WRTC

It is now time to seek out Precinct Captains for the Brown campaign. We are reaching out to all members of Winchester Republican Town Committee and ask you to please consider stepping up and  volunteering for this role. As we see it, the Precinct Captains will  work with Alex Ingram and Franca Richard to coordinate volunteer efforts  between now and election day. This will become particularly important (and busy) in September and October, so please consider your personal Fall schedule and commitments when you think about this. We would also ask you to inform your family and friends in Winchester who are not WRTC members, but who are Brown fans. 
This is a very important election for Massachusetts, and we cannot  underestimate the organization and commitment of the other party. Even  though we may not be able to match their numbers, we know we can match  and surpass their efforts with our spirit and drive. So please consider being an integral part of delivering Winchester to Senator Scott Brown!
> Please e-mail Franca Richard at francabrichard@gmail.com
Thanks,
Carmen Kenrich
Chair of WRTC

Winchester Republican Town Committee

We are having our next meeting on Tuesday, May 22 at the Winchester Town Hall in the Winchester Room from 7-8pm.  We will have Former Congressman Peter Blute as a guest speaker.  Please RSVP to Dan Nakamoto at :DanNakamoto@nafi.com

Winchester Star Stifles Free Speech

Lynn Engle a conservative journalist from Winchester who has contributed articles regularly to the Winchester Star has been informed by the Editor that "she may not submit political pieces during election season because it is unfair to those who disagree with [her]."

This action by the Winchester Star appears to be yet another effort to stifle views that the mainstream media would prefer not to be discussed or revealed in public by persons they do not agree with.  'Letters to the Editor' have historically been the public soapbox available to all.

The question that remains is who will be allowed to express an opinion on issues or reveal facts about candidates for public office?

State Committee Organizes, Holds Elections

With 79 elected and re-elected State Committee members in attendance, and one vacancy, barely a handful of votes decided two highly contested elections during the organizational meeting of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee which took place on Thursday April 5th.

The election process began with a highly emotional race for Republican National Committeewoman in which former Lt. Governor Kerry Healy was elected over activist Channel Prunier. The election became very fluid after the incumbent Jody Dow withdrew from the race the previous week and Healy entered the contest.

Healy's election was quickly followed by the unanimous re-election of Ron Kaufman for Republican National Committeeman.

The other highly watched election, the election of Vice-Chair of the State Committee followed. Jean Kangas was re-elected by a slim-but-firm margin over new State Committeeman Steve Alyward.

In other officer elections, Brent Anderson was re-elected as Treasurer of the State Committee, Angela Davis was elected as Secretary, Elizabeth Mahoney was elected as Assistant Treasurer and Bonnie Johnson was elected as Assistant Secretary. Each of the four were elected without opposition.