Chili in the Park at Mount Tabor
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November 2002 Chili in the Park at Mount Tabor Nearly 500 people gathered at Mt. Tabor Park on Saturday, October 5th for our 2nd Annual Chili in the Park Republican Rally. Our Paulding Republican Party joined forces with the Republican Parties of Bartow, Carroll, Cobb, Douglas, Haralson and Polk Counties to bring in candidates, food, musicians, and an enthusiastic crowd. The Chili Cookoff Contest was very close, but 3 winners (see Picture) were awarded cash prizes from $25 - $100. About 45 pots of chili were entered. Governor Candidate Sonny Purdue and U.S. Senate Canidate Chili Cook Off Winners. First Place Debra Saxby Chambliss with Paulding County Republican Officers. Left We were honored to have Beam, Third Place Doug Debolt, Second to right: Virginia Galloway, Theresa Phillips and Nancy Hollingshed. US Senate candidate Saxby Place Chip Groseclose congratulated by Chambliss, Congressional Phil Gingrey. candidates John Linder (7th) and Phil Gingrey (11th), Governor candidate Sonny Perdue, Lt. Governor candidate Steve Stancil, Secretary of State candidate Charlie Bailey, Attorney General candidate Shannon Goessling, State Senator Bill Hamrick, State Senate candidates James Garner and Chuck Clay, State Representatives Glenn Richardson, Bill Hembree, and Roger Hines, State Representative candidates Bill Heath, Howard Maxwell, Ed Nelson, Don Case, and Frank Bradford, Cobb Commission candidate Helen Goreham, Left to right top: Chuck Clay, Glenn Richardson, Don Case, Howard and State Republican Chairman Maxwell, Jerry Shearin and Ralph Reed. Ralph Reed. They spoke briefly, Left to right bottom: Bill Heath, Edwin Nelson, Bill Hembree, Helen but spent most of their time Goreham, Phil Gingrey, John Linder, James Garner, Roger Hines and Frank Bradford. talking one on one with the people who came there to meet them from as far away as Ball Ground, Tucker and Macon. Thanks to our Masters of Ceremonies, Commission Chairman Jerry Shearin and Cobb Republican Treasurer Anthony Scott Hobbs. Rep. Glenn Local musician Sonya Shell Richardson, Rep. (elect) entertains the crowd. Howard Maxwell, State Senator Bill Hamrick, State Senator (elect) Chuck Clay, County Commissors Hal Echol, Wayne Kirby, Roger Leggett, and U.S. Congressman Larry Ragsdale, school board members Kim Curl and John Linder enjoys Mickey Skelton, and Theresa Phillips of Phillip’s Salon were a laugh. our generous sponsors. Door prizes were donated by candidates and area businesses including Harold’s BBQ, Phillips Salon, Bent Water Golf Club, Weaver Brake and Tire, Creekside Golf Club, Hiram Subway, and Adventure Outdoors. Howard Maxwell scales the rock wall. A good time was had by everyone. What more could you want – good friends, good food, good music and great candidates. Page 2 The Chairman’s Voice by Virginia Galloway This summer my best friend CEO of a company, would you want to moved away. We had been friends open a business here? since we were 10 years old and both Here are the real answers. Businesses the “new kids” who moved to Powder don’t want to relocate here or they move Springs in the middle of a school from here because of our high taxation year. We have shared slumber (highest in the Southeast), horrendous parties, double dates, weddings, traffic (among the worst in the nation), baby showers, birthday parties, government corruption (see separate loads of laughter, deepest secrets, article, too much to include here), and and highest aspirations throughout an inadequately prepared workforce. our 30 year friendship. I was Additionally, the employees don’t want devastated by the news of their their children in our failing schools. move, as was my daughter, who is her daughter’s best friend, too. It’s a pretty dismal picture, and it will remain that way until we do something Both Georgia born and raised, my and that spells DISASTER for different in Georgia politics. One friend and her husband had to make a Georgia’s economy. definition I’ve heard for insanity is doing tough choice: move to another state Why are companies large and the same thing in the same way and for a better job and superior schools, small fleeing Georgia now? If you expecting different results. For over 100 or stay here close to familiar people ask Governor Barnes what’s wrong years, the people of Georgia have done and places. They probably made the with our economy, he’ll smirk and say the same thing – given Democrats right decision for the future of their he doesn’t want to point a finger at any control of our state government. For family, even though it was painful. national leader or party, obviously over 100 years, the results have been Unfortunately, plenty of other Georgia referring to President Bush and the abysmally the same. This November families are faced with the same Republicans. That was his answer at 5th, you have an opportunity to help choice right now. the debate in Perry. Yoohoo, Governor your state do something different, Everybody seems to be talking Barnes; how, in fact, could you possibly something better: elect Republicans for about our 50th place SAT scores. blame anyone but yourself and the Governor and Lt. Governor, and help Yes, our public schools are the Democratic Party when your party elect a Republican majority in the State laughingstock of the entire nation, has had control of this state’s House and Senate. Over the past but there’s another area we rank government and its policies for decade we have done it differently in 50th in that you don’t hear much more than 100 years? Paulding County, and look at our about – new job creation. While Barnes “reforms” campaign booming economy and improving Georgia has plummeted from 5th finance ethics so that he can accept school system! in new job creation to 50th. That much larger campaign contributions, If you’re ready to help do something would be bad enough for all our and education so that he can pretend different in Georgia, get out and vote on newly graduated college students to be following our popular President November 5th. To help elect Republicans, and people in job transition mode, (though the two plans are vastly contact our Republican Party now at but couple that with the fact that different), Georgia suffers with high (770) 443-1648. It’s not too late to help! we have lost more existing jobs in taxation, high unemployment, and low If you don’t act quickly, it might be your the last year than any other state educational standards. If you were best friend moving away next. 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He put himself support President Bush but in Washington he votes with through college working at a bakery in Athens, Georgia, Tom Daschle, Ted Kennedy and the national Democrats. and after graduation married his college sweetheart, Tax Cuts: Since 1995, Max Cleland has voted 116 Julianne Frohbert of Thomasville, Georgia. Even as a times in favor of higher taxes and calls making the Bush small businessman and attorney in Moultrie, Saxby cuts permanent “dangerous economics”. Since the volunteered for more than 20 years as a Little League beginning of this year, I have voted over 20 times for baseball and YMCA basketball coach. Saxby graduated lower taxes including 3 times to make the Bush tax cuts from the University of Georgia in 1966 with a Bachelor’s permanent. degree in Business Administration and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tennessee College Homeland Security: As the debate on the new of Law in 1968. He and his wife Julianne have been Department of Homeland Security continues, Max married since 1966. They have two children and two Cleland continues to side with special interests in grandchildren. An active member of the House Armed Washington against President Bush. As Chairman of the Services Committee, Saxby founded the Congressional House Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Air Power Caucus. He has received the Air Force Security, I have worked with the President and helped Association’s W. Stuart Symington Award, the top civilian move this bill through the House to passage last July. award given annually for outstanding contributions in the This election and this campaign for Georgia’s United field of national security. Bringing a lifelong passion for States Senate seat is about leadership and the right of the outdoors to Congress, Saxby is a vigorous defender Georgians to have a voice in the United States Senate. of sportsmen’s rights. He has served as chairman of the Voting more often with Ted Kennedy than with the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus and was named the people of Georgia, Max Cleland is not providing “1999 Federal Legislator of the Year” by the Safari Club Georgians with the leadership and the voice they International. Current leadership positions include: deserve. It is time for a change and it is time for Chairman of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Georgians to have their common sense, conservative Terrorism and Homeland Security, Chairman of the values represented in the United States Senate. As House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Georgia’s next U.S.