THANK YOU SO MUCH! WE HAVE SURPASSED 500 SUBSCRIBERS TO OUR NEWSLETTER!
The growth-rate of the City of Lorain Republican Club newsletter!
We thank everyone for following us and those that show up at our meetings. We got kind of a slow start due to COVID-19 but we are now coming out of our shell. If you have attended a meeting in the past and weren’t thrilled with our pace - please give us another try!
WHO ARE WE?
The City of Lorain and Greater Sheffield Area Republican Club is an “unsanctioned” club in Lorain County. Unsanctioned only means that we don’t report to the County party but that we do have a relationship with them. We have our own autonomy. That means we can have disagreements with the county party. We look at these disagreements as constructive debates that make the party better. But, to more directly answer the question - we are a group of conservatives that are working to make the Republican party more engaging and responsive to registered Republicans in the area that we serve.
We want good jobs, low taxes, and efficient and limited government. We want to help and help make our community a better place to live. We do this through listening and educating the public. We help to focus efforts and to discuss strategies to make Republicans more effective!
We hope you will join us at our meetings to become part of the solution and part of the discussion!
Please join us on October 28th for our Halloween Town Hall where will have local and Gubernatorial and Senate candidates
While local offices are not as flashy as statewide offices or Federal offices - they are very important. They are the farm league for the big leagues. There is a renewed emphasis in Lorain County to get local candidates elected. The growing frustration over the city’s deterioration, its perceived corruption and lack of transparency, and its shameful explosion of crime - are all factors that can help Republicans win more local offices over the next few years. We hope to be part of that.
NEWS
Dick Stein Ohio House Representative of (Huron and Lorain Counties) and Chairman of the House Commerce and Labor Committee.
Local House rep to Lorain County Dick Stein - is overseeing the controversial committee hearings that may determine if vaccine mandates by businesses and government may continue (HB435). There is a lot of passion on both sides and it is likely that stakeholders on either side of this issue will not be happy with the outcome. To say the least, though, Chairman Stein has been extremely fair to those on both sides of this issue.
While one would expect that a vaccine bill would be in the Ohio House Committee on Health - the Speaker of the Ohio House (Bob Cupp) must’ve been frustrated with no movement with several bills in the committee dealing with this exact issue. For those that don’t know - the Ohio Speaker of the House determines which committees get what bills.
Ohio HB248 has been stalled in the Ohio House for quite some time and it is a leading bill among many patriot groups and anti-vaccine proponents. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce has opposed HB248 and many political insiders believe that is what led to the ousting of House Rep. Jennifer Gross from the Health Committee. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce has an incredible amount of influence in Ohio Politics - and they only act in their best interest - not in the interest of all Ohioans.
HB248 would have essentially put all vaccines on trial and would have given Ohioans a maximum amount of freedom to determine who could coerce them to put something in their body that they didn’t want.
To be clear the major stakeholders on both sides of this issue oppose HB435. This often happens when legislation is introduced that tries to compromise with those on either side of the issue. Councilwoman Lisa Keller from the city of Delaware offered the most compelling testimony on why Ohioans should not be subjected to mandates.
There was a tremendous amount of good testimony on both sides - if you want to watch the hearings on October 6th and 7th you can do so by clicking the button below. While there was a rush to try to move HB435 out of committee quickly - that rush failed. Too many people are calling their legislators.
A group that is based out of Sheffield Lake, OH has submitted an alternate bill language for HB435. Committee for a Better Ohio believes they have a better compromise than HB435 that stakeholders on both sides will be happier with.
Embattled Chairman of the Ohio State Central Committee
Long-time Republican champion of Lorain County, Bob Meilander has stepped down as this area’s conservative leader on the Republican State Central Committee. We’d like to wish his replacement from the City of Lorain and Lorain’s own executive committee chairman of the County Republican Party, David Arredondo good luck.
Lorain County GOP Executive Chairman and State Central Committee Chairman David Arredondo
David Arredondo joins Patty Stein to represent the 13th Senate District as it is currently composed (most districts will change next year due to redistricting and Ohio’s population loss). If you don’t like what the State GOP party is doing or if you want to help state efforts Patty and David are the people to see.
David joins the State Central Committee during one of its most brutal upheavals when Republicans are complaining about the lack of getting conservative legislation passed and moved down the political football field. While the Ohio Republican party is one of the best in the nation at winning elections:
Big government is on the rise - our spending is significantly higher than more populous states per capita than Florida and Texas
People are leaving Ohio at record rates - Ohio lost another house seat (that makes 9 seats in Congress lost since the 1970s)
Violent Crimes are on an upswing
Drug use and overdose deaths are high
Human trafficking and Child Sex Trafficking is out of control
We hope that David brings some solutions to the table to stop Ohio’s downward trend.
CALLING ALL REPUBLICANS!!!
THE LORAIN COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS COME A LONG WAY IN A SHORT FEW YEARS. Let’s keep this trend going and the sky is the limit on what we can accomplish.
We need you to show up at meetings like ours and we need you to be active and volunteer to help when you can. When we all lift at the same time - it is not a heavy lift for any one person. Please consider helping!
If you want to get really involved there are a lot of the local Republican County Central Committee seats open we would like to see filled. Please consider running in 2024 for a seat and if a seat is currently empty you can contact the party to see about being appointed to the position.
Call (440) 204-9918
You can find the seats that are empty by clicking on the button and finding your region. Those precincts highlighted in yellow are currently empty.
If you do not know the precinct that you live in (to see if your precinct is empty) the easiest way is to call the Lorain County Board of Elections and ask them what your precinct is.
Lorain County BOE (440) 326-5900
You can always go to the Lorain County BOE website and try to determine your precinct from the maps.
Keep in mind census data just came out and some of our precincts are going to be changing. So please don’t get excited if the process is slow. This happens every 10 years and is normal. But please let us know your interest and where you live so we can get you involved.
And remember you can always reach out to us to discuss your local Republican Party.
