Posted January 24th, 2012 by Julie
Some of you may recall that 2 years ago NETTP put on a fantastic candidate fair, providing voters with the opportunity to speak personally with every candidate before voting. I can’t tell you how empowering it was to go to the polls and know each candidate on the ballot! I was able to make an educated and informed decision on public offices that I’d never even heard of prior to getting involved in the tea party! The fair received rave reviews and really put NETTP on the map as a tea party to pay attention to.
This year we were planning to host the same sort of event, but discovered that another group was wanting to host it instead. Knowing how much effort and work it took to pull it off in 2010, we let ‘em!
TCGOP Candidate Fair & Straw Poll
Saturday, February 4
Hurst Convention Center, 1601 Campus Dr, Hurst 76054
1-6pm – meet your candidates and vote in the straw poll
6-6:30pm – straw poll winner ceremony
For more details, click here.
I cannot encourage you strongly enough to attend this fair. There are two reasons to do so…
- It gives you an opportunity to know who to vote for and why. The candidates will not be giving speeches. They’ll be standing at booths and speaking one-on-one with voters who approach them. Think of it as a job interview, and ask them, “Why should I vote for you?” You’ll learn a lot about the issues and the roles of the different offices. And you’ll have the power to decide who best will deal with those issues and perform those roles.
- There will be a straw poll. You’ll have a chance to cast your ballot in each race in Tarrant County, and the winners will have bragging rights that they won the TCGOP Straw Poll! That’s a big deal. If you think the RINOs won’t have their supporters there voting for them, think again. We must as conservatives show up to unite behind the conservative candidates. We most certainly don’t want the RINOs announcing that they have won!
NE Tarrant Tea Party will have a booth at this event, and we need help manning it. We’ll divide volunteers up into several shifts to cover set up, the event itself, and tear down. Another endeavor we are working on (a petition to get term limits on the ballot for the City of Grapevine) also needs volunteers for their booth (Better Grapevine PAC). If you can help with either one, please email heyjuliesue@gmail.com.
Posted January 20th, 2012 by Julie
On February 13, one of our favorite conservative watch dog groups in Texas will join us at our NETTP meeting.
NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting
Guest Speaker: Michael Quinn Sullivan of Empower Texans
on the significance of the Primary Election vote for Texas
February 13, 2012, 6:30-8:00pm
$5 dinner served at 6pm (see below for info re: free dinner)
1060 E Highland, Southlake 76092
(bldg 1020 of Highland Meadow Montessori Academy)
Empower Texans will review with us what happened during the most recent session of the TX legislature and why it is so important to get conservatives on the ballot for November.
Did you receive one of these?
If so, please let us know that you’re planning to attend so we can make sure to save you a dinner! Send an email to heyjuliesue@gmail.com to rsvp.
Posted January 20th, 2012 by Julie
NE Tarrant Tea Party wants to give you every opportunity to cast an educated vote in the April 3 Primary Election. We are thrilled to offer you our Thursday Night Debate Series. We’re hosting debates in the hottest races in our area on Thursday nights in February and March.
Unfortunately, several incumbents have no interest in visiting with tea party folks. This includes Vicki Truitt, Todd Smith and Kenny Marchant. For those races, we’ll still do a Q&A with the challenger so that you can hear what the issues are and how the candidate plans to address them, but those will occur either during an NETTP monthly meeting or tacked onto a different debate. Each event will include time for pre-written questions, as well as questions from the audience.
Events will last one hour from 7-8pm. Names in bold font below have confirmed participation. Names in italics have directly stated they will not attend. Names in just a regular font (except Senate candidates) have ignored us completely.
- Feb 13: TX House, District 98 – Vicki Truitt (i) vs Giovanni Capriglione TX (Since Truitt has not even responded to our invitation, this will be an interview of Giovanni held during our monthly meeting).
- Feb 23: TX Senate, District 9 – Goodman vs Anderson vs Hancock (pending redistricting) (venue TBD) – These candidates have not yet been invited, but we’ll update attendance plans soon.
- Mar 8: TX Senate, District 10 – Shelton vs Hancock (pending redistricting) (venue TBD) – These candidates have not yet been invited, but we’ll update attendance plans soon. If it ends up due to redistricting that Shelton does not have an opponent, there will be no debate this night.
- Mar 15: TX House, District 101 – Matt Krause vs Stephanie Klick (venue TBD) – Redistricting may change the names here, and it may become D93.
- Mar 15: US Congress, District 24 – Kenny Marchant (i) vs Grant Stinchfield (since Marchant has declined to speak with the tea party, this will be an interview conducted at the end of the D101 debate listed above).
- Mar 15: TX House, District 92 – Todd Smith (i) vs Jonathan Stickland (since Smith has not even responded to our invitation, this will be an interview conducted at the end of the D101 debate listed above).
- Mar 22: TX House, District 91 – Nash (i) vs Thombs vs Sapp vs Scoma vs Carlson (venue TBD) – Redistricting may change the names here.
Posted January 14th, 2012 by Konni
The Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll, THE conservative state-wide straw poll in TEXAS, is underway in Houston at Minute Maid Park. If you were unable to join us, you can cast your vote via text. You can find all the directions at our website at www.saddleuptexasstrawpoll.com. Show support for YOUR candidate today through 2:00. Its easy and its FREE!
Vote HERE.
We are streaming the event live. Watch us ONLINE! Matt Kibbe of FreedomWorks will kick off the event today at 9:00 a.m., Joe Barton, US House Rep, will join us around 1:00 p.m. and Herman Cain will join us around 3:00 p.m. We have a host of conservative speakers and candidates lined up as well.
Brought to you by your
Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll Team
GIVING TEXANS A VOICE IN THE PRIMARY!
www.saddleuptexasstrawpoll.com
Posted January 7th, 2012 by Konni
UPDATE: More tickets for the January 12th US Senate Debate are now available! But just a very limited number…
On Thursday, January 12, Empower Texans and the Texas Public Policy Foundation will co-host the first debate of the Republican US Senate candidates of 2012!
Participants are: Glenn Addison, Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst, Craig James and Tom Leppert!
Send In Your Debate Questions!
We neesd you to help define the issues in the debate! A segment of the debate will feature questions submitted on a special Facebook page we have established.
Visit http://www.facebook.com/First.Tx.Senate.Debate today and let us know what question you want posed to the candidates! (Be sure to specify which candidate you are asking the question.)
Get Your Debate Tickets!
So, would you like to attend the debate? We have a very limited number of additional seats available right now. The first 75 people to register will receive a ticket for themselves and a guest.
Register here: http://www.empowertexans.com/more-us-senate-debate-tickets/
ACT FAST – we have only a limited number of tickets available right now. To claim one for you and a guest, visit the link above before 5pm Jan. 3!
The debate will be held at 7 p.m. on January 12, 2012, at the Downtown Austin Hilton. Everyone attending should be seated by 6:30pm; doors close for seating at 6:55pm.
If you are registered for the TPPF Policy Orientation, please do NOT claim tickets here. Your Policy Orientation registration includes a pass to the US Senate Debate.
Posted January 5th, 2012 by Julie
NE Tarrant Tea Party meeting
Guest Speaker: Carl Higbie on America, Freedom and the Constitution
Prayer, Pledge and Anthem offered by Matthew McLeod of God’s Country Kids
January 9, 2012, 6:30-8:00pm
$5 dinner served at 6pm (see note below re: free dinner!)
1060 E Highland, Southlake 76092
(bldg 1020 of Highland Meadow Montessori Academy)
Carl Higbie is a military man (can’t say what branch) and author of Battle on the Homefront: A Patriot’s Mission to Save the American Dream. His book is about the Constitution and how those in power want to destroy it, and America as well.
The terrorism of 9-11 served as a ferocious wake-up call for Carl Higbie. After graduating from high school in 2002, he spent a couple of years in college all the while thinking about this nation and what he could do to contribute to it. Carl knew that he not only wanted to serve his country, but more than that, he wanted to be a Navy SEAL.
As Carl puts it, he was a mediocre student and a star wrestler in high school. When he decided to go into the Navy, Carl encountered nothing but discouragement from those in the recruiting office as well as others along the way. As is characteristic of Carl, he did not let the negativism of others stand in his way, and ultimately was admitted into the SEAL training program.
Carl has served two deployments to combat areas in the Middle East, and additionally has served in numerous assignments in other parts of the world. He now serves as a SEAL instructor. In his off hours he owns Tarzan Tree Service in Virginia Beach.
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Did you receive one of these?
If so, please let us know that you’re planning to attend so we can make sure to save you a dinner! Send an email to heyjuliesue@gmail.com to rsvp.
Posted January 4th, 2012 by Konni
DO YOU WANT A VOICE IN WHO REPRESENTS YOU IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
DO YOU WANT TO WIN IN NOVEMBER AND SEND OBAMA HOME?
IF YOU DO, IT’S TIME FOR CONSERVATIVES TO BAND TOGETHER!
JOIN THE SADDLE UP TEXAS STRAW POLL TO CAST YOUR VOTE!
January 12 -14 @ Minute Maid Park
UPDATE!!
Straw Poll Voting Now Available to all Texans via Text!!
The text poll feature will be available to all Texans, with results to be reported separately from in-person voting.
HOUSTON – JANUARY 11: In order to help Texans have a voice in the presidential primary process, Saddle Up Texas organizers have created a free text poll to accompany the in-person straw poll at the Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll event this weekend.
The expanded polling will allow voters unable to attend the event to participate in choosing a candidate. “For too long, Texas has had no voice in choosing presidential candidates. We want to change all that,” said Organizer Dale Huls, who spearheaded the text polling effort. Huls and his fellow organizers believe this expanded polling effort will cause candidates to take notice, and may inspire similar efforts in other states in the future.
The poll will also include the same races featured on the ballot for voters at the Saddle Up Texas event. Text options include the U.S. Senate race, U.S. House races, Texas Senate races and Texas House races. Voters will not be charged for voting in the text poll, and will only be allowed to vote using phones with Texas area codes, and may vote only once in each race.
The Saddle Up Texas Straw Poll text option will be available from noon Thursday, January 12th to 2 p.m. Saturday, January 14th. Instructions for voting in the straw poll are available at http://www.saddleuptexaspoll.com/text , including a link to help voters find their district numbers if needed.
Results of the straw poll will be announced at the same time as the in-person vote results, 5 p.m. Saturday, January 14th.
About the Event:
The three-day straw poll will take place January 12 -14 at Minute Maid Park and has an amazing lineup of conservative speakers, such as Herman Cain and U.S. Senatorial candidates. As I’m sure you know, the second most important race on the Texas ballot is the U.S. Senate race. You will be able to hear the candidates speak and visit their booth for more information. There will be sensational trainings, great music by Kevin Black and Karl Brunig and awesome food! BEST OF ALL? Profits from this event will go to area veterans organizations, such as the Texas Wounded Warrior and the Lone Survivor Foundation, and Get Out The Vote efforts. THIS IS NOT A FUNDRAISER.
The event begins Thursday night with a social mixer and live music on the Club Level where you will get to browse the candidates and vendors booths. Friday morning, we will kick off the event with Dick Armey of FreedomWorks and will have a series of conservative speakers and US. Senate candidates along with quality training sessions. The Veterans Program will take place Friday afternoon with special guest Ted Poe. It will be followed by a concert that evening with Kevin Black and conservative speakers. Also Friday night, we are hosting a VIP Reception where you will enjoy high-end hor d’oeuvres and quality drinks in the Executive Boardroom while chatting with U.S. Senatorial Candidates and other VIPs.
On Saturday, we will conduct the straw poll all day and will host conservative speakers, U.S. Senatorial Candidates and HERMAN CAIN in the afternoon. The straw poll results will be announced between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. Saturday.
One of our speakers, Karen DeSimone, is the founder of Truth for American Teens and is a frequent guest on the Glenn Beck show. She is an inspiring young lady who is unapologetically Christian and Conservative. This would be a wonderful opportunity to bring your teenagers to learn about and get engaged in the political process.
A list of some of our speakers:
Herman Cain
Dick Armey, FreedomWorks
Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks
David Dewhurst, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Ted Cruz, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Lela Mae Pittenger, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Tom Leppert, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Glenn Addison, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Doc Joe Agris, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Kevin Brady, US House Rep
Ted Poe, US House Rep
Louie Gohmert, US House Rep
Dan Patrick, Texas State Senator
David Simpson, Texas State House
Tito Munoz, Founder of the Conservative Hispanic Coalition PAC and Columbian immigrant
Karen DeSimone, Founder of Truth for American Teens and guest on Glenn Beck
KrisAnne Hall, Disabled Veteran and Conservative Speaker
Several radio personalities will be emceeing segments of the presentations as well as airing live from Minute Maid Park:
Michael Berry, Chris Baker, Matt Patrick, Sam Malone, Jon-David Wells out of Dallas and Natalie Arceneaux.
Visit WWW.SADDLEUPTEXASSTRAWPOLL.COM to buy your tickets.
Posted January 4th, 2012 by Konni
Dear Friend,
Brad Stine Comes To Dallas!
Have you purchased your tickets to see God’s Comic, Brad Stine, this Saturday? Don’t miss this family-friendly event featuring the most media covered Christian comedian in the country.
To purchase tickets, or for more information, please visit my
website or call my campaign at 214-549-6058.
