Republ ican Party of Bexar County

INSIDE THE ISSUE

Chairman Robert Stovall ..2

Rep. Lamar Smith ............ 2

Speaker Joe Straus .......... 3

Club Segment ................... 4

Training Dates ................. 4

Grassroots Segment ......... 5

Training Dates ................. 6

Vivian D Brown , Editor

More than 170 years ago Women championed the cause of Women’s Suffrage.

Lydia Taft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were the early leaders of

the movement that would take more than 70 years to achieve.

In the beginning of the 20th Century women like Alice Paul lead the movement. Suf-

fragist Paul organized the first picket line outside of the Democrat Woodrow Wil-

son’s White House. For six months, these Suffragist pleas went unanswered... until

June of 1917. That is until….

A Russian delegation came to the White House and the Suffragists unfurled a flag

decrying “We Women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty

million women are denied the right to vote. President Wilson is the chief opponent

of their national enfranchisement”1

More of these protests occurred and Paul was arrested. But eventually on June 4,

19192 the Senate approved the amendment by 56 to 25 after four hours of debate,

during which Democratic Senators filibustered to prevent a roll call. The vote

passed 36(R) to 20(D). By an 82% to 54% margin and the 19th amendment passed.

The resistance from the Democrats was defeated and eventually enough states rati-

fied the 19th Amendment which prohibited state or federal sex-based restrictions on

voting, in August of 1920.

Just one month later, in September of 1920, four San Antonio Women, Mrs. R.J.

Milburn, Mrs. Alexander Boynton, Mrs. Jimmy Rue, and Mrs. Frank Wine began

the group the Republican Women’s Club of Bexar County. The suffragist activists

immediately began working on campaigns, particularly the Harding-Coolidge-

Wurzbach ticket.

By 1950, the club changed its name to the Bexar County Republican Women’s Club.

Where today they are still extremely active. In the 2014 election cycle the club vol-

unteered more than 169,000 hours. The most in the state of Texas. BCRW is the

oldest chartered club in Texas and will celebrate their 100th birthday in 2020.

It might have taken 70 years, but women never faltered when fighting for this

cause. But women didn’t just fight for the right to vote. They’ve exercised that right

and today women have become instrumental to the success of Republican Candi-

dates.

The Republican Party is the party for women. There is no war on women here. Just women willing to take the fight to the cause they feel most passionate about. Here is to another 97 years of women exercising their voice and standing up for the values we American’s hold so dear. (Sources 1 and 2 page 8)

WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE THE ROAD TO THE 19TH AMENDMENT

September 2017

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Congressman Lamar Smith

CD 21

1100 NE Loop 410, Ste. 640

San Antonio, TX 78209-1302

(210) 821-5024

2409 Rayburn House

Office Bldg.

Washington, DC 20515

(202) 225-4236

Congressman Smith represents

constituents of Texas’s 21st

Congressional District in the

U.S. House

Chairman Robert Stovall

(210) 824-9445

Chairman@BexarGOP.org

MEDIA FAIRNESS CAUCUS A Look at Media Bias

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman

Gallup: Less than 3 in 10 have “confidence” in newspapers From Washington examiner… “According to Gallup, less than three in 10 Americans have ‘confidence in TV news and newspa-pers.’” 27% have confidence in newspapers and 25% in TV news.

CBS, NBC Censor Murder at Hands of Illegal Immigrant From Newsbusters… A 17-year-old Muslim girl, Nabra Hassanen, was beaten to death by her attacker, Darwin Mar-tinez Torres, in an act of road rage. ICE announced that he was an illegal immigrant from El Salva-dor. NBC and CBS ignored the story. ABC hyped it as a possible “hate crime” – even though police dismissed that motive – and left out the attacker’s illegal immigrant status from their report. Rasmussen: Just 4% say media like Trump, 50% say biased From Washington Examiner… “[A Rasmussen] survey found that just 4% of voters believe that the press leans in favor of Trump, while 50% said that there is bias against the president.”

CNN Describes “Allahu abkar” as “something in Arabic” From IJR… During an attack on a police officer at a Michigan airport, the attacker screamed “Allahu akbar”, a phrase used by many jihadists during terrorist attacks meaning “God is great”. CNN reported it as “Michigan airport subject said something in Arabic before stabbing officer.”

Editor: Ivanka is Anti-Woman Because She Wore Pink Dress From the Federalist… Joan Walsh, Editor of Salon, on MSNBC “slammed Ivanka Trump’s dress choice at a G-20 sum-mit meeting calling it ‘ornamental’, and saying it hearkened back to a time where daughters were shown off as nothing more than the property of their fathers. Walsh added that Ivanka could not possibly fight for women’s equality while wearing a pink dress with bows on the sleeves.” But, back in 2012 when Michelle Obama wore a pink dress to the DNC Convention. Walsh said the impression she made to women “demonstrated empathy with their day-to-day economic struggles.”

Two-thirds of Americans say news media has negative impact From The Washington Times… “A wide ranging new survey from the Pew Research Center finds that two-thirds of Americans now say the news media has had a ‘negative impact on the U.S.’ – rating the press at the bottom of a list of national institutions.”

NYT’s Big Trump Jr. Scoops Contain a Key Disclaimer From the Daily Caller… “Two scoops from The New York Times on a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer contain a key disclaimer about five paragraphs deep clarifying there is still ‘no evidence’ of collusion.” It appears they were trying to bury that the meeting may amount to nothing more than opposition research from a foreigner, which is neither illegal nor unprecedented.

SPECIAL SESSION RECAP

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Speaker Joe Straus HD 121

7373 Broadway, Ste. 202-A

San Antonio, TX 78209

(210) 828-4411

Capitol Office

Room 2W.13

P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768

(512) 463-1000

Joe Straus represents Texas House District 121 in Bexar County and serves as the Speak-er of the Texas House of Repre-sentatives.

The special legislative session that ended last week gave the Texas House a chance to

work on some of our top priorities. Ultimately, some efforts were more successful than

others. But that's how legislating often goes: You achieve what you can and you keep

working for the next opportunity to get something done.

Retired teachers' health care: The Legislature directed $212 million toward help-

ing the retired teachers who have seen the most severe increases in their health insur-

ance deductibles, premiums, and other expenses.

Public education: We provided additional funding to help school districts facing

severe fiscal challenges, and we designated extra dollars to help schools educate stu-

dents with autism and dyslexia. Unfortunately, the Texas Senate blocked our attempt to

put another $1.5 billion into public education over the next two years. The funding that

the Senate blocked would have helped nearly every school district and it would have

reduced the amount of local property tax dollars that school districts send to the state

through Robin Hood. This was a setback, but the House will continue to prioritize a

better school finance system for students and taxpayers.

Property taxes: The House voted to put new limits on property-tax growth and give

property owners better information about appraisals and the setting of local tax rates.

In the session's short time span, we did not reach final agreement with the Senate on

this issue.

Annexation: Residents of unincorporated areas near large cities will now have a vote

on whether they want to be annexed. We worked closely with city officials in San Anto-

nio to include a buffer zone around military bases in order to protect those bases from

development.

Maternal mortality: We passed a bill to extend the life of the Maternal Mortality and

Morbidity Task Force. Texas has an alarmingly high maternal mortality rate, and this

task force will continue to look at ways to reduce pregnancy-related deaths in Texas.

Thank you for your input on these issues and others that we addressed in the special

session. I also want to thank the Members of the Texas House for their many hours of

work. We carefully considered every idea that Governor Abbott put on the agenda, we

listened to constituents, and we acted in the best interest of Texas. Now we will begin to

look at issues that should be addressed when the Legislature meets again in January

2019. As always, I welcome and appreciate your feedback.

Sincerely,

BEXAR COUNTY YR’S HEAD TO THE

TEXAS YOUNG REPUBLICANS

STATE CONVENTION The Bexar County Young Republicans attended the Texas Young Republicans State Convention on August 11-13 in the Woodlands. The Montgomery County Young Republicans hosted the Convention at The Woodlands Waterway Mar-riott Hotel & Convention Center. The Convention kicked-off Friday evening with a welcome reception and dinner at 7:00pm for all delegates.

The motto of this year’s Convention was “Uniting Republicans Across Texas”. Following that theme, the Young Republicans heard presentations on a variety of diversity issues. The discussions focused on how Republicans can unite and celebrate the issues that we agree on while respecting those who might have a different opinion on some subjects. As Haley Barbour at the RNC Convention in 1993 said, “My old boss Ronald Reagan used to say, ‘Somebody who agrees with me 80 percent of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20 percent traitor.’”

At the Texas Young Republicans Convention, Eddie Gallegos discussed a per-spective of activities by the left in Texas. The Log Cabin Republicans of Texas will speak about the LGBT community within The Republican Party and Karen Watson, will speak about the book she authored entitled “Being Black and Re-publican in the Age of Obama”.

Saturday afternoon, delegates convened to discuss and vote on issues im-portant to the Texas Young Republicans. Saturday evening the delegates gath-ered in their semi-formal apparel to attend the Convention Gala and Silent Auction. Part of the proceeds from the silent auction will benefit Lone Survivor Foundation and Montgomery County Women’s Center.

There are also informative speakers at the Convention Gala who will provide updates from Washington DC and the state of the Republican Party of Texas. Texas Young Republicans heard from Special Guest Speakers Congressman Kevin Brady and RPT Chairman James Dickey. The Keynote Speaker was Ra-fael B. Cruz, Pastor and father of Senator Ted Cruz.

Sunday morning the Texas Young Republican Federation Board convened one last time, as delegates disperse back home across the State to share with their County chapter what they learned at this Convention.

Thank you to Montgomery County Young Republicans for hosting a very well organized and informative convention.

Jamie Mathis

Club Segment Leader

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The Governor's first called special session of the 85th Legislature is now com-plete. And several important pieces of legislation were passed by both the Sen-ate and the House of Representatives and then signed by the Governor. While some will debate on what was not accomplished, now is the time to look at some important items that were successfully completed. Items that not only are bene-ficial for all Texans, but items that the grassroots asked for in the form of the Republican Party of Texas platform.

First and foremost, the legislation that keeps the states agencies operating in-cluding the medical licensing board, has passed and been signed. This was the reason a special session was required. Without this legislation, there would be no medical review agency to permit doctors to operate.

With all the talk in the media about elections, it was very timely and appropriate that Texas now has stronger laws to crack down on mail-in ballot fraud. It is an important step towards ensuring voter integrity during our elections.

Another critical issue for the Texas grassroots is the right to have a say if your house is about to be annexed by a nearby city. Property owners and residents now have the right for a vote to say if they choose to be annexed or not. This previous abomination of taking areas of land without voter approval ranks right up there with "taxation without representation".

Additionally patient care rights were addressed as the Legislature approved for the Governor's signature a bill to strengthen the penalties for a doctor who will-fully disregards a patient's do-not-resuscitate order. The wishes of the patient are of key concern in this matter, and doctors do not have the right to violate those wishes.

There are other measures that also successfully have been signed by Governor Abbott, but these highlighted issues show that progress has been made in an-swering some of the concerns of the grassroots, as they have called for in the party platform. We look forward to additional gains when the legislature next meets.

POSITIVE RESULTS

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Michael Deffendall

Grassroots Segment Leader

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New Judges Certification: Full Day

Monday, September 11th 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

New Judges Certification: Laptop & iVo

Thursday, September 14th 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

New Judges Certification: Election Code

Friday, September 15th 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

New Judges Certification: Full Day

Monday & Tuesday, September 18th & 19th 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

New Judges Certification: Laptop & iVo

Thursday, September 21st 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

New Judges Certification: Election Code

Friday, September 22nd 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.

New Judges Certification: Full Day

Saturday, October 28th 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

New Clerk Training

Tuesday, September 26th 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

New Clerk Training

Thursday, September 28th 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

New Clerk Training

Thursday, October 19th 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.

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Yvonndia Sebasco

Community Events

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Vivian Brown ……………………………….. 245.10 hours

Susan Solcher ………………………………. 129.90 hours

Lille Gough ………………………………….. 121.80 hours

Ann Chandler ……………………………….. 29.20 hours

Tracy Hibberd ………………………………. 27.2 hours

Bradley Chandler ………………………….. 16.00 hours

Michael Deffendall ………………………… 14.20 hours

Vatsal Patel …………………………………… 6.60 hours

Jim Sherman ………………………………… 3.80 hours

TOP LEGACY PRO VOLUNTEERS

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COMMUNICATION TEAM

Vivian Brown

Communication Director

Bexar News Editor

Mike Asmus

Republifact Segment

Michael Deffendall

Grassroots Segment

Stan Fisher

Web Development

Chennine Guerro

Spanish Segment

Stephen Jordan

Hometown Hero

Technology

Jamie Mathis

Club Segment

Yvonndia Sebasco

Community Events

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Party Leaders

Chair: Robert Stovall

Secretary: Deanna Abiassi

Treasurer: Lille Gough

Director Operations: Becky Edler

Management Committee

Precinct 1 Patty Gutting

Scott Stratton

Precinct 2 Betty Eckert

Ray Rodriguez

Precinct 3 Ann Chandler

James Cotter

Precinct 4 Jeanne Melendez

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Rank and organization:

Lieutenant Commander, Commander of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3, U.S.

Navy. Place and date: Philippine waters, 7 December 1941 to 10 April

1942. Entered service at: Texas. Born: 19 August 1911, New York, N.Y. Other

awards: Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit.

Citation:

For extraordinary heroism, distinguished service, and conspicuous gallantry

above and beyond the call of duty as commander of Motor Torpedo Boat Squad-

ron 3, in Philippine waters during the period 7 December 1941 to 10 April 1942.

The remarkable achievement of Lt. Comdr. Bulkeley's command in damaging or

destroying a notable number of Japanese enemy planes, surface combatant and

merchant ships, and in dispersing landing parties and land-based enemy forces

during the 4 months and 8 days of operation without benefit of repairs, overhaul,

or maintenance facilities for his squadron, is believed to be without precedent in

this type of warfare. His dynamic forcefulness and daring in offensive action, his

brilliantly planned and skillfully executed attacks, supplemented by a unique

resourcefulness and ingenuity, characterize him as an outstanding leader of men

and a gallant and intrepid seaman. These qualities coupled with a complete dis-

regard for his own personal safety reflect great credit upon him and the Naval

Service .

HOMETOWN HERO SPOTLIGHT LT. COMMANDER JOHN DUNCAN BULKELEY

UNITED STATES NAVY

The President of

The United States

in the name of The Congress

takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor to

JOHN DUNCAN BULKELEY

1 James Ciment, Thaddeus Russell (2007). "The home front encyclopedia: United States, Britain,

and Canada in World Wars I and II, Volume 1". p.163. ABC-CLIO, 2007

2 "Our Documents - 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote

(1920)". ourdocuments.gov.