1.0Harris County Republican Partyhttps://www.harriscountygop.comSam Somogyehttps://www.harriscountygop.com/author/sam-somogyeharriscountygop-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JoGvHPSTxo"><a href="https://www.harriscountygop.com/may-8-2023-harris-county-gop-executive-committee-adopted-resolutions/">May 8, 2023 Harris County GOP Executive Committee Adopted Resolutions</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.harriscountygop.com/may-8-2023-harris-county-gop-executive-committee-adopted-resolutions/embed/#?secret=JoGvHPSTxo" width="600" height="338" title="“May 8, 2023 Harris County GOP Executive Committee Adopted Resolutions” — Harris County Republican Party" data-secret="JoGvHPSTxo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! 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Whereas the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, Biden keeps sending military equipment and ammunition to Ukraine. There is no end in sight, and Biden has even said as much. Yet here in the United States, arms manufacturers can’t keep up with demand, and our own armed forces are already running dangerously low. Whereas US leaders need to explain how this is a good investment for national security when our borders are wide-open, known terrorist and dangerous killer drugs are coming in and cartel sex traffickers who brutalize women and children thrive in what has become a billion dollar slave industry. Be it hereby Resolved, that the Harris County Republican Party endorses reasonable and good faith diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war and an account for all US taxpayers’ dollars spent. Respectfully submitted, Patricia Anne Moore Harris County Republican Party District, 0483 Precinct Chair  Resolution on Clarification of Affiliation WHEREAS, Republicans are Republican; and WHEREAS, Democrats are Democrat; and WHEREAS, Lyndon LaRouche was a socialist and Democrat throughout his life; now THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Harris County Republican Party is not affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche, LaRouche PAC, LaRouchePAC.com, or any other Democrat affiliations. Respectfully submitted, Robert Jeter III Precinct 662 Harris County Republican Party Resolution Supporting the Freedom of County Executive Committees WHEREAS, Texas Election Code (TEC) Chapter 161 begins with the basic principle that a “political party retains all of its inherent powers except as limited”; and WHEREAS, the government should allow County Executive Committees maximum flexibility and minimum limitation to conduct their internal affairs without state interference; and WHEREAS, the county chair is currently elected by the countywide primary electorate, precinct chairs are currently elected by each precinct’s primary electorate, vacancies to each office are currently filled by the entire County Executive Committee (CEC), and the county chair and precinct chairs work together as elected party officers to conduct the business of the CEC; and WHEREAS, the status quo in TEC Chapter 171 allows a State Party and each CEC to determine the method, through its rules and bylaws, for filling precinct chair vacancies and for conducting other internal party business (i.e., unrelated to the conduct of primary elections), with broad discretion; and WHEREAS, a healthy deliberative CEC delegates to the chair and the voting members, through its rules and bylaws, a balance of authority and powers that reflects the representative will of the countywide partisan electorate that chooses the chair and the will of individual precinct partisan electorates that choose the precinct chairs; and WHEREAS, a cookie-cutter, government-mandated approach to filling precinct chair vacancies, calling meetings, and setting CEC fiscal policies ignores the local political needs in each CEC and long-standing parliamentary principles about the balance of power between a county chair and the body that chair leads; and WHEREAS, Texas House Bill 4636, as introduced, would give the County Chair the sole authority to “appoint a replacement” for each precinct chair vacancy, thus eliminating a current authority of precinct chairs; and WHEREAS, House Bill 4636, as introduced, would give the County Chair the sole authority to “set the schedule for meetings and the agenda for each meeting,” thus eliminating any flexibility for CECs to have other methods of calling meetings or setting meeting agendas; and WHEREAS, House Bill 4636, as introduced, would give the County Chair the sole authority as “administrator of all party accounts and contracts,” thus eliminating any flexibility for precinct chairs to provide for checks and balances in the CEC on whose executive board they were elected; and WHEREAS, the House Election Committee substitute of House Bill 4636, on which Harris County Republican Representative Valoree Swanson was the only opposing Committee vote, made only minimal changes to the introduced version; and WHEREAS, while the Harris County Republican Party (HCRP) is fortunate at present to have a County Chair who works respectfully with and who shares deliberations with the Executive Committee, the situation in our county may not always remain optimal under a future chair and unfortunately does not similarly exist in all Republican CECs in Texas; and WHEREAS, statutes to eliminate every opportunity for precinct chairs in every CEC, regardless of the local circumstances, to have a say in filling vacancies, calling meetings, or exercising even limited authority over contracts would reduce precinct chairs to mere accessories to the powerful county chair; and WHEREAS, the ability for outside forces to influence the election of a single chair is much easier than the ability to influence the many individual elections of grassroots precinct chairs in the neighborhoods of an entire county; and WHEREAS, a model of CECs in which power rests solely with the county chair would necessarily weaken the current model in which precinct chairs and the county chair share authority and determine that sharing through the CEC’s properly adopted rules and bylaws; and WHEREAS, House Bill 4636, as introduced, represents such a radical shift in tradition and parliamentary principles about the balance of power in CECs that, if passed, would render large portions of our HCRP Bylaws in conflict with TEC; now THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Harris County Republican Party STRENUOUSLY OBJECTS to Texas House Bill 4636, as introduced, and to any bill that would similarly alter the necessary balance of power that currently exists between a county chair and a CEC’s precinct chairs; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to each member of the Texas Legislature. Respectfully submitted, Vergel Cruz – Precinct 578 and SREC Secretary Cindy Siegel – HCRP Chair                               Dana Myers – RPT Vice Chair Gwen Withrow – SREC SD 4 Dale Inman – SREC SD 4 Dawn McDonald – SREC SD 6 and Precinct 996 Scott Bowen – SREC SD 6 and Precinct 416 Deborah Kelting Fite – SREC SD 7 Tom Nobis – SREC SD 7 Gaylyn DeVine – SREC SD 11 Ken Moore – SREC SD 11 Milinda Morris – SREC SD 13 and Precinct 490 Gail Stanart – SREC SD 15 Rolando Garcia – SREC SD 15 Becky Green – SREC SD 17 Roman Klein – SREC SD 17 and Precinct 437               Ted LeBlanc – SD 4 Chair and Precinct 670  Rex Teter – SD 6 Chair and Precinct 302 James Buntrock – SD 7 Chair and Precinct 726 Robert Jeter – SD 11 Chair and Precinct 662 Gail Stolzenburg – SD 17 Chair and Precinct 509 Josh Flynn – Precinct 407 and former SREC Marvin Clede – Precinct 8 and former SREC Mark Ramsey – former SREC SD 7                             Fe Bencosme – Precinct 33 David Barker – Precinct 126 Patricia Phillips – Precinct 189                                Aaron Cichon – Precinct 233 Erich Wolz – Precinct 255 David Gratvol – Precinct 304 Matthew Cowan – Precinct 311 Jeff Larson – Precinct 349 Chris Kulesza – Precinct 380 Lillian Sockwell – Precinct 414 William Fagan – Precinct 421 Rufus Estis – Precinct 448 Melissa Rowell – Precinct 480 Ralph Fite – Precinct 499 Tom Bazan – Precinct 661 Nikki Fagan – Precinct 663 Bill Ely – Precinct 844 George Brian Vachris – Precinct 885 Resolution Supporting SB14/HB1686 WHEREAS, God created man in His own image; male and female created He them, and man cannot successfully override God’s creation; and WHEREAS, children are a gift from God and should not be subject to the abomination of mutilation under the guise of “gender transition” and “affirming care”; and WHEREAS, gender cannot be modified, or transitioned, and affirming a lie against the laws of nature, and nature’s God cause irreparable damage; and WHEREAS, SB14/HB1686 protects Texas minors from atrocious practices such as sterilization, puberty blockers, and other “gender transition” or “gender reassignment” procedures; and WHEREAS, public money or public assistance should NEVER be used to provide these horrific procedures and treatments; and WHEREAS, in the past years, the public has seen the irreparable damage that “gender transition” and “gender reassignment” procedures have caused; now THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Harris County Republican Party fully supports passage of SB14/HB1686 to protect Texas children; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Harris County Republican Party publicly commends all authors, sponsor, and co-sponsors of this bill and strongly recommends that all necessary measures be implemented for passage of this bill. Respectfully submitted, Tara Beulah, Precinct 0909 Kristin Cobb, Precinct 0690 Darcie Wilbanks, Precinct 0516 Patricia Phillips, Precinct 0189 James Buntrock, Precinct 0126 Nikki Fagan, Precinct 0663 Vergel Cruz, Precinct 0578 Ralph Fite, Precinct 0499 David Barker, Precinct 0126 William Ely, Precinct 0844 Clark Denson, Precinct 0300 Teresa Thomas, Precinct 0173 Judy Dehaan, Precinct 0111 Terry Wheeler, Precinct 0972 Amy Duty, Precinct 0113 Resolution to Withdraw the Indictment of President Trump Whereas The indictment of President Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is a perversion of our institutions of government in order to silence political opposition, and Never before has a former president been arrested or indicted, and Donald Trump has demonstrated certain unique qualities hated by the establishment, such as the courage to stand up to that globalist establishment and also the ability to inspire ordinary Americans with a vision of a better future, and This indictment is only the latest in a series of attacks on Trump, which began when he announced his campaign for the Presidency in 2015 and has been continuous for eight years, Therefore, The Harris County Republican Party Executive Committee denounces the actions of the Manhattan District Attorney as out of bounds in the United States Constitutional Republic and calls for the withdrawal of the indictment. Respectfully submitted,  Evelyn Lantz 256 Precinct Chairhttps://www.harriscountygop.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/horizontal_logo_1_50-White.png1200628