”

Check our her huge YouTube and Twitter and Instagram following! 

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Shopping Extravaganza - Boutique Vendors Open at 11:00am (before Lunch is served) and close at 2:30pm*

Shopping Event is Open to the Public*. No need to be a Member of Blackhawk Country Club.

*Not a requirement to come to the meeting in order to shop (but it will be a lot of fun!). Shopping is open to the public. 

Rothschild Clothing Boutique  CC Kelly Accessories Avon - Helen Collard Elevate the Plate Her Last Detail Designs By Leslie - Handcrafted Jewelry

Yolo County Republican Central Committee Presents

Dinesh D'Souza and Brandon Straka 

Dinesh D’Souza is a bestselling author and filmmaker. His films, 2016: Obama’s America and America: Imagine A World Without Her, are respectively the #2 and #6 highest political documentaries of all time. D’Souza’s latest feature-length film, Hillary’s America, is widely credited with contributing to Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, and quickly joined his first two films in the top 10 political documentaries of all time.

D’Souza’s latest film, Death of a Nation, builds on this success and takes on progressive big lies, finally proving once and for all that the real party of fascism and racism is now and has always been the Democratic Party.

Brandon Straka is the leader and founder of #WalkAway Campaign, which has been a huge success and movement to bring awareness to the hypocrisy of the Democratic Party. The Campaign launched in June 2018 with a video entitled, d #WalkAway - Brandon Straka, "Why I Left The Democrat Party".  

The campaign's stated goal was to "encourage others to walk away from the "divisive" left, but also take back the narrative from the "liberal" media about what it means to be a conservative in America."The campaign's stated goal was to "encourage others to walk away from the "divisive" left, but also take back the narrative from the "liberal" media about what it means to be a conservative in America."

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