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As we move toward the end of 2019 and new things to come, we remember the excitement and activity of everything we’ve been part of this year.  Being part of Village Republican Women is the reason our members tell me every meeting, “we are so busy, we do so much and learn so much”.  Thanks to all of you valued members, we have grown our membership in 2019 to 179 full members and 35 associate members.  We have exceeded the membership...

You won’t want to miss Village Republican Women’s Veteran’s Celebration honoring Texas war heroes.  Justice Ken Wise is an avid Texas historian and will focus his remarks about Texans who fought to make our great state and country free.  Our November meeting is Wednesday, November 20.  Check-in is at 11:00 a.m., and Program/Lunch is at 11:30 a.m. Host of the award-winning Texas history podcast, “Wise About Texas,” which has over four hundred thirty thousand listeners in 122 countries worldwide, Justice Wise...

Our most recent Village Republican Women meetings have focused on the 2019 November ballot.  So far, we’ve covered Houston City Council races for Districts A & G, At-Large, 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, as well as the race to be the next mayor of Houston.  State Representative Jim Murphy will be wrapping-up our “Election 2019” series by covering the ten proposed amendments to our Texas Constitution. Representative Murphy currently serves in the Texas House, representing District 133 in West Houston...

The 32nd biennial Convention of TFRW was held last week at Moody Gardens to an overflow crowd as we heard fabulous speakers, such as John Solomon of Fox’s Hannity Show and attended a fiery debate between the Candidates for Chair of the State Republican Party; Col Allen West and current chair, James Dickey.  We met new friends and reconnected with other friends from across the state and years past as we attended sessions, dinners, lunches, and the opening party sponsored...

Village Republican Women is hosting a mayoral forum on Wednesday, September 25, and we hope to see you there!  Bob Price of Breitbart News will be the moderator for this event.  Are you wondering what the candidates would do to prevent future flooding in Houston?  How about the fire fighters’ pension situation?  What are their feelings about voter driven initiatives? In an effort to preserve as much time for the candidates, please submit your written questions to [email protected] 48 hours in advance...

As we are entering the Campaign period and moving forward to the election, I’d like to remind all of us of a couple of very important items.  All of us run across others that we will disagree with and have differing opinions with.  The thing we want to remember is to always be courteous to anyone we are in opposition with.  It’s easy when we agree with them but the hard part is to stay friendly and kind in these...