Cheryl Storer, President, 559-325-1525, storer77@gmail.comJudy Harlan, Membership Secretary, 559-431-9631, harlan.j@comcast.netRoberta Genini, Editor 559-435-7667, r_genini@yahoo.com

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JUNE 2013Edition XIV, Number 6

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Affiliated with the California & National Federated Republican WomenTHE LARGEST ALL WOMEN’S VOLUNTEER POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES

THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013 LUNCHEON AT THE RAMADA INNROOM SHAW A - Freeway 41 and Shaw East Off-Ramp

Please reserve by Tuesday, June 25. For reservations you may call Una Freitas (559-224-3720) or simply email yourreservation to fresnorepublicanwomen@reagan.com or you may make a reservation by paying online at our new

website www.fresnorepublicanwomen.org $18 at the door with reservation. Reservations are needed!Check-in starts at 11:30 AM - Lunch served at 12:00 Noon – Program at 12:30 PM.

Please make checks out ahead to FCCRWF for luncheon and dues.

MENU: CAESAR SALAD, ANGEL HAIR PASTA WITH CHICKEN, GREEN BEANS AMANDINE, BEVERAGES, DESSERTR e m i n d e r : M e n u s u b s t i t u t i o n s a v a i l a b l e o n l y w h e n m a k i n g r e s e r v a t i o n s , a n d o n l y f o r v e g e t a r i a n , v e g a n o r n o n - d a i r y e n t r é e .

Government Overreach Is Fundamentally TransformingEducation in America!

So Don’t Miss:

Orlean Koehle,State President, Eagle Forum of California

“Common Core – A Trojan Horse forEducation Reform”

Plus a special treat at theJune luncheon:

Local homeschooler, Emily Casado, firstplace winner at the National InvitationalTournament of Champions forHomeschool Speech and Debate, willperform her winning speech.

Every attendee who bringsa new children’s book (K –8th) for donation to a localschool will receive a free

raffle ticket.And of course…. Look for

the ladies offering raffletickets

CARING for AMERICABy Evelyn Thompson, Caring for America Chairman

Cheryl Storer, President

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEIn 2011 the Nat ional

Federat ion of Republ icanWomen (NFRW) adopted aresolution against the “CommonCore Sta te S tandardsInitiative.” According to theNFRW these standards, and thecurriculum and testing theycreate, are the “centerpiece ofthe Obama Administration’s

agenda to centralize education at the federal level”.NFRW urges us to lobby our elected leaders to

reject Common Core and hold on to local and statecontrol of our schools. We have asked one of the

country’s leading voices against Common Core, OrleanKoehle, to speak to our members and guests this month.Ms. Koehle, a former teacher, is author of the book,Common Core—A Trojan Horse for EducationReform.

Parents want their children to learn our “commonheritage” and the ideas of Western Civilization—ideasthat helped create our great nation and the Constitution.But a common heritage does not mean nationalstandards, national curricula, and national testing whichis what California is getting through the Common Corestandards. As Republicans, we believe parents,teachers, and our local school boards are the bestpartners for creating quality education for our children.Join us on June 27 to learn about the threat of CommonCore.

Get Ready for theGlorious Fourth with

our wonderful patrioticjewelry for sale

at the luncheon!

FCCRWF’s col lect ion ofitems for the troops has beena little scanty in the last fewmonths! Ladies, we all careabout our troops, so here is anidea we might try: Cut out theshort list of needed items, below, and keepit handy in your purse. Then just make it ahabit to think of the troops’ needs when youdo your regular shopping.

If every member who attends the club’smonthly luncheons brought in just one itemper month, Una Freitas and I would have agenerous amount of gifts for our troops todeliver to the National Guard Armory eachmonth.

At our June luncheon we wi l l a lsograteful ly receive your tax deductiblemonetary contributions to Evangel Home,http://www.evangelhome.org/

Evangel Home has beenserving homeless women andchi ldren since 1955. Yourcontribution by check made outto Evangel Home will serve asyour receipt.

Sunshine KeepsOn ShiningBy Connie Silva, Sunshine Committee

Do you know of a member who has had arecent bereavement, an illness, or whocould just use a kind word ofencouragement? Please let me know at(559) 276-2386 or email me at muffin-gal@comcast.net

Do not forget to inform me of contactinformation for the person who mightappreciate a card or other greeting fromFCCRWF.

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Donatable Items to Help Our Troops:toiletries, moist wipes,

shaving cream, dry skin lotion,shampoo, tooth brushes, toothpaste…

and for the little ones waiting for Mom or Dadto come back safe and sound, diapers,

especially for older babies.

Some people do not even need a spotlight….They seem to shine all by themselves.

Kristin Olsen is just such a person. The current politicalmurk in Sacramento could certainly use many more like her.

She became Chief Republican Whip in her first termbecause of her “people” skills. First elected in 2010, she wasresoundingly reelected in 2012. She represents a number ofSan Joaquin Valley communities, Modesto being the largest.District 12, Kristin’s district, includes Oakhurst. She wasnamed Legislator of the Year in 2012 by the Regional Councilof Rural Counties, in recognition of her hard work andlegislative achievements on behalf of her constituents andrural residents throughout the State.

Kristin serves on many important committees. She wasselected by the State Legislative Leaders Foundation toparticipate in its 2012 Emerging Leaders Program, whichbrought Republicans and Democrats together in conferenceat the University of Virginia. She embraces conservative values,and uses them to unite, not divide.

A Modestan born and raised, she is now raising her own family of three young children inher hometown with husband Ron. As a Modesto City Council member from 2005 to 2009, shestood up for fiscal responsibility, public safety and economic development. She has directedCSU Stanislaus’ marketing and communications programs, and is dedicated to the education ofyouth. She serves on the board of CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused andneglected children.

In a recent opinion piece published in The Stockton Record (June 13, 2013), Kristin took theState Senate to task for passing Senate Bill 323. She explains that the purpose of this bill is“to revoke the tax-exempt status of charitable youth organizations such as the Boy Scouts thatdo not adhere to its definition of ‘values.’ [The State Senate] did this even though the U.S.Supreme Court has upheld the First Amendment rights of the Boy Scouts to determine itsmembership.”

“The Senate’s action sets a dangerous precedent,” Senator Olsen argues. “If liberalpoliticians can punish a group as well-known as the Boy Scouts, they will surely go after less-prominent groups with which they may disagree.

“Imposing taxes on nonprofit organizations to punish their viewpoints or to ‘encourage’them to change their views is dangerous to liberty. What the Legislature is trying to do inCalifornia is eerily similar to what the IRS has done -— unfairly targeting groups for invasivetax audits based on their beliefs.

“However one may feel about the Boy Scouts, we should all be troubled by the politicizationof the tax code. If we allow state tax agencies to judge whether a group is adhering to theworldview of whoever controls the Legislature at the time, we create a very slippery slope,”she concludes.

FCCRWF salutes Kristin Olsen’s accomplished and diligent service to sanity in our state.

SHINING THESPOTLIGHT ON KRISTIN OLSEN, ASSEMBLY MEMBER, DISTRICT 12By Roberta Genini, Editor

DO YOU KNOW?Education Committee

. . .that if you bring a children’s book to the June 27 luncheon,you will receive a free raffle ticket which may lead to a very niceprize? The books will then be donated to a school library. Pleaseput this on your “to do” list—the children love to receive newbooks.

. . .that the FCCRWF Read to Know book club met on June 13and enjoyed an interesting discussion of Angelo Codevilla’s book,The Ruling Class? Marian Mosley was our leader.

The book for discussion at our July 11 gathering is Waking theSleeping Giant: How Mainstream Americans Can Beat Liberalsat their Own Game by Timothy Daughtry and Gary Casselman. The book club meets on the second Thursday of every month at10:00 AM, at the home of Adair Murphy. You may call Adair forfurther information at (559) 439-7094. All women are welcome.

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Local homeschooler Emily Casado was the first place winner at the National InvitationalTournament of Champions for Homeschool Speech and Debate, which took place inMay. Emily is the daughter of Andrew and Ann Casado of Clovis and won her firstplace trophy in the Open Interpretation event with a sixth place in the StorytellingSpeech category. This year’s national competition was held at John Brown Universityin Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Approximately 600 home school students from all overthe United States participated in twelve speech and three debate events. Emily andseven other members of the Coram Deo Speech and Debate Club of Fresno competedat the national tournament. Emily will be entering tenth grade this fall and will beperforming her award-winning speech at the FCCRWF luncheon meeting on June 27.Do not miss it!

In war: resolution.In defeat: defiance.

In victory: magnanimity.In peace: goodwill.

Sir Winston Churchill

Freedom is never more than ageneration away from extinction.

Herman Cain

After Measure G —We Go Back to theDrawing BoardBy Roberta Genini, Editor

As “Yes on G” Campaign spokesman Tim Clark pointed out after itbecame clear that the “no” votes would outnumber the “yes” votes:“Only 13.6% of the City’s voters cast ballots against Measure G.”

So, we may well ask, how is it possible that even when so few citizens of Fresno opposethe common sense proposals of Measure G, those meager numbers exceeded the number ofballots sending a vote of support to Measure G’s wise provisions for Fresno’s future?

Tim Clark was quick to note that despite City union representatives’ high-fiving each otherand their jubilation over the defeat of Measure G, “as if some mandate had been achieved,”a mandate cannot be deduced from such low numbers of opponents. Rather, the onlylogical conclusion to be drawn from such puny numbers is that even Fresno’s registeredvoters are mostly woefully disconnected from civic participation, to say nothing of themany who do not bother to register to vote. Tim Clark concluded the Measure G campaign’s reaction to the loss by calling attention tothe irony that “just a few blocks away [from the County Clerk’s office, where the finaloutcome was being announced], grim budget options were being presented to the City Council,including the news that at least 30 City employees will lose their jobs to budget cuts becauseMeasure G funds are not available. That’s at least 30 families that will find themselveswithout a paycheck to provide for food and rent….So, while the defeat of Measure G is asmall victory for City union leaders, it’s a huge loss for Fresno families.”

Mayor Ashley Swearengin faced the final result with admirable equanimity, and, withoutmissing a beat, offered a backup plan.

Fresno got a dose of what union organizing can accomplish in the face of “low information”public apathy.

“I hope Mr. Obama will ponder these words.Peace, while the other side is still attacking, is not peace.

It is surrender.” .Ben Stein, reacting to President Obama’s speech “declaring

peace” in the War on Terror, CBS “Sunday Morning,” June 2, 2013

For Ben Stein’s complete response to President Obama’s June 2 speech go tohttp://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57587203/ben-stein-declaring-end-to-war-on-terror-is-surrender/

ACTIONACTIONACTIONACTIONACTION ITEMS ITEMS ITEMS ITEMS ITEMS for JUNE

Work for Andy Vidak!The July 23 election can be won. Only 87 votes were needed to have won the May 21 Primary Election.

Please refer to information in the Calendar section, below, or for more information you may contact ChristineCaprel ian (559) 579-7065 christ inecaprel ian@comcast .net or Nathan Alonzo (559) 761-5701nathan.alonzo@collegegop.org

Many thanks to all the volunteers that turned out to help Andy establish a handy percentage lead followingthe May 21 Special Primary, though he fell just short of the 50 percent plus one needed to win outright. CFRWwas on high alert to promote Andy statewide then as now, recognizing the great strategic importance of a Vidakvictory in the July 23 runoff election.

As Capitol Alert (from The Sacramento Bee) reported on May 30, 2013: “It initially appeared thatRepublican farmer Andy Vidak built a big enough lead in last week’s 16th Senate District election to avert arunoff, but the Secretary of State’s official results show Vidak dipping below the needed 50-percent-plus-onemargin.

“That means Vidak and his Democratic challenger, Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, will square offin a July 23 [special] general election. Vidak still bested Perez by a few percentage points — the final tally gavehim 49.8 percent to Perez’s 43.9 percent — but a field cleared of other candidates could shake things up.“A Vidak win would not deprive Senate Democrats of their two-thirds super majority, but it would reduce it to amore precarious 28-12 margin — one more than what they need to retain their ability to do things like pass newtaxes or constitutional amendments without Republican input.”

Stop SB 323This bill would, in part, “provide that an organization that is a public charity youth organization that

discriminates on the basis of gender identity, race, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, or religious affiliation isnot exempt from the taxes imposed by that law.” (See “Shining the Spotlight on Kristin Olsen”, this issue.) AsSenator Olsen advised The Stockton Record (June 13, 2013) : “There is still time to stop SB323. It is nowpending in the Assembly, where it must pass by a two-thirds vote to reach the governor’s desk…. We have anopportunity to make it absolutely clear that we should not be punishing groups for the crime of having positionscontrary to those held by the political party in power.” Let your assembly member know immediately that youwant special attention paid to rounding up NO votes on this bill that has moved to the Assembly.

Oppose AB 1266The State Senate Education Committee passed AB 1266, “The School Success and Opportunity Act.” It now heads

to the Senate floor for a vote.AB 1266 (Ammiano, D) “would require that a pupil be permitted to participate in sex-segregated school programs -

and activities - including athletic teams and competitions, and use facilities consistent with his or her gender identity, irrespectiveof the gender listed on the pupil’s records.” What this boils down to is allowing students to use bathrooms and locker roomswith the gender they identify with, not the gender “on their record.”

While “CFRW supports any student struggling with discrimination, this blanket solution does not work for all Californiaschools.” CFRW states, “We believe that an issue this delicate should be left up to individual school sites and parentalorganizations. The bill does not address at all the potential for the abuse of the privacy rights of other students.”

Be alert to the fate of H.R. 1797, proudly co-sponsored by two area congressmen, Jeff Denham (10th

CD) and Devin Nunes (22nd CD), the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.” It is scheduled for a vote inthe House of Representatives during the week of June 17. The “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” willprohibit an abortion from being performed if the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks orgreater – unless the mother’s life is in danger. The horrors of Kermit Gosnell’s so-called clinic have moved theAmerican public in the direction of wishing to protect, insofar as possible, unborn children clearly capable offeeling pain.

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FRESNO COUNTY & CITYREPUBLICAN WOMEN FEDERATED

CALENDARPLEASE MAKE PLANS!

June 6 – July 23 (election day) - 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. daily,help Andy Vidak’s Fresno Campaign at his campaign office 2767 W. Shaw Avenue

(Located at the Southeast corner of Shaw and Marks Avenue in the Outback Steakhouse shopping center next to Marian’s Mexican Restaurant)to do phone banking and precinct walking

June 21 .... 6:30 p.m. Vidak for Senate/Vidak Family Fundraiser,................. Tacos, Homemade Dessert Bar, Silent Auction.................. Location: Sanchez Barn, 13863 Ave. 352,Visalia, CA 93292.................. Please call 559/905-7050 or 799-5677. $30/person

June 27 .... Luncheon, Ramada, 11:30 a.m.

July 4 ....... Independence Day – Celebrate freedom!

July 8 ....... Fresno County Republican Central Committee Monthly Meeting, Elbow Room, Banquet Room, 6 p.m.

July 11 ..... Read to Know Book Club, 10:00 a.m., Adair’s Home

July 11 ..... FCCRWF Board of Directors meeting at Sierra Grande Apts. 1:00-2:30

July 23 ..... Special Election to determine whether Andy Vidak (R) or Leticia Perez (D) will represent................. California’s 16th Senate District.

July 25 Fresno County and City Republican Women Federated Monthly Luncheon Meeting, Ramada Inn.

Inside This Issue . . .

Andy Vidak Is Well Into Round 2 of the Special Election

Rotten to the Core? Find out about what Common Core means for thefuture of education at the June luncheon.

Read to Know Book Club Will Dig Into Political Strategy

Kristin Olsen, a State Senator You Ought to Know

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