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Tag: 2011 MIGOP State Convention (page 2)

Kent County Republican Committee - January 2011 County Convention

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Tue Jan 11, 2011 at 08:01:59 PM EST
Tags: Kent County Republicans, Executive Committee, County Convention, Tea Party of West Michigan, Independence Caucus of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford Women, 2011 MIGOP District Conventions, 2011 MIGOP State Convention, East Kent County Republicans, Brian Zahra, Stephen Markman, Marilyn Kelly, Jane Markey, Michigan Congressional District 3 (all tags)

From the Official Call:

There shall be a meeting of the duly elected Precinct Delegates and the At-Large Delegates to the County Convention at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, January 10, 2011 at the Western Michigan University Conference Center in Grand Rapids (200 Ionia Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI - 49503).

The purpose of this meeting shall be to elect Delegates and Alternates to the January 28 & 29, 2011 State Convention to be held at DeVos Place in the City of Grand Rapids. The purpose of the State Convention is to elect district and state party leadership.

Only Precinct Delegates elected at the August 3, 2010 Primary Election, the most recent Republican nominees for County and State legislative offices, and Precinct Delegates seated on a permanent basis at the August 2010 County Convention will be seated and considered eligible to vote at this convention. We will be using an apportionment method based on the 2010 General Election results for the Secretary of State by district.

My report on the convention follows the break.

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The Survey Monkey Strikes Again

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Sat Jan 08, 2011 at 02:38:21 AM EST
Tags: Michigan Republican Party, MIGOP State Party Chair, 2011 MIGOP State Convention, local party conventions, 2012 Republican National Convention, 2012 GOP presidential nominee, Independence Caucus of Michigan, Michigan Tea Party Alliance, Fix Michigan Network (all tags)

You may remember from an earlier article of mine my assertion that 64% to 70% of the voting public is relatively clueless. These are the people who show up to the polls on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of the November of every even-numbered year, cast their votes (based on who knows what logic), and assume that they've accomplished their civic duty when it comes to determining the direction of this state and country.

On the other hand, there are those of us who have learned the truth that civic involvement in politics isn't a two month sprint held every other year. The brutal reality of the matter is that it involves a great deal of behind-the-scenes work that goes on 52 weeks a year, every year. And that there are conventions and elections, not conducted in the public eye, that set the tone and lay the groundwork for the upcoming election cycles.

Yes, our work is indeed just getting started.