Patricia Tarner Senator Jeff Flake was the featured speaker at a special meeting of the SaddleBrooke Republican Club on March 31. Senator Flake spoke briefly about his desire to fight uncontrolled spending, his vote against the Omnibus Spending Bill and his successful efforts to defeat earmarks. The Senator said several concerns keep him up at…
JoAnn Livingston The SaddleBrooke Republican Club, Patriots of SaddleBrooke and the Republican Women of Pinal County are hosting the following Congressional District 1 candidates running for the House of Representatives: Paul Babeu – current Pinal County Sheriff Ken Bennett – former legislator and Secretary of State Dave Gowan – current Speaker of the House Gary…
Neil Macdonald Our third member meeting of the year was opened by President Neil Macdonald. Pastor Ron Gannett gave the opening prayer and Al Melvin led the Pledge of Allegiance. Neil explained the change that occurred at the Central Arizona College (CAC) meeting February 23. The CAC board voted three to two on a new…
Neil Macdonald The SaddleBrooke Republican Club opened its first meeting of 2016 on January 13 at the MountainView Ballroom. Our first meeting of this election year 2016 was well attended with almost 200 members and candidates in attendance. Needless to say there was a good amount of club business to attend as well as some…
Neil Macdonald The SaddleBrooke Republican Club opened its general membership meeting at 4.00 p.m. on November 11. The meeting started with a vote by the membership in attendance to vote and accept the following new officers as Board members of the club. Jo Ann Livingston was voted in as the new Events Director. Linda Schuttler…
Neil Macdonald The SaddleBrooke Republican Club was pleased to welcome Arizona State Speaker of the House David Gowan at the club’s monthly meeting. Speaker Gowan has served in the Arizona State legislature since 2009. Not surprisingly he spoke before an enthusiastic audience of well over 150 club members and guests. The main topics of the…
Neil Macdonald On Tuesday, September 15 the SaddleBrooke Republican Club welcomed Arizona Governor Doug Ducey for his first visit to SaddleBrooke as our governor. The club also hosted over 200 members, guests and other local officials to the luncheon event held in the HOA 2 ballroom. Starting the proceedings, State Senator Steve Smith, from our…
Neil Macdonald The SaddleBrooke Republican Club enjoyed a superb BBQ of chicken, burgers and potato salads plus fixings. We really appreciated the good food and the excellent service from the HOA 2 helpful staff. With more than eighty-five members and guests in attendance, we filled the Mesquite Grill and most of the outside tables. Members…
Neil Macdonald The SaddleBrooke Republican Club welcomed U.S. Border Patrol Officer George Gentzsch, Representative Vince Leach and Garland Shreves to our June 10 meeting Garland Shreves, Chairman of Citizens For Fair Taxation, spoke to us all on the need for recall of the four members of the CAC Governing Board so as to rescind this…
Neil Macdonald On May 13 your SaddleBrooke Republican Club was most pleased to welcome two of our three elected state senator and representatives of District 11. Unfortunately Representative Mark Finchem was called away for an important legislature meeting that morning. We did hear from Senator Steve Smith and our own SaddleBrooke representative Vince Leach. Both…