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Happy Hollidays to all our members and friends.

Our Mission

To promote the study and the endorsement of the objectives, ideals, and principles of the Republican Party in accordance with local legislative, district, county, state, and national organizations. To promote an informed electorate through education in order to increase the effectiveness of the Republican Party in the cause of good government. To promote active participation in the Republican Party, and to keep our membership informed and current as respects important local and national issues.

Did You Know

Charles Wilfred Harris, Colonel in the Arizona National Guard, served as the captain of the unit's rifle team in 1910. During the rifle competition at Camp Perry, Ohio, the Arizona team was the only team without an emblem of any kind. Colonel Harris was chiefly responsible for the creation of the rifle team flag that in 1917 became the Arizona State Flag.
Blue and gold are the colors of Arizona. Red and gold are the colors carried by Coronado's Expedition of 1540 to the Seven Cities of Cibola. The blue is "liberty blue" identical to the color in the United States flag field of stars. Since Arizona is a western state the rays of the setting sun seemed appropriate. There are thirteen rays representing the original "thirteen colonies. " The large copper star identifies Arizona as the largest producer of r in the United States.
On February 27, 1917, the legislature passed the bill to adopt this flag as the official Arizona State Flag despite dissenting votes and Governor Campbell's refusal to affix his signature to the bill.

Pledge

I Am A Republican Because.....
I BELIEVE the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person's dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored.
I BELIEVE in equal rights, equal justice and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age or disability.
I BELIEVE free enterprise and encouraging individual initiative have brought this nation opportunity, economic growth and prosperity.
I BELIEVE government must practice fiscal responsibility and allow individuals to keep more of the money they earn.
I BELIEVE the proper role of government is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations and that the best government is that which governs least.
I BELIEVE the most effective, responsible and responsive government is government closest to the people.
I BELIEVE Americans must retain the principles that have made us strong while developing new and innovative ideas to meet the challenges of changing times.
I BELIEVE Americans value and should preserve our national strength and pride while working to extend peace, freedom and human rights throughout the world.
FINALLY, I believe the Republican Party is the best vehicle for translating these ideals into positive and successful principles of government.

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Coming Events

Our Next Meeting:
Jan. 28, Sat, a 4th Sat meeting at 9 am – SUN CITY GRAND REPUBLICAN INTEREST GROUP - Sun City Grand Chaparral Center – Hopi Room, 19781 N. Remington Dr., Surprise.

Speaker: Stephen Slivinski, Senior Economist at the Goldwater Institute. Stephen Slivinski is an expert in tax and budget policy at the state and federal level. He formerly held the position of research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and senior editor in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Prior to that he was director of budget studies at the Cato Institute, a senior economist at the Tax Foundation, and director of tax and budget studies for the Goldwater Institute.

Mr. Slivinski is the author of the book, Buck Wild: How Republicans Broke the Bank and Became the Party of Big Government, published in 2006. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, Businessweek, the Arizona Republic, and many other print and on-line publications. He has appeared on CNN, Bloomberg, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. He holds a master's degree in economics from George Mason University.

Phil Axelrod's topic for the meeting is "History, Fact or Fiction".

He will discuss popular historical facts and fictions as respects American history.

Our meetings are open to one and all so invite your friends and neighbors to our meetings. Refreshments will be available for everyone to enjoy. We have a 50-50 raffle to help pay for our activities.

For more information, please contact:
   Ralph Wirebaugh 623-584-3898
       president@grandgop.com
                      or
   Dick Mayfield 623-217-2110

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Up Coming Meeting Schedule for 2012
Feb. 25, 2012
Mar. 24, 2012
Apr. 28, 2012
May. 26, 2012

President's Corner

Welcome to our website. This is your website so keep us informed as to what you like, what you dislike, and what you would like to see here. Some of the departments we are going to include are meet the members, Future events, and letters to the editor, the president’s corner, club news, and information on the Arizona Republican Party. Since this is your website, we want to actively solicit your input. We also welcome constructive critical reviews as this will allow us to continue to improve this website.

Republicans in Sun City Grand believe we are fortunate to live in this great land and believe we have been blessed with a unique set of individual freedoms in which all peoples in the United States can call their own. You can be what you are, and become that which you are capable of becoming.

We are inspired by the power and ingenuity of the individual to succeed through hard work, family support and self discipline. We also believe in helping those around us.

Republicans believe in the value of voluntary giving and community support over taxation and forced redistribution. A smaller government is best for the people.

Like our founding fathers we believe that government must be limited so that it never becomes powerful enough to infringe on the rights of individuals. We believe that you know best what you should do with your earnings, better than the government.

We believe in supporting lower taxes because individuals know best how to make their own economic and charitable choices. Free markets keep people free.

Sun City Grand Republicans are supportive of logical business regulations that encourage entrepreneurs to start more businesses so our citizens can enjoy the satisfaction and fruits of self-made success.

We support our armed forces to defend and protect our Republic democracy. We are committed to preserving our national strength while working to extend peace, freedom and human rights throughout the world.

The Republican Party is guided by these principles as it develops solutions to the challenges facing our United States of America.

If you believe in these principles you are a Republican and should join us in making your voice heard.