We are pleased to announce that the inaugural winner of the “John Tower Leadership Award” will be announced on December 26, 2005. This recognition will be given to a grassroots leader who has made a significant difference in the growth and development of the Republican Party. The first award will be presented in mid-2006 at a special reception. The event will be free to all of our grassroots friends.

The award is also meant to pay tribute to Senator John Tower for his incredible passion and vision for the Republican Party of Texas.

Click here for the Senator Tower Biography

Dear Terri,

Your opponents have approached us with the following complaint and question: “Terri Hall is always complaining about Toll Roads, but where is her plan to pay for new roads over the next 5,10 and 20 years?” and “Why doesn’t she offer some solutions to our transportation problems?”  Okay. There it is.

BONUS: Terri Hall responds to our challenge. Please scroll down. We have included her lengthy reply at the end of this newsletter. 

DOUBLE BONUS: TX DOT will respond to Terri Hall’s essay next week.

”One thing the Marines Corps teaches is that it’s better to be doing something than doing nothing. If you stay where you are, you’re in the position where your enemy wants you to be. If you start doing something, you are changing the rules of the game.” - General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff

This man was put on this earth to make a difference. Not a small one. We’re talking about moving mountains. Secretary of State Roger Williams reminds us that greatness is achievable and is it very possible for all of us. Prior to his non-partisan state position, Mr. Williams raised $20 millions dollars for the Bush-Cheney 2004 campaign. Not bad.

We asked Mr. Williams, when he visited Bexar County recently, how he was able to accomplish that amazing feat. His answer was simple- “I asked in person.” Imagine that. In his new position, Secretary Williams has attended an impressive number of business meetings, school speaking engagements and grassroots functions throughout the state of Texas. Does the man believe in staying in touch with citizens? Yes. (Most of you know that we are zealots about this issue: staying in touch with voters.)

The Secretary was a “star baseball player for Texas Christian University and went on to play professional ball with the Atlanta Braves' organization” according to his bio. In recent years, Mr. Williams did an amazing job growing his family car business in North Texas. It seems that everything he touches turns to gold.

Why are we mentioning all of these things? We believe that the time has come when voters want leaders they can really believe in. They want their leaders to produce, show results and stay close to citizens at the grassroots levels. Voters want to look at their leaders and say, “This person believes in me and my greatness as a Texan.”

As mentioned, Secretary Williams was in San Antonio recently for a “Get out the Voter” rally alongside Bexar County commissioners and our local county judge. Several days after the event, we received a hand-written note that reads, “Thanks for your Friendship. Onward and Upward!! Best, Roger Williams.” 

That is the essence of servant leadership: Motivating others. Encouraging young people. Getting out there at the grassroots level and reminding others of their potential. Passion for Service. Persistence and drive for all to see and experience.

According to his bio, “Justice Phil Johnson’s father’s career as an Air Force officer first brought the family to West Texas. After graduating from Texas Tech, Johnson entered active military service with the U.S. Air Force. He trained as a pilot and served in Vietnam flying fighter aircraft. His military decorations include the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, and Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry.”

America has become great because patriots like Justice Johnson continue to serve their country in an unselfish manner. They step up and defend our nation when they are called upon. These leaders remind us that freedom is not free. Indeed, service to our nation is a noble calling and it is sacred.  We hope you have an opportunity to meet and support Justice Johnson as he continues to campaign with his lovely wife, Carla. Tell him that we send our best from South Texas where he’s always welcome.

http://www.justicephiljohnson.com/homepj.html
 

We are proud to announce that in 2006 we will be featuring a series of essays focusing on South Texas water issues by local leaders. Our goal is to provide you, our loyal readers and supporters, with timely, thought provoking and informative articles. This is our attempt to be an ongoing information resource in South Texas. We always welcome your comments, suggestions and criticisms about our efforts. – South Texas Republicans, P.A.C.
 

Join Steve Salyer, candidate for 118th State Representative, at his first fundraiser on December 29th. 

We will publish information and details about this evening reception next week. We encourage you to make time for this event. Please save some of those Christmas dollars for our good friend Steve. He will need every dime in 2006.

Thank you and Merry Christmas. South Texas Republicans.

You are also invited to our upcoming campaign fundraisers in 2006:

January 17th, 2006- Small Business Owners for Steve Salyer

February 5th, 2006- Women for Steve Salyer


February 21th, 2006- Medical Professionals for Steve Salyer

February 28th, 2006- South Bexar for Steve Salyer

Special Grassroots Meeting: March 3rd, 2006  72 Hour Launch Party for Grassroots Supporters
 

I spent 14 days in the great state of Louisiana as an unpaid volunteer for the American Red Cross. The people were wonderful and incredibly warm despite the incredible impact Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have had. On two dinner occasions, we were met with sincere gratitude and appreciation from the staff. We were met with the same warmth when visiting the Upper 9th Ward of New Orleans on Thanksgiving Day to hand out meals to the few residents who were there and the workers trying to rebuild the area’s infrastructure. On this day, the Kitchen at the Kenner First Baptist Church gave out its ONE MILLIONTH meal! By December 2, more than 12 million meals had been served across Louisiana

(L to R): Wendy Bush, my public affairs boss; Myself; Relief Job Director Christine Benero
 

Citizens and contract workers wait in line for Thanksgiving meals provided by the American Red Cross in the 9th Ward.This mobile feeding unit was at the corner Elysian Fields and Gentilly For those of you familiar with the area.

I saw the catastrophic devastation left behind after Katrina and Rita set their sights on Louisiana. Words, nor pictures, can begin to fully describe what was left in the wake of these storms. In New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward, Katrina’s deadly waters raised 25-35 feet high waves, rushing in at more than 200 miles per hour! This was enough to melt away the levee near the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, and send a 200-ton barge barreling through it. The barge eventually ended up crushing a home and a small school bus. My colleagues and I saw the two ladies who lived in that home and could only imagine their heartbreak.

The air was dusty and moldy and the mud was toxic, so it was strongly recommended we not exit our car. (The National Guardsman with an M-16 was all the prompting we needed!) Three months after Hurricane Katrina, much of southeast Louisiana is still off limits to anyone other than the Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Guard. The Lower 9th Ward was desolate until the city of New Orleans opened the area on December 1 for 4 days for a ‘look and leave’ program, allowing residents to come back and view their homes or what is left of them, salvage a few things and then leave again.

Homes were ripped from their foundations and sitting in the middle of the road. Some were literally torn in half, so you could see the damage throughout. I saw two houses, from different places along the street, collapsed against each other. Houses were marked with either an orange or red ‘X’ indicating which hurricane was responsible in order to show that rescue teams had searched them. In one portion of the ‘X’, the teams would write the date, while in another, teams would write their call sign. They would also show the number of people found in the home or business, whether living or dead. It took every fiber of my being to keep my emotions in check as I saw homes and businesses utterly destroyed. It wasn’t about the buildings. It was about the lives that were turned upside down, and the tremendous number of lives lost in this tragedy. I could see children’s toys hanging from fences and trees, empty car seats in abandoned vehicles. I thought about the children and prayed that they had been rescued against all odds.

In retrospect, I can honestly say that none of us who were there will ever be the same again. The Southeast Louisiana chapter took up residence in the same empty T-mobile building we used as a secondary office site. One Red Cross member, Kevin Lentz, lost his home and both of his restaurants, yet he still took the time to help his fellow neighbors and put his own difficulties aside. My own boss’ parents lost their family home as well.

Through this tragedy, people of all walks of life have come together to repair what could be repaired. All of us can do our part. I did mine, and look forward to the next opportunity. It does not matter what our past experiences are, or our degree of academic achievement, or even our disabilities. As a person with a disability, I know many would ask what I could do. I run the welfare information call center for my Red Cross chapter locally. In Louisiana, my role was organizational support for the public affairs function. I also helped edit press releases and an internal newsletter.
 

Commentary by South Texas Republicans: Marlyn Rivera told us at our Westside Republican meeting that she got involved in the party when she was having some difficulties in her life. Her involvement has given her an opportunity to meet new friends, learn about government and grow as a leader. You can see it when you see Marlyn in action. She irradiates confidence, enthusiasm and excitement at party functions.  Your challenge: Go out and recruit the future Marlyns who can help us grow our party in 2006.
 

“As Congress considers the Bush administration's guest-worker plan, as Republicans try to figure out what their immigration philosophy is, and as political observers parse the implications of yesterday's California House race, here are some small and human questions on immigration to the United States.”

“What does it mean that your first act on entering a country--your first act on that soil--is the breaking of that country's laws? What does it suggest to you when that country does nothing about your lawbreaking because it cannot, or chooses not to? What does that tell you? Will that make you a better future citizen, or worse? More respecting of the rule of law in your new home, or less?”

“If you assume or come to believe that that nation will not enforce its own laws for reasons that are essentially cynical, that have to do with the needs of big business or the needs of politicians, will that assumption or belief make you more or less likely to be moved by that country, proud of that country, eager to ally yourself with it emotionally, psychologically and spiritually?”

“This is what I fear about our elites in government and media, who will decide our immigration policy. It is that they will ignore the human questions and focus instead, as they have in the past, only on economic questions (we need the workers) and political ones (we need the Latino vote). They think that's the big picture. It's not. What goes on in the human heart is the big picture.”

“Again: What does it mean when your first act is to break the laws of your new country? What does it mean when you know you are implicitly supported in lawbreaking by that nation's ruling elite? What does it mean when you know your new country doesn't even enforce its own laws? What does it mean when you don't even have to become an American once you join America?”

Commentary by South Texas Republicans: Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal is right on the money. We made the same argument about the guest worker program in our speech, “The Future of the Republican Party.” How can we give free passes to people who violated the sovereignty of our nation?  They broke the law. A lawbreaker is called an illegal alien for a reason. That is our point. We are only encouraging more lawlessness when we give free worker passes to individuals who have broken our laws. 

It is amazing and incredibly patronizing that the leaders in our party who are pushing a guest worker program refuse to approach their own political base with this program concept. Why? They know it is dead in the water with rank and file Republicans.

Here is the reality that Peggy Noonan points out: The Elites who are pushing the guest worker program think they are smarter than we are.  They have law degrees; we went to San Antonio College. They go to parties in Georgetown; we love NASCAR and the Cici’s Pizza buffet for $3.99 per adult. They simply forgot about us after they drank that D.C. water. That’s okay. Fortunately, we have people like Congressman Lamar Smith in South Texas.

I think of Congressman Smith when moments of discouragement about our party leaders strike. These moments remind me that there are leaders who don’t care what the polls say. Leaders like Congressman Smith will say, “I have heard what you have to say, but this is what I believe is the right thing for our country. Our American values mean something. Thank you for telling me about the importance of the Latino vote. We are a nation of laws.” It should come as no surprise that Congressman Smith is bucking the trend and speaking out for a reason:  Secure our borders. Enforce our immigration laws. Crack down on abuse. Any questions?

We had a fantastic Fall semester, hosting our good friend Senator Jeff Wentworth, and organizing several community service projects including: A volleyball tournament and raffle benefiting the American Red Cross in support of Katrina and Rita victims, a support the troops drive on campus, and several volunteer missions to shelters for hurricane evacuees here in San Antonio. 

And I am proud to announce that once again, our organization is in the running to receive the University Life Award for Most Active Political Organization once again (we made the front page of the University paper three times this semester). We had fun with our community service projects and were happy to do them, but we're all getting really eager to kick off some good campaigns. If anyone out there needs some good, dedicated Republicans to volunteer for you, UTSA College Republicans is a good place to look. 

We block walk with the best of 'em, we phone bank, and our members are also well versed in web design and voter data analysis. Please have campaigns in need of volunteers contact our organization via our website at www.utsacr.com. Keep up the great work, Joe. And good luck to all of you Republican candidates out there!

Best,

Dear Joe, 

I would like to commend you for the fictional letter you wrote to Senator Cornyn in your newsletter two weeks ago. I must admit I had no idea that Senator Cornyn had largely ignored his conservative base while he has been in San Antonio. I have to say that I also am disappointed.  Now, I would have been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt had I not had an equally disappointing experience. What this tells me is that you are not off base.    

Recently, I had a discussion with Sen. Cornyn’s office with regard to his vote for the portion of the Budget Reconciliation Act that would add 360,000+ H-1B visas for foreign workers. These visas would be issued to foreign workers for American engineering and technical jobs. His staff informed me that it was necessary because there aren’t enough American workers to fill these positions. 

You know that as a part of my job, I have the opportunity to talk to many, many people across the state. In this capacity, I have been told by countless individuals that their spouses, children, friends, etc. have been either unemployed or underemployed for the last 4-5 years but have engineering degrees. Why is there such a disconnect here? Is this act a blatant attempt to ship our jobs overseas? If there is a lack of high tech workers, is this an appropriate response to this problem?  Should we not perhaps be making attempts to get American workers into these jobs first or be certain that our schools are preparing students so that they can go into those fields? Why are we not looking at legislation to rein in corporations looking to reduce their bottom line by hiring foreign workers without regard to America’s future? Needless to say, I was completely dumbfounded by Sen. Cornyn’s position. If you are interested in this issue, I urge you to read Phyllis Schlafly’s article. Be warned!  It will make you cringe.  Phyllis Schlafly Article

 I know that some might feel it is not appropriate to speak to elected officials in this manner. While I respect that opinion, I must respectfully disagree. I think that any embarrassment should be on the part of our “conservative” leaders at every level of government who ignore their base, disregard conservative principles and instead ratchet up the spending, give away Americans jobs, and ignore the securing our borders. I am of the belief that we, as the very individuals who worked to get them elected, should be holding their feet to the fire. Are they not in office because we worked hard to get them there!!! Many of us have done backbreaking work by block walking, volunteering at phone banks, and even hosting events in our own homes. We have earned the right and we owe it to our children and grandchildren not to back down. We have nothing to lose but our freedom!!

Please keep up your good work!!

I am in your debt.

The seated dinner is $30.00 per person. We also will do some fun things that will give our guests an opportunity to help raise money to buy our annual telephone cards to be given to our wounded military at BAMC. There will be a very short live auction as well as special Christmas ornaments that our guests will be able to buy. 

“There are a lot of people in politics that just do what they want to do. That’s not the way you are successful in politics. I agree wholeheartedly that you should be a part of the planning. But once a plan is in motion, I believe in going right down the line and keeping it and implementing it, not reinventing it along the way. There are a lot people in politics that get to be like little Napoleons in their own county.”
 

They have been archived for those of you who may have missed our recent issues. We are slowly growing our web page features. We encourage you to visit our web page for easy access to elected officials. Our service is free and open to the public.
 

Joe has heard from toll advocates asking toll opponents' what their alternatives to tolls are. I find it interesting that highway interests and our government with the financial resources and even the obligation to solve traffic congestion and properly plan our highway infrastructure expect a group of unfunded grassroots citizens to provide them with the solutions they themselves are charged with providing the public. In spite of our limited resources, we have put forth solutions from the beginning. All it takes is a little research and elbow grease and the common sense solutions emerge. We'll show a few examples from the some of the insiders themselves, the San Antonio Mobility Coalition (SAMCo) as stated in an article in the Express-News December 4 (Express News Article). 

EVERY alternative to tolls SAMCo lists is LESS money than tolls!

There are four alternatives listed:

Create a countywide gas tax of 25.7 cents per gallon

Increase the city sales tax by 3/4 of a cent.

Boost city property taxes 56 percent.

Raise the county's vehicle registration fee from $10 to $110.

The hike in vehicle registration they mention is $100 a year compared to an average of $3,000 a year in tolls (this figure comes from TxDOT's own online survey that quoted 39 cents a mile for a 20 mile commute on 1604 which equals over $3,000 a year just to drive to and from work). The 25 cent per gallon increase SAMCo and others says would be necessary is also less than tolls. Considering the average San Antonian uses roughly 1500 gallons of gas a year, they currently pay $300 a year in gas tax. Even a 25 cent gas tax hike would be less than tolls at $375 a year more, which is more than double what we give the state now. The size of this tax increase is also totally unsubstantiated in my mind--DOUBLE!--what do they need double the money for? Even an increase in property tax that they mention would be less than the $3,000 a year in tolls for most taxpayers.

Some common sense solutions…

Get our fair share of gas tax revenues back in San Antonio

Put the new ATD sales tax increase to work to matching funds as promised

Pass through financing

Bond funds

Cut the documented bureaucratic waste inside TxDOT and the tolling authorities (RMAs)

Demand proper planning from local and state government so we build freeways with interchanges and have sensible intersections which cause more of our congestion woes than anything else.

We give away $100 million more in gas tax revenues every year that we do not receive back. If we're $100 million short, why don’t we get the tax money WE ALREADY PAY back into San Antonio? A controversial sales tax (ATD tax) was passed in November 2004 in order to give San Antonio the ability to have a matching funds capability similar to what tolls would do and yet before the voting booths were put away our politicians salivated at the next opportunity to increase our transportation taxes through a lifetime of unbridled toll taxes, too!

If they get rid of just the toll equipment not to mention the toll lanes (that only half of all motorists can use) and just build what's needed, the road is 40-100% less money to build and EVERYONE can drive on it. So the simple solution sure seems to be to CAN the toll lanes and vastly reduce this fictional $8.4 billion funding gap which is also unsubstantiated. SA gets $100 million a year in discretionary funds currently, they're saying we need FOUR times the money we currently get (their $8.4 billion figure works out to $420 million a year over 20 years). The entire state of Texas gets $6.1 billion a year for transportation and they say SA needs $8.4 billion over the next 20 years? SA is number 5 in number of lane-miles per person in the U.S...how much money and how many roads do they think we need? TxDOT's claims that they'd have to raise the gas tax $1 is completely UNSUBSTANTIATED and would amount to more than quadrupling their current state gas tax revenue intake.

"You have to understand that, in the highway world, 'needs' are what most of us would call wish lists," said Bill Barker, a San Antonio-based transportation consultant.

TxDOT and Alamo RMA Chair Bill Thornton try to say we're advocating spreading the burden for highway funding to every taxpayer instead of taxing just those who pay the tolls. First of all, I, along with Commissioner Lyle Larson, do not believe ANY tax increase is truly necessary because TxDOT and our Legislature demonstrated they are not properly managing transportation funds (raid gas tax for public education and DPS, etc.) they already have nor have our State representatives seen to it that the gas tax money we already pay gets back in San Antonio (2nd largest city in Texas yet we only get $100 million in highway funds out of TxDOT's $6.1 billion annual budget).

In addition, that argument went out the window in that article published in the Express-News On December 1st that clearly shows improvements to US 281 are 100% funded with GAS TAXES which we ALL paid (which we can't even drive on without paying a lifetime of toll tax). If they want to play that game let's look at all the taxes we pay but don't necessarily ever use like public medicine, disability, food stamps, public education, public housing, abortion, NEA funding, bridges to no where in Alaska, the list could go on and on.

They're being disingenuous to push a sales tax EVERYONE pays in November 2004 (many in San Antonio do not or cannot afford to drive) and then come out and make the argument less than a year later that only those who use the road should pay for the road (meanwhile we all continue to pay gas taxes, even if you don't drive a car you pay through indirect cost of goods, etc.).

Don't forget, these are the same folks who drank the Kool-Aid at the Transportation Leadership Forum hosted by SAMCo September 7-8 whose keynote speaker, David Laney (ex-Transportation Commissioner), thinks we need to tie the gas tax to inflation IN ADDITION to unbridled toll tax and ATD tax. When dealing with politicians and bureaucracies, ENOUGH WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH! It's time to stand up and demand an independent audit of TxDOT, to challenge their rationale behind these projects, and to demand transparency and accountability in this process.

TxDOT would have us believe they have the money to build US 281 as a toll road (that's nearly twice the cost), but they don't have the money to build it as a free road? Note how the December 1 article states foreign companies are vying for these "most lucrative toll lanes" in the plans! I'll say lucrative, that's because the private firms aren't paying a DIME of the cost to build and then they get to charge us tolls for the next 50 years!

The reality:

Toll roads cost more to build & maintain (just for 3 miles on 281 it went from $48 million to $83 million, 6 lanes of it are unnecessary, they're just to skirt around law against tolling existing roads).

Only about half of all motorists can afford to drive on them while 100% of taxpayers are footing the bill to build it.

We're being charged THREE times to drive on the same stretch of pavement (taxed to build existing freeway, taxed to pay for the improvements, then lifetime toll tax to drive on it).

They want to charge us THREE taxes to drive on our highways elsewhere throughout town and around the state since the Dec. 18, 2003 Minute Order was passed by the Transportation Commission mandating ALL new lanes and highways be tolled (gas tax, ATD sales tax, and tolls).

The toll money is going to a foreign corporation for the next 50 years (using contracts that are secret, violate open government, which grants them monopolies free of competition, failing to properly apply free market principles).

Our elected officials are DICTATING this to us without a vote of the PEOPLE!

TxDOT's figures and, more importantly, their rationale for this toll first mandate MUST BE CHALLENGED. What's the rationale behind these projects and why aren't the costs of these GIGANTIC toll ways being challenged? We found, in one of TxDOT's own toll feasibility studies, the cost of toll gantry equipment at $1 million per MILE! We found projects where the cost of toll equipment equaled the cost to build the road. One of their studies showed 1604 improvements could be paid for 100% with bonds, and yet you're tolling it.

We're currently taxed approximately 3 1/2 cents a mile (on average according to graphic that accompanied Dec. 1 story) under the gas tax system. The national average for a traditional turnpike is 9 cents a mile, what on earth do they need with 14-39 cents a mile (I have the feasibility studies that show rates of $1 to use the new toll-only interchanges)? With 5 cost estimate changes on the toll starter system since June and the bait and switch change in toll rates found in the Austin plans, the public doesn't trust the toll rates they're quoting for 281 and the toll starter system.

TxDOT known for waste, mismanagement

How is not PURE waste to bulldoze an existing highway (US 281) just to re-pave it so they can call it "new" and get away with tolling it (even when the project is 100% paid with gas tax)? There are also questions about the legitimacy of TxDOT's expenditures. Twenty states have lower gas tax than we do. Texas is second only to California in terms of disbursements. Caltrans spent $9.3 billion while TxDOT spent $6.8 billion. CA has a greater population than Texas, so it works out to be that Caltrans spent $259 per person to TxDOT's $306 per person. Caltrans spent 24% of it budget on local roads and TxDOT only spent 6.5% on local roads. TxDOT spends $88 more a person than Caltrans spent on its road system, and remember CA is more populous!

They're asking us to pay $27.6 million PER MILE for a 3 mile stretch of improvements on US 281! I'm hard-pressed to find ANY highway project that expensive throughout the country and yet NONE OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS are challenging these costs! They want to privatize; so let's really look at how private companies operate. Every expense MUST BE JUSTIFIED and the rationale defended. It's tough to defend the rationale of tolling existing highways we've already paid for (clearly double taxation), and toll roads in general since in order to work they require permanent congestion on the surrounding lanes and require building lanes that sit idle outside of rush hour. Toll roads don't solve congestion they profit from it. Toll roads profit off of our misery and are notorious for being a tax that never goes away.

Look-up a report done by the Texas Public Policy Foundation in 1997 called, Sundown on Big Government. It was the last external audit of TxDOT. It shows that TxDOT is fraught with millions of dollars in waste and mismanagement, including stockpiling asphalt, gas, and other supplies. Some reforms have been made, but until TxDOT has an independent audit and these bureaucracies get their own houses in order in a way the public can trust (following our laws of transparent, open government), we should not be asked to pay a lifetimes of tolls for roads we've already paid for WITHOUT A PUBLIC VOTE!

This fight is about politicians IGNORING the will of the PEOPLE!

It seems the real story here is about our politicians IGNORING the will of the people and failing to represent us. It's citizens having to battle their own elected representatives who WORK FOR US. We are ordinary citizens trying to take our government back from these highway interests who have muddied the waters of the public process.

Send us potential leads by e-mail and we will write these individuals and ask them if they would like to receive our free newsletter. It is that easy. Send us 1, 3, 20 or 100 names and e-mail addresses. We will contact all of them and encourage them to join our movement. You can also encourage your friends to sign up be going to SouthTexasRepublicans.com.

Let’s be realistic about the media in South Texas. They are very hostile to conservatives, Republicans, evangelical Christians, and anybody else who espouses the values of the right. They do not cover us and they treat us (conservatives) like we are third-rate citizens. We must develop, cultivate and grow our own method of communicating and staying in touch.

During the Cold War, the Polish Solidarity Movement flourished using fax machines, grassroots involvement and flyers. We are in the same type of war, and we must count on ourselves through e-mail, web pages and blogs. Lech Walesa brought down the communists in Poland because he was aided by the Vatican and President Ronald Reagan. The Republican Party of Texas, political action committees and generous grassroots supporters are our allies in this important fight. 

It is your fight and our country that is at stake.

The following clubs will be holding important events and South Texas Republicans encourages participation by local activists:
 

Bexar County Republican Women

Date: December 16, 2005

Time: 11am

Location: Sonterra, 901 Sonterra Blvd

Entertainment: "Singing Judges"

Cost: $16

Contact: Toni O'Mara at 479-7111

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