TMRA2 Legislative Update

From: DFW Region Chairman – BIG KID

Attention All DFW Riders:
The May TCOC&I Meeting will be May 5th at 11:30am in Cleburne, Texas.
This Meeting is of the utmost importance for all to be in attendance.

WE NEED 1,000 BIKES on May 5th, 2012

We will be having a Remembrance Ride for all the Fallen Bikers & Veterans of DFW.

Jeremy’s Run For The Gone But Not Forgotten

The Rally point will be in Alvarado, Texas at the Brookshire’s Parking Lot at the corner of Business US67 and Business I-35. The Ride will begin at 10:30am sharp.
The Ride will end in Cleburne, Texas at the Guinn Justice Center and Courts Building.

The Address for the Guinn Justice Center and the DFW TCOC&I Meeting:
204 South Buffalo Ave, Cleburne, Texas – 76033.

This is the same location of the Trial involving the driver that hit Jeremy and left him to die on the streets of Cleburne.

We have a lot in store for that morning so here is a tentative schedule of events:
10:30am – Ride Leaves out of Alvarado
10:45am – Pass the site were Jeremy was killed. Will be marked by an American Flag
11:00am – Arrive at the Guinn Justice Center and Courts Building
:Clubs to Sign in and gather for the meeting
11:30am – TCOC&I Meeting
11:45am – Mayor Justin Hewlett of Cleburne will read the City’s Proclamation for Motorcycle Awareness Month – May 2012
Noon – Moment of Silence and Prayer followed by the reading and Bell Ringing for all the Gone But Not Forgotten riders of the DFW Region
12:15pm – Closing Prayer
After the Run Party at the Phoenix MC Club House

I Look Forward To Seeing All The DFW TCOC&I Members for this historical ride.
Invite ALL the Riders You can both Club and Independent. This will become and annual Event to Honor All the Bikers and Veterans the DFW Community have lost.

What a way to Kick-Off The 2012 Motorcycle Awareness Month
Ride – Safe & God Bless
BIG KID
DFW Region

Starting this Saturday, April 14th, Texas Republicans will begin assembling in various counties across the state to conduct County & District Republican Conventions. The process will also continue next Saturday, April 21st, for counties which have chosen to hold their conventions on that date.

The Republican Party of Texas has created a website with a full list of county-by-county information, where you can go to learn the date, time and location of your local Republican convention, as well as finding the answers to Frequently Asked Questions and other information about the GOP Convention Process in 2012.

Due to the redistricting lawsuit and rescheduled Texas Primary Election, the RPT has built this website as a way for Republicans to quickly gain information on how to activate and participate within the party’s convention process and the ways in which the process has changed to handle this year’s unique challenges and calendar. The website contains helpful links such as:

http://convention.texasgop.org/counties – a database to find county specific information on your local convention.
http://convention.texasgop.org/new-for-2012 – a thorough explanation on the changes to this year’s convention process.
http://convention.texasgop.org/faq – for those who are new to our conventions.
http://convention.texasgop.org/downloads – a helpful page with links to RPT rules, platform, forms and infographics.

This info is for Tarrant County Republicans. No other county will be doing the Precinct conventions this election year as part of the Delegate process.

Tarrant County GOP Precinct Convention Locations
Precinct Conventions Will Be Held Tuesday, April 3rd Across the County

Tarrant County GOP Website – http://www.tcgop.org

Tarrant County Precinct Chairs and Executive Committee Contact Info
http://tcgop.org/contact-us/whose-my-precinct-chair/

The Republican Party of Texas and the Tarrant County GOP want to make sure that all Tarrant County Republicans have an opportunity to participate in this year’s precinct conventions. By unanimous vote of the Tarrant GOP Executive Committee, precinct conventions in Tarrant County have been scheduled for Tuesday, April 3rd at 7:00pm at various locations throughout the county.

Unlike in other years, when your precinct convention would be held the night of the Primary Election at your precinct’s polling location – this year, due to federal court action, the precinct convention will be on April 3rd, separate and apart from the Texas Primary on May 29th. Additionally, individual precinct conventions will not be held at the polling location, but rather, precinct caucuses will be combined and held at one of 35 locations across Tarrant County. In order to determine where your precinct convention is being held, please go to the TCGOP website for a full listing.

Precinct Conventions are the first and most fundamental step in the party convention process and Tarrant County is comprised of 650 voting precincts. The committee has determined 32 “hub” locations around the county which will be used to conduct precinct conventions this cycle. These “hub” locations will be used to conduct anywhere from 15 to 20 precinct conventions each. These conventions are for you to submit resolutions for consideration in changing the Party Platform and to pick delegates/alternates for one of the four Senatorial District Conventions in Tarrant County. The Senatorial District Conventions will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2012 which is where delegates and alternates for the State Convention on June 7-9, 2012, will be chosen.

To participate in your precinct convention you must be a registered voter (30 days prior to the date of the convention) and swear an Oath of Affiliation to the Republican Party. Voters who were registered last year and have not yet received their new voter registration card are still registered and will be able to attend as a delegate after taking the Oath of Affiliation. In order to be a delegate to one of the Senatorial District Conventions you must either; attend your precinct convention and be elected as a delegate, or have an attending delegate put forth your name and be elected.

If you have any questions, please contact the Tarrant County GOP Party Headquarters at 817.595.0303. You can also find the Tarrant County GOP on Facebook.

I am very sorry to say that the Sinner and Saints Spring 2012 Rally is rained out!!!
This rally was set to go on rain or shine, but the rally grounds are under about a foot of water!
All tickets will be refunded!!!

We will be having a Sinners and Saints Rally later this year….I will keep you informed!

Once again sorry for any inconvenience!

Scott Kerr
Take Back Texas Rally (Sinner and Saints)

As reported by the Star-Telegram, apparently long time elected officials are taking pensions from the state to boost their income. This was made apparent when Gov Rick Perry had to post those numbers while running for President. It’s one thing to draw a pension from one business while working for another, but when you draw a pension from the same business you are working for, that is quite another.
It seems that our Governor and some other elected officials are double dipping into their pension fund. This is because they are withdrawing a pension as a state employee and then when they leave office they can get another pension as an elected official.
Here is the article from the Star-Telegram.

http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/03/05/3786414/burnam-wants-pension-perk-disclosed.html

I think for most of us, if we could legally get away with it, then why not. But if you are an elected official with a State budget that wound up putting a lot of people out on the street with no job. Could you, as a good christian (as our Governor claims he is), double dip to increase your pay, or would you find ways to save money for your taxpayers?