Cerritos Republican Club News
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Jan thru April 12, 2016
April General Meeting
April 12, 2016
At the General meeting on April 12, the guest speaker was Henry Lozano who has been a public servant for numerous organizations including an appointment by President George W. Bush as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of USA Freedom Corps.
Joan Pylman provided these two pictures from the meeting.
Mayoral Transition
March 16, 2016
At the Cerritos City Council meeting on March 16, the Mayoral Transition was held. Carol Chen stepped down as Mayor, George Ray was nominated for Mayor and was approved unanimously. Naresh Solanki was nominated for Mayor Pro Tem and was approved unanimously. Numerous elected officials and other organizations presented Certificates or plaques in appreciaton for Carol's service as Mayor and other duties. The meeting was followed by a reception at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Candy Yee took the following pictures of CRC members at the meeting and/or reception.
March General Meeting
March 8, 2016
At the February General meeting, Joan Pylman created a poignant memorial for Nancy Reagan with pictures and other memorabilia of this most elegant former First Lady.
The guest speaker at this meeting was Carolyn Cavecche, the President and CEO of the Orange County Taxpayers Association (OCTax). OCTax is a non-partisan, non-profit with many businesses, agencies and individuals as its members. Her organization's mission is "... to ensure that taxes and tax-supported programs are fair, understandable, cost-effective, and good for the economy...."
Here are some of her comments:
- Don't change Prop 13.
- The California Budget for 2016-2017 is at 122 billion dollars. Due to Proposition 2, $8B is in a Rainy Day Fund.
- 144 thousand taxpayers account for 50% of the budget.
- There's a lot of state debt. $224B in long-term costs, debts, and liabilities.
$77B in deferred maintenance owed.
$85B general obligation and lease revenue bonds. - California has the highest sales tax,
4th highest gasoline tax,
highest personal income tax,
highest corporate income tax in the West,
worst run state (24/7 Wall St),
worst state to retire in (Kiplinger study), and
worst state to do business (Chiefexecutive.net).
Imagine what will happen as the 144,000 taxpayers leave California? - There are several bills to increase taxes.
SB 8, ACA 4, SCA 5, SB 789,ABX2-18, ABX2-10, and ABX2-9. - NEVER sign a petition in front of a grocery store. They don't show the whole contents of the petition.
- CalSTRS, the teachers pension, will be broke in two decades.
Carolyn pointed out that the OCTax website has 13 criteria for a good school bond. It can be found at the middle of their webpage at http://www.octax.org/#!local-fees-taxes/cnqi.
February General Meeting
February 9, 2016
At the February General meeting, the guest speaker was Dr. Barbara Stone, retired Political Science Professor Emeritus at Cal State Fullerton.
Her opening statement was "I think there's a reasonable chance that the (Republican) California primary will matter." No one will have enough delegate votes to win the nomination before California's primary. How about that?
Each candidate has his/her good qualities and shortcomings. Dr. Stone said to listen to the candidates and decide for yourself whom you would rather support. That is, she didn't recommend any particular candidate.
