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Arlington's Republican Party

Coming events - Updated!
• Sat., May 10: Arlington Neighborhood Day parade
• Sat., May 17: 8th District GOP Convention
• Mon., May 19: YR meeting
• Wed., May 28: County Committee meeting
• Fri.-Sat., May 30-31: Republican State Convention (in Richmond)
• Tue., June 10: Primary Election Day
For details and more upcoming events, see our online calendar

Kelly elected new County Chairman - New!

Arlington Republicans elected Mark Kelly as the County GOP Chairman on April 29. Nearly 300 voters cast ballots in a party canvass at the Lyon Village Community House. Kelly thanked all voters, and pledged to help build the Republican Party presence in Arlington. Landey Patton, who also ran for the post, congratulated Kelly and promised to assist the new chairman.

Ellmore, Singh file for Congress

Republicans Mark Ellmore and Amit Singh have formally filed petitions to run for Congress in the 8th District. The GOP nominee will be selected in a Republican primary on Tue., June 10.

County budget: More spending, taxes and fees - Updated!

Arlington County adopted a $1.2 BILLION budget for 2008-09, which increases spending, hikes user fees, raises the basic real estate tax rate, and then adds tax surcharges. The average homeowner will pay an extra $100, on top of already sky-high taxes. Many citizens had asked the County to show some fiscal restraint, but the all-Democrat County Board pushed ahead with their big-spending plan.

Bolling to seek re-election as Lt. Gov.

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling announced he will run for re-election in 2009. His announcement clears the way for Atty. Gen. Bob McDonnell to become the GOP nominee for Governor.

McCain set for GOP nomination

Sen. John McCain won the Virginia GOP primary in February and clinched the Presidential nomination in early March. Thanks to the 9500 Arlington Republicans who voted in the primary!

County backs down on NYC arts subsidy - Updated!

Public outrage from ACRC and concerned Arlington citizens forced the all-Democrat County Board to abandon plans to subsidize an out-of-town art show. The County was planning to spend $60,000 in local tax dollars to ship an old housing unit from Arlington to New York City for display at an art museum. (That's in addition to the $20,000 the County already spent to store the unit.)

After numerous calls and emails from citizens, Board members announced on Feb. 23 they would no longer support that use of tax funds. See details in news article from the Arlington Sun Gaztte and news release from ACRC.

But the County is still proposing further increases in the tax burden on hard-pressed Arlington residents, with a new sewer tax and higher user fees on a variety of services. (Read more on the upcoming budget.)

Tired of wasteful spending in Arlington? The join our campaign for better use of tax dollars. Volunteer for the Arlington GOP, and become a part of our County Republican Committee.

U.S. Senate race under way
Former Gov. Jim Gilmore and State Del. Bob Marshall are running for the GOP nomination to succeed U.S. Sen. John Warner. The nominee will be selected at the Republican State Convention in May, and will face off against tax-hiking Democrat former Gov. Mark Warner in November.

ACRC salutes local leaders

Congratulations to our Arlington GOP volunteer award recipients for 2007:
• For party involvement:Joe & Vanice Famme
• For financial support: Arlington Republican Women's Club
• For community service: School Board chair Dave Foster .

The awards were presented at ACRC's annual volunteer dinner on Dec. 12.

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Quote of the month

Perhaps the Guv was thinking about the Democrats' stranglehold on local government in Arlington. Volunteer today to help our Republican candidates this fall.

GOP challenges County on immigration
Republicans asked tough questions about immigration at the September 8 meeting of the all-Democrat County Board. GOP speakers asked for a careful review of Arlington's limited efforts to check immigration status of criminal suspects.See the full story in the Washington Post.

Contribute online
Show your financial support for Arlington's Republican Party. You can contribute online by credit card, or send a check.

ACRC news center wins praise
The Arlington Sun Gazette says this website "is doing a bang-up job in tracking news articles in the local media about Arlington" (see news item). The GOP picked up the slack to help keep voters informed, after the County's public-relations staff stopped preparing news summaries. Keep up with the news of Arlington in our online news center.

Neighborhood Day 2006
Republicans volunteers, candidates and campaigns joined in this year's Arlington community parade on May 13. See photos.