Carlsbad Republican Women Federated

Invites you to attend our next meeting

Tuesday, February 25

Doors open at 10:30 am - Event begins at 11:00 am

HOLIDAY INN

2725 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad, CA 

CRWF Members (including Spouse and Associate Members): $41

Non-Members: $46

CLICK HERE to make a reservation and select your entree

Reservations must be paid by credit card.

Reservation deadline is 5:00 pm on Thursday, February 20

If you have questions, email CRWFEvents@gmail.com

or call Joy Noonan at 714-390-7662

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Carlsbad Republican Women (CRWF) welcomes Historical Impressionist, Peter M. Small, portraying George Washington, and Amy Reichart, local Republican activist!  

“George Washington”

At the February 25th meeting, Carlsbad Republican Women (CRWF) celebrates President George Washington’s birthday with a very special guest speaker! Historical impressionist, Peter M. Small, portrays the Father of Our Country, George Washington, as he separates fact from myth about his life from chopping down the cherry tree to the struggle for independence and the foundation of our republic. Please join us for this intriguing, but fun, performance on February 25th.

This portrayal grew out of Mr. Small’s love for history, while he taught history in the greater Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. areas. He has performed for a wide range of national audiences, including the Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Herbert Hoover, and George Bush Presidential Libraries and the History Channel. Peter Small believes that it is people who make history happen!

Amy Reichart

Amy Reichert is a San Diego leader, nonprofit founder, and Republican activist dedicated to government accountability, parental rights, and public safety. She founded ReOpen San Diego to fight for individual freedoms and chairs the Restore San Diego PAC to support candidates who put people first. Elected to the Republican Central Committee with the most votes in District 4, she now serves as Caucus Chair and a member of the Executive Committee. With a background in ministry and a passion for truth, Amy spills the tea on local politics to her 45,000 followers at [@amyforsandiego] and 23,00O followers on @X! On February 25th, Amy will address the San Diego County Board of Supervisors race to fill the open District 1 seat and why John McCann, currently mayor of Chula Vista, is the ideal candidate!

CRWF will also celebrate the 100th anniversary of the California Federation of Republican Women (CFRW)! Our special guests include Lydia Kanno, CFRW President, and Bibi Mesmer, District 9 Regional Director! We look forward to welcoming both Lydia and Bibi to help us celebrate! 

HAPPY FEBRUARY FROM CRWF!

Andrea Ryon, 2nd VP – Membership Co-Chair

Thank you to all CRWF members who have renewed their membership, or have recently joined our club for 2025! We appreciate you and look forward to working with you this year! 

As the largest individual Republican women's club in San Diego County, CRWF is also a member of the state (CFRW) and national (NFRW) organizations. All of our memberships are based on the calendar year. 

IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2025 TODAY!

• ONLINE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION and PAYMENT. CLICK HERE to complete your membership application online and pay by credit card.

If you have questions about the membership categories, please contact Membership Co-Chair, Andrea Ryon, at 760-518-8238 or CRWFMembership@gmail.com.

2025 Member Renewals and New Members 

As of February 9th, 139 (or 61.5%) of our year-end 2024 regular members (226) have renewed for 2025, so we still have a ways to go! PLEASE RENEW TODAY FOR 2025 IF YOU HAVE NOT YET DONE SO! 

We are very happy to have 15 more new members since the January 2025 newsletter! Please welcome Lou Aspell, Jacqueline Barnhill, Sonja Carlin, Diane Daversa, Minako Eisenman, Karen Falterman, Sandra Fiebing, Carolyn Hammel, Karen Layland, Sue Loftin, Elaine Nielsen, Patti O'Farrell, Kelly Pironti, Kathryn Robinson, and Donna Seals, as NEW members!

TOTAL FULL MEMBERS SO FAR in 2025 = 160 members (139 renewals and 21 new members).

We also have 6 Associate members and 15 Spouse members so far in 2025. Please welcome new Spouse members Jesus De La Trinidad (husband of new member Sonja Carlin), Levi Eisenman (husband of new member Minako Eisenman), and Gary Robinson (husband of new member Kathryn Robinson).

Judy Rees – Supervisor District 3- Central Committee Representative  

GOAL SETTING in 2025!! 

President Trump has taken charge and is busy fulfilling his campaign promises to us. YOU TOO can continue to make a difference in this coming year by getting fully engaged with programs identified by the Carlsbad Republican Women Federated Action Team!  

Let’s start with Voter ID and how we can work this year to make it a law in California. Ballotpedia says, “as of November 2024, 35 States require voters to present identification in order to vote at the polls on Election Day”. With the influx of undocumented immigrants Voter ID in California is a necessity to assure our elections are honest. Join our team to collect signatures and get Voter ID on the ballot in 2026.  

Ready to tackle the buildup of Republican Voters in San Diego County? This movement has already started!!  Last year, the Report of Registration published by the San Diego County Registrar of Voters had a surprising Republican up tick! We in San Diego County had an increase of 110,000 registered voters, boosting us over the 2 M mark and, a “whopping 38,000” were Republicans!!  

Left on their own, people don’t seem to worry about their voter registration until an election year! And mostly the Presidential Election! Sign up with our CRWF Action Team to engage with people “Face to Face” to talk about their voter registration status and get them registered as a Republican. 

Learn more about the San Diego County Central Committee and volunteer your help.  

Questions? Contact - Judy Rees, 619-997-2912 – jayare@sbcglobal.net 

CRWF is on the Move!

Judy OConnor, 4th VP – Election Integrity / Voter Registration

Reform California is mailing out over 100,000 letters, making people aware of the importance of Voter ID in California. We hosted a very successful mailing party after the January meeting to support this cause. Thank you to everyone who donated their time to this cause. 

NEXT MAILING PARTY

Friday, February 14 - 10:00am to 1:00pm

Judy OConnor’s home

2706 Galicia Way, Carlsbad

To reserve your spot at the table and join in the fun, CLICK HERE! 

HELP GET A CONSERVATIVE ELECTED FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR

John McCann is running for county supervisor in District 1 to replace Nora Vargas, who vacated this seat. John is currently mayor of Chula Vista and is endorsed by the Republican Party. District 1 is south San Diego County. It is not our district, but it is so important to get this conservative elected to this position that CRWF will be working to support John. 

Ballots will be mailed March 10th, and voting ends April 8th. CRWF will be supporting John McCann with mailings and phone calls. Please watch your emails for details to get involved.

CLICK HERE to visit his website or donate to the campaign.

FIRST FUNDRAISER: A SUCCESS!

A special thank you to Natilee Meacham for hosting an impressive wine-tasting party in January. The savory food Natilee provided was second to none. Thank you also to Donn Rutkoff, AKA “Man About Wine,” for donating all the wine and explaining the red wine in thought-provoking detail. A special time was had by all! Stay tuned for future events, you won’t want to miss it.

Teri House, Legislation Chair

The CRFW Legislative Team will be working hard this year to keep our club members up to date with proposed legislation that can be affected by our activism. The legislative team members are: Teri House, Dawn Dickinson, Nerissa Zhang, Brita Lindstrom.

At the January meeting we celebrated the many activities the Trump Administration is having. Still, we need to remain vigilant on so many issues.

Sadly, the California legislature passed a $50 million legal aid package to fund lawsuits against the Trump administration. This passed strictly on a party-line vote. Half of the money is for the state attorney general for court battles. The other $25 million is for nonprofits to defend residents facing detention or deportation as a result of federal actions.

Water will continue to be a legislative battle within our state. Since Trump opened the spigot to let the water flow to Southern California, already criticism has been deep and abundant. We will keep an eye on this issue.

Education, women’s health issues, business development are issues your legislative team plans to focus on in 2025. We look forward to serving you.

HAPPY FEBRUARY CRWF BIRTHDAYS!

Nancy White, Membership Co-Chair 

February 6 Carol Erickson-Duffey

February 7 Kris Urdahl, Laura Andert

February 8 Linda Bibbins        

February 9 Lynne Barr

February 16 Janet Hale

February 18 Janet Furrer

February 19 Carrie Gommel, Gail Dieterich

February 20 Dolores Frazee, Patricia Shankland

February 21 Margie Wilhelm

February 23 Nancie Chadwick

February 25 Sue Loftin