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MAY Mesa County GOP NEWS
The Mesa County Republican Women's monthly luncheon is
Monday, May 8 at the Masonic Lodge. Everyone is invited to
attend. Guest speaker is Marc Holtzman. 12 noon. $10 per
person. RSVP to Janet Blackman, 263-8181
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There are NO OTHER LUNCHEONS this month for Mesa County
Republicans because of the 3rd Congressional District
Convention (May 19) and Colorado State Republican
Convention (May 20) in Colorado Springs.
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Thank you to Rick Wagner for his inspiring talk at our last
luncheon. During his talk he mentioned several books of
interest to Republicans. His complete suggested reading
list is now posted online, along with links to the books on
Amazon.com. Could make for a nice gift! Visit
www.mesacountyrepublicans.com and click on the "Remarkable
Republicans" link.
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Other site updates:
- The Mesa County quarterly report (see the "Articles and
Speeches" link)
- Assembly results, including District 54
- Resolution results from the Mesa County Republican
Assembly
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Bob Caskey, candidate for House District 55, recently made
a trip to Arizona to visit the border patrol, the Minutemen
and Maricopa County's "Sheriff Joe" (famous for his "tent
city" prison). Bob's trip was recently featured in the
Daily Sentinel and he came away with a hands-on perspective
of critical immigration and law enforcement issues. If you
would like to discuss, you can reach Bob at
bob4hd55@acsol.net .
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By M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News
May 4, 2006
Colorado's senators split Thursday over a $109 billion
emergency spending bill, which Sen. Wayne Allard said was
loaded with "egregious" pork barrel spending.
By a 78-20 vote, senators approved the bill, which provides
money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, hurricane
relief and other projects added during the debate.
Allard, R-Loveland, was among the 20 Republicans on the
losing side, saying he opposed it because went far beyond
the $92 billion that President Bush had requested.
"To me, this was a vote to impose fiscal sanity on the
appropriations process," Allard said in a statement after
the vote. "I believe emergency supplemental spending should
be for actual emergencies not pork barrel spending, and
some of the provisions in the final bill turned out to be
pork barrel at its most egregious," Allard said.
Among the "egregious" spending, Allard was concerned that
the bill included $6 million for sugar cane growers in
Hawaii, $15 million for a strategy to promote seafood and
$15 million for "ewe lamb replacement," Allard chief of
staff Sean Conway said.
Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Denver, voted yes, along with 42 other
Democrats, 34 Republicans and one Independent.
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