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Welcome to May; the month that signals that we are nearly at the half-way mark of another year. This year we get a respite from the state and national elections, but please do not forget about the local elections this November. I will say it again: elections matter; all elections have consequences. Take the time to get informed and get involved. We have many important things to accomplish at our May meeting; please plan on attending. We have some new Standing...

Lisa began her media career as a TV news reporter with WTVM in Columbus Georgia and later worked for KPRC-TV in Houston. She spent 11 years in broadcast sales; working for now Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, planning and producing campaigns, and in these roles honed her writing and production skills, as well as “the art of the media deal”. She co-founded Cohn-Moscarelli Marketing and Communications in 1999, which by 2011 was ranked by volume among Houston’s, top 5 advertising...

The 2016 Presidential primaries are still nearly a year away, but the starting gun has been fired and the candidates are leaving the gates – more every week. It won’t be long before we are in full blown primary mode and working hard for the candidates. While at the NFRW Legislative Day last month I had the opportunity to hear Newt Gingrich speak and he said something that really gave me a moment of pause. He said, “Don’t vote for the...

We had such a fabulous meeting in February; getting to hear from all four men who want to lead the Republican Party of Texas was enlightening. The differences were clear. I can only hope that the SREC will make the right choice and if they don’t, that the delegates at convention will do better. As each of them answered, I kept listening for answers that would meld into my idea of a great leader. If the election cycles of the last...

Come and hear Bill Frazer, CPA and Candidate for City Controller talk about his vision for the Controller’s Office, the second highest elected official in the City and the City’s top Financial Officer. Hear how he plans to “Up our game” in providing the taxpayers with a higher standard of financial management worthy of the Nation’s fourth largest city. Bill Frazer is NOT a politician, but a CPA who loves Houston and wants to keep the City out of bankruptcy. Bill...

This month’s program may be one of the most important of the year: it will give each of you a chance to meet three of the men vying to become the next Chair of the Republican Party of Texas. Hopefully you’ll have an opportunity to ask them the questions that you feel will reveal their abilities, their plans and maybe even their prejudices – all important information to have. Why is the next RPT Chair so important? Because the single most...