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1 SVRWF NEWSETTE Simi Valley Republican Women Federated INSIDE THIS ISSUE: SVRWF 2014 Calendar of Events June 3rd Primary Election Information SVRWF Future, Rep. HQ s & Oktoberfest Membership, New Members & Bring a Friend Caring for America & Thank You President s Message continued SVRWF Officers & Contact Info. Government Contact Info. Thank You, Member Spotlight, CA Legislation & Pictures V O L U M E 5 1, I S S U E 6 SVRWF 2014 President s Message My Dad, Martin Frank Guzzi Army Air Corps June 1, 1929 March 17, 2000 James V. Lacy is the author of Taxifornia: How Liberals are Bankrupting California. He identifies and examines the true causes of California s decline. Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) wrote: Taxifornia is a cautionary tale of what can and will happen to America if Washington follows the lead of what Sacramento has done in the past decade. Issa emphatically added Lacy s Taxifornia is our call to action! Lacy is admitted to practice law in California and in D.C., and G reetings! I am writing this on Memorial Day and thinking about my dad who fought in WWII. I believe this year more people are thinking of those who lost their lives fighting for this country, June 20, 2014 Luncheon Author James V. Lacy Former Reagan Administration General serves as a member of the Board of Visitors of Pepperdine University of Law. In 1980, he joined the Reagan Administration, Washington, D.C., where he served all eight years, including as a senior executive at the Commerce Department and as General Counsel to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union, the Publisher of the California Political Review, an online magazine on California politics J U N E those who served and those who still are serving rather than Macy s Memorial Day Sale. At least I hope so. Unfortunately, it probably took the on-going war in Afghanistan and preventable Continued on Page 9 and news, and is a top selling blogger on the influential California politics website Deadline for reservations is June 12 Continued Page 2 LOCATION: Wood Ranch Country Club, 301 Wood Ranch Parkway Contact Sarah West at sarah@west4health.com to make your reservations. Check-in: 11:30 a.m. Be Prepared & Cancellation Policy for Luncheon s 1. Please come with your checks made out to SVRWF. 2. Cancellations after June 12th (deadline) or noshows will be charged the luncheon cost and sent an invoice. 3. Write a separate check for lunch and a separate check for membership. Checks are made to SVRWF. The luncheon check is $20 and the membership check is $25.

2 P A G E Simi Valley Republican Women Board Meetings, 2nd Weds of every month, at Simi Valley Town Center Community Room: 6/11; 9/10; 10/8; 11/12 & 12/10 Luncheons at Wood Ranch Country Club: 6/20; September & 11/21 Evening Meetings: 6/5-Chop Shop Restaurant & October Statewide Direct Primary Election June 3 Open Campaign Headquarters-July Ventura County Fair Aug 2 Moorpark Street Fair Oct 4 Oktoberfest Oct 11 Election Day Nov 4 Holiday Party Dec 12 New Member BBQs 6/28 & 9/27 June 2014 Sun Mo Tue We Thu Fri Sat July 2014 March 2014 Sun Mo Tue We Thu Fri Sat August 2014 Sun Mo Tue We Thu Fri Sat "Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. Ronald Reagan

3 Information ~ Primary Election ~ June 3rd, 2014 P A G E 3 Our by-laws indicate we cannot endorse Republicans if there is more than one Republican candidate running. The following candidates are the only Republicans running, therefore we can list them here. Greg Conlon - Treasurer Ted Gaines - Insurance Commissioner Scott Wilk - State Assembly 38th District Peter Foy - Ventura County Supervisor The California Federation Republican Women take the following position on Propositions 41& 42. Prop 41 - Oppose Amend the Veterans' Bond Act of 2008 to reduce the amount of authorized bonds from $900 million to $300 million. Enact the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014 to authorize $600 million in bonds to provide multifamily housing, such as apartment complexes, to low-income veterans and supportive housing for homeless veterans. Our vets need a hand up, not a hand out, and this Prop is just a temporary fix, not a real solution. Our vets would benefit from a vibrant economy, jobs, and tax credits to businesses that hire vets would be a better place to start. This prop takes from one large set of veterans and gives to a much smaller set. There are approximately 1,900,000 vets in California who could use the existing CalVet program to procure loans for houses, farms, and property. This Prop would take money from the 2008 CalVet bond and use it to build multi-purpose, low income housing for 1% of the vet population, homeless vets. There are already federal programs in place for our homeless vets, who would be better served with jobs and programs that help them get back on their feet. This prop is creating yet another bureaucracy and a tax liability for Californian's to shoulder the burden. The new act would leave $300,000,000 in the CalVet Loan program for the purchases of homes and farms. The remainder of the $600,000,000 bond would take care of the approximately 19,000 homeless veterans in California. There should be a better way than to take from 99% to support 1%. Our vets deserve better, more creative options. Prop 42 - Support Prop 42 is called the California Compliance of Local Agencies with Public Records Act. It would require that all local agencies comply with the California Public Records Act (CPRA) and the Brown Act. A good question would be: why weren t localities already complying with these important transparency acts? Prop 42 would guarantee a private citizen s right to open public records and to attend public meetings. This could save the state millions of dollars by eliminating the requirement that the state reimburse local agencies for compliance with these laws. Now the local agencies must comply with these transparency laws and will be incentivized to keep costs down since the state will no longer reimburse costs. In an increasingly paperless world, most local agencies should make their records available online to keep costs low and transparency high.

4 P A G E 4 Growing the SVRWF & Finding the Next Generation of Leaders By Leah Schwochert As all of you know, it is imperative for all organizations to maintain their headcount or grow in order to be healthy and vibrant and avoid becoming stale and ineffective. This is no different for our club. We need to continually look for ways to bring new members into the club and for ways to keep our current members engaged and excited. New members are important to us because they: Help fulfill our objectives as stated in our by-laws: 1. To promote a wider knowledge of the principles and policies of the Republican Party; 2. To foster loyalty to the Republican Party and to promote its principles and candidates in all elections including nonpartisan elections; 3. To promote an informed public through political education and activity; 4. To increase the effectiveness of women in the cause of good government; 5. To encourage active citizenship; 6. To influence legislation in accordance with CFRW objectives; 7. To cooperate with the Republican National Committee and the State and County Central Committees for the election of Republican nominees. Allow for additional volunteers to work towards our mission (sometimes we are just tired); Provide for an influx of new, fresh ideas on current practices and systems (pushes us out of our comfort zone); Provide for brand new ideas we never thought of (a burst of energy); and Allow for us to begin the process of training the next generation of leaders (we need to keep our funnel full for board members, especially positions which require prior board experience). So what does this really mean to each of us? It means we must consider ourselves SVRWF recruiters. Good recruiters cast a wide net: Republicans, friends, family, neighbors, church members, women who are dissatisfied with the current administration. Invite them to our meetings, to work campaign headquarters, or one of our other events. I will share a little trick I used to do. If I had just interviewed a great candidate, I would write them a thank you letter instead of waiting for them to write me a thank you letter! Ask me or one of the other board members to write a note thanking them for coming to our event! Let s make them feel special. If you get feedback about how we need to offer something differently to make us more attractive to new members (time, day of the week for meetings, different speakers, different events, etc.) let me or a board member know. The last bullet on the list above is critical. We need to have more women in our hopper or funnel ready to take on leadership roles when the opportunity presents itself. It is great to promote from within and have women who know our club, our values and can hit the street running. It is up to each of us to be the best recruiter for not only our club but for the Republican Party. I am counting on you and the Republican Party is counting on you. When women work, we win! You have all summer to be recruiters, let s go get more women!!!

5 P A G E 5 Almost here again! Join the stampede! Help get conservative candidates elected. Once again we will have our headquarters in the Sycamore plaza, Sycamore and Cochran across from Target. Currently we are collecting names for volunteering. If you wish to volunteer, please call Leah at As soon as we are ready to begin setting up (probably sometime early July), we will give you a call! Republican Rally We need sponsors for our Republican Rally Oktoberfest-style! It will be held October 11 th at the beautiful Eden Gardens. There are two sponsorship levels: Gold and Silver. Please see the SVRWF Website ( for a Sponsorship Flyer and additional details. If you know of anyone who owns their own business or is just a great Republican and would like to make a donation in the form of a sponsorship, please contact either Jan Adams or Leah Schwochert today! Sponsorship Levels Gold Level $1000 Logo & name on banner Highest visibility on all promo material VIP table Two tickets $100 value Two beer/wine tickets Silver Level - $500 Placement on banner Placement on all marketing material VIP table Two beer/wine tickets

6 P A G E 6 Membership Information When Republican Women Work Together We Get Things Done! Membership Chairs Jacqueline Andrews & Carol Mann ~ Post Office Box Simi Valley, CA Membership payments can be sent to the post office box listed to the left or contact membership@svrwf.com $25 Standard Membership $50 Gold Membership $5 Student & Associate Membership SVRWF Newsletter is free via ; for printed newsletter sent via USPS, there is a $10 yearly charge to members. Membership Update Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. Henry Ford We are going to hit you with the cold hard facts: In 2013 we had 136 paid members. Today we only have 86 Delinquent members New Members 12 *dues are due January 1 and are considered delinquent after March 31. What is happening? Did we forget to pay our dues? If so, we certainly would appreciate your payment as soon as possible. Our membership is so very important to getting our message out to the community and helping our candidates win elections. If you are unsure if you have made a payment, please contact Jaci Andrews at As a courtesy, we have continued to send luncheon announcements and newsletters to those who are not current with their membership dues. This will be stopping in the coming months. Please don t let this happen! Renew your membership today! Be part of the Republican Stampede in November!

7 P A G E 7 New Members Liz Bailey Martha Contant Gina Evans Doris Haase MaryBeth Jacobsen Karin Klyce Naureen Mason Marti Meister Julie Noe Jan O'Bryant Carol Stump Jennifer Van Laar Who doesn t want to be happy? And HomeGoods is a special kind of happy! Bring a friend to our June 20 th meeting at Wood Ranch Country Club and both of you can be happy together if you win. Wow, sounds like a great title for a song. Lavish prize (my definition of lavish) for the first person to come up to me at the lunch with who sings So Happy Together! Ok, back to business bring a friend to our lunch, enter into a drawing for two $20 HomeGoods gift cards!

8 P A G E 8 Caring for America with Love ~ Marti Meister, Chair The Caring for America with Love committee is now forming and determining where and when to meet. We would love to have you join us, if you have an interest in our non-profit organizations and ideas for the future. We especially need to plan our contribution for Literacy month in September. Last year we contributed to a new library at White Oak Elementary. We also gave some books to the Boys and Girls Club. Please save any unneeded books, for children or adults, and we will find a good use for them. The Boys and Girls Club can always use more art supplies, especially markers, and 8 1/2 by 11 paper for art or schoolwork. Unneeded paint brushes would be very welcome also. They are updating the entire building and have many things on their wish list. This year, our donation from the Garden Tour will go toward their garden. For The Troops appreciate small items such as snacks, personal items, pocketbook or puzzle books, batteries, even a small jar of peanut butter. The recent rise of postal rates really cut the number of packages they can ship monthly. Our $200 monthly donation really helps. Call Marti Meister at (805) or at mparkgeo@aol.com. One of our 2014 new members, Marti Meister, has taken on the Chair position for Caring for America. Thank you Marti! Within a couple weeks, Marti has already formed a committee and visited our two charities, The Boys & Girls Club and For the Troops. And a big Thank You to Pam Campeau as she did double duty as First VP Programs and Chair, Caring for America for 5 months. Thank you both! Looks like we have another Wonder Woman among us! We look forward to your many contributions in this very important position.

9 SVRWF 2014 President s Message P A G E 9 deaths at the VA hospitals to get people to focus on the true meaning of the day. It had to be easier in a way for my dad and his generation to fight the enemy. After all, the Germans were taking over Europe and the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. Clearly, there was a winner and the war ended. But who is our enemy today? Whom shall we fear? Is it: A) Radical Islam; B) Russia; C) China with cyberterrorism & holding our debt; D) Iran; E) or is American apathy, the media Continued from Page 1 and the infringement on our rights (latest being our thoughts)? There are many enemies knocking at our door more than this list. Which enemy do we chose to tackle first? Who will lead us into battle? How do we mobilize? How to conquer? Strategies, organizing, leading are all part of the game plan. June 3rd is fast upon us. We must participate. We must Join The Stampede and begin the fight to right our country. Please vote. Encourage your family, friends, and neighbors to vote. Come to meeting, volunteer at campaign headquarters, attend a candidate event! Simply put stay involved or get back involved. As the Memorial Day ends and the BBQs are over and the dishes are washed let us remember those that have died and those that have sacrificed so much for the freedom we have. May God bless them, their families and the United States of America. Cheers, Leah E D U C A T E E N T H U S I A S M E N G A G E June s Luncheon Menu at Wood Ranch Country Club is as follows: Chicken Alfredo Pasta, made with gluten free penne pasta, Alfredo sauce, grilled chicken and sundried tomatoes. RSVP: To Sarah West, sarah@west4health.com by June 12th. See page one for reservation and cancelation policy. Thank You!

10 P A G E Simi Valley Republican Women Federated Officers President, Leah Schwochert 1st VP-Programs, Pam Campeau 2nd VP-Ways & Means, Jackie Burditt 3rd VP-Membership, Carol Mann & Jacqueline Andrews 4th VP Legislation, Sue Waggoner Treasurer, Elva Cooper Recording Secretary, Ann Duran Corresponding Secretary, Janet Adams Parliamentarian, Elaine Freeman LINKS & OTHER INFORMATION info@svrwf.com (Ventura Co. Young Republicans) Don t miss any correspondence! SVRWF has new contact addresses president@svrwf.com for Leah membership@svrwf.com for Jaci and Carol rsvp@svrwf.com for Sarah infor@svrwf.com for general questions

11 P A G E 11 Your Government Contact Information The U. S. Senate, House of Representative and CA State Assembly & Senate Representatives State Assembly (District 38) Assembly Member Scott Wilk-REP U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein DEM (661) State Assembly (District 44) Assembly Member Jeff Gorell-REP U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer DEM State Senate (District 27) Senator Fran Pavley-DEM U. S. House of Representatives Buck McKeon-REP (25th District) (818) (661) You can view pending Assembly Bills and Senate Bills at: Also, you can get government contact information at our Simi Valley Republican Women Federated web page under the links tab. Get out and Vote! Read about all candidates using the internet, newspapers, flyers, etc. Call their office! If you don t have a computer or get the newspaper go to the local library and utilize their computers and newspapers.

12 P A G E 12 A HUGE THANK YOU to Annette Cramer for stepping up and taking over the Poll Captain role! She jumped in and re-organized and filled up our shifts! Annette and I learned a lot in a short time and learned from our mistakes. Unfortunately, no one in the club wanted to be inspectors so we outsourced those two positions and will forfeit those funds. On the bright side, we have husbands and wives volunteering to be clerks - biggest thank yous! Annette is going to stay on for the November elections and re-work the shift times again and try to get inspectors from our club! Bottom line: we kept the polls and did not have to give the poll to the Newbury Park Democrat Club - they were ready to swoop in and snatch it up. Annette is my Wonder Woman! Can you take your lasso of truth and put it around a politician I have one or two in mind Member Spot Light Virginia Montero Question: Who is your hero and one of those brand new inventions why? called a microwave. Answer: Ronald Reagan and Question: If you could be Jimmy Stewart, who personified the anybody famous, past or best of American character. They present, who would you be? reached heights of fame and Answer: Queen Isabella of success, yet always remained stable Spain, who succeeded in and humble. Question: driving the Muslims from Spain, What would we find and funded the discovery of the surprising about you? New World. Answer: That I was a big winner Question: What is your most on NAME THAT TUNE in 1975, treasured possession? winning a Mediterranean cruise, a Answer: My lifetime cache of week in Acapulco, a car, a photographs. speedboat, a grandfather clock, on Question: What is your secret vice? Answer: Butter, salt and sugar. Question: What are you proudest of? Answer: Raising children who are intelligent, resourceful, courageous and good. Question: If you could retire and start a second career, what would you do? Answer: I did retire. I then returned to my original career as a performing artist and have been blessed with work.

13 P A G E 13 California Legislation Information From: Capitol Update Friday, May 30, 2014 California Federation of Republican Women End of Session Scramble May 30th was the deadline for bills to pass out of their house of origin and onto the next house in order to stay alive and continue on their bill journey. All bills that are not passed out of their original house will fail passage and be killed. Unfortunately many of the bills the CFRW opposes have already passed out of their house of origin and are already in the next house. But the good news is that now we have a new opportunity to try to crush these bad bills in their next committees once the Legislature returns from their summer recess. Here are some of the bills we will be working on defeating: AB 1522 (Gonzales, D): Would require all California employers to provide paid sick leave for all employees that work more than 7 calendar days in a year. They would accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. Status: Held in Senate Rules for Committee assignment SB 837 (Steinberg, D): After amendments, would provide transitional kindergarten for low-income 4 year olds across the state to the tune of $387 million a year. Original bill would have mandated pre-kindergarten for all Californians. Status: Read in Assembly, held at desk SB 935 (Leno, D): Would adjust required minimum wage to $11 an hour in 2015 and would increase by one dollar every year until 2017, when the minimum wage would be adjusted to reflect inflation and the consumer price index. Status: Read in Assembly, held at desk SB 1000 (Monning, D): Would require drinks containing sugar to have a safety warning label and all sugary drinks manufactured, sold, and/or distributed in California would be required to have the label. Status: Read in Assembly, held at desk SB 1077 (DeSaulnier, D): Would establish a pilot program for vehicle mileage based fees, or in other words, taxing Californians for every mile they drive. Status: Read in Assembly, held at desk

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15 May Luncheon 2014 & Other Events P A G E 15 President Leah Schwochert presenting the bedazzled shovel to Jackie Burditt for her outstanding leadership while working the SVRWF Garden Tour. Sally Grant and Pam Campeau look beautiful in their Spring colors! Hospitality ladies, Sarah West and Annette Cramer busy, busy, busy! Past President, Nancy Wofford, with Ron Nehring who is running for Lt. Gov. (this is not an endorsement) Our own, Pam Campeau, being sworn in as an alternate to the Republican Central committee in Ventura County!