SILICON VALLEY REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED
NEWSLETTER
“A Diamond Achievement Award Club”
April 2007
President: Ellen Longworth (408)354-0419 ~ 1st V.P & Program: Carol
Greenleaf (408)867-5680 ~
2nd V.P/Membership: Laura Riffle (408)263-0990 ~ Treasurer: Naomi Blais ~
Secretary: Gloria Estes
Newsletter Editor: Eve Bretzke ~ Website:
www.svrwf.org
THIS MONTH’S MEETING INFORMATION
All SVRWF Luncheons and Dinner Meetings are held at the Ramada Inn,
Silicon Valley located at 1217 Wildwood Ave. Sunnyvale, California.
Luncheon Meetings: Social 11:30 AM., Lunch 12:00 PM, Cost $18.00.
Dinner Meetings: Social 6:30 PM, Dinner 7:00 PM, Cost $24.00
Our next luncheon meeting is April 5th, 2007.
Menu Choices: Beef Brochette (Medallions of Beef w/ Bell Pepper,
Mushroom, and Rice
Or Quiche Florentine (Spinach Quiche) w/ Fresh Fruit
Call Louise Kenney 739-4724 or Alice Wilson 733-6352 for reservations.
Our
guest speaker this month will be Joseph D. McNamara.
His
topic will be “Terrorism”.
Joseph D. McNamara is a Hoover
Fellow and the former Chief of Police for the City of San Jose for 15 years.
He is recognized as an expert on criminal justice, police technology and
management systems, crime prevention, and international drug control
policies. Mr. McNamara was appointed a criminal justice fellow at Harvard
Law School focusing on criminal justice research methodology and earned a
doctorate of Public Administration from the same institution. Prior to
being police chief of San Jose, he was the police chief of Kansas City, MO.
During Joseph McNamara’s tenure San Jose became the safest city in the
country despite having the fewest police per capita. McNamara has also
served as lecturer and adjunct professor at five different colleges and has
lectured at many of the nation’s top universities including Harvard,
Stanford, and UC Berkeley. Other accomplishments include: appearances on
Opera, Good Morning America, the Today Show, and other programs, consulting
for the US Dept. of Justice and the FBI, author of five books including
three bestselling detective novels plus many other articles.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
When our
Regional Director Joyce Raybourn called me to get a report on what our club
has been doing so far this year I was amazed at just going back and giving her
the names and topics of our speakers. In January we had our own Laura Riffle
telling us about new tax lows to be aware of for. In February we had Dr.
George Morata, a Hoover Fellow, give a very clear view on world economics and
so much more information to think about. On March 1st Dr Gloria
Hom took Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Budget to task. She explained
how far we are in debt and how we got there. Remember the next time you see
the word “bond” on the ballot be sure to consider what the money is being
spent on and do we really need it!
This month we
have Mr. Joe McNamara the former police chief of San Jose and a Hoover
Fellow. He is going to speak to us about terrorism! Mr. McNamara had an
excellent record as the chief of police in San Jose. We see the reports on
our TV’s and we read about it in our newspapers and magazines. All these
forms of the media are so slanted. It will be good to hear from a man who has
spent the better part of his life fighting crime.
I surly wish I
could have joined Melanie Morgan’s “These Colors Don’t Run” Caravan at least
locally to show the Bay Area that we Republicans really do support our troops
and honor the sacrifices they are making everyday. Melanie is on KSFO from 5
AM to 9 AM Monday through Friday.
We have a line
up of timely topics and great speakers coming up the rest of the year. Mark
your calendars to be sure and come to our meetings. You’ll have time to visit
with other good Republican members of our club besides going home with some
food for thought. Many good ideas have come from having discussions at a
meeting. I know our plates are pretty full as we all live busy lives. But as
I heard a speaker say recently about government, “Be Vigilant”. I will take
notes and give you a report on what I hear in Eureka. Give some thought
about attending Advocacy Workshop in Sacramento April 23 – 24, 2007.
Ellen Longworth,
President, SVRWF
Apr.
5 Regular Luncheon Meeting, 11:30 AM Social, 12 Noon Luncheon,
Ramada
Inn Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale
Apr.
12 Board Meeting at the home of JoAnn Barr, 890 Russet Drive,
Sunnyvale. (408) 739-9294.
Apr.
23-24 CFRW 32nd Advocacy Workshop and Spring 2007 Board of Directors'
Meeting, Hyatt Regency at Capitol Park, Sacramento, CA
Sept.
27-30 NFRW Biennial Convention, Palm Springs, September 27-30, 2007
Oct.
19-21 CFRW Biennial Convention, Crowned Plaza, Foster City, CA
SILICON
VALLEY REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2007
NORTHERN
DIVISION CONFERENCE OVERVIEW by Ellen Longworth
The Northern Division Conference in Eureka was well
attended. Shirley Harvey, Alice Wilson, and I were there to really hear some
great speakers. The Girl Scouts were the Honor Guard and they are celebrating
their 95th Anniversary. Every speaker told us how important we are
because they are surrounded by Democrats too. The Supervisors of two counties,
an assemblyman from their district and two retired men who had been very
powerful during Ronald Reagan’s administration reminded us that we do have
power and we should make those “Grass Roots” grow. They gave our women’s
clubs credit for getting into office. It was wonderful to get out and meet
with the “Rurals”.
LEGISLATION
California
Update from CRWF
SB 113 - February Presidential Primary.
The Governor signed Senate Bill 113, Calderon
(d-58) mandating the February 2008 Presidential primary in California. The
CFRW Opposed SB 113.
AB 16
– This is the bill that would require all girls entering 7th grade to be
injected with the Gardasil vaccine. Due to all the opposition that this bill
received not just from Republicans, but from democrats as well, Assemblyman
Hernandez was forced to pull his bill. He said that he would address all of
the concerns and rework the bill and submit it later.
AB
39 --
Benoit (R-64). Illegal Aliens' Cost of Incarceration. The CFRW supports AB
39. This bill has been assigned to the Assembly committee on Public Safety.
Existing federal law requires the fede
