Location of meeting : One Mile West - Restaurant in Sunapee
Web Site Address - WWW.SULLIVANGOP.ORG
The meeting starts at 9a.m. with the pledge of allegiance
Chairman Harry Gale welcomes all and asks all new folks attending to introduce themselves along with all regular attendees. Harry thanks all who helped setup
and organize this get-together of the Sullivan County Republicans. Harry asks for a suspension of the rules so as to postpone all business and reports except
for - Events, Lincoln Day and the Golf event Reports.
The (now available) breakfast is enjoyed and reports followed shortly later.
Golf tournament report by Wotjek- The date is August 29th at the Newport Golf Course. BBQ is to follow after at the golf course. The cost will be $100 a
player and there will be a golf ball available signed by Rush Limbaugh.
Lincoln Day Dinner by Don Gobin- The date is June 5th at the Newport common. 6:00 P.M. is the social time and 7:00 P.M. the program with key note speaker
Charlie Bass. Please spread the word through all means available. Tickets are available now.
Events report by Dennis Vinci- Please try to attend each of our events and also to volunteer for our committee events.
Harry thanks Jay Flanders for his work on the last election cycle.
Motion is made by Steve Cunningham and second by Dennis Vinci to pay the town of Newport for use of its Town Green for the Lincoln day dinner. (This payment is
Refundable) Motion passes.
Announcement from St. Rep. Beverly Rodeschin on the June 2nd vote for Lebanon's special election for State Rep. and the Gay Marriage Bill hearing on
Tuesday in Concord.
Harry introduces NH Republican State Chairman Governor John Sununu.
Chairman Sununu's presentation follows.
Chairman Sununu states, N.H. Today has partisan issues. The Democrats are supporting big government and more fees and taxes, both nationally and here in N.H.
Democrats are using funding from one time sources. They have a 12% increase in the budget. They are even taking from funds of doctors in the private sector,
increasing capital gains taxes, the death tax, rooms and meals taxes and the gas tax. They have no thoughts of cutting much spending. Obama promised a tax
cut to 95% of the people - a Republican act. Lynch also acts like a Republican at all his elections. Same with gay marriage. He's got no backbone and has
turned on his word on gay marriage. We now rank last in quality of services to our citizens. We need to stand up and fight to gather as a party. The
Democrats are raising too many fees. Small businesses are being hurt greatly by insurances, now. The state house needs to get cleaned out from the corner
office to the House and Senate. The public employees fund is lacking. The bond statements are very poor. November 2008 (unfunded liability) is at 7 billion
dollars. The Governor has done nothing to fix these problems. Communication is the most important factor in policy and government. The state of NH must be
returned back to the Republicans to restore NH to what it was. The state party needs your help to fix the state.
Questions were given on workman's compensation and small business, how to communicate to union employees, resources for communications, the state budget,
retirement funding, voter standards, NH budget spending and welfare, how to communicate to the young voter, the gas tax and climate change.
In Attendance: Omer Ahern, Ned Hoyt, Adele and Steve Smith, Andrew Hemingway, Don Gobin, Terry Moore, Rodd Ward, Barbara Rodeschin, Christopher Collins, Janice
Newton, Joanne Randall, Dennis Vinci, Chris and Rose Vinci, Steve and Judy Cunningham, Don Clarke, Dick Wentzell, Spec Bowers, Bill Walsh, Dan Foster, Karen
Foster, John Brooks, Margret Drye, Ernie Bridge, Paul Johnson, Harry Gale, Dave Roark, Joe Osgood, Jay Flanders, Gov. John Sununu, BJ Perry and Beverly
Rodeschin.
