Informational Meetings - Bastrop County Republican Party

Informational Meeting – June 26, 2023

May 11, 2023 by Mark L. Torrey in County Chair / Informational Meetings

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… will be held at the BCRP Office Meeting Room, located at 443 Highway 71 West, Bastrop, Texas (next door to Harbor Freight)

Doors open at 6:00pm for Networking, Program starts at 6:30pm.

This months Informational Meeting will feature Orlando Sanchez of the Texas Latino Conservatives.

Texas Latino Conservatives believes that the future of Texas will be more Hispanic, and more conservative. We are building this future by mobilizing Latino voters to elect and re-elect conservative candidates, recruiting, training, and supporting qualified conservative Latino candidates for local, county, and statewide office, managing issue-based campaigns designed to connect first with compassion and then mobilize voters, and launch long-term education campaign communicating shared conservative values.

Orlando Sanchez (born 14 October 1957 in Havana, Cuba) is an American politician, elected three times as Treasurer of Harris County, Texas (2006), 2010, and 2014.

A naturalized citizen, Sanchez has made political history as the first Latino immigrant to be elected to a citywide position in Houston, when he won the at-large seat on the city council, to which he was twice re-elected in consecutive terms, serving 1995–2001. In 2001 and 2003 he ran for mayor of Houston, gaining an alliance with Republican Anglos and generating high voter turnout in the Hispanic community. Both times he made it to the runoffs. When elected as Treasurer of Harris County, he was the first Latino immigrant to win a countywide, non-judicial elected office in that county.

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Informational Meeting – May 22, 2023

April 23, 2023 by Mark L. Torrey in Commentary / Informational Meetings / National News

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]… will be held at the BCRP Office Meeting Room, located at 443 Highway 71 West, Bastrop, Texas (next door to Harbor Freight)

Doors open at 6:00pm for Networking, Program starts at 6:30pm.

This months Informational Meeting will feature Kelly Perry, also known as a “Border Warrior”. She is a current SREC Committeewoman for SD 19. Kelly is a Proud Patriot of Texas, and she has served as Legislative Priorities Chair, Sub Committee Border Security; and Border Security Advisor for the National Board of Moms of America. Kelly is Vice President Special Events and Past President for Kinney County Republican Women.

Kelly will discuss her continued full time tasks of fighting the Border Crisis, her efforts working and supporting Legislative priorities, including strengthening penalties for Drug Smugglers and Human Trafficking. Last September Kelly hosted a Border Security Summit at the Texas Capitol, assembling the greatest Border Experts from around the state and nation. Kelly will also be discussing living in a Border County, and how you can make a difference in the fight to save our state and country.

Come Early to ensure you get a good seat !!

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Informational Meeting – April 24th, 2023

April 3, 2023 by Mark L. Torrey in Commentary / Informational Meetings / Other PAC's

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Meeting location will be at the BCRP Office Meeting Room, 443 Highway 71 West, Bastrop.
(Between First National Bank and Tractor Supply, Next door to Harbor Freight.)

The April BCRP Informational Meeting will feature Austin Prochko. Austin is the Deputy Campaign Director for Next Generation Texas, the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) education-focused campaign. Prior to joining TPPF, he was an educator at private and charter schools, where he taught literature, history, and government. Between his stints as a teacher, Austin worked on various political campaigns throughout Texas.

Austin will be speaking about efforts to empower parents with Education Savings Accounts, which are state-managed accounts that can be directed towards various educational expenses, including private school tuition, instructional materials, certain kinds of transportation, and other education-related expenses.

Austin is the author of Foundations of Freedom: The Layman’s Guide to the Philosophy of the American Founding. He has a B.A. in Politics from Hillsdale College and a Master of Politics from the University of Dallas.

Doors open at 6:00 for networking, and the program starts at 6:30pm.

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Informational Meeting ~ March 27th 2023

March 2, 2023 by Mark L. Torrey in Commentary / Informational Meetings / National News / Other PAC's

The March 27th Informational Meeting will feature Rebekah Warwick, Central Regional Coordinator and Lobbyist for Heritage Action for America, based in Mansfield, TX. Meeting location will be announced by email and website update … As usual, the doors open at 6:00pm for networking, and the program will start at 6:30pm.

Prior to Heritage Action Rebekah worked for the Majority Whip of the Colorado Senate Republicans and on various local campaigns in the Denver Metroplex. She holds bachelor’s degrees in history and political science.

As Central Regional Coordinator, Rebekah partners with 4,000 Heritage Action Sentinels and over 125,000 grassroots activists to hold lawmakers accountable and advocate for conservative policies. She is an experienced public speaker and regularly hosts trainings with activists on how to influence the policy debates at the federal and state level. Her editorials have been published in the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram.

Heritage Action Mission:

Heritage Action’s unique strategy combines inside-the-Beltway lobbying with outside-the-Beltway grassroots pressure. They communicate directly with lawmakers in Congress and in our state capitals and work with grassroots on the ground to know the issues and take effective action to influence the legislative process. Through this strategy Heritage Action works to bring about the conservative policies that hold true to our Founding Fathers’ ideals. Heritage Action exists to ensure that these ideals are not only maintained but flourish, both now and for future generations.

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Informational Meeting – February 27th

January 28, 2023 by Mark L. Torrey in Commentary / Informational Meetings / National News / Other PAC's

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The next Informational Meeting of 2023 will be February 27th in Bastrop, at the BCRP Office, Meeting Room. Doors open for networking at 6:00pm with the program starting at 6:30pm. This meeting will feature Wes Virdell, a USAF Veteran, staunch 2A at the state and federal level, and current serves as the Texas State Director of Gun Owners of America.

Here’s a little more about our speaker.

Born and raised in the heart of Texas, Wes Virdell is a veteran and small business owner in the Transportation Industry. Like many hardworking Texans, Wes places a priority on faith, family, and freedom. Wes is 9^th generation Texan and 14^th generation American.

A few short years after graduating from Brady High School in 1998, Wes served in the U.S. Air Force where he worked on Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and served as a Military Training Leader.

After being honorably discharged from the military, Wes returned to his hometown of Brady and got involved in the fight for the right to keep and bear arms.

Wes started attending committee hearings for gun legislation in Texas in 2011 and was active in the battles for open carry in 2015 and Constitutional Carry in 2021.

Wes has served as a 2020 and 2022 State Delegate for the Republican Party of Texas and as a 2020 National Delegate for the Republican National Convention.

Most recently, Wes served as the Texas Hill Country Coordinator for Gun Owners of America from 2020 to 2022.

With the support of his family and countless liberty-loving Texas patriots, Wes now serves as the Texas State Director for Gun Owners of America and leading the fight to protect our inalienable rights.

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November Informational Meeting

November 17, 2022 by Mark L. Torrey in Commentary / Informational Meetings / Social Media

The next BCRP Informational Meeting will be held November 28th at the BCRP Office meeting room, located at 443 Highway 71 West in Bastrop. Networking will begin at 6:00pm and the program at 6:30pm. This meeting will feature Bastrop County residents Jennifer and Justin Bezner, who will be speaking on behalf of their organizations, the Bastrop Pregnancy Resource Center and Christians Engaged. The information they’ll be sharing should proved to be very informational. Please plan to attend !!

See flyers below for more details.

October 24th Informational Meeting with RPT Vice-Chair Dr. Dana Myers

September 20, 2022 by Mark L. Torrey in Campaign / Commentary / County Chair / County Executive Committee / Election Integrity / Government / Informational Meetings / Precinct Chair

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Republican Party of Texas (RPT) Vice-Chair Dr. Dana Myers will be speaking at the October 24th Informational Meeting!

This meeting location has been changed to the First National Bank Community Room, 489 West Highway 71 in Bastrop and will start at 6:30 pm.

Dr. Myers is a Medical Business Consultant at the health law firm Spiers Group, she works with a Texas-based investment and development group bringing medical businesses to Texas, and a two-term Vice-Chair of the Harris County Republican Party. Dr. Myers has held leadership positions in the Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW), been the Regional Director for the Republican Party of Texas/TFRW Strike Force, past HCRP Co-Chair of Engagement, past RPT Communications Task Force member, and two-term President of Magic Circle Republican Women’s Club in Houston. Dr. Myers is married to Dr. Jon Spiers, a former Republican General Land Office Candidate, and is a longtime resident of Houston, Texas.

During her two terms as Vice-Chair of the Harris County Republican Party, Dr. Myers helped to build and rebrand the party to increase its community engagement, communication, and voter registration efforts. With her special interest in training, recruitment, and increasing Republican voter turnout, Dr. Myers led an additional effort to recruit, train, and mobilize county and precinct chairs, and volunteers, across Texas using the latest technology.

At the 2022 Texas State Republican Convention in June, Dr. Dana Myers was elected to be the new Vice Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas.

This will prove to be an informative night you won’t want to miss.

“Informational Meeting with Senator Charles Schwertner”

September 4, 2022 by Mark L. Torrey in Commentary / County Chair / County Executive Committee / Government / Informational Meetings / Precinct Chair / Senate

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Bastrop County Republican Party and Bastrop County Conservatives are holding a joint informational meeting with Texas Senator Dr. Charles Schwertner, MD as our guest speaker. The meeting will be held September 26th 2022, at Casa Chapala, at 1800 Walnut Street in Bastrop. Networking will begin at 5:30pm, with the program starting at 6:30pm. Remember to arrive early to ensure you are seated.

Dr. Charles Schwertner, MD, resides in Williamson County near the small, central Texas town of Schwertner, that bears his family name. He is a lifelong Republican, a sixth-generation Texan, and a committed fighter for conservative values. Since 2013, Dr. Schwertner has represented Texas Senate District 5, an eleven-county region of central and east Texas that includes Bastrop County.

In 2010, Schwertner was elected to the Texas House of Representatives for District 20. In 2012 he campaigned for and won the Republican Primary for his current seat in the Texas Senate with over 75 percent of the vote. His current term ends in 2027.

Throughout his time in the Texas Legislature, Schwertner has championed a host of diverse and important policies, passed sweeping reforms to the regulation and oversight of the state’s electrical grid and authored one of the strongest Constitutional Carry laws in the nation. In prior sessions, Schwertner fought to expand access to mental health services, reform the state foster care system, strengthen landowner rights, cut taxes for small businesses, protect seniors from abuse, and lower tuition at public universities.

As Chairman of two powerful Senate Committees, he oversees a number of critical policy areas for the state of Texas. Schwertner also serves as a member of the Senate Committees on Education, Finance, State Affairs, and on the Legislative Budget Board, was also appointed to Chair the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission.

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Informational Meeting generated significant interest

August 28, 2022 by Mark L. Torrey in County Chair / County Executive Committee / Informational Meetings / Precinct Chair

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Bastrop County Republicans gathered Monday evening, August 22nd, to christen their newly remodeled office and meeting space by holding their first Informational Meeting of the 2022 term. County Chairman Curtis Courtney opened the meeting by welcoming invited Speakers, Precinct Chairs and guests. Following pledges and invocation, Chairman Courtney acknowledged the combined efforts of all the Executive Committee Members, family and supporters who contributed hours of labor, materials and the variety of skills necessary to convert the smaller medical offices into a single, larger meeting space. The entire office received new paint throughout, a carpeted meeting space and spruced up lobby to greet visitors.

Meeting attendees heard from Republican Party of Texas (RPT) SREC Committeewoman Susan Lucas, and SREC Committeeman Bill Fairbrother. Each described their role in the local and state level, and how it involves Bastrop County. They also shared RPT’s efforts on key legislative issues, including election integrity, school funding, and the importance of winning big in the mid term election in November.

We next heard from State Board of Education candidate Perla Muñoz-Hopkins, who will oppose the incumbent Democrat from Austin for the Distinct 5 seat. As a former educator, and military veteran who served this Country, State and children admirably for many years, Mrs. Hopkins promised to focus on the critical issues when elected to the State Board of Education. These will include addressing school funding, curriculum content and standards, protecting Christian beliefs in public schools, eliminating gender grooming, ensuring the responsibility of gender and sexual education belongs to parents and improved school campus security among other topics.

In recognition of her personal belief and support for the battle against the Progressive Movement to remove the National Motto from all things American, she presented to Chairman Courtney a beautiful framed “In God We Trust” poster from the Official US National Motto Project to be prominently displayed in our office. More information on this Texas based nation wide project can be found at www.usnationalmotto.com.

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