2010 Lincoln Day Banquet

The 2010 edition of our annual Lincoln Day Banquet was a successful kick off to another election year. We were fortunate to have a strong showing of 169 people. All of our state and local candidates were represented with all but one being in attendance. The Y.M.C.A. was beautiful, well decorated, and the workers were very helpful and for that the club is very appreciative. Our speakers for the event included our full complement of candidates.
U.S. Senate
Roy Blunt
Chuck Purgason
Auditor
Tom Schweich
Jason Smith for Allen Icet
8th District U.S. House
JoAnn Emerson
Bob Parker
State Representative 152
Paul Fitzwater
Presiding Commissioner
Carrie Cabral
Marvin Wright
County Clerk
Jenny Allen
Circuit Clerk
Cheryl Carron
County Treasurer
Phyllis Long
Recorder of Deeds
Debbie Land
County Collector
Mike McGirl

McCain Rally in O'Fallon

I had the great opportunity to attend the McCain “Road to the Convention Rally” in O’Fallon with 20,000 friends. I was excited to get the rally going and see great men like Governor Mitt Romney, Governor Mike Huckabee, and of course Senator John McCain. I was also excited to get another peek at Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, the first woman to be our party’s nominee for Vice President. Governor Palin is a rising star with an excellent conservative record and a history of governing in the best interest of the people. Senator John McCain showed his superb judgment in this historic move of picking Governor Palin as his running mate. I left the rally fired up for the McCain/Palin ticket and ready to elect these two great Americans on November 4^th. A major reason for this is Governor Palin. Sarah Palin is a real woman running for the Vice Presidency. She is a wife and mother of five who doesn’t hide her femininity. Being a woman, wife, and mother has helped shaped who she is, being a great leader has given her this great opportunity. I stood in the crowd as a man held a young kid up to see the Governor speak and as he lowered the kid back to the ground, he leaned over and said “one day you could be up there”. Was that kid a young boy or a young girl? The truth is boy or girl/man or woman Governor Sarah Palin is the type of person we need fighting for us right along side Senator John McCain and I, a young Conservative Republican male, will be honored to give them my support this November.

Lincoln Day Banquet

Washington County G.O.P. Club will host its annual Lincoln Day Banquet Sunday February 17th at YMCA of the Ozarks Trout Lodge Dining Hall, Sunnen Center located off Rt. AA west of Potosi at Sunnen Lake From 1 pm to 4 pm. Featured Speakers on the program will be 3rd District State Senator Kevin Engler and President Pro-Tem Michael Gibbons. Federal, State, and County officials or their representatives will be offered the opportunity to speak briefly. Dinner tickets are $15 each and are available from Mike McGirl's Accounting and Tax Office 832 East High Street Suite 4 Potosi or at the door. Look for info in the Independent Journal.