March 21, 2018
Minority Leader Townsend Issues Statement on Secretary of State Ruling Santa Fe
House Republican Leader Jim Townsend (R-Artesia) issued the following statement regarding the Secretary of State's decision denying the petition to overturn anti 2nd amendment law. "The Secretary of State has a duty to the people of this state on matters regarding petitions. It is incredibly unfortunate that politics has played into this decision. I have heard from people all over the state, both Democrat and Republican, who are outraged by the passage and signing of Senate Bill 8. We are fully prepared to take the actions necessary, including legal action, in order to protect the Constitutional rights of all New Mexicans."
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March 19, 2018
After the public comment this morning, the Commissioners discussed the Resolution in detail and identified a number of revisions needed before passage, so the Resolution was tabled until the next Commissioner's meeting April 16, 2019.
Border issues present enormous risks to citizens, property, and the economy of Lincoln County and New Mexico. Please take the time to come to the April 16, 2019 Commissioner's Meeting and support our Commissioners in this initiative.
Cynthia Black
RPLC 1st VC
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March 18, 2018
Republicans are encouraged to attend Lincoln county's commission meeting
Tuesday, March 19th, where a resolution supporting president trump's declaration of a national emergency will be considered.
Tim Keithley
RPLC Chairman
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March 18, 2018
Lincoln County Republicans & the Petitions:
Many of you who attended this week's meeting at Cree Meadows and are involved in our party have inquired about the petition drive that has been proposed
to get several of the bills that have passed the legislature, including SB8, on the ballot as a referendum in the 2020 general election. We promised to keep you informed about the progress of various petition drives.
We are in constant contact with the New Mexico Republican Party leadership and we are awaiting approval of an official petition that will be honored by the Secretary of State's office. Once
we have an official petition formatted and ready to rollout to the public for obtaining signatures we will let you know immediately. The best way to keep informed is to check daily on our website, www.rplcnm.org.
County leadership would like to thank you for your interest and willingness to be involved. We're going to need everyone's participation in getting signatures, but we anticipate the petition drive will begin next week after an official petition has been approved.
Tim Keithley
RPLC Chairman
March 13, 2019
Calls to Governor's Office Show 98% of New Mexicans Oppose Pro-Abortion Bill
Thousands of Calls and Less than 2% approve! Santa Fe:
Thousands upon thousands of New Mexicans who oppose House Bill 51 (HB 51) called the Governor's Office to make their voices heard according to recently released documents. HB 51 is a radical abortion bill that continues the status quo practice of allowing an abortion up until the day of birth in New Mexico. In response to a public records request from New Mexico Right to Life, emails produced from inside the Governor's Office show approximately 25,000 calls came in between February 2nd through the 8th with the top issue being opposition to HB 51. During the same time, emails show that less than 2% approve of HB 51. "We're so grateful for all the New Mexicans who are speaking out in support of life," said Rep. Rebecca Dow (R-Truth or Consequences). "This bill brings to light the reasons why New Mexico is considered the late-term abortion capital of the country." The calls continued the week of February 15 when 8000 calls came in and again only 2% in support of HB 51. In the following week 2000 calls again with 98 % opposing HB 51. "Leaders in this building need to listen to those they represent and oppose this bill," said Rep. Rod Montoya (R-Farmington). "This bill protects an awful status quo of killing babies up to the day of birth. New Mexicans are overwhelmingly against this practice."
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March 12, 2018
Republican Party Honors Eagle Scout Wesley Shaver at March meeting Republicans honored Wesley Shaver, a local Eagle Scout, at the March Meeting. Wesley collected from within the community to create safety buckets for each classroom within the Ruidoso School district.
Tim Keithley
Chairman
March 12, 2018
Big crowd at March Republican Party of Lincoln County MeetingTim Keithley
Chairman
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Thursday, March 7, 2019
3 Lincoln County Legislators: "Only Hope is for Time to Run Out On Radical Legislation"
(Ruidoso, NM) With all that's been heard and talked about regarding the 2019 New Mexico Legislative Session in Santa Fe, all of Lincoln County's Republican Legislators have done everything they can do to hold the line on new taxes, gun rights, pro-life issues and many other proposed radical changes by Democrats to New Mexico's way of life.
"Senator Bill Burt, Representative Greg Nibert and Representative Zack Cook have done all that they can thus far to communicate our voice in the House and Senate," Chairman Tim Keithley said. "Local Republican Party members can be proud of our Republican state delegates who have stood-up for our common beliefs on these and other issues."
Senator Burt said, "On many issues in the final week of the legislative session it will come down to whether conservative Democrats in the Senate join like-minded Republicans to slow-walk radical bills before the session ends at noon on Saturday, March 16. Some of these bills could simply run out of time. The lack of time trhis year is probably a good thing from the standpoint of trying to keep many of these radical Bills from becoming law."
Lincoln County's only Progressive Democrat Legislator, Senator Elizabeth Stefanics, has continually voted in favor of new taxes, gun control, abortion (infanticide) and is expected to continue to vote with Governor Michelle Luhan Grisham's liberal agenda in this final week.
"In the last week of the session, I think it is imperative that Lincoln County voters telephone and email Senator Stefanics and tell her that she is voting against our principles," said Chairman Keithley. Her telephone number is 505 699-4808, and her email is liz.stefanics@nmlegis.gov.
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Ocasio-Cortez (D) New York...
“We set a goal to get to net-zero, rather than zero emissions, in 10 years because we aren’t sure that we’ll be able to fully get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.”
At the time this story was published, the FAQ page with the phrase “farting cows” appeared to have been removed from Ocasio-Cortez’s website. Fox News’ John Roberts reported that the language was tweaked to “emissions from cows ” in an update, which also appears to have been deleted.
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On Tuesday night, March 5th, the House Public Affairs Committee moved to table HB-600, the Keisha Atkins Women's Protection Act, and HB-608, protecting doctors from being forced to perform abortions.
Keisha's mother, Tina testified for the bill which bears her daughter's namesake, pleading with the committee to help end late-term abortion in New Mexico-once and for all"
Despite Tina's heart-wrenching testimony, Representatives Liz Thompson (D-24), Andrea Romero (D-46), and Angelica Rubio(D-35) voted to table both bills, making that the third time they voted to continue abortion up to birth and infanticide. A big thank you to Dr. and Representative Gregg Schmedes and Representative Candy Ezzell for standing with doctors, women, and children, and voted against tabling the life-affirming bills. The common-sense HB-600 & HB-608 addressed the concerns most New Mexicans have about late-term abortion, parental involvement in a minor's abortion and conscience protections for medical professionals.
HB 608 (an abortion-specific conscience protection) co-sponsor, Roswell, NM attorney, and Representative, Cathrynn Brown, "No doctor or medical professional should be coerced into taking a human life, that is what an abortion does. If we do not provide what HB 608 attempts to do, we are going to have a lot of lawsuits and physicians leave the state because doctors do not want to be forced to do what they find morally repugnant."
During testimony for both bills, Rep. Candy Ezell stated, "Abortion is NOT health care for babies!"
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