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Vilas Sheriff’s Debate - video posted
August 20th, 2010 | 
Author: GOP Candidates James Maillette and Frank Tomlanovich participated in a debate August 16 to share their positions and intentions as they pursue the office of Vilas County Sheriff. Click below to watch Part I and Part II of the debate held by the Vilas GOP:
August 16 Debate Video Part 1 | Part 2
Vilas Sheriff’s Forum August 16
Join the Vilas County Republicans on Monday, August 16 in Eagle River at the Conservative HQ for Vilas County Sheriff’s Forum.
Vilas GOP Mtg 6:30 pm
Sheriff’s Forum 7:00 pm
Come to meet both Republican Candidates: James Maillette and Frank Tomlanovich, hear what their positions are and what they plan to accomplish as Vilas County’s Sheriff as our standing Republican Sheriff Neibuhr ends his service to the county.
You can read up on both candidates on their websites and come to the forum with questions for both candidates so that we may all come to know them better before the September 14 primary election. Click on their photos below for each candidate’s website:
James Maillette
James Maillette
Frank Tomlanovich
Conservative HQ Grand Opening was held July 19
Area conservative groups, including the local Tea Party group known as the Northwoods Patriots and Republican organizations including the Vilas County Republicans and Republican Women of the North, held the grand opening of their new headquarters at 155 S Railroad Street in Eagle River. All members and voters were invited to an Open House to celebrate the opening of the new headquarters on Monday, July 19.
Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Candidate Dave Ross, the current Mayor of Superior, spoke to the group, sharing his values, accomplishments and conservative vision for our state. As Lt Governor he intends to support the efforts of the new Governor and be an advocate for small business as the state works to rebuild its employment base and foster economic growth.
Dan Meyer also spoke to our group, sharing his frustration as member of the minority in the Assembly working to keep the spending and legislating in check and his optimism for the sessions ahead where conservatives need to be effective leaders.
Various campaign literature and yard signs were distributed as the groups work to promote conservative candidates in the upcoming primary September 14 and general election November 2. Field representatives from Terri McCormick’s congressional campaign were present at the HQ to talk with attendees and distribute campaign literature. Candidates who are members of the Northwoods Patriots or Republican Party are invited to provide their literature for display (see Vilas GOP memo to members regarding our rationale for supporting candidates). An large array of Northwoods Patriot and new Republican clothing was and continues to be available at the Headquarters.
While the three groups maintain separate memberships, meeting schedules and initiatives, they share common goals of conservatism and adherence to our US Constitution. The new Conservative Headquarters will be the host location to future meetings for each of the three groups and has separate membership literature to promote their unique positions and initiatives. All are invited to attend and bring friends and neighbors who would like to get involved in the conservative movement.
The convenient downtown headquarters is situated between D&S Mobil and Alexander’s Pizza, with plenty of free parking right across the street.
Republican Women of the North
http://www.republicanwomenofthenorth.blogspot.com/ * rwotnorth@gmail.com
A message to members of the Vilas County Republican Party
A message to members of the Vilas County Republican Party:
(Delivered at the Grand Opening of the Conservative HQ July 19)
As the elected leaders of the Vilas County Republican Party, we would like to take this opportunity to clarify for the public our rationale for how we decide to treat prospective candidates running under the republican brand. Because Vilas County has historically trended towards the Republican side of the ticket, it is a common practice for local candidates to declare as Republicans simply because it is in their political best interest to do so, and not necessarily because they adhere to Republican ideals such as smaller government, free markets, or lower taxation. For many years, local candidates unknown to us have come forward just months before an election, proclaiming their credentials as Republicans and asking for our support, only to disappear once the election is over and remain unseen until the next election cycle comes around. And although we as the party leadership ultimately have no say in who decides to run under the Republican name sake, we will, to the best of our ability, give support to those candidates who have established Republican credentials and who we believe best represent the ideals of the Republican Party. How does one establish such credentials? First and foremost, a person should be a dues paying member in good standing with the Vilas County Republicans and or, the Wisconsin GOP or National GOP. Second, and perhaps most important, a person needs to show up to our meetings and to our events long before they decide to run for office. From the organization and planning that goes into the Lincoln Day Dinner or The Great Debate, to the preparations for the 4th of July parades, many hard working volunteers work selflessly year in and year out to ensure the Republican Party is well represented here in Vilas County. If a person joins us in such efforts, and establishes that their views are in line with ours, we will do the best that we can to support them when they decide to run for office. But understand that we believe the greatest mistake the Republican Party has made in recent years is the practice of supporting candidates simply because they claim to be Republicans. We believe that in order to truly reform our country for the better, we must first ensure that the candidates being put forth by the party are true conservatives, and not those simply using the party name to attain public office. Lacking other means, one of the best ways of accomplishing this is to support those people who have come to the Republican Party asking how they can help us, and not those who come to us looking to help them.
Jim Knuth Vilas GOP Chairman 715-686-7746
Kim Simac Vilas GOP 1st Chair 715-479-8784
Jeff Kirschmann Vilas GOP 2nd Chair 715-545-3335
Vilas County Republicans: vilas.wisgop.info
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Scott Walker’s 100 Day Dash - volunteer July 24
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Grand Opening of Conservative Headquarters July 19
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 16, 2010
Contacts:
Jim Knuth: Vilas County Republicans 715-686-7746
Kim Simac: Republican Women and Northwoods Patriots 715-479-8784
Email: Jim knuth@centurytel.net , Kim northwoodspatriots@gmail.com
GRAND OPENING OF CONSERVATIVE HEADQUARTERS JULY 19
Vilas County Republicans, Northwoods Patriots and Republican Women of the North jointly open new Eagle River office to promote conservatism as mid-term elections approach.
Eagle River, Wis. - Area conservative groups, including the local Tea Party group known as the Northwoods Patriots and Republican organizations including the Vilas County Republicans and Republican Women of the North, announce the grand opening of their new headquarters at 155 S Railroad Street in Eagle River. All citizens are invited to an Open House to celebrate the opening of the new headquarters on Monday, July 19, at 6:30pm.
Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Candidate Dave Ross, the current Mayor of Superior, will be the guest speaker who will share his values, accomplishments and conservative vision for our state.
Various campaign literature and yard signs will be available as the groups work to promote conservative candidates in the upcoming primary September 14 and general election November 2. Candidates who are members of the Northwoods Patriots or Republican Party are invited to provide their literature for display. An array of Northwoods Patriot and Republican clothing will also be available.
While the three groups maintain separate memberships, meeting schedules and initiatives, they share common goals of conservatism and adherence to our US Constitution. The new Conservative Headquarters will be the host location to future meetings for each of the three groups and has separate membership literature to promote their unique positions and initiatives. All are invited to attend and bring friends and neighbors who would like to get involved in the conservative movement.
The convenient downtown headquarters is situated between D&S Mobil and Alexander’s Pizza, with plenty of free parking right across the street. Public is invited; free hot dogs and cold beverages will be served at the Grand Opening Monday evening.
Newt Gingrich to stump for Sean Duffy in Wausau
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WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: Barack Obama: The great jobs killer
Jul. 04, 2010
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: Barack Obama: The great jobs killer
As former President Ronald Reagan might have said, “Obama, there you go again.”
The current occupant of the White House claims to know how to create jobs. He claims jobs have been created. But so far the score is Great Obama Depression 2.2 million lost jobs, Obama 0 — a blowout.
Obama is as hopeless, helpless, clueless and bankrupt of good ideas as the manager of the Chicago Cubs in late September. This “community organizer” knows as much about private-sector jobs as Pamela Anderson knows about nuclear physics.
It’s time to call Obama what he is: The Great Jobs Killer. With his massive spending and tax hikes — rewarding big government and big unions, while punishing taxpayers and business owners — Obama has killed jobs, he has killed motivation to create new jobs, he has killed the motivation to invest in new businesses, or expand old ones. With all this killing, Obama should be given the top spot on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.
Meanwhile, he has kept the union workers of GM and Chrysler employed (with taxpayer money). He has made sure that most government employee union members got their annual raises for sleeping on the job (with taxpayer money). He made sure that his voters got handouts mislabeled as “tax cuts” even though they never paid taxes (with taxpayer money). And he made sure that major campaign contributors collected billions off government stimulus (with taxpayer money).
As far as the taxpayers — the people who actually take risks with our own money to create small businesses and jobs and pay most of the taxes — we require protection under the Endangered Species Act.
You won’t find proof of the damage Obama is doing on Wall Street, but rather on Main Street. My friends are all part of the economic engine of America: Small business. Small business creates 75 percent of new jobs (and a majority of all jobs). I called one friend who was a wealthy restaurant owner. He says business is off by 60 percent. He’s drowning in debt. He won’t last much longer. His wealth is gone.
I called another friend in the business of home improvement. He says business is off 90 percent from two years ago. My contractor just filed personal bankruptcy. She won’t be building any more homes. The hair salon where I’ve had my hair cut for years closed earlier this year. Bankrupt. But here’s the clincher — ESPN Zone just closed all their restaurants across the country. If they can’t make it selling cheap food and overpriced beer with 100 big screens blaring every sporting event on the planet to a sports-crazed society, we are all in deep, deep trouble.
I’ve polled all my friends who own small businesses — many of them in the Internet and high-tech fields. They all agree that in this new Obama world of high business taxes, income taxes, payroll taxes, capital gains taxes, and workers compensation taxes, the key to success is to avoid employees. The only way to survive as a business owner today is by keeping the payroll very low and by hiring only independent contractors or part-time employees provided by temp agencies.
The days of jobs in the private sector with big salaries, full benefits, and pensions are over. We’ve all seen where those kinds of jobs get you as a business owner — in Bankruptcy Court or surviving on government welfare like GM and Chrysler. Or in the case of government itself — completely insolvent, but surviving by ripping off taxpayers and fraudulently running printing presses at the Fed all day and night to print money by the trillions.
Unfortunately, small businesses don’t have the power to impose taxes or print money. So unlike government, we’ll just have to cut employees and run lean and mean.
It has now become clear that, outside of the burgeoning field of Census takers, there will be no major increase in new jobs for years to come. Outside government, Obama has created a wasteland of economic ruin and depression that looks much like the landscape of Mel Gibson’s first movie “Mad Max.” Without a printing press in Obama’s world, you’re just plain out of luck.
The days of believing the Obama propaganda about a jobs recovery are over. The trillion-dollar corporate handouts (neatly named “stimulus”) may have kept big business in the money for the past 18 months, and artificially propped up the stock market, but small business is the real canary in the coal mine.
My small business-owning friends aren’t creating one job. Not one. They are shedding jobs. They are learning to do more with fewer employees. They are creating high-tech businesses that don’t need employees. And many business owners are making plans to leave the country. In a high-tech world where businesses can be run from anywhere, Obama has a problem. His one-trick pony — raise taxes, raise taxes, raising taxes — is chasing away the business owners he desperately needs to pay his bills.
So who is going to pay Obama’s taxes? Not his voters. They want government to pay them. Who is going to create Obama’s jobs? Not his voters — they’ve never created a job in their lives.
So what is Obama going to do? Maybe he can get Pamela Anderson on the line.
Wayne Allyn Root, a former vice presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party, writes from Henderson. His column appears every other week.
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BP ’s Tech Update - May 24, 2010
Click Here for BP’s Tech Update about the various steps being taken to stop the leak, including subsea oil collection and Top Kill efforts.
Meet and Greet Reid Ribble at Next Vilas COP Meeting May 17
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VILAS COUNTY REPUBLICANS
MAY 17 MEETING - 6:30pm
Wild Eagle Lodge, Eagle River
Meet Reid Ribble
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