July 2023
July 29, 2023
Greetings fellow Republicans,
I can’t believe the summer is more than halfway over! It seems the older we get the faster the time passes.
As you know, we will be coming up on Election Season very soon. If we are to be successful in 2024, we need to prepare and become active NOW! This means we need to enlist Election District Committeemen, Committeewomen and Neighborhood Team Leaders to join our team. Your volunteering and active participation is key to our success.
Do you ever listen to the news on the radio or TV, or read what is happening with our local or national bureaucracies, shake your head, and think, “SOMEBODY has to do something.” You are not alone. Are you willing to be “SOMEBODY?”
An Election District Committee person (EDC) is the first line of defense against the progressive legislation coming out of Dover and D.C. Working along with another EDC in your election district, you contact registered voters to inform them about our party and our principles. By chatting with them, you can find out what are the things that concern them. Are they worried about 1st or 2nd Amendment rights? Are they willing to have the government dictate what type of vehicle they can drive? Do they have school-age children? As parents, are they troubled by the sexualization of their children with age-inappropriate reading material or activities in their schools. How do they feel about the move to ignore or override parental rights? Are they concerned about their children receiving an education that will prepare them to succeed in this technology-driven world? Are they apprehensive about the rising crime we are seeing in our area?
Election District Committeemen and women are members the Advisory Committee. They play an active role in electing the Sussex GOP leadership and they may be delegates to the Delaware State Party Annual Convention. Every two years, in the odd years, the State Party elects its leadership at the Organizational Convention. Delegates choose the State Party Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. The Sussex County Region leadership is elected by the Advisory Committee every 4 years after the U.S. Presidential election.
We will be holding classes for EDCs and for those who want to volunteer but can’t make the commitment to being an EDC. Sign up for a class. We will be doing them via zoom. I will send the link and Powerpoint before the class. https://sussexgop.org/rdc-edc-volunteer-training-class-registration/
Now more than ever we need to be organized and active. I find that recently I wake up each morning wondering, “What are they going to do to us today?” It’s time to be “SOMEBODY” and take action. If we work together, we can make a difference.
“If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” Plato
Marilyn Booker, Chair
Sussex County Republican Committee
July 4, 2023
Greetings fellow Republicans,
A very Happy Independence Day to all and Happy Birthday to our country! How fortunate we are to live in this wonderful country! We know that as citizens of this democratic republic, we have truly won the lottery.
We are not naïve enough to believe that everything in the country we love is perfect. We know there are warts. But more importantly we know that good people working together and holding fast to our God-given rights will prevail over any obstacles as we continue to work toward a “more perfect Union.” We must keep this fact in our minds and our hearts as we address the challenges facing our country today. We know that the United States of America continues to be the most successful experiment in democracy ever. We must hold fast to this notion and teach our children and grandchildren about the promise of America for “the advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison.
So how should we celebrate our country’s birthday? Our founding fathers had some ideas:
John Adams thought that “It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more.”
Benjamin Franklin believed “July the Fourth shall forever be a day where the people of this land come together to remember the importance of democracy and the true joy of freedom.”
One of our favorite quotes about how to celebrate the holiday comes from Erma Bombeck. “You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4th, not with a parade of guns, tanks and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.”
So have a safe and fun 4th! Enjoy your families and friends. Go to a parade; wear red, white and blue; have a picnic and overeat – after all it’s time to be patriotic!
Your Sussex County Republican Committee Executive Board
Marilyn Booker, Chair
Lewis W. Briggs, III, Vice Chair
Hylton Phillips-Page, Treasurer
Betty Bridgeman, Secretary
Michele Forzley, Parliamentarian