Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated

Southern Monterey County

Republican Women Federated

P.O. Box 221, King City, CA 93930

President-Karen Leonhard (karenleonhard@) Newsletter Editor ~ Jeane Errea Mills (jlerrea@)

Membership Chair-Dorothy Errea (djerrea@) California Federation of Republican Women

30th Assembly District

12th State Senatorial District

20th Congressional District

November 2019

Volume 19 Issue 11

NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

November 5th General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, November 5th, 2019, 11:30am Lawrence's Restaurant, 611 Canal St., King City Traditional Thanksgiving Luncheon $15 includes beverage, tax & tip Roast Turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, cranberry sauce

RESERVATIONS ARE A MUST!!! Respond to Karen at karenleonhard@ or (831) 385-1333 by Nov. 3rd

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP

Our guest speaker for the General Membership Meeting will be Vicki Nohrden, Republican candidate for State Senate, 2020, in the 17th District. The subject of her talk will be "Tax First. Think Later: How Sacramento's approach to policies are harming our families, our schools and our businesses." Members and friends of the club should bring items to be mailed to the Troops and monetary donations for postage to the meeting. Everyone is welcome for lunch or to stop by to hear the speaker.

VICKI NOHRDEN Vicki Nohrden has more than 20 years of public service and leadership experience in Monterey County schools, non-profits and government service. Her public service includes the Monterey County Civil Grand Jury, a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children (CASA) and family outreach for Monterey County Jail and Juvenile Justice System. Her platform includes Sustainable Housing Policies, Education Above Agendas and Opportunity For All. She is married to her best friend, Daniel Nohrden, retired Navel Officer and they have 3 children and 6 grandchildren.

QUOTE OF THE MONTH

"Americans throughout this great land set aside Veterans Day for special remembrance of the men and women who have served to protect our freedom. The sound of bugles playing taps will pierce the air at countless ceremonies around the country and at our bases overseas in tribute to those who gave their lives in order to safeguard human liberty."

Ronald Reagan Oct. 26, 1981

2019 NOMINATED SMCRWF OFFICERS FOR 2020-21

PRESIDENT 1ST VICE PRESIDENT-PROGRAMS 2ND VICE PRESIDENT-WAYS & MEANS RECORDING SECRETARY TREASURER

JEANE ERREA-MILLS KATHY FORGNONE DOROTHY ERREA DONNA RAPPAPORT CLAUDIA WOLLESEN

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

What a fabulous slate of officers that our nominating committee has chosen for the 2020-21 term for Southern Monterey County Republican Women Federated. Thank you to committee chair, Mikel Ann Miller along with Barbara Wellong and Erin King and thank you to the nominated officers for answering the call to serve our club. The election of officers will be held at the November 5th meeting and installation will be at the December 3rd Christmas Party meeting. The 2020-21 years promise to be exciting and invigorating with the Donald Trump reelection campaign and the restructure of the California Federation of Republican Women. Our club will be part of Region 5 that consists of clubs from Santa Cruz to Ventura along the California Coast. It will be enjoyable to attend meetings of other clubs in our Region and meet many new fellow Republican women. I look forward to seeing you all on November 5th to meet Vicki Nohrden, candidate for State Senate in the 17th District. Don't forget to bring items for the troops and if you haven't had time to shop, a check to OCC for postage will be appreciated.

Karen Leonhard, President

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

CFRW Advocate, Allison Olson, arose early to

travel all the way from Sacramento to King City

to speak to us about the legislative process in the

State Capitol. She told us about some of the bills

that recently passed and some that are "on hold" Nancy Wofford, Trump & Kathy Layton

until the next session. Monterey County

Republican Party Chair, Jeff Gorman,

spoke about the California Republican Allison Olson Party Convention. Nominees for office

in SMCRWF for 2020-21 were announced by Nominating

Committee Chair, Mikel Ann Miller. Nancy Wofford

from Simi Valley RWF announced her candidacy for Regional Director. Ways and Means Chair, Jeane Errea Mills told us about "Treat for $10 " fundraiser.

Monterey Peninsula & Simi

Jeff Gorman

Claudia Wollesen was the lucky Opportunity Drawing ticket holder. Don't miss the November 5th meeting

when Vicki Nohrden, State Senate candidate will be speaking.

CARING FOR AMERICA

We will be collecting items for the troops at our meeting on November 5th. You may bring them in bags, boxes, any way you wish, just be sure to bring them. You may also drop off your donations at the Rustler office or the King City Library. Donations for postage will also be a way to support our troops. Checks should be written to Occupation Care and Comfort and are tax deductible, Tax ID#27-3116300, donation #77631. A Wish List is included in the newsletter and if you have any questions or would like to have your donations picked up, give me a call.

Gail Chaney, Chair (831) 385-6406

View From The Edge Of The Crowd by Lee Schell

Nothing piques a reporter's interest more than when they suspect someone is trying to hide something. It happened with me many times during my over 30year career in the broadcast news business. One example is when HewlettPackard Corporation aggressively sought to purchase Compaq Computers and then CEO Carly Fiorina refused to take my calls and almost [but not quite] barred me from HP news conferences. I eventually found out that Fiorina planned to buy Compaq and then shut it down, putting over 15-thousand Compaq employees out of work. I told the world over KGO radio and the secret was out.

Along comes the Planned Parenthood scandal a few years later when a group of journalist affiliated with the Breitbart News organization took hidden cameras into meetings with Planned Parenthood management and recorded them admitting to the sale of body parts of aborted fetuses. Fast-forward to the election [yes, ladies and gentlemen, Donald Trump WAS legitimately elected President Of The United States Of America]. The main-stream media outlets, assuming it was a done deal that Hillary would be the next president, were shocked and dismayed when the Electoral College votes began piling up for Trump. When the smoke of this election cleared, we began to see the end of trustworthy journalism as we knew it.

Aggressive reporters, now calling themselves Project Veritas, () are beginning to infiltrate news organization to expose the biased agendas of the people who run and staff these so-called news outlets. CNN staffer Cary Poarch managed to smuggle a tiny, hidden camera into the CNN news operation and record comments about the election of Donald Trump and the Trump administration made by his CNN colleagues. He even recorded many of the daily conference calls made to CNN staffers by CEO Jeff Zucker. It became clear, by watching these videos and listening to the phone calls, that if your politics are "center", center-right, or, heaven forbid, Republican...you are not welcome at CNN. There is not enough space here for me to outline all of the political bias recorded at CNN but there is clear evidence in these surreptitious recordings, that CNN is working, full out, to defeat Donald Trump in 2020 and every day CEO Jeff Zucker is giving his production and on-air crew ideas on how to boost Joe Biden's or any other Democrat Presidential candidate's chances of defeating the current president. In addition, CNN has been given marching orders to keep hammering the Impeachment idea to weaken Trump before the 2020 election.

This is just CNN. Veritas has underground reporters in MSNBC and the other alphabet

news networks and what we are seeing at CNN is just the tip of the iceberg. The only

place you will see this Project Veritas information reported will be on Fox News so if

you want to stay plugged into this story you'll have to go directly to the Project Veritas

website, but make no mistake: the days of trusting what you see and hear on television

newscasts are over!

FLAG DAYS

AMERICANISM obtained from on line searches When the flag is raised or lowered as part of a ceremony and as it passes by in parade or review, everyone, except those in uniform, should face the flag with the right hand over the heart. The U.S. flag should never be dipped toward any person or object, nor should the flag ever touch

anything beneath it. - Hugh Talman-

November 5 - Election Day November 10 - Marine Corps Birthday November 11 - Veterans Day November 28 - Thanksgiving Day

BOOK to LOOK FOR From

Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation by Ken Starr Twenty years after the Starr Report and the Clinton impeachment, former special prosecutor Ken Starr finally shares his definitive account of one of the most divisive periods in American history.

CFRW 2019 FALL CONVENTION

Republican Women from all over California convened in Bakersfield over the weekend. A total of 340 attended and 97 clubs were represented to vote on Bylaw changes, elect officers for 2020-21 and to celebrate the 95th Anniversary of California Federation of Republican Women. SMCRWF sent 4 members to represent our club, Pres. Karen Leonhard, 2nd Vice Pres. Jeane Errea-Mills, Secretary, Kathy Forgnone and Donna Rappaport. Our club had 3 delegate votes at the Convention. Nancy Wofford, candidate for Regional Director in Region 5 was elected. The vote to raise the CFRW Per Capita fee for membership failed. Prior to the CFRW vote, however, the Per Capita fee for membership to NFRW passed at the NFRW Convention in September. Membership Chair, Dorothy Errea will address this issue at our November 5th meeting and in the December newsletter. Our club was honored to receive the Bronze Achievement Award from National Federation of Republican Women and a Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding participation and lasting contribution in Caring For America 2018-19 from CFRW. Congratulations to Cindy Wagner, chair in 2018, Gail Chaney 2019 chair and especially to all of our members who participate in sending packages to the Troops and Christmas gifts to children of the military at Ft. Hunter Liggett. Ken Starr was the featured speaker at the Convention and he signed copies of his new book, Contempt, a Memoir of the Clinton Investigation.

NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORING CLUBS

MONTEREY PENINSULA RWF Nov. 14 Palo Corona Park, Carmel Valley, 11:30am. Speaker is Mike Morrell,

CA. State Senator, "Is There Hope For California?" RSVP (831) 277-6208

PASO ROBLES RWF Nov. 18 Paso Robles Inn, Paso Robles, 11:30am. Speaker is Andy Caldwell.

Candidate for U.S. Congress, 24th District. RSVP (408) 981-2546

SUNSHINE

Erin King is recovering from an injury and a card was circulated at our last meeting to wish her well. Give Cheryl Harrison a call at (831) 385-5977 if you hear of any of our members needing a bit of cheer. She will send a card.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEWS Stop by the Chamber office at 200 Broadway to pick up the forms to nominate Citizen and Business of the Year and Friend of the Community. Deadline is Nov. 12

REAGAN LIBRARY EVENTS (805) 522-2977 Oct. 29 Bret Baier, Fox News, "3 Days at the Brink", program 6pm Nov. 10 Donald Trump Jr., "Triggered" book signing 4pm, program 6pm Nov. 11 Veteran's Day Commemoration, 10am-3pm Nov. 14 Egypt's Lost Cities lunch & tour, 12:30-4pm Nov. 15 Wilfred McClay," Recovering the American Story", program 11am

LEGISLATIVE NEWS Allison Olson, CFRW Advocate

Governor Newsom's Bill Action It was a tough week for Californians in the north state. With PG&E initiating the largest blackouts in California history, many Californians are remembering the recall of Governor Gray Davis and the events leading up to that. But the PG&E crisis didn't stop Governor Newsom from taking action on many bills still left on his desk. The Governor still has until October 15th to either sign bills or veto them. Bills with no action by the Governor also become laws. Here is what has been signed or vetoed over the last two weeksAB 5- SIGNED: This bills severly hampers our growing gig-economy in our state, by mandating millions of independent contractors be considered employees, according to the Dynamex Decision equation. But, if you were one of over 30 industries with the money to lobby the Democrat legislative majority to exclude your business, they happliy complied. Except for Uber, Lyft, Door Dash, and other major gig-economy players. This is because the Democrats in the legislature do not like the inability to regulate and make money for the state off these giant businesses. But who really gets hurt is the worker, but the Democrats don't seem to mind that. People working as independent contractors for businesses like Uber and Lyft need these second, sometimes third jobs just to make ends meet and afford to live in California- another failing of 40 years of Democrat Legislative rule. AB 310- SIGNED: Thanks to Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, felons will now be allowed to serve on our juries. AB 392- SIGNED: Our law enforcement officers are already under deep pressure and scrunity in this new era, but AB 392 puts their safety and ours at risk by changing the "use of force" law from reasonable to necessary. Officers need to make tough, split second decisions everyday to keep us and our communities safe. This law only makes it more difficult for officers to decide what is necessary and allows the suspects to flee, making the public potential targets in the process of escape. AB 792-VETOED: This bill would have imposed civil penalties on beverage companies if their plastic bottles do not comply with post-consumer recycled plastic regulations mandated by 2030. Beverage companies would have been mandated to produce at least 50% of recycled plastic containers or face big fines. AB 891-VETOED: This bill would have allowed people to sleep and live out of their cars in cities of populations over 300,000 in specified, mandated areas. Called, "The Safe Parking Program", which actually just sounded like a public safety nightmare. AB 1482-SIGNED: Even though voters struck down the rent control proposition last election, Governor Newsom and Legislative Democrats think they know better than the voters, so they passed this version of rent control anyway. Now, yearly rent increases will be limited to 5% over the next decade. AB 1505- SIGNED: This bill inhibits a charter school's ability to appeal decisions made by the county boards of education to establish or renew a school's charter. SB 1- VETOED: SB 1 would have rolled back Trump Administrations EPA regulation easements to the Obama Administration. This would have severly undermined the work of farmers, water districts, and environmentalists, who had previously reached voluntary agreements, particularly in the Central Valley. Luckily Governor Newsom, who worked to facilitate some of those agreements, vetoed this blatant attack on President Trump's environmental regulation cutbacks. SB 24- SIGNED: Now abortifacients are readily available on all California public college campuses. SB 127- VETOED: This bill would have diverted even more highway rehabilitation funds from our roads and use it for bike paths, pedestrian walk-ways, and transit upgrades. Luckily the Governor didn't want yet another gas tax fraud on his hands and vetoed this bill.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT

Due to the change in NFRW dues, we will be holding off on collecting dues and distributing membership envelopes until our dues are reviewed. Dues going to NFRW and CFRW total $25 starting next year.

BIRTHDAYS

Nov. 2 Jeane Errea-Mills Nov. 10 Will Clark Nov. 13 Vivien Lindley Nov. 14 Patricia Schleve

Nov. 19 Kathy Rice Nov. 23 Ruth Pedrosa-Moore Nov. 29 Charles Martin

CALENDAR Oct. 29 Board Meeting, 12 noon, Mechancs Bank, King City. Everyone welcome Oct. 31 Halloween Nov. 2 CFRW Northern Division Conference, Rancho Cordova Marriott Nov. 3 Daylight Savings Time Ends Nov. 11 Veteran's Day, VFW BBQ and Bake Sale, 11am , 599 Bitterwater Rd. Nov. 19 Board Meeting, 12 noon, Deer Creek Estates Nov. 28 Thanksgiving Day

NEWS OF OUR SPONSORS

ACE HARDWARE Rust-Oleum Spray Enamel 2for $8.00 Craftsman 16 gal Wet/Dry Vac $79.99

Buy 2 get 1 free- Ace Basic Furnace Air Filter Ace Black Oil Sunflower Seed 20lb. $9.99

WILDHORSE CAFE Wildhorse exit Highway 101 Wildhorse Poker Run, Oct. 26, 10am, Rallying For Prostate Cancer (831) 809-7952 Let Wildhorse cook Thanksgiving Dinner. $115, order by Nov. 25th (831) 385-4312 Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Sage Dressing, Green Bean Casserole, Dinner Rolls, Homemade Cranberry Sauce Fresh Baked Apple or Pumpkin pie LAWRENCE'S RESTAURANT They will be open on Thanksgiving Day and will be serving a turkey dinner including dessert for $15.

ELECTED OFFICIALS

MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Chris Lopez D District 3 South County 168 W. Alisal, 3rd Floor. Salinas, CA 93901 (831) 385-8333

KING CITY CITY COUNCIL

Mayor Mike LeBarre R

Darlene Acosta

R

Carlos DeLeon

D

Carlos Victoria

D

Rob Cullen

D

Building 2121 S. Vanderhurst St., King City, CA 93930 (831) 385-3281

CONGRESS U.S. HOUSE

Jimmy Panetta D District 20 212 Cannon House Office Building. Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-2861 100 W. Alisal, , Salinas, CA 93901 (831) 424-2229

U.S. SENATE

Sen. Kamala D. Harris D 40B Dirksen Senate Office

Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-3553

STATE SENATE

Sen. Bill Monning D District 17

Sen. Dianne Feinstein D

State Capitol Room 4040, Sacramento, CA. 95814 (916) 651-4017 331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

99 Pacific Street, Suite 575 F, Monterey, CA 93940; (831) 657-6315 Washington, DC 20510

(202) 224-3841

Sen. Anna M. Caballero D District 12

State Capitol, Room 5052, Sacramento, CA 95814-4900; (916) 651-4012

369 Main Street, Suite 208, Salinas, CA 93901; (831) 769-8040

PRESIDENT

STATE ASSEMBLY

Donald J. Trump R

Robert Rivas D District 30

The White House

Capitol Office, Room 5158

1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.

P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249; (916) 319-2030

Washington, DC 20500

60 W. Market St, Ste 110, Salinas, CA 93901; (831) 759-8676

(202) 456-1111

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS Speaker Nancy Pelosi D House of Rep. 1011 Longworth H.O.B. Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-6205

Weee

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R 317 Russell Sen. Bld. Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-2541

GOVERNOR

Gavin Newsom D State Capitol Bldg. #1114 Sacramento, CA. 95814 (916) 445-8994

SOUTHERN MONTEREY COUNTY REPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING MINUTES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st, 2019 Location: Lawrence's Restaurant, King City, CA

CALL TO ORDER: A quorum present, President Karen Leonhard called the meeting to order at 12:12 p.m. Officers Present: President, Karen Leonhard, 1st Vice President, Sue Kleber, 2nd Vice President, Jeane Errea-Mills, Treasurer, Dorothy Errea and Secretary, Kathy Forgnone. Absent: None INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Led by Kathy Forgnone. INTRODUCTIONS: President, Karen Leonhard recognized Sue Kleber, former King City Councilwomen, and welcomed the guest speakers, Allison Olson, CFRW Legislative Advocate and her son, Liam, and Jeff Gorman, Chairman of the Monterey County Republican Party. Also introduced was Nancy Wofford, Simi Valley Moorpark RWF, who is running for CFRW Regional Director, Region 5, also Kathy Layton, Simi Valley Moorpark RWF. Monterey RWF members; Cindy Norlin, Kathy Imamura, and Sandy Casion (all Associate members). Asssociate member Joe Vierra, introduced his guest, Vance Kahle. Also introduced was Darren Nutt, KRKC Radio, Francisca, Bonnie Jean Grab's caretaker, and retired columnist for the King City Rustler, Joanne Banuelos. President Karen Leonhard thanked Joanne Banuelos for her many years of coverage of Club activities. (34 Members & Guests present -Detailed list of Introductions and attendees, see Exhibit A). GUEST SPEAKER: 1st Vice President, Sue Kleber, introduced the guest speaker, Allison Olson, Calif. Republican Women Federated Legislative Advocate. Recent legislative bills were explained and what the climate is in Sacramento. Jeff Gorman was introduced (Monterey County Republican Party Chair), and he informed the membership of the drive to recall Governor Newsom. Nancy Wofford, introduced herself and asked for the member's support, as she is running for Regional Director for Region 5, at the CFRW Biennial Convention in Bakersfield. Bylaw Changes. It was moved by Dorothy Errea and seconded by Kathy Forgnone, to approve clarification of the SMCRWF Bylaws Article 8, (timetable for the Nominations of Officers), as published and presented to the membership. Motion carried. Nomination of 2020-2021 Officers. Nominating Committee, Mikel Ann Miller presented the 2020-21, slate of officers as follows: President - Jeane Errea-Mills, 1st VP - Kathy Forgnone, 2nd VP - Dorothy Errea, Treasurer - Claudia Wollesen, and Secretary Donna Rappaport. No nominations were received from the floor. Election to be held at the November 5th, General Membership meeting. (Exhibit B.) Ways & Means. 2nd Vice President, Jeane Errea-Mills presented fundraiser information on a Holiday Treat drive for donations. A $10 donation received at the November General Membership meeting will receive treats as listed on a preorder form. The treats will be delivered to them at the December 3rd, Christmas Party. REPORTS: Correspondence. A thank you note was received from member Laurie Slaten on behalf of King City in Bloom, thanking the members for the recent donation. Approval of Minutes. With no corrections needed, the Minutes of the September 3rd, 2019, General Membership Meeting was approved as presented. Treasurer's Report. Treasurer, Dorothy Errea, gave the report dated October 1st , Balance Forwarded, September 3rd, 2019, of $4,906.93, Expenses of $1,022.50, Income of $590.00. Total Balance as of Oct. 1st: $4,474.43. (Exhibit C.) Membership. Dorothy Errea reported current membership totals: 50 Regular Members, (42 renewals, 8 new), and 41 Associate Members, (31 renewals and 11 new). Dorothy Errea. (Exhibit D.) Joe Vierra's guest, Vance Kahle, said he would like to join also as an Associate. 1st Vice President's Report. 1st Vice President, Sue Kleber, announced that the speaker for the November 5th, General Membership Meeting, will be Vicki Nohrden, 2020 Candidate for Senate, California 17th District. Sunshine. A card was being sent around to member Erin King, who experienced an injury over the weekend. Member Janice Grim is recovering from surgery. Newsletter. Editor Jeane Errea, would appreciate items to be included in the November Newsletter be submitted by October 20th 21st or before. The Newsletter may be later than usual in order to include coverage of the CFRW Convention results. Caring for America. President, Karen Leonhard reminded members of the Troop packages (Operation Care and Comfort), or financial donations to be collected at the November 5th meeting.

MEETING CALENDAR & EVENTS: Oct. 10 MPRWF Meeting, Palo Corona Park, Carmel Valley Oct. 18/20 CFRW Biennial Convention, Bakersfield Marriott Hotel Oct. 21 PRRWF Meeting, Paso Robles Inn Oct. 29 Board Meeting, 12 noon, Mechanics Bank, King City Nov. 5 SMCRWF Meeting, 11:30am, Lawrence's, King City

Opportunity Drawing: Claudia Wollesen's number was read for the Opportunity Drawing. Adjournment: With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 1:12 p.m.

Submitted by: Kathy Forgnone , Secretary

Approved: ________

IDEAS FOR TROOP BOXES.

Stuff

Body wash, lotion, face wash, mouth wash, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner

Feminine products (unscented whenever possible) o Small packs of napkins and tampons

o Female version of body wash, lotion, face wash, mouth wash, deodorant, hair de-

tangler, face moisturizer, shampoo, conditioner

Q-tips

Disposable razors (men's and women's)

Foot powder

Please pack all liquid items

Chap sticks

in a zip lock bag.

Wet wipes/baby wipes

Small grooming kits

Sunscreen

Magazines (clean content)

Fun posters and calendars for dressing the place up

AA batteries

AAA batteries

Cards, letters, group photos (we want them to know real people did this for them)

Laundry PODS packed in a sturdy plastic or metal container.

Socks

Toothpaste/toothbrush

Food Stuffs

Hard candy Cookies

Please do not send pork products.

Corn nuts

Protein bars/powder

Weight-lifting powder

Gum

Rice Krispy Treats

Slim Jims

Beef jerky

Granola and other snack bars

Nuts other than peanuts in re-sealable containers

Dried fruits in re-sealable containers

Tins and packets of flavored coffee and cappuccino

Breath mints

Seasoning Salt

Peanut butter crackers

Liquid creamers in little plastic cups with a foil top packed in a

sturdy plastic or metal container.

Hot sauce

5-Hour energy drinks

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