This will be my last note, as my reign and crown are fading.  It has been a pleasure and honor serving as your President these last two years. But I could not have done it without the amazing board members. 

Kathaleen, Wow she really set the bar high when it comes to providing fantastic programs. I can’t even begin to cover all the hosting, events, sponsorships and hours she contributed to VRW. 

Eleanor…. Membership Chair Extraordinaire! She took the Village Membership to new heights!  Her professionalism, follow up, friendliness, creativity, and cooking are second to none!!! 

Mary Grace sure found her passion and led us in Patriotism in so many wonderful ways. 

Rajada, while she is small, she cannot be ignored!  I could always count on her to step up when there was a need (Parliamentarian, hospitality, newsletter, etc).  Not only that, she won the 2017 TFRW award for Most Improved Newsletter!  Speaking of Rajada, she will only give me so much room on her newsletter so I cannot go into every member of the board, but THEY WERE ALL THE BEST a President could ask for and I am grateful to them! 

VRW won the highest awards NFRW and TFRW had to offer.  I was very proud to be able to represent you at the conventions.  Our club has a well-known reputation as an active, fun, profitable and supportive organization to the Republican Party here in Houston. I cannot tell you how many times I had elected officials and candidates tell me they were told they need to get our attention. VRW campaign center was the only satellite office that did not cost the party money… in fact, we made them money! Not to mention the thousands we contributed to the campaigns.  I could go on and on, but alas, Rajada won’t let me.

So,  thanks for the memories and I hope to see each of you at the Christmas  Party as we wind down this year and look forward to 2018!

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As I write, the Texans are playing the Titans in a full stadium, following the singing of the National Anthem in which EVERYONE IN THE STADIUM WAS STANDING! A perfect example of the people of this great country, finally becoming outraged enough to band together and speak out for our principles!  I was prepared to act out my own protest… if all the players didn’t respect the anthem and stand, and Gary tried to watch the game, I was ready to boycott the kitchen and he would go hungry!

We still can make a difference, but we must stay vigilant!  One hurdle passed this week… After Governor Abbott agreed to send Mayor Turner 50 million for the flood repairs, Turner has decided not to go through with the vote on the property tax hike. I’d like to go to City Council and remind them these are the same people they voted to SUE over the sanctuary city laws.  I don’t believe he would have won, anyway. But there is still a lot to vote on in the coming election and  we will be giving you details.

I am so very proud of how generous VRW members have been to their sisters who were affected by the flood.  Mary Grace will be announcing soon,  the amount and how the money will be distributed.  Thank you ladies, for your big hearts!

Only 2 months left in this year for VRW but we have a full schedule.   Kathaleen has some awesome speakers for your meetings and a couple of fun, and informative extra events.  Also, Nancy Scott, the Chair of the 2016-17 fundraiser has decided due to the turmoil from Harvey, we are going to have a new twist on our fundraiser… A non-event event.

See ya at the Brunch!

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I hope you have all had a wonderful summer filled with opportunities to make great memories.

We have a packed agenda for the coming months. Our President and the Conservative Movement is being attacked everyday. We must continue, day after day, to stay vigilante and fight for our believes and principles. Look over the “Mark your Calendar” in this month’s newsletter and vow to get involved.

Please do not let the liberal media and the hate groups convince you all is lost and the President is going in the wrong direction.  Here are some of the accomplishments in his first few months:

1. Supreme Court Judge Gorsuch
2. 59 missiles dropped in Syria
3. He took us out of TPP
4. Illegal immigration is now down 70% (the lowest in 17 years.)
5. Consumer confidence highest since 2000 at index 125.6
6. Mortgage applications for new homes rise to a 7 year high
7. Pulled out of the lopsided Paris accord
8. Arranged 20% Tariff on soft lumber from Canada
9. Bids for border wall are well underway
10. Keystone pipeline approved
11. NATO allies boost spending by 4.3%
12. Allowing VA to terminate bad employees
13. Allowing private healthcare choices for veterans
14. More than 600,000. Jobs created
15. Median household income at a 7 year high
16. The Stock Market is at the highest ever In its history
17. China agreed to American import of beef
18. $89 Billion saved in regulation rollback
19. Rollback of A Regulation to boost coal mining
20. MOAB for ISIS
21. Travel ban reinstated
22. Executive order for religious freedom
23. Jump started NASA
24. $600 million cut from UN peacekeeping budget
25. Targeting of MS13 gangs
26. Deporting violent illegal immigrants
27. Signed 41 bills to date
28. Created a commission on child trafficking
29. Created a commission on voter fraud
30. Created a commission for opioids addiction
31. Giving power to states to drug test unemployment recipients
32. Unemployment lowest since may 2007
33. Historic Black College University initiative
34. Women In Entrepreneurship Act
35. Created an office or illegal immigrant crime victims
36. Reversed Dodd-Frank
37. Repealed DOT ruling which would have taken power away from local governments for infrastructure planning
38. Order to stop crime against law enforcement
39. End of DAPA program
40. Stopped companies from moving out of America
41. Promoted businesses to create American Jobs
42. Encouraged country to once again Buy American and hire American
43. Cutting regulations 2 for every one created
44. Review of all trade agreements to make sure they are America first
45. Apprentice program
46. Highest manufacturing surge in 3 years
47. $78 Billion promised reinvestment from major businesses like Exxon, Bayer, Apple, SoftBank, Toyota…
48. Denied FBI a new building
49. $700 million saved with F-35 renegotiation
50. Saves $22 million by reducing white house payroll
51. Dept of treasury reports a $182 billion surplus for April 2017 (2nd largest in history.)
52. Negotiated the release of 6 US humanitarian workers held captive in Egypt
53. Gas prices lowest in more than 12 years
54. Signed An Executive Order To Promote Energy Independence And Economic Growth
55. Has already accomplished more to stop government interference into people’s lives than any President in the history of America
56. President Trump has worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any President since Truman
57. Has given head executive of each branches 6 month time Frame dated march 15 2017, to trim the fat. restructure and improve efficacy of their branch. Observe the pushback, the leaks and the lies as entrenched POWER refuses to go silently into that good night!
58. Last, Refused his Presidential Pay Check, donated it to Veterans issues.

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I can’t believe it is May already!  One more meeting, then we break for the summer.  I am thrilled with the President’s first 100 days! On April 26, President Trump rolled out the first details of his tax plan, which will reform the complicated tax code, slash rates, and empower companies and workers to create jobs and keep more of their money in their own pockets.

 Personal Tax Reform

• Provide Tax Relief for Middle Income Families
• Simplify the Tax Code by Moving from 7 to 3 Brackets: 0, 10, 25, 35
• Modernize Tax Code to Help Families Struggling with Child & Dependent Care Costs
• Repeal 3.8% Obamacare Tax on Investment Income
• End Alternative Minimum Tax
• Eliminate Itemized Deductions Except Mortgage Interest & Charitable Contributions
• End the Death Tax

Business Tax Reform

• 15% Corporate Rate
• Small Business Owner/Operators Eligible for Business Rate
• Territorial Tax System to End Penalty on Companies Headquartered in the U.S.
• Onetime Tax for Repatriation to Bring Back Trillions of Dollars from Overseas
• Eliminate Tax Breaks for Special Interest

The Texas Legislators will be burning the midnight oil and they should be, they have accomplished very little at getting conservative bills passed by both houses. At the time I wrote this, only 3 bills out of 4,000 submitted have passed. I would like to give you an update on the Houston pensions issue, but it changes from minute to minute… stay tuned!

HB 2815 by Tom Oliverson is referred to as the “nursing home voting bill.”  It could help prevent the single source of voting fraud that is the topic of the highest number of complaints received by the Secretary of State after every election. 

HB 2139 by Mike Schofield brings organized election fraud under the state’s racketeering laws and makes it a felony to engage in organized election fraud activity like ballot harvesting. 

HB 3643 by Valoree Swanson increases penalties for illegally assisting voters and particularly for voter ambush. That’s were organized groups wait in the parking lots of polling places, lock arms with unsuspecting voters and proceed into the polling place to act as the “assistants” for voters with whom they have no prior relationship.

HB 3435 by Valoree Swanson gives the Signature Verification Committee of the election Ballot Board more flexibility in disallowing mail ballots for which the signatures displayed are clearly not the signatures of the voter.

Call or email your representative today to let them know this is important to you.  On the last page of this newsletter you can click on to find your representative.

What to say:  
Tell your representative there are 4 election bills that we need to improve election integrity in Harris County. Ask them to please do whatever they can to pull these 4 bills to votes by the House and Senate.  Your voices can make a real difference.

We have some exciting events and speakers planned for you next fall.  Have a happy, healthy fun summer and we will see you in August!

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