Omar Navarro, First Vice-President, is on a roll with his
election bid for Congress against Maxine Waters. He just crashed Maxine Waters’
Congressional office, too!
Tracy Hopkins is turning heads and making waves in Hermosa
Beach and beyond.
Peter is doing great work for our board.
Other members are showing up at events, too! Way to go Beach
Cities Republicans.
I am sure that all of you saw the article in the Los Angeles
Times about me—and the Beach Cities Republicans. Rest assured, our impact is
growing every day because of media—whether good or bad press.
And your efforts and commitments are helping!
But we have so much more to do—and to look forward to in
order to Make California Great Again!
We have an incredible event ready for us this Thursday.
Bruce Bialosky is celebrated columnist for Townhall.com and
other syndicated publications.
He is also a well-known featured radio guest.
And he will be our featured guest this week!
Come ready to meet other dedicated activists in Los Angeles County
who are fighting to make the South Bay and California Great Again!
Now that the RINOS from the Los Angeles "Republican" Party Central Committee have declared war on Congressional candidate Omar Navarro, more people around the state of California are learning about the corrupt, dirty practices of Mark Vafiades, Gary Aminoff, Maureen Johnson, and the rest of the corrosive, undeserving central committee--along with the sugar daddy puppet masters Andy Gharakani and Charles Munger.
Tracy Hopkins, BCR Secretary-Treasurer
While RINO-PLAC remains silent, the Beach Cities Republicans are vocal and unrelenting.
While RINO-PLAC does nothing for candidates running in blue areas of Los Angeles County, the Beach Cities Republicans fight hard every step of the way with every resource available
More people are learning about what is happening, and they want RINO-PLAC to restore our charter--not that we want tit back!
On behalf of the Beach Cities Republicans board and members of the club, I want to thank all the supporters who have been fighitng for us and getting the word out about the failed practices of the Ls Angeles County GOP Central Committee.
It's time to drain the swamp!
It's time to purge the RINOs from Los Angeles County Republican Party leadership.
Let's work together and Make California Great Again!
I have written about South Bay 350 Joe Galliani before.
He is a Big Green advocate.
He is a fervent believer in climate change, or is it global warming, or is it ozone depletion--I am not sure, since the name of the latest colossal climate disaster keeps changing from year to year,
Let's state the facts plainly about climate change.
Yes, it's real. The world has gotten hotter recently.
But let's also point out that the polar ice caps are actually thicker.
Hello, losers!
My name is 350 Joe!
(I am not a bully)
How about the unprecedented rainfall all over Los Angeles County and throughout California?
Weather patterns go in cycles. There are warming trends, and there are cooling trends.
The last thing that any city or state government should try to do is take control of the weather and stop the emissions of CO2, as if our little dent can make a difference.
And as if we need to worry about making some kind of difference in the first place.
Global warming is just climate alarmism, a regressive scheme to expand the size of the state into our daily lives.
But 350 Joe is a big proponent of this scheme.
And he's also a bully.
Seriously, this post came from 350 Joe's website.
He should practice what he posts.
He likes to shame and demean people who do not agree with him.
Joe on the right: "Make sure you get me good side!"
He called Tracy Hopkins and her husband Mark "climate deniers" in public.
He told me to "sit down" during a hearing in Hermosa Beach.
He also labeled former Hermosa Beach City Council candidate Ken Hartley a "Liar".
Joe is such a nice guy!
Of course, he didn't take the Redondo Beach City Manager's announcement all that well when the city council voted down further exploration into CCA.
Check out this video after the city council meeting, during an inerview with The Beach Reporter:
And here are some of the professional remarks he said to me:
"But I get to interact with people like Arthur ...
"Didn't Obama wiretap you too?"
"Because your big hero is the all-time liar ..."
"I love you, Arthur ... I'm not mockig you. No matter how much weight you put on, I will never mock you.
"No matter how big a blouse you wear in public, I will never mock you."
Funny!
"I love you, Arthur, you climate denying fat f--k!"
When I confronted him about shaming Tracy and Mark Hopkins. he actually said "I don't know who they are."
Really?!
Then he asked me "Do you have a lie detector?"
When I told him that everyone can detect his lies, he responded "All five of your followers?"
Here's my latest Facebook count:
1, 618,
As for Twitter:
2, 176
If 350 Joe cannot tell the difference between a sweater jacket and a blouse, and he cannot tell the difference between 5 and 2, 176, what business doe he have trying to run a massive "Clean Energy" co-op?
Then he got really petty:
"Do you feel mocked? Do you talk about this in therapy?"
OUCH! It seems like 350 Joe's little feelings got hurt!
Then he resorted to the same bullying tactic used by the police during the Civil Rights Movement against black people fighting for their rights:
"You can keep your voice down, You're in public."
TBR Report on the right:
"Arthur is taking down Joe like a BOSS!"
Joe then exited stage center.
I wish that the reporter had given me eual time, but he just decided to walk away.
I guess I had to do his job in going after 350 Joe and his bullying Big Green agenda myself.
Oh well.
I strongly encourage anyone who is dealing with this guy to share the above video with staff and elected officials.
Someone with such latent disregard for others has no business pushing any kind of proposal or leading any co-op or board or anything else.
The lack of professionalism is striking. Why do these Big Green people have to resort to shaming and bullying others to make their case?
Because they are LYING! And that's why this Environmentalism fad leads to such abusive behavior from its most ardent adherents like 350 JOE!
I had a lot of fun at the #WhyTorrance Town Hall headed by Mayor Pat Furey.
He was hoping for an easy forum in which he can pat himself on the back and tell everyone what a great mayor he is.
LOL!
I had a lot of questions for the Mayor--and instead of answering my questions, he wanted to avoid me then ignore me.
But I was not going to be put aside.
He gave me the impression that only certain types of questions would be tolerated.
WHAT?!
I noticed that there was one police officer in the room.
WHAT?
He stayed close by me during this Town Hall.
Not sure what he was worried about ...
Towards the end of the townhall, Furey actually started taking questions from the audience!
First, I demanded answers on the WestCal group that kisses his feet. Another member of the audience actually pressed him for answers!
Notice here that the mayor told me to be quiet!
Here was my first question:
Here, Tracy Hopkins asked about Community Choice Aggregation:
Then came the issues about Torrance as a sanctuary city:
After the townhall ended, I directly confronted the mayor about the McCormick PAC:
And finally, I followed him out and confronted him about the other perversities that he is engaging in:
Final Reflection
I am grateful to all the support that the Beach Cities Republicans board and membership to me and others.
Tracy was the key supporter for me on this evening. She prodded Furey about CCA, and I had the chance to follow up on him.
More residents in the city have told me that they are glad that I confronted the mayor. He showed his real nature, someone who is angry, prone to blame others, unwilling to take ownership of his own failings, more interested in lashing out at others.
It's time to put an end to this guy's reign of terror/error.
The Beach Cities Republicans had 50 people attend, including our special guest Howard Hyde, the President of the Southern California Women and Men.
Right at the outset, I sensed that we would have an incredible meeting. In spite of the unjust and unethical setbacks from RINO-PLAC, I knew that everything was going to be fine.
Members of the club, including men and women who had been critical of decisions which I had made in the past, lined up and thanked me for all that I had been doing, and regretted all the hardships and setbacks I had faced from the LA GOP Central Committee leadership.
In effect, it was clear that they found the County Executive Committee (once again) to be at fault, not me or the rest of the Beach Cities Republican board members.
First, I explained to the members what I had shared with them in the past.
RPLAC leaders were trying to get rid of me as early as late August.
Before that, the Executive Director had faulted me for inviting a non-Republican to speak to the Beach Cities Republicans. I complied with this request, but that apparently was not enough. It seemed strange to me that they were beating me about that one mistake, especially when the previous Presidents had done the same thing.
They tried to waive that off by claiming that the had invited those members to speak, but had not endorsed or supported them. I caught them off guard when I revealed how the previous Presidents had offered affirmation or even hosted fundraisers for these candidates!
More excuses followed, of course.
Then Janice Webb had pressured me and tried to threaten me about the October 20th BCR meeting, as though that even would cost David Hadley his re-election bid, and I would be the #1 reason why Democrats regained the supermajority in Sacramento, blah blah blah.
When I reminded the audience how Janice Webb called my boss--and while I was at work!--to pressure me to cancel the meeting, that was the last straw. I had filed a number of complaints about this egregious behavior, but nothing happened.
Then came the threatening and outrageous email from the Executive Director, which demanded that I step down as President, or RPLAC would suspend then revoke our charter.
Give me a break! We stood our ground and pushed back. I exposed Janice Webb and then the rest of the leadership's unethical behavior.
They were sorely hurt about this, and plotted their final move to have the Beach Cities Republicans targeted, marginalized, and silenced. Really, what was going on? Why would the behave in such an abusive and intolerant manner?
I invited other members of the BCR board to speak, and they had great things to say about our fighting and win against the RINO-PLAC establishment.
Tracy Hopkins, our Secretary-Treasurer spoke:
Tracy was very affirming and supportive.
She called out RPLAC's nonsense as "unreasonable behavior. We will continue to be the best Republican club in LA County, if not California."
Then First Vice-President Omar Navarro shared a lot of disturbing information about RPLAC infighting:
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There has been a whole of lot of crap going on!
Later, Steve Frank, the editor of California Political Review, spoke to our club about the mind-numbing conflicts and inaction which is hurting the California Republican Party:
The conflicts within the Republican Party are more common than most people realize. It's time to put an end to this abusive nonsense!
Then came Howard Hyde.
He talked about his past as an aggressive progressive Berkeley Liberal.
He then shared what changed him from a leftist to a free market capitalism. He is also a prolific and respected author!
We had a large and pretty active group there, too, and many people had questions that they wanted to ask him!
Hyde talked about his writing and his activism--including the threats he endured to his long-term career because of his political views.
Then Keith McCowen, the Vice-President for the South Los Angeles-Inglewood Republican Assembly, promoted his annual CRA awards dinner:
Final Reflection
The members are not afraid, they are not dissuaded by the corrupt shenanigans of county "leadership."
We gained more members and more momentum. We have incredible support from people all over the country. We are not afraid to work with Donald Trump, and we want to make California as well as America Great Again!
Leaders in the Republican Party of Los Angeles County are attacking the Beach Cities Republicans ... again?
Haven't some of the members learned their lesson by now?
I have talked to individual Republican elected officials, as well as candidates.
RPLAC has provided them no money and no support.
There has been no registration. The Democratic numbers keep climbing, and Republican numbers keep diving.
Instead of helping the grassroots, they want to mow them down and silence them.,
The Beach Cities Republicans is currently the largest activist group in Los Angeles County, or at least in the South Bay.
But instead of expanding the brand and building the base -- they keep attacking the active conservatives.
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Dear
Beach Cities Republicans,
Complaints
have been made to the RepublicanPartyofLosAngeles County
(RPLAC) that the Beach Cities Republicans
(BCR) have violated RPLAC and California RepublicanParty (CRP)
bylaws. Therefore the RPLAC Rules and Bylaws Committee has set a meeting to
discuss these complaints. A
representative from the BCR is invited to join the call on Wednesday January 11th at 7:00 p.m. (Dial-in information will
be forthcoming).
The
committee will be discussing the following bylaw violations of RPLAC and CRP bylaws:
RPLAC – Article IV, Section 2
(c)1 - Disloyalty to Party “Gives
support to or avows a preference for a candidate of another partyoffice,
or for partisan office”
RPLAC – Appendix II, Section 1
(2) – Engaging in physical or verbal conduct that tends to bring the RepublicanPartyofLosAngeles County
into disrepute.
CRP – Article III, Section
3.01(E):
(a) Brings discredit to the RepublicanParty.
(c) Endorses or supports any
person other than a registered Republican for
a partisan elective office.
Specifically,
the BCR violated the above bylaws in these ways:
1)
At the August BRC [TYPO!] meeting, Arthur Schaper, President of BCR, invited the Libertarian
candidate for Senate District 33, Honor "Mimi" Robson, to address the
club. The BCR encouraged members to support her and contact RPLAC for
support.
[This is a lie. I made it very clear to the club that this woman was not endorsed.
The RPLAC By-Laws comittee has refused to explain or justify why they did nothing about David Hadley or Evan Chase when they served as BCR President and allowed non-Republicans to speak to the group.]
Bylaw Violations: RPLAC –
Article IV, Section 2 (c)1 - Disloyalty to Party “Gives support to or avows a preference for a
candidate of another partyoffice,
or for partisan office”, CRP
– Article III, Section 3.01(E): (c) Endorses or supports any person other
than a registered Republican for
a partisan elective office.
2)
RPLAC Chairman Mark Vafiades contacted BCR President Arthur Schaper. Arthur was
informed that the BCR was out of compliance
with RPLAC and CRP bylaws.
Beach Cities Republicans
[That's not what we talked about. He had claimed that the process was not properly folllowed, which I had justly exposed. The whole thing that blew up in November 2016 was a kangaroo court to force me step down.]
BCR was given a warning that further actions by the
BCR could result in a Charter ["Charter"? How about "charter" with a lower-case c?] suspension or worse. Arthur as the BCR President
was asked to remove posts attacking RPLAC members and begin to work with RPLAC
leadership. If Arthur took these steps, no further action would be taken
against the BCR. After the phone call, the BCR did not comply with the
Chairman’s request. (The President, said he would call back to confirm the BCR
compliance, which he did not).
[I received no information or rebuke about working or not working with RPLAC Leadership. I had even informed the Chairman at the time that I had complied with Executive Director Jason Maruca's direction after he called me regarding the invitation of a Libertarian candidate to speak to the club.]
Bylaw Violations:
The BCR sent out multiple
emails (from the official
BCR email account) falsely attaching [attaching? Do they mean "attacking"] RPLAC and individual RPLAC members.
These false claims were also made on social media by members of the BCR board. (RPLAC –
Appendix II, Section 1 (2) – Engaging in physical or verbal conduct that
tends to bring the RepublicanPartyofLosAngeles County into disrepute, CRP
– Article III, Section 3.01(E): (a) Brings discredit to the RepublicanParty.) [The allegations against the RPLAC leaders are true, not false. They just don't like that individual leaders are not afraid to call them out.]
BCR began advertising on
facebook a blog post attacking
AD 66 Chairwoman Janice Webb and RPLAC. (RPLAC – Appendix II, Section 1
(2) – Engaging in physical or verbal conduct that tends to bring the RepublicanPartyofLosAngeles County
into disrepute, CRP – Article III, Section 3.01(E): (a) Brings discredit
to the RepublicanParty.) [She was not attacked. I merely exposed her conduct]
The BCR President falsely attacked
RPLAC and individual RPLAC members (RPLAC – Appendix II,
Section 1 (2) – Engaging in physical or verbal conduct that tends to
bring the RepublicanPartyofLosAngeles County into disrepute, CRP
– Article III, Section 3.01(E): (a) Brings discredit to the RepublicanParty.) [RPLAC is doing damage to itself. I merely brought the actions to light]
There is no better disinfectatnt than the light. The private corruption of these actions is now being exposed to the public. Other active Republicans have shared with me their fair share of anger, frustration, and grief with RPLAC leadership.
Now I can see why.
Notice that the RPLAC leadership is choosing to engage in selective enforcement against the current BCR board.
They are trying to shame, punish, or ultimately silence one of the largest and most effective volunteer Republican clubs in Los Angeles County.
This is a personal beef writ large. All of this infighting is hurting the California Republican Party, the Los Angeles community of Republicans, and is turning off people who like to join the county and be active.
It's time to hold the leadership accountable!
Contact the Republican Party of Los Angeles County:
1. Demand that they abide by their own laws.
2. Tell them to stop attacking volunteer clubs.
3. Inform that they work for the people, not the other way around.
Republican Party of Los Angeles County
WebsiteDirections
Address: 16133 Ventura Blvd #560, Encino, CA 91436
The BCR Board would have our elections, and we had a wonderful, special guest:
The Pulitzer-prize winning Political Cartoonist Michael Ramirez!
Guests from all over Southern California attended our meeting!
Here are more scenes from the November, 2016 BCR meeting:
Dr. Robert Newman opened up our meeting in prayer:
Rachelle Mand talked about her ACT meeting and the fight against Islamic extremism:
BCR Board elections followed.
There were three contested offices (of sorts)
Aurelio Mattucci of the Unified Small Business Alliance was running a second time for BCR President.
He has a lot of great ideas.
I outlined what has been happening with the club, and how the numbers are growing. We have had wonderful guest speakers, including that night with Michael Ramirez.
I also talked about our movement to build up our movement and make us more effective as a conservative community in the South Bay.
Both of us spoke for three minutes.
Three questions from the audience followed.
Then Peter Michel and Omar Navarro spoke to the club. The two of them were running for First VP. Whoever lost would be made the Second VP.
They laid out their intentions to streamline the process for the club, improve membership and outreach.
After the vote, Michael Ramirez spoke to the club!
He gave an incredible speech about his role as a journalist as well as political cartoonist.
He talked about his long history in this profession, and the necessity to make fun of our leaders as part of holding them accountable.
Here is a lengthy succession of videos recording his speech to the club, followed by a slide of some of his cartoons:
Final Reflection
At the end of the meeting, I was re-elected President.
I was really thrilled! So glad to be back in the fight!
Omar Navarro will continue as First Vice-President
Peter will serve as Second VP.
Tracy Hopkins will be our new Treasurer.
I counted about seventy people in the room.
Michael Ramirez brought two of his books to sell, and people lined up to purchase.
I saw people who had not been to meetings in a while. It was good to see more people coming!
Thanks again for attending, Mr. Ramirez!
And here is Michael Ramirez with our new Second-VP Omar Navarro:
Thank you for your consideration in this important matter.
Is what we are doing in Hermosa Beach going to look like what happened in West Covina?
"Now as I have stated in the past the city of West Covina sold out to SCAG and took a sustainability grant to get funding for the general plan update. Now our city loves grants because it squandered it's money. Jeff Anderson said on camera that the general plan is being set up in a such a way so the city can qualify for grants. That means that it never mattered what any of us actually wanted. This is fraud because we were told over and again that the general plan was the vision of the residents. If the city wants to build anything it has to develop plans that the state wants so it can get that money."
In my opinion, the attached Comprehensive Blueprint for Sustainability and Low Carbon Future.pdf grant application document seems to be evidence of a similar action being taken here and that it never really mattered what any of us actually wanted.
The grant application was submitted in 2012! This was seemingly way before any official resident input started for PLAN Hermosa/Coastal Land Use Plan/Carbon Neutrality/CCA. But even then the public input seemed to be carefully guided to be sure it included grant threshold requirement elements. (See the two cartoon artwork attachments Delphi-Tech and ICLEI.)
The suggestion I am hearing is to recommend to council to shelve the updated general plan now to avoid the increasing perception of impropriety that admins may be allowing.
Respectfully,
Tracy
To all Hermosa Beach residents:
Please join Tracy Hopkins at the November 21, 2016 Hermosa Beach Planning Commission meeting.
Stop this insidious Big Green Agenda and Keep Hermosa Hermosa!
Accomplishing new tasks does not have to be scary.
What we all need to know is that we have nothing to fear from trying, from expanding, from reaching out and going to new places and doing new things.
Houston Texas!
I have never been to a Southern State before - at least a state in the Deep South!
But this was my chance.
I feel so much gratitude to MassResistance, and the Director Brian Camenker.
I had long looked forward to learning more about the underlying issues associated with same-sex behavior, attraction, and the inimical, destructive LGBT agenda.
I learned a great deal from this conference.
But first, I just want to write about what it was like getting there.
A good friend of mine, Tracy Hopkins, drove me to the airport.
I was really impressed with how much she knew about getting from point A to Point B at LAX.
I ended up arriving at the airport much sooner than needed, but that was no big deal.
It was great to see so many people ready to take off to different places all over the country.
The flight to Houston was delayed for one hour, and it seemed it would extend to an hour and a half.
Thankfully, the delay lasted only one hour.
Off we go to Houston!
I ended up landing in Texas at 2:00am Friday morning!
I was tired. I had not slept for nearly 24 hours!
But I was glad to be in Texas.
The Hobby Airport was a sight to behold!
Only in Texas will they tell visitors not to bring in UN-licensed firearms.
Reminder: open carry is legal in Texas, and the crime rates going down testify to its effectiveness!
The architecture and artifacts in Hobby Airport were nice to see, too:
What a wonderful place to be!
More on what happened that morning, October 28th, 2016 soon!
Rabid, Illiberal, anti-social, in-justice warriors have to get a taste of their own medicine.
They want to play the race card? Then you and I have to command the courage to throw back at them their own destructive, perverse policies.
The big difference between conservatives and illiberals? We are the constructive alternative, and there is no way that they can fight against it.
There is something about facts, logic, and truth which is unassailable. It's time for all of us to stop running away from petty threats and stand for the truth.
It's time for us to stop being shamed into silence and stand up for what is right.
When I was a teacher, kids would chant "Racist" when I held them accountable for something.
I got so fed up with that petty taunt, that I would fire back:
"You want to play the race card? I will play the whole deck, and this joker is wild!"
To another student, I retorted: "It's not racist. It's elitist. It's about excellence, and right now you don't have it!"
That's what has to be done.
For the past three years, since the Torrance Democratic Club President refused to allow a few conservatives into a public meeting to confront Congressman Henry Waxman (thankfully, former and now retired), we have been holding one man consistently accountable for his bad ideas, irreligious ideologies, and abusive rhetoric.
His name is Jimmy Gow, the current President of the Torrance Democratic Club.
Torrance Democratic Club President Jimmy Gow got a taste of his own medicine on October 12,
The Torrance Social Services Commission met in the City Council chambers, and for this meeting they actually had a quorum.
I was a little disturbed that there were two police officers in the city council chambers. What's going on? I attended a planning commission meeting last year, and I did not see any police presence there.
Two police officers present? Why?!
This was going to be an interesting meeting. I do not think that Jimmy Gow was expecting us to show up.
This routine from the Democrats has been all to common. They attack conservatives, pro-life forces Republicans, and those who get attacked often do not do anything.
That lack of response has changed for good.
Here's the full video of my attendance then comments which followed:
Tracy Hopkins then Perry Johnson attended along with me.
Here they are!
Gow as Chairman
The meeting began fairly well, on time.
Mark Ragins showed up a little later.
When public comment came, the presiding officer--Jimmy Gow!--tried to skip over me and called someone else up to the dias.
There's the lady who tried to get ahead. She ended up signing in.
I was really surprised that Gow knew who this lady was, and called on her right away.
Was he reallly that intent on stopping Tracy, Perry, and me from addressing the social services commission?
Very disturbing.
Now, below you can see the blown up photo which I presented to the Torrance City Council on October 12:
I called him out on that immediately. Why was I being skipped over? What was he so concerned about?
The lady who tried to cut in front of me laughed me off.
Very offensive, but I was able to speak first.
I showed the dias the blown-up photo of the anti-social injustice warriors flipping off Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and Jimmy Gow in the middle of the picture smiling about it.
I do not take offensive that elected or appointed officials use exercise their First Amendment rights.
I do take offense when protests turn violent and abusive, and the Torrance Democratic Club President is allowed to get away with it.
All of this is wrong, and he has to be held accountable for it.
Before I left, I made sure to present the picture again, with Gow:
If a protester can do nothing more than flip off someone, they must not understand the full range of expression available to human beings.
It was a win for decency and integrity that the three of us showed up to confront this abusive conduct.
One person on the dias, Cindy Scotto, was particularly disturbed by the photo.
Final Reflection
The double standard ends.
Enough is enough. We are not going to tolerate two sets of law in our society, where illiberals, regressives, and leftists are allowed to break the law in the name of social protest, and we have to tolerate it.
We need to stop being afraid, and stand for truth.
We need to step up to spoiled, entitlement anti-social in-justice warriors and hold them accountable for their criminal behavior.
Let us not forget that the anti-SWJs tresspassed on private property, stolen a man's phone, spit at people, and pushed people to the ground.
Here are my comments to the Torrance City Council from October 4th to get a full understanding of what happened and who was involved:
Enough is enough. Give the illiberal protesters a taste of their own medicine!
