Island County Republican Caucus

Two years ago I experienced my first caucus and today was my second time. The attendance, level of participation and the spirit of the voters was well received. Steve was given the opportunity to stand up for a minute and pitch his candidate. He was a little nervous, but did a super fine job! (YOU GO HONEY!!)

Steve and I, along with our Precinct Caucus Officer (who automatically gets to go to the next level) were voted in as delegates by the eight members that showed up from the Swantown district. We are so excited to be able to represent our precinct at the county level. We met some very nice people today and I loved the fact that we all got along with each other, even though we did not necessarily agree on which Republican candidate to vote for. It is interesting to note that we almost had a 3-way tie at our table: 3 voted for Paul, 3 voted for Romney and 2 voted for Santorum.

Not only were we voted in as delegates but also a few of our other friends were voted in to represent their precincts. So far, I know that Vicki, Tess and Jim will be representing their precincts. I am also waiting to find out if Carolyn, Levi and a few others might have been chosen to represent their precinct as well.

As I understand it, the Island County Caucus meets March 24 and that is were we cast our votes for Swantown, and then pick a delegate to represent our precinct at state.

This has been quite a learning process for me. Two years ago, I went to my first caucus and I didn't understand the process at all. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't even let my precinct consider me as a delegate. But this year, I did and I am looking forward to seeing what the next level is like.

Republican Party Is Co. Convention

Have you ever been involved in a parties grassroots caucus and then convention? Well I am here to tell you what a laborious process. This past Saturday I headed over to the Island County Republican Convention. The task at hand was to vote on the 2010 Republican Platform and to hear from some of the candidates that will be running in the 2010 election.

Although the process is somewhat painstaking, it is important to see our younger generations (including mine) get involved in our country's politics even if it is just at the local level. I would venture to say that about 90% of the folks in attendance were at least 55 years of age or older. Here are some pics of Saturday's event.

This is a picture of Al, Alvera and myself. We represent the Swantown precinct. Al is our PCO and Alvera and I are delegates. All PCO's and delegates have voting rights.

Happy as larks - here sits Bro. Mike (a delegate) and Bro. Tim (PCO) - and members of Bible Baptist Church. Bro. Tim also led the opening prayer!

Bro. Glen (PCO), Steve's dad and a member of Bible Baptist Church. Glen was also voted in as a substitute delegate to represent our county at the State Convention in June.

Lastly, all decked out and ready to vote is Sis. Carolyn (delegate) and a member of Bible Baptist Church.

Also in attendance was Katie and Vicki (delegate). I took pictures of them, but they turned out to blurry to post.(Sorry ladies :()

This is the first time I have ever been involved in politics and I have stepped up to this challenge for two reasons: 1) Our Country and 2) Vicki. Are you going to stand by and watch your once "free" country turn to socialism before your very eyes? Are you going to continue to stand by and agree with the "change" we have been enduring over the last seventeen months? Will you do your part and get involved? This is our country my friends, and we need to stand up and do what is right. We need to continue to stand for God's Word and his ways and preserve our U.S. Constitution. Get involved now and help make a difference...don't wait until 2012.