June 2013 – County Mayor Steve Abrams

Don’t miss hearing the important issues facing our County from this very insightful and knowledgeable public official…County Mayor Steve Abrams

Pay at the door / Affirmative RSVP “no-show” will be invoiced.

RSVP by Monday, June 17 via email: info@gopclubpb.org or phone: (561) 832-0695 (leave message)

Join/Renew your membership through December 2013

Please respect Bear Lakes Club Rules: Cell Phones Silenced / Business Casual Attire (No Jeans Please)

 

Speaker Biography

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Club members and guests will find another star spangled luncheon as they have the pleasure of hearing from Palm Beach County’s Mayor, Steve Abrams. The Mayor’s credentials are not only impressive but show how clearly qualified he is to be the leader of our County Commission as its Chairman.

Many will remember how effectively Mayor Abrams, who served as Mayor of Boca Raton from 2001-2004 guided Boca through the Anthrax scare at the AMI building in his City. He won high praise Nationally for his adept leadership under incredible circumstances. Before becoming Mayor, Steve served 5 terms on the City Commission. Known for his steady and calm leadership style he brought those skills to the County where he was appointed in 2009 and elected to a full 4 year term in 2010…without opposition.

Remember this month we will be meeting JUNE 19th, the third Wednesday in June, and RSVP’s are a MUST. Word is out that Mayor Abrams is our headliner and RSVP’s are already coming in.

This will be our last meeting until September…a great way to end the season and give all of you “Happy Summer” wishes.

May 2013 – Negron/Rooney

Please join RCPB for a legislative wrap up by two of our most ardent Republican leaders – State Senator Joe Negron and Representative Pat Rooney and our 2013 Anne Roberts Memorial Scholarship Presentation.

Pay at the door / Affirmative RSVP “no-show” will be invoiced.

RSVP by Monday, May 20 via email: info@gopclubpb.org or phone: (561) 832-0695 (leave message)

Join/Renew your membership through December 2013

Please respect Bear Lakes Club Rules: Cell Phones Silenced / Business Casual Attire (No Jeans Please)

 

Speaker Biography

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Senator Negron represents District 28 in Florida’ state senate.  Prior to serving in his current role, Mr. Negron served in Florida’s House of Representative, and was the 2006 Republican candidate in the congressional race for the 16^th district of the U.S. House of Representatives.  Mr. Negron has been a strong leader on a number of conservative issues: he has served as Vice Chair of the Budget Committee, he has been a defender of needy children in our communities, and he has been a voice for the long-term preservation of Florida’s natural resources.

 

 

 

 

Representative Rooney represents District 85 in the Florida House of Representative.  Mr. Rooney has been an integral part of the South Florida business community for years and he brings to Tallahassee a wealth of private sector experience.  In the State Capital, he has been a strong supporter of pro-growth, pro-job fiscal policies, and he has been a champion of improved education for all students in our state.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Negron and Mr. Rooney will provide our Club with a wrap-up of this past legislative session and will offer their insight into the future for the State of Florida.

The Anne Roberts Memorial Scholarship is available to any Republican undergraduate or graduate student seeking to further their education. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or above and plan to attend an accredited college. Applicants must be Palm Beach County residents and registered (or pre-registered under 18 yrs. of age) Republicans.  Please join RCPB on May 24^th as we present four $500 Scholarships for 2013.

Join us May 21 at Cha Cha’s

Anne Roberts Memorial Scholarship

Please join us for a fun filled evening with good friends,

tapas and fiesta as we remember our friend Anne Roberts.

Host Committee:

Congressman Mark Foley, retired

State Representative Sharon Merchant, retired

State Representative Frank Messersmith, retired

Commissioner Karen Marcus

Republican State Committeewoman Fran Hancock,

Melissa Nash, President, Republican Club of the Palm Beaches

Dorothy Harper, Chair, Anne Roberts Memorial Scholarship

Monday, May 21, 2012

Cha Cha’s

150 Worth Avenue

Palm Beach, Florida

5:00 pm Private Reception $75.00

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Event $35.00

RSVP by Friday, May 18th

Bette Anne Starkey (561)832-0695 or info@gopclubpb.org

The Anne Roberts Memorial Scholarship is available to any Republican undergraduate or graduate student seeking to further their education. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or above and plan to attend an accredited college. Applicants must be Palm Beach County residents and registered (or pre-registered under 18 years of age) Republicans. Recipients receive $500 annually. ARM currently provides 4 scholarships per calendar year.

 

Adam Hasner for US House

Adam Hasner is a lifelong Republican with a proven record of commitment to limited government, free markets, and American values.

He is a leading voice in Florida for fiscal restraint, economic growth, energy security and a strong national defense.

“I am proud to endorse and stand with Adam every step on the way in his bid for the United States House.”

                  —Senator Marco Rubio

 

Wednesday, March 28th

11:30 Doors Open

12:00 Program Begins

RSVP to BRING A GUEST and PAY Member Price

 $20 Members   /  $25 Guests

 SVP info@gopclubpb.org or by calling (561)832-0695 and lv mes

 oin us on April 25th for our Annual Legislative Update.

Apply TODAY for the 2012 Anne Roberts Memorial Scholarship

The Republican Club of the Palm Beaches’ Scholarship was named after a long-standing and active member of our Club, Anne Roberts.

The  2009 recipient, Nicole Vega, from Berean Christian High School, aspired to be a civil engineer.  After much mentoring by several Club members, Nicole has changed her studies to major in Communications with a minor in Political Science at Palm Beach State College.

In 2010, one scholarship was awarded to Cindy Morris, mother of 5, in her final year with 3.7 GPA at Palm Beach Atlantic College School of Education with endorsements in special education and English and a second language.

The second 2010  scholarship was awarded to James Shackelford, majoring in accounting at Florida Atlantic University.  With his passion for politics, he is active in student government and volunteered for Allen West and Marco Rubio campaigns. After receiving his masters in Finance, James plans to attend law school.

In 2011, there were four scholarships awarded.  John Clark attending Florida State University, Jason Ferrara attending University of Alabama, Shirley Schaff attending Northwood University and Kimberly Twoey attending Palm Beach Atlantic University.

The Anne Roberts Memorial Scholarship is available to any Republican undergraduate or graduate student seeking to further their education. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 or above and plan to attend an accredited college. Applicants must be Palm Beach County residents and registered (or pre-registered under 18 yrs. of age) Republicans. Current members may refer applicants for this scholarship. The deadline for this application is May 2.The winner will receive $500 to be sent to the school they will attend. Award will be presented at the monthly luncheon May 23, 2012.

RCPB Scholarship application 2012

January Lunch Featured Dr. Carrie Blanchard

The Club’s January luncheon was the venue for Part I of the two-part series: Economic Freedom and the Path to Prosperity. The Club was joined by Dr. Carrie Blanchard from the Florida Chamber Foundation, who offered some valuable insight into the state of Florida’s economy and the opportunities that exist for our leaders to help promote greater economic freedom for all Floridians.

The second half of the two-part series will take place at the February luncheon and will explore charitable giving as an alternative to government-imposed welfare. We will be joined by Charles Bender from Children’s Place of Hope, a faith-based child services organization largely funded by charitable giving. And we hope to also be joined by a representative from the James Madison Institute’s Research Advisory Counsel. We hope you will join us for this exciting event!

Economic Freedom and the Path to Prosperity: Two Part Series

The Republican Club of the Palm Beaches is pleased to present a two-part series: Economic Freedom and the Path to Prosperity.

As Conservatives, we know that government control over our economy interferes with our ability to provide for our families. And so we have come to understand that freedom from job-killing regulation is vital to our prosperity and our children’s right to realize the American Dream.

Our livelihood and our liberty depend upon our Economic Freedom.

Part I of our series will explore government’s role in promoting economic opportunity, innovation, and job creation. We will be joined by Dr. Carrie Blanchard, Vice President of Research and Public Policy for the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Blanchard has been a leader in promoting pro-growth policy and economic opportunities for all Floridians.

Part II will consider charitable giving as an alternative to the welfare state, as we can only promote economic freedom if we are willing to limit the burden of government redistribution. We will be joined by Charles Bender from Place of Hope, a faith-based child services organization which is largely funded by charitable giving. And we hope to also be joined by Robert McClure, President and CEO of the James Madison Institute (invitation extended). JMI is a Florida-based research and education organization that works to help shape our state’s future by promoting practical free-market policies.

We hope that you will join us to explore some of the most important issues facing our state and our nation today.

Part I: January 25, 2012 at noon at Bear Lakes Country Club

Part II: February 22, 2012 at noon at Bear Lakes Country Club

Labor Day: A brief history of the celebration of Labor Day

HOW LABOR DAY CAME ABOUT; WHAT IT MEANS

“Labor Day differs in every essential from the other holidays of the year in any country,” said Samuel Gompers, founder and longtime president of the American Federation of Labor. “All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man’s prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day…is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation.”

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country.

Founder of Labor Day

More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers.

Some records show that Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, was first in suggesting a day to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.”

But Peter McGuire’s place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that Matthew Maguire, a machinist, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday. Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, N.J., proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York. What is clear is that the Central Labor Union adopted a Labor Day proposal and appointed a committee to plan a demonstration and picnic.

The First Labor Day

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, l883.

In l884 the first Monday in September was selected as the holiday, as originally proposed, and the Central Labor Union urged similar organizations in other cities to follow the example of New York and celebrate a “workingmen’s holiday” on that date. The idea spread with the growth of labor organizations, and in l885 Labor Day was celebrated in many industrial centers of the country.

Labor Day Legislation

Through the years the nation gave increasing emphasis to Labor Day. The first governmental recognition came through municipal ordinances passed during 1885 and 1886. From them developed the movement to secure state legislation. The first state bill was introduced into the New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 2l, l887. During the year four more states — Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York — created the Labor Day holiday by legislative enactment. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska, and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 other states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, and on June 28 of that year, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.

A Nationwide Holiday

The form that the observance and celebration of Labor Day should take were outlined in the first proposal of the holiday — a street parade to exhibit to the public “the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations” of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day. Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

The character of the Labor Day celebration has undergone a change in recent years, especially in large industrial centers where mass displays and huge parades have proved a problem. This change, however, is more a shift in emphasis and medium of expression. Labor Day addresses by leading union officials, industrialists, educators, clerics and government officials are given wide coverage in newspapers, radio and television.

The vital force of labor added materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.[Source: United States Department of Labor]

 

RCPB Welcomes Sen President Mike Haridopolois

Please join RCPB on Wednesday, July 27^th as we are joined by Senate President and US Senate Candidate Mike Haridopolois.  Mike is a conservative reformer who has transformed government in Florida. A graduate of Stetson University and the University of Arkansas, Mike has served in the Florida Legislature since 2000  with special introduction by RCPB Member, Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff.  

“I promise to stay true to the ideals and principles of our Founding Fathers in this campaign. I promise to be a spokesman for a Constitutional, conservative vision of our great nation. And I promise to speak out for ideas that can revitalize our economy by empowering individuals, not governments, and by preserving opportunity for families and innovators, and not power for bureaucrats and politicians” states Mike Haridopolois. 

Wednesday, July 27^th

Bear Lakes Country Club

1901 Village Boulevard

West Palm Beach, FL  33409

 

Members $20.00

Guests $25.00

Meet & Greet 11:30 am

Program Begins 12:00

 

RSVP: (561)804-4591 or info@gopclubpb.org

 

 

NOTE:  There will be NO lunch meeting in August.

Join us for Lobsterfest 2011

Thursday, July 7, 2011    6 – 9pm

 

The Beach Club

755 North County Road

Palm Beach, FL

 

Tenth Annual Lobsterfest!

 

Spacious, cool indoor location on the OCEAN!

Hear the Latest from Honorary Chairman Jeff Atwater, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, and other Elected Officials and Candidates

 

Menu:
South African Lobster Tails, Chicken, Salads,
Corn on the Cob and Dessert • Cash bar$80 per person • Casual Attire

Buy your eTickets for the 10th Annual Lobster Fest- Republican Party of Palm Beach County-by clicking this link: https://www.donationtickets.com/donationticket/eventTicket.asp?guidEvent=565756

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