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Freedom Caucus unveils demands to

support spending bill, avoid shutdown

The Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands that they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September.

Historically, members of the Freedom Caucus rarely support short-term spending bills to keep the government open, but with Republicans holding just a five-seat majority in the House, they have significant leverage over the agenda. Still, McCarthy will likely need votes from Democrats to pass a short-term funding measure than can also get through the Senate and be signed into law.

Gina Swoboda, 3rd Vice Chair, Republican Party of AZ and Executive Director, Voter Reference Foundation.

An interview with Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots recently. She talks about her work to make voter rolls more transparent, Arizona election issues, and what we can do to make a difference for 2024.



Clarification on Arizona Free Enterprise Club Article on Voter Registration Data

Need not be a Touchmark resident to attend a class, but you MUST RSVP to Sandra Ritter who is a resident so you may attend as her "guest."

Speakers are not compensated by YavGOP.

PC Orientation Classes

Changes to PC Orientation times

•  9/20 New Time: 2:30-4:30 (had to be done early for the ESL Class!)
• 10/19 New Time: 6pm - 8pm (had requests for an evening class!)
•  11/13 3:30 -5:30 pm YavGOP Office, 112B E Union St., Prescott
• 12/6 3:30 -5:30 pm YavGOP Office, 112B E Union St., Prescott

Calling all PCs who have not attended a PC orientation, or who want a refresher course. You must be elected, appointed, or turned in your PC Application to attend, and you must be pre-registered.  

RSVP required: Send email to [email protected], make the subject line: (Date you want to attend) PC Orientation

NOTE: Classes are subject to cancelation without notice if no one signs up.  

Direct Candidate Petition

Voter Authentication E-Qual Petitions

We are still out there waving the flag during morning rush hour. Teddi and I are starting to be recognized around BCC as those ladies who flag wave near I-17. We get good responses from the commuters and the truckers who toot their horns. It is fun.  

Frances Huff and Teddi Deming

Sunset #223 PC's and State Committeemen

IRON PC meeting - 8/15/2023 at 6:30 Met at Captain Kristena Herrera's house

In attendance: Kristi Macdonald, Jim Simpson, Bill Vernier, Lori Hunt,Lyn Johnson and Kristena Herrera. 

Presentation was made by Ann Pendarvis regarding Door knocking and canvasing. 

Information was very helpful and presented in preparation for upcoming door knocking and working our neighborhoods.

Next regular scheduled meeting to be 9/12/2023. Speaker: MIchelle Burchell - Follow Your Ballot presentation.

Kristena Herrera

IRON PC Captain

BASIN PRECINCT AUGUST PC MEETING MINUTES

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15TH AT 6 PM LOCATION: CV COMMUNITY CTR

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY JIM UPTON AT 6:06 PM

BEVERLY GRANILLO CONDUCTED PRAYER AND VALERIE MORRISON LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLIGIENCE

SPEAKER SUE UNVERRICHT, WAS INTRODUCED. TOPIC: RANK CHOICE VOTING (RCV).

See Basin monthly meeting schedule through December 2023;

NOTE: All meetings are at the Aquatic Center meeting room

September 12 @ 6:00pm

October 24 @ 6:00pm

November 14 @ 6:00pm

December 19th @ 6:00pm

Town of Dewey-Humboldt:

Planning and Zoning Advisory Commission VACANCY

36th Annual Territorial Days Parade Sept. 2, 2023

“Ranchers, Farmers, and Pioneers – Celebrating Chino Valley's History”

The Truth About Prop 400

There has been some confusion regarding the recent vote on Prop 400 for Maricopa County. We want LD1 PCs to have the correct information. Attached is a document comparing the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) proposal compared to the negotiated deal we passed on July 31st.

Notice the 9 categories - 

1. Improved funding allocations - less for transit and more for highways

2. Built-in guardrails - to prevent Maricopa County jurisdictions from using tax dollars to pursue unneeded and unwanted roads 

3. No road diets or restricting lanes on highways and local roads in Maricopa County

4. No expansion of light-rail by restricting the use of funding on any new light rail and caps maintenance of existing light rail at 3.5%

5. Efficiency benchmarks by eliminating unused bus lines

6. Transportation committee has more legislative oversight

7. Allocations specified in the ballot question going to Maricopa voters

8. The duration is 20 years instead of 25

9. Includes a pre-emption on energy source bans, thereby not restricting gas and/or diesel-powered cars

Notice - No 15-Minute Cities and No Road Diets!

What is important to rural counties like Yavapai County is that we won't have to compete for funding with Maricopa County as they will have their own regional transportation plan.

We hope this helps folks to understand what really happened with Prop 400.

-Your LD-1 Representatives Quang Nguyen and Selina Bliss

PHOENIX—Secretary of State Adrian Fontes today announced the start of a 15-day public comment period for the Draft 2023 Election Procedures Manual, a document updated every two years that serves as an important guide for the officials that run Arizona’s elections. As part of this process, a full draft of the manual has been posted on the Secretary of State’s website.

Crane: Biden Grand Canyon Land Grab Sabotages American Security, Energy Independence, and Tribal Sovereignty 

Following President Biden's announcement, which locks up more than one million acres of land near the Grand Canyon, stifling American energy production, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) released this statement:

“With today’s announcement, President Biden and Interior Secretary Haaland have made it apparent that national security, economic prosperity, and Tribal sovereignty are disposable to them. Biden is shamelessly politicizing the Grand Canyon to appease the radical left and distract from his dereliction of duty just a few hours south at the border.

"Uranium is critical to American energy and security, and this ridiculous political posturing only makes us more reliant on foreign nations such as China and Russia.

"Apart from sabotaging national security and energy independence, Biden Administration policies trap Americans in poverty and undercut the economy. Northern Arizona’s economy will lose billions because of this stifling land grab by the federal government.

"In addition to this million-acre land grab, this Administration is also cruelly blocking Navajo Nation citizens from natural gas and oil development in New Mexico. Tribal sovereignty only matters to them if it suits their radical agenda.

"This type of woke government overreach that tramples over the American people is the embodiment of the America Last agenda.”

Crane Introduces Bill to Nullify Biden Admin’s

Obstructive Violation of Tribal Sovereignty

July 7, 2023 Press Release | The Energy Opportunities for All Act would void Biden’s meddlesome ban, allowing tribal citizens to control their own resources

Recently, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), along with Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), introduced the Energy Opportunities for All Act, which would nullify the Biden admin’s overreaching actions that ban citizens from lawfully exercising the rights over their lands and resources.

In June, the Biden administration issued a Public Land Order banning approximately 336,404.42 acres of federal mineral estate surrounding the Chaco Canyon National Historical Park for 20 years. This effectively prevents all private landowners and Navajo allottees from mineral leasing land in this area.

Eli Crane's Scorecard

Paul Gosar, D.D.S.

Congressman for Arizona’s 9th CD

DrPaulGosar.com

Stand Against Grand Canyon Land Grab

This government overreach not only diminishes public access to our cherished federal lands but also threatens America's energy, economic, and national security for generations to come.

Biden is pushing this radical environmental justice agenda regardless of whether the Constitution grants him these powers. This land grab is yet another example of his desire to enact a radical climate agenda that exercises control over America’s ability to be self-sustaining while acting as an overlord in every aspect of American life. 

As your Congressman, I am fighting to assert our Congressional authority against Biden’s tyrannical behavior! 

Your Majority Report

Representing Arizonans while contending with a new, radical leftist Governor had its challenges. The Governor set records for vetoes, and seemed more comfortable killing bills than engaging in solutions with Arizona’s duly elected representatives. 

But we are proud of the many Republican-led bills that were signed and the many bad bills and ideas that we stopped on behalf of our constituents. 

We passed Arizona’s budget while stopping taxpayer dollars going to abortion and keeping the Governor from taking Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) away from 60,000+ Arizona students. 

HOW TO CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR

The RTS (Request to Speak) system is a necessary component to our legislative process. This is an excellent way to share your positions on a particular Bill and let your legislator know that you support his/her legislation. Please review this site and make sure you know how to use it properly.  The legislators depend a lot on your opinions and this is where you share them.

The link to sign up for the RTS system can be found here:  https://www.azleg.gov/alispdfs/Using_the_Request_to_Speak_Program.pdf

Websites where you can learn about bills in the AZ legislature:

August 28, Monday 9-1 pm

Mary's Legacy Blood Drive - Register

Aug. 30 open-house meeting seeks public engagement on

Prescott General Plan process more info

September 8-16 Pilar Henry Volunteer Coordinator

Prescott Valley Healing Field of Northern Arizona 949.422.6035 (cell) 

[email protected] | www.healingfieldpv.com

September 9 - 38th Annual Yavapai Silent Witness

Golf Open Tournament

September 21 & 22 - Lincoln-Reagan Dinner at the Wheelhouse

Nick Adams, Keynote Speaker | "Western Semi-formal"

VIP Cocktail Hour 9/21 with Nick Adams & other Dignitaries

Dinner, no-host bar 9/22

September 30 - YavGOP Quarterly Meeting, 9 am-noon

Mark Finchem on 9/21

Wine Tasting evening before Lincoln Reagan dinner.

3 pm 9/21, 527 E Road 1, Room D, Chino Valley

(Chino Valley Rec Center)

Questions: Dean Williams 209-752-8170

SimpleLogin joins the Proton family

Stop the Spam Mail

SimpleLogin was started in 2019. After more than a year of coding, we launched a beta version in 2020 and a public version at the beginning of 2021. SimpleLogin’s mission is to protect your online identity and we follow a transparency model since the beginning: the code is 100% open source and product development decisions are discussed openly with the community. SimpleLogin has received a lot of positive feedback from the privacy community and with your help, we have built many new features while maintaining high reliability and stability.

Turn Off Notifications & Alerts

Notifications, alerts, and badges are designed to draw your attention back to your phone. Reclaim your time by diminishing their effect.

• Turn off notifications & badges → Check out the instructions for your specific device under additional resources
• Focus mode → Use your device’s focus settings to turn off distractions
• Grayscale → Set your device display to grayscale to make it less visually stimulating and addictive

Reduce (or Remove) Harmful Apps

Many apps and platforms profit from addiction, distraction, and misinformation. Consistent use of these can negatively affect our mental health.

• Disincentivize their use → Make it harder for yourself to constantly engage with these apps by:
• Not saving passwords so you need to retype them every time
• Hiding them from your home screen so you’re less likely to check or notice them
• Using them exclusively on your tablet or computer
• Reduce their harm → Unfollow accounts that are negatively impacting your health
• Take inventory → Once or twice a year, remove apps you no longer use - or better yet, remove all of them yearly and only add back the ones you use consistently

Eliminate Outrage & Clickbait

We vote with our attention and clicks. Don't support sites that pollute our cultural environment with vitriol via clickbait and outrage.



• Unfollow outrage-chasing voices → Unfollow purposefully outrageous Twitter accounts and Facebook groups; start fresh and intentionally choose the voices you expose yourself to
• Remove polarizing media outlets from your news feed → Both MSNBC & FOX News are examples of this
• Follow positive news sources → News doesn’t always need to be upsetting. This article lists some helpful positive news sites

Chicago Democrat Asks Gang Members to Refrain From Shootouts Between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.

A crime-ridden, lawless Democratic city is being asked to limit shooting their guns in the streets to nighttime. 

Chicago Democratic alderwoman Maria Hadden asked gang members to refrain from shootouts between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. to reduce the risk to people "not involved in high-risk activities."

An email from Rogers Park-based Native Sons, known as "The People's Ordinance," said making a deal with dangerous gang members will help keep the liberal city safe from accidental killings. 

Editorial Disclaimer

Articles contained this publication are from our volunteers and members; they are neither legal interpretations not statements of the Yavapai County Republican Committee. The content expressed is their own.

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