Clinton County is very fortunate to have so many elected republican officials in township government. With a more liberal progressive populace moving north into Clinton County, from the greater Lansing/East Lansing metropolitan area, we have seen the demographics of the southern part of the county being affected in its political makeup.&nbsp; Most notable are the changes in both Bath and DeWitt Townships. The makeup of the Bath Township board, which had always been traditionally republican, is now totally comprised of democrats and DeWitt Township now is represented by a democrat county commissioner.<br />
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The Clinton County Democrat Party have stated that they are forming &quot;grass root&quot; groups throughout the county with the intent of advancing their progressive political agenda. Their intent is to put candidates up against incumbents who have been traditionally uncontested in the past. The residents of Bath Township became complacent about what was happening around them and now they have a liberal board attempting to turn the township into another East Lansing/Meridian Township type of area. <br />
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The Clinton County Republican Party has become proactive in its approach. We can no longer sit back and wait for the democrats to take over the county township boards and other countywide offices. With that said it is our hope that we can assist you in your 2010 elections. <br />
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The CCRP will be meeting monthly throughout the coming year and holding our meetings in either St. Johns or DeWitt on the third Thursday of each month. We would love to have you come to the monthly meetings and see what we are doing to make things better for Clinton County and join in the discussion of what our plans will be for the 2010 election. Our first meeting in 2010 will be on January 21, at 7:00 pm at the Clinton County courthouse in St. Johns. We look forward to seeing you there.<br />
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You received this e-mail from the CCRP web site from a list of elected officials that we currently have e-mail addresses for. If you have the e-mail addresses of your fellow republican elected officials and/or if they would like to get periodic updates from the party please forward their e-mail address to swillis1945@verizon.net or forward this e-mail to them.<br />
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Tom Leonard, Chair<br />
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For more information on what we are doing to make adifference visit our web site at: http://www.clinton-countygop.org/<br />
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or see us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=89460758939&amp;ref=ts<br />
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