The Republican Club of Sun City NEWSLETTER

October 2013 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS TO ADDRESS CLUB

The announced candidates for the position of Texas Attorney General – Dan Branch, Ken Paxton, and Barry Smitherman – will address the club during its dinner meeting scheduled for Wednesday, October 30 in the ballroom of the Social Center in Sun City. (The reader should note that, because of scheduling complications, the meeting is scheduled for a Wednesday night.)

The Attorney General is the …

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May 2013 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas LAND COMMISSIONER TO ADDRESS CLUB

Jerry Patterson, the state’s 27th Land Commissioner, will address the club during its dinner meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 9 in the ballroom of the Social Center in Sun City.

Patterson graduated from Texas A & M University and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Marine Corps. After volunteering for duty in Vietnam, Patterson was later designated as a Naval Flight Officer and served in …

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March 2013 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas GISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES CANDIDATE FORUM

The two candidates for Place 3 on the Georgetown Independent School District (GISD) Board of Trustees will participate in a forum during the club’s dinner meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 14 in the ballroom of the Social Center in Sun City. The candidates are Andy Webb and Paul Newton.

Please email questions for the two candidates to robertfears@earthlink.net. Submitted questions with similar content will be combined. Questions …

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February 2013 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas SENATOR SCHWERTNER TO ADDRESS CLUB

State Senator Charles Schwertner, MD, will address the club during its dinner meeting scheduled for Thursday, February 21 in the ballroom of the Social Center in Sun City.

His address is expected to touch on a variety of state issues, including such controversial matters as Medicaid, school vouchers and funding, water resources and other matters which have been – or will be – in the news.

Sen. Schwertner is …

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November 2012 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas

STATE COMPTROLLER TO ADDRESS CLUB

Susan Combs, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, will address the club during its dinner meeting scheduled for Thursday, November l5 in the ballroom of the Social Center in Sun City. She was elected to her first term in 2000.

A primary duty of the Comptroller is to collect virtually all of the more than 60 different types of taxes owed to the state. But another responsibility is one …

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October 2012 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas

“SGT. SAM” TO ADDRESS CLUB

“Sgt. Sam” Cox, radio talk show panelist heard on radio station KLBJ, will address the club during its dinner meeting scheduled for Saturday, October 13 in the ballroom of the Social Center in Sun City.

Being unabashedly conservative, well-informed, persuasive, combative and witty, he can deliver a message which may be exactly what conservative Republicans need to hear at this crucial stage of an election which virtually all observers …

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September 2012 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas

TEXAS AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER TO ADDRESS CLUB

Todd Staples, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, will address the club during its meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 20 in the ballroom of the Social Center in Sun City.

Now in his second term as Agriculture Commissioner, Staples has been a member of the Texas House and Senate. During his tenure as a legislator, he chaired the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee and the Republican Caucus. He sponsored …

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June 2012 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas

DIRECTOR OF FT. HOOD U.S.O. TO ADDRESS CLUB

Robin Crouse, Director of the USO at Ft. Hood, will address the club during its diner meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 7 in the ballroom of the Social Center at Sun City. The services provided by the USO at Ft. Hood – along with some human interest stories – will be her main topic of discussion.

The USO is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is …

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May 2012 Everett Schmidt, Editor Sun City Texas

CANDIDATES FOR RAILROAD COMMISSION TO ADDRESS CLUB

Eight candidates for two positions on the three-member Texas Railroad Commission will address the club during its meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 16 in the ballroom of the Social Center in Sun City. (NOTE: Because the ballroom was not available on a Thursday night in May, the meeting is scheduled for a Wednesday night.)

There are two contested races for positions on the Railroad Commission. One race …