Insight by Home Grown Conservative.

Be sure to listen to the new podcast from young conservative local Chad Whittle.

Lowndes GOP Going To The Hahira Honeybee Festival

If you can come on by to the Honey Bee Festival and show support of your local GOP down at our booth on saturday Oct. 8.

http://www.hahirahoneybeefestivalinc.com/

An evening with Mike Huckabee presented by Georgia Christian School

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee is the host of the number one rated weekend hit “HUCKABEE” on the Fox News Channel, and is heard three times daily across the nation on the “Huckabee Report” syndicated on almost 600 stations by the Citadel Media Network, where it has been the fastest growing new program on the Citadel Media Network in recent years.

He is the author of 9 books, the most recent being “A Simple Government,” which is currently on the New York Times Bestseller List.  This is his fourth book on the New York Times Bestseller List joining “Do the Right Thing,” “A Simple Christmas” and ” Can’t wait Till Christmas.”

 

Georgia Christian School’s 2011 Annual Benefit Dinner is being Sponsored by businesses and individuals who make leadership gifts commensurate with their interest and ability.

General Admission Tickets

$125

Available beginning August 1, 2011

You are invited to select a sponsorship level that is most desirable for you.  Please know that every gift is important and appreciated.

Thank you for considering the following sponsorship levels:

Master Sponsor

$15,000

As a Master Sponsor you will receive:

• Two Seats at the head table with Gov. Huckabee
• Sixteen Reserved Seats in exclusive Silver section for dinner
• Eighteen Passes for Headmaster’s reception*
• Two Photographs with Gov. Huckabee
• Gov. Huckabee’s book – Autographed for the Master Sponsor
• Two Athletic Season Passes for all GCS home games
• Featured Recognition as a Master Sponsor: In Keepsake Program and in Slide Presentation

Diamond Sponsor

$10,000

As a Diamond Sponsor you will receive:

• Sixteen Seats (Eight reserved in Silver section and Eight general admission) for exclusive dinner with Gov. Huckabee
• Sixteen Passes for Headmaster’s reception*
• Two Photographs with Gov. Huckabee
• Gov. Huckabee’s book – Autographed for the Diamond Sponsor
• Two Athletic Season Passes for all GCS home games
• Features Recognition as a Diamond Sponsor:  In Keepsake Program and in Slide Presentation

Platinum Sponsor

$5,000

As a Platinum Sponsor you will receive:

• Twelve Seats (Eight reserved in Blue section and Four general admission) for exclusive dinner with Gov. Huckabee
• Four Passes for Headmaster’s reception*
• One photograph (up to four people) with Gov. Huckabee
• Gov. Huckabee’s book – Autographed for the Platinum Sponsor
• Two Athletic Season Passes for all GCS home games
• Featured Recognition as a Platinum Sponsor:  In Keepsake Program and in Slide presentation

Presidential Sponsor

$2,500

As Presidential Sponsor you will receive:

• Eight Reserved Seats in exclusive Blue Section for dinner with Gov. Huckabee
• Four passes for Headmaster’s reception*
• One Photograph (for two people) with Gov. Huckabee
• Gov. Huckabee’s book- Autographed for the Presidential Sponsor
• Two Athletic Season Passes for all GCS home games
• Featured Recognition as a Presidential Sponsor:  In Keepsake Program and in Slide presentation

Executive Sponsor

$1500

As an Executive Sponsor you will receive:

• Eight Reserved seats in exclusive Red section for dinner with Gov. Huckabee
• Two Passes for Headmaster’s reception*
• Gov. Huckabee’s book – Autographed for the Executive Sponsor
• Two Athletic Season Passes for all GCS home games
• Featured Recognition as an Executive Sponsor:  In Keepsake Program and in Slide Presentation

Associate Sponsor

$500

As an Associate Sponsor you will receive:

• Two Reserved Seats in exclusive Red section for dinner with Gov. Huckabee
• Two Passes for Headmaster’s reception*
• Two Athletic Season Passes for all GCS home games
• Featured Recognition as an Associate Sponsor:  In Keepsake Program and in Slide Presentation

* Only those with photo passes will be admitted to the theater to meet Gov. Huckabee.

When

Tuesday November 8, 2011

6:00 pm  Headmaster’s Reception and Private Photo Session with Gov. Huckabee

7:00 pm  Dinner

Where

Valdosta State University Student Union
1500 North Patterson St.
Valdosta, GA 31602

Contact

Stacy Olbricht
Georgia Christian School
gcsregistration@bellsouth.net
229-559-5131

Register here – http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=4s9cqhfab&oeidk=a07e42weusc001a48bb

Did you know this about Herman Cain?

Herman Cain is running for president. He’s not a career politician (in fact he has never held political office). He’s known as a pizza guy, but there’s a lot more to him. He’s also a computer guy, a banker guy, and a rocket scientist guy.

Here’s his bio:
Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.
Master’s degree in Computer Science.
Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (making him a rocket scientist).
Computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola.
VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury (this is the top of the ladder in the computer world, being in charge of information systems for a major corporation).

All achieved before reaching the age of 35. Since he reached the top of the information systems world, he changed careers!
Business Manager. Took charge of Pillsbury’s 400 Burger King restaurants in the Philadelphia area, which were the company’s poorest performers in the country. Spent the first nine months learning the business from the ground up, cooking hamburger and yes, cleaning toilets. After three years he had turned them into the company’s best performers.
Godfather’s Pizza CEO. Was asked by Pillsbury to take charge of their Godfather’s Pizza chain (which was on the verge of bankruptcy). He made it profitable in 14 months.
In 1988 he led a buyout of the Godfather’s Pizza chain from Pillsbury. He was now the owner of a restaurant chain. Again he reached the top of the ladder of another industry.
He was also chairman of the National Restaurant Association during this time. This is a group that interacts with government on behalf of the restaurant industry, and it gave him political experience from the non-politician side.

Having reached the top of a second industry, he changed careers again!
Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Herman Cain went to work for the Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes would affect American businesses.
Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. He worked his way up to the chairmanship of a regional Federal Reserve bank. This is only one step below the chairmanship of the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking position in the country). This position allowed him to see how monetary policy is made from the inside, and understand the political forces that impact the monetary system.

After reaching the top of the banking industry, he changed careers for a fourth time!
Writer and public speaker. He then started to write and speak on leadership. His books include Speak as a Leader, CEO of Self, Leadership is Common Sense, and They Think You’re Stupid.
Radio Host. Around 2007—after a remarkable 40 year career—he started hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the country).

He did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his mother was a maid). When you add up his accomplishments in his life—including reaching the top of three unrelated industries: information systems, business management, and banking—Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.

Constitution Seminar

Saturday October 1st 2011

American Legion Hall

1301 Williams Street Valdosta, GA

8:30AM – 4:30PM

Cost: $20 per ticket (lunch included)

To buy a ticket call: 229-242-1186

Smart Meters

September 16,
2011

Highlights of
a meeting with Georgia Power – Valdosta on September 15, 2011.

• 1.  Installation of Smart Meters (SM) to be
  completed in all Georgia Counties by the end of 2012.
• 2.
  Ga Pwr Val – has the responsibility for
  installing SM in the Southern 35 counties in Ga from   approximately
  Albany to Waycross to the Fl border.
• 3.  Installation of SM in Valdosta scheduled for
  Mid 2012.
• 4.  All new accounts in GA Pwr Southern area,
  i.e., residential, commercial or industrial will be SM.
• 5.  Currently, the nearest relay tower in the
  Southern area is located in Cordele too far to be accessible.
• 6.  New towers to be constructed in the Southern
  35 counties. Location and number to be as required.
• 7.  Smart Meters store power usage faster than
  the present analog meters.
  • Since
    SM operates quicker and more accurate than current analog meters, the Monthly
    Bills will be higher according the Ga Pwr.
  • 8.
    Ga Pwr will conduct a series of Forums on SM.
    • Initial
      meetings to include Elected Officials and Business personnel.
    • I
      requested to be contacted to attend a Forum when feasible.
    • 9.
      I asked if they had experienced any resistance
      to the SM.
    • 10.
      They offered the following on the benefits and resistance on SM.
      • Meter
        readers would no longer be required.
      • Since
        vehicles would be eliminated, costs would be reduced.
      • By
        analyzing the power load, Ga Pwr would be able to route power more efficiently
        through the Grid.
      • On
        the Negative Side; they encountered the following:
        • Big
          Brother watching
        • Private
          encroachment
        • EMR
          -
          Electromagnetic Radiation generated by wireless devices
        • 11.
          LCRP inputs and concerns
          • Land
            for construction of towers – a number of towers will be required to relay data
            successfully and accurately
          • The
            plan at the moment is to have “Master RF Transmitters (MRFT)” between the end
            user, i.e., residential, etc, and the towers. The MRFT would analyze the power
            usage of many end users, which in turn would send the data to a Ga Pwr control
            destination.
          • In
            the Ga Pwr Radio Frequency Talking Points handout, they acknowledge that a
            typical GaPwrSM would transmit less than 1 second a day. This may or may not be
            correct depending on how often the SM is polled (the MRFT sends a pulse to a SM
            at a predetermined interval (called polling) to obtain the required data).
          • However,
            the MRFT would be transmitting and receiving data from a number of SM for a
            much longer period of time. This depends on the number of SM polled and how
            many times per day polled by the MRFT.
          • Big
            Questions – Where are the MFRT located?  How
            often is the SM polled? How is the data disseminated between the SM, MFRT and
            the control destination? What is the reliability of the system performance
            under various atmospheric conditions?
          • Electromagnetic
            Radiation generated by SM and MRFT should be evaluated over a long period of
            time.

 

LCRP

 

Ronald Reagan’s 100th Birthday Celebration with Michael Reagan

Michael Reagan (Pres Ronald Reagan's son) Book, The New Reagan Revolution

(Click photo above to view video of Michael Reagan’s interview by C-SPAN on December 21, 2010)

Michael Reagan (Pres Ronald Reagan’s son) will be the featured speaker

Thursday, Feb. 3, 2011 at

The Rainwater Conference Center, Valdosta, GA.

(Map)

This Celebration is sponsored by the SW GA Republican Women’s Club.  The Reception is at 6:00 PM (meet with Michael Reagan).  Cost is $100 per ticket which includes Dinner.

Dinner and Speech by Michael Reagan is at 7:00 PM (Dinner only $30)

Booksigning is at 8:30 PM.  Michael Reagan’s latest book, The New Reagan Revolution, will be available for purchase.

Tickets available at:

Ivey’s The Man’s Shop

1589 Baytree Rd

Valdosta, GA

229-247-7729

(Map)

 

Nathan Deal for Governor Lunch Reception

Nathan Deal is coming to Valdosta on October 6th for a noon event.

If anyone is interested in participating or contributing please call Rusty Griffin at 229-245-1558 or Lindsay Perdue at 404-841-8576.  Please feel free to also drop us a note via email. 

Nathan Deal for Governor Lunch Reception Oct 6, 2010

Nathan Deal for Governor

Valdosta Lunch Reception

 Date:  Wednesday, October 6, 2010

 Time:  12:00 pm-1:30 pm

 Location:  James H. Rainwater Conference Center, 1 Meeting Place Valdosta, GA 31601

 Contribution information:

Hosts ~$ 1,500
Sponsors~ $1,000
Patrons~ $500
To attend~ contributions requested
(All Hosts as of September 22nd will be listed on the invitation.)
 

Please make checks payable to Deal for Governor. State law allows individuals, corporations, and Political Action Committees to contribute a maximum of $6,100 for the primary election, $3,600 for the runoff election, and $6,100 for the general election.

 With questions or for more information:

Contact Lindsay Perdue at 404.841.8576 or lindsay@nathandeal.org

Formal invitation to follow

Campaign contact information:

Deal for Governor
PO Box 2495
Gainesville, GA 30503
www.DealforGovernor.com

State law requires political committees to report the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer for each individual whose contributions aggregate in excess of $100 in a calendar year. Contributions to Deal for Governor, Inc. are not deductible for tax purposes.

Paid for by Deal for Governor, Inc.

LCRP Open House and Grand Opening!

Lowndes County Republican Party Open House and Grand Opening!

When:  Saturday, September 25

Where:  LCRP Headquarters at

Barclay Square Shopping Center
1601 Baytree Rd Ste C
Valdosta, GA 31602

(Barclay is next to the Mall on the Baytree side and we are located next to the Honey Baked Ham shop.)

Map

Time:  11 AM to 2 PM

Free Hot Dogs and Drinks!
Sam Olens at noon. Other candidates also.

See you Saturday!

Sondra Supp

Our New GOP Headquarters!

Our New GOP Headquarters is now open!

We are located at:

Barclay Square Shopping Center
1601 Baytree Rd Ste C
Valdosta, GA  31602

(Barclay is next to the Mall on the Baytree side and we are located next to the Honey Baked Ham shop.)

Map

We are in need of volunteers to man the headquarters.  We will be open from10 AM to 6 PM each day.  Please drop by the headquarters to sign up to volunteer.  The calendar is at the Headquarters and it will be easy to check dates and times that are already filled.
 
We are planning a Grand Opening soon!

Please check our GOP News Page and Calendar for the date and time.

We look forward to seeing you there!