02 April 2008 - Annette Kesting.First she's in, then she's out, then she's in again, and now she is out again. No, we are not talking about the race for Cobb County Commissioner, we are talking about bankruptcy. Chapter 13. After filing Chapter 13 on March 3rd, Kesting announced Tuesday, in a phone interview with Ashley Hungerford of the MDJ, that she does not have to go through bankruptcy. "I'm not in bankruptcy." Kesting also filed bankruptcy in 2007, so at least she is consistent :) Add to this a couple of foreclosures and and a whole host of building code violations on her rental properties and you can see why I award Mrs. Kesting the Conservative Sentinel's first annual Model Democrat Award.
For all the details see the MDJ article here.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
April Means Politics!
2 April 2008 - As usual the monthly political calander will start this month with the Cobb GOP Breakfast on April 5th at the Willianson Brothers Barbecue on Roswell Road. No listed speaker yet, but get there early regardless, as it will be full.
District Conventions will take place for the 13th, 11th, and 6th Congressional Districts on Saturday, April 19th at 10 AM. The 6th Congressional District will be held at the Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill Street, Roswell, GA 30075. The District Convention will elect three delegates to the National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota this year starting on September 1st.
The Nominating Committee will meet on April 7th from 7 to 9 PM at 8975 Roswell Road, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA. contact Margaret Holliman, at 770-512-0822..
Resolutions for the 6th District Convention can be e-mailed to Linda Evans @ lindaevansga@aol.com.
District Conventions will take place for the 13th, 11th, and 6th Congressional Districts on Saturday, April 19th at 10 AM. The 6th Congressional District will be held at the Roswell City Hall, 38 Hill Street, Roswell, GA 30075. The District Convention will elect three delegates to the National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota this year starting on September 1st.
The Nominating Committee will meet on April 7th from 7 to 9 PM at 8975 Roswell Road, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA. contact Margaret Holliman, at 770-512-0822..
Resolutions for the 6th District Convention can be e-mailed to Linda Evans @ lindaevansga@aol.com.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
COBB YRS TO REFORM
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 - The Cobb County Young Republicans have reformed and will be holding s meeting on Lincoln's birthday, Tuesday, February 12 at 7:00 PM. The meeting location will be the Pub at the Marietta Conference Center located at 500 Powder Springs Drive. The guest speaker will be Tad Leithead, SR. V.P. of Cousins Properties and a citizen member of the ARC.
In celebration of Lincoln's 199th Birthday, the Cobb YRs will be offering 2008 memberships for $1.99.
The Cobb YR Club was my introduction to GOP politics when I moved to GA in 1991 at the tender age of 28. It is a great way to network with other young professionals and to get involved in the community.
For more information contact Jason Shepherd at 770-265-5268 or email Shep1975@aol.com.
You can also visit the YR website @ http://www.cobbyr.org/
This Thursday, February 7th is the Cobb GOP quarterly meeting at 7:00 PM at Marietta city hall. Business addressed will include the Mass Precinct Meeting for February 16th.
Also February 12th will be the Cobb Legislative Lunch from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Floyd building downtown.
I also wanted to pass on a special thanks to former Cobb GOP Chairman Anthony Scott Hobbs and his wife Phoebe for organizing the Super Tuesday get together at Winston's restaurant last night. Others in attendance included Tom Boeck, Richard and Lil Day, Barry Paulk, Linda Thompson and current Cobb GOP Chairman Scott Johnson.
A big "Thank You" to AshleyHungerford for the MDJ article, even if my name didn't make it in the paper :)
Sunday, February 03, 2008
ARE YOU READY FOR SUPER TUESDAY?
3 February 2008 - It was a busy day yesterday for political junkies and the coming weeks will be no different. Grover Norquist spoke at the Cobb Republican breakfast on behalf of the Americans for Tax Reform. He likened tax revenues to the "oxygen of big government spending" and called Republicans who raise taxes, "The rat heads in the coke can", i.e. they give the brand name a bad name. He also advocated for government spending transparency similar to what the states of Missouri and Texas currently have.
At 10 AM the Georgia Christian Alliance held their Faith, Family, and Freedom Event at Riverwood High School in Atlanta.
At 5:30 PM at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center Senator John McCain made a campaign appearance where he received the endorsements of Georgia's 2 U.S. Senators, Saxby Chamblis and Johnny Isakson.
Gov. Mike Huckabee was scheduled to make an appearance today at Woodstock Baptist Church at the 9:30 and 11:00 Am services.
Looking ahead:
Mitt Romney will be in Buckhead on Monday, February 4.
Georgians go to the polls for the Presidential primary on Tuesday February 5th.
The Cobb Republican Party will hold it's 1st quarterly meeting of 2008 on
Thursday, February 7th at Marietta City Hall.
2008 Cobb GOP Legislative Luncheon will be
Tuesday, Feb. 12th 11AM - 1PM Floyd Building, Atlanta
Across the street from the capitol
PLEASE RSVP BY Saturday Feb. 2 so we can provide a good count for this event!
Call Fred Elrod at 770-578-9539 or e-mail
felrod@umich.edu
Speaker of the House Glen Richardson will give the keynote address.
Neil Boortz will be signing copies of his new Fair Tax Book at the Barnes and Noble bookstore located at the Avenues @ West Cobb on Thursday, February 14th, at 7PM. Get there early!
Karen Handel will speak at the Cobb Republican Women's Club on Friday, February 22nd. More details to be provided as the event approaches!
GO vote on Tuesday, if you haven't already!
At 10 AM the Georgia Christian Alliance held their Faith, Family, and Freedom Event at Riverwood High School in Atlanta.
At 5:30 PM at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center Senator John McCain made a campaign appearance where he received the endorsements of Georgia's 2 U.S. Senators, Saxby Chamblis and Johnny Isakson.
Gov. Mike Huckabee was scheduled to make an appearance today at Woodstock Baptist Church at the 9:30 and 11:00 Am services.
Looking ahead:
Mitt Romney will be in Buckhead on Monday, February 4.
Georgians go to the polls for the Presidential primary on Tuesday February 5th.
The Cobb Republican Party will hold it's 1st quarterly meeting of 2008 on
Thursday, February 7th at Marietta City Hall.
2008 Cobb GOP Legislative Luncheon will be
Tuesday, Feb. 12th 11AM - 1PM Floyd Building, Atlanta
Across the street from the capitol
PLEASE RSVP BY Saturday Feb. 2 so we can provide a good count for this event!
Call Fred Elrod at 770-578-9539 or e-mail
felrod@umich.edu
Speaker of the House Glen Richardson will give the keynote address.
Neil Boortz will be signing copies of his new Fair Tax Book at the Barnes and Noble bookstore located at the Avenues @ West Cobb on Thursday, February 14th, at 7PM. Get there early!
Karen Handel will speak at the Cobb Republican Women's Club on Friday, February 22nd. More details to be provided as the event approaches!
GO vote on Tuesday, if you haven't already!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Grover Norquist to Speak at Cobb G.O.P. Breakfast
25 January2008 - President of the Americans For Tax Reform, Grover Norquist, will be the featured speaker at the monthly Cobb Republican Breakfast at 8:00 AM on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008. the following is from the Cobb GOP website:
Mr. Norquist also:
Serves on the board of the National Rifle Association of America.
Serves on the board of directors of the American Conservative Union.
Serves as a Contributing Editor to the American Spectator Magazine.
Serves as president of the American Society of Competitiveness.
Wrote the book Rock the House - an analysis of the 1994 elections, which has been translated and published in Japanese
As usual, the breakfast will take place at Williamson Brothers Bar-B-Q.
If you have any photos of Republican events in Cobb County that you would like to share, please forward them to me @ almeyer62@comcast.net and I will be happy to publish them. I will also be happy to publish, at my discretion, announcements of Republican related political events.
Mr. Norquist also:
Serves on the board of the National Rifle Association of America.
Serves on the board of directors of the American Conservative Union.
Serves as a Contributing Editor to the American Spectator Magazine.
Serves as president of the American Society of Competitiveness.
Wrote the book Rock the House - an analysis of the 1994 elections, which has been translated and published in Japanese
As usual, the breakfast will take place at Williamson Brothers Bar-B-Q.
If you have any photos of Republican events in Cobb County that you would like to share, please forward them to me @ almeyer62@comcast.net and I will be happy to publish them. I will also be happy to publish, at my discretion, announcements of Republican related political events.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
GIULIANI VISITS COBB
Saturday, January 5th 2008 - First of all Happy New Year! With the arrival of 2008 comes a presidential election year which is already in full swing. The Iowa caucuses have produced front runners in both parties who are out side the mainstream political elite, and the approach of the Georgia primaries on Super Tuesday looms ever closer.
In relation to the Georgia Primary, I had to post this photo of Rudi Giuliani with yours truly, even though it was more than a month old. While I am not officially endorsing any candidate(like that would do them a lot of good), I can say I find strong positives with all the top tier candidates. I will continue to cover the major candidates as they visit Cobb.
On Saturday, January 5th, State Senator Chip Rogers was the guest speaker at the Cobb County Republican Party Breakfast at Williamson Brother's Barbecue. Senator Rogers spoke about various tax reform measures coming before the General Assembly this year, school choice in the state of Georgia, illegal immigration, and the role of the Republican Party in protecting the private property rights of the individual.
After Senator Rogers spoke, Virginia Galloway of Americans for Prosperity announced the 2nd Annual AFP Day at the capitol on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 7:30 AM.
Other notes:
Monday, January 7th is the last day to register for the Georgia Primary election of February 5th.
11TH DISTRICT GOP CONVENTION TRAINING: On Thursday, January 10th, 2008 at the Winn Building (second floor) in Dallas, Georgia. The time of this meeting is 6:45pm. Training will be conducted by Bob Mayzes, Georgia Republican State Party Treasurer.
13TH DISTRICT GOP CONVENTION TRAINING will be held on Saturday, January 12th at the Dekalb County Republican Party headquarters in the Embry Hills Shopping Center at 1-285 and Chamblee-Tucker Road. Phone the Dekalb party office at (770) 451-4174 or e-mail the 13th district GOP at ga@13thdistrictgop.com for more information.
13TH DISTRICT GOP CONVENTION TRAINING will be held on Saturday, January 12th at the Dekalb County Republican Party headquarters in the Embry Hills Shopping Center at 1-285 and Chamblee-Tucker Road. Phone the Dekalb party office at (770) 451-4174 or e-mail the 13th district GOP at ga@13thdistrictgop.com for more information.
The State Mass Precinct and Convention Schedule is as follows:
Precinct Mass Meetings February 16th - Roswell Baptist Church. Registration closes at 10 AM.
County Conventions March 15th
District Conventions April 19th
State Convention May 16th-17th
As always, you can go to the Cobb GOP website for more information.
Al Meyer
The Conservative Sentinel
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