 september 2009 newsletter sample going to officers only  dear friends i apologize it has taken me a couple of months to get a newsletter out to you all things have been very busy this summer as i rsquo m sure it has for most of you i can rsquo t believe summer is coming to an end and college football season will soon be upon us ndash go blue things are going very well for the county party thus far we have hosted two very successful fundraisers lincoln day dinner and summer bbq have raised approximately 8000 hosted a successful membership event and have recruited several new valuable members into our party a special think you to everyone for all of your hard work this year has been a total team effort and i cannot thank all of you enough please read carefully the following information we have a couple of very important announcements hellip the following topics to be covered in this month rsquo s newsletter hellip 1 august monthly meeting 2 summer bbq wrap up 3 fall fundraiser ndash october 22nd with secretary of state terri land 4 membership event lugnuts game 5 ccw class ndash exercise your 2nd amendment right 6 congratulations paul opsommer 7 candidate websites 1 august monthly meeting a special thank you to all of you who attended our august monthly meeting this month was one of our best to date in terms of attendance as we had 34 in attendance this was a great turnout for an august meeting thanks to all of you let rsquo s keep up the great work our next monthly meeting will be on thursday september 17th at 700 pm at the dewitt city hall please note we are changing meeting venues for one month in hopes of bringing a few extra people to our meeting from the southerntear of the county i will send another reminder email out about this please note we will also be having a 30 minute social period from 630700 at the city hall representative opsommer has graciously volunteered to purchase us pizza for the september 17th meeting we will start with pizza at 630 pm and then go into our meeting at 700 pm a special thank you to representative opsommer for his willingness to do this 2 summer bbq wrap up i want to send a very special thank you to fundraising chair vern klassen and to the rest of the party members that made our first annual summer bbq such a great success the event featured attorney general gubernatorial candidate mike cox as well as several other statewide candidates running for secretary of state and attorney general those in attendance were ag candidates senate majority leader mike bishop judge bill schuette and sos candidates senator cameron brown senator michelle mcmanus representative judy emmons and calhoun county clerk anne norlander we also had approximately 100 grass roots activists in attendance more important we were able to raise more than 2000 for our local candidates thank you to all for your help again i want to send a very special thank you to vern klassen for helping make this event such a great success i would also like to thank my parents larry and sadie leonard for their generous donation of the party tent and to angie and alison keilen jenell hierholzer heather wood bruce and janice harte brian began marcia daigle and to steve and sheri willis for all of their help setting up grilling cleaning etc i also want to thank our 28 event sponsors your generous donations made this event a huge success 3 fall fundraiser featuring special guest secretary of state terri land i am proud to announce that our fall fundraiser has been set we will be hosting a reception at ryan rsquo s roadhouse located in st john rsquo s featuring special guest secretary of state terri land all attorney general and secretary of state candidates will be invited and it is my hope most will choose to attend as they did at the summer bbq details are as follows what clinton county fall fundraiser with secretary of state terri land where ryan rsquo s roadhouse in st johns when thursday october 22nd from 530830pm cost 50 for sponsorship includes 2 tickets to the event 20 for 1 ticket and 10 for students please note that all sponsors will be recognized on our invitation flier if you would like to be an event sponsor please contact me at tleonard28 gmailcom or vern klassen at klassenv gmailcom asap so that your name can be added to the flier all proceeds to benefit the clinton county republican party more information about this event will be coming out shortly i hope to see everyone there 4 membership event ndash lugnuts game a special thank you to those who turned out for our first membership event in june our group had a wonderful time first meeting at the nuthouse for dinner and then at the lugnuts game we had 2530 members throughout the night including special guest secretary of state candidate cameron brown and state representatives paul opsommer and brian calley a special thank you to marcia daigle for all of her hard work helping put this event together note ndash it is our hope to have another membership event within the next couple of months details will be coming soon 5 ccw class ndash exercise your 2nd amendment right the clinton county republican party is putting together a special event for those that would like to obtain their cpl ccw license the event will be held on saturday september 19th in st johns the cost will be 8000 please note the party will not cover this cost we will need a minimum of 10 members to hold this course cutoff is 30 this will be a great opportunity for us to get together as a small group learn how to responsibly carry use firearms and to obtain our cpl ccw permits i want to thank vern klassen for organizing this event for us vern will be sending details out soon if you are interested please rsvp to vern asap as this event is fast approaching 6 congratulations to paul opsommer i want to congratulate our state representative paul opsommer for being named legislator of the year by the michigan municipal league mml for his emphasis on public policy including the needed changes in regards to the urban cooperation act revenue sharing and local control paul has been and outstanding public servant that should make all of us proud please take the opportunity to congratulate him on this fine achievement the next time you see him 7 candidate websites i will continue to provide candidate websites in the monthly newsletter until election time we have many excellent candidates running for office and i want all of you to have an opportunity to make up your own mind regarding these candidates as more candidates declare their candidacy i will continue to add websites note if the candidate does not have an official site for the office i have googled to the best of my ability to give you some type of insight on the candidate some of the links are simply articles about the candidate running for office governor oakland county sheriff mike bouchard  wwwbouchardforgovernorcom attorney general mike cox  wwwmikecox2010com state senator tom george  wwwgeorgeforgovernorcom congressman peter hoekstra ndash  wwwhoekstraforgovernorcom ann arbor businessman rick snyder  wwwmichigantalkscom  attorney general senator majority leader mike bishop  wwwmikebishopcom senator bruce patterson ndash  http wwwmlivecom politics indexssf 200901 gopstatesenatorbruce former congressman appellate judge bill schuette  http domemagazinecom blogs schuette  secretary of state senator cameron brown  wwwcameronsbrowncom former representative judy emmons  wwwjudyemmonscom senator michelle mcmanus  wwwmichellemcmanusorg callhoun county clerk anne norlander ndash  wwwannenorlandercom  state senate ndash 33rd district state representative brian calley  http wwwbriancalleycom bingham twp treasurer mike trebesh  http wwwtrebeshforsenatecom  state representative ndash 85th district harold ldquo buck rdquo kuisel  http thebuckstopsherecom   as always a special ldquo thank you rdquo to everyone for their efforts things are going very well for our party thus far we truly have had a great ldquo team effort rdquo over the past eight months i want to thank all of you for this as always please email me with any of your comments or concerns best regards tom leonard  2011 2012 officers  