When: August 14th at 6:30 pm
Where: Gorgeous private Aptos area home.
What:  Meet Mark Meuser, enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres, converse with like-minded Californians

Contribution: Minimum $50 to be paid in advance *

No credit cards accepted. Checks to be payable to “Mark Meuser for Secretary of State”

* Mail checks to: Santa Cruz Republican Women – P.O. Box 3235- Santa Cruz, 95063

You will receive an email with the location address 2 days before the event. Questions? Call Donna 588-2642

Right now, Mark Meuser, Republican Candidate for Secretary of State of our beautiful state, is traveling around on his 5000 mile, 90+ stop, 58 county bicycle tour. He is being accompanied by a 31 ft RV wrapped with Mark’s likeness and his “Elections Matter” slogan.

August 14th will be a terrific opportunity to get together in a relaxed and lovely setting. We hope you will attend and keep the Meuser Mobile on the road.  We need to elect a reformer to fix California elections.

Your generous contribution keeps Mark on the road and keeps the campaign going!!

The Santa Cruz County Republican Central Committee is holding it’s annual Family BBQ this August 18, 2018. This fun event is being held at the Corralitos Grange Building from 12-5. Tickets are $35 each or $85 for a family. Charley and Georgia from KSCO will be our speakers so please come prepared with questions to ask them.

We hope that you’re able to join us but we are also seeking raffle donations to make the day a huge success. If you could please donate anything from a gift certificate to actual items we would greatly appreciate it. Last year we raffled wine, Trump socks, gift certificates, political books, cactus gardens, business logo wear, and the grand prize was an I-Pad. Your name and/or business name will be lots of positive advertising. We can always pick up your donation by calling 419-3357.

The Republican Party is strong here in Santa Cruz and Monterey County, we are making huge strides in the past few years in getting the word out. Please invite or pass this out to your fellow Republicans. We will also be at the Santa Cruz County Fair this September so please stop by to say hi.

Thank you for your consideration and we hope to see you there.

Marsha and Kris
Co-Chairpersons

Repeal the Gas Tax makes good sense for all Californians

Last year, California's Democratic-led legislature approved Senate Bill 1, raising the state excise tax on gasoline by 12 cents per gallon, or a 40 percent increase.

• Under the gas and car tax hikes, the typical family of four will pay $779.28 more per year in higher taxes for the gas tax alone. The gas and car tax hikes cost too much and will increase the already-high cost-of-living in California.

Gas and Car Taxes Spike Our Cost of Living

With us to discuss the repeal and answer questions will be Chairman of the Gas Tax Repeal campaign Carl DeMaio and Assembly candidate Vicki Nohrden.

Saturday August 25 10-11 am

Embassy Suites 1441 Canyon Del Rey Blvd. Seaside

Gas and Car Taxes Spike Our Cost of Living

• Under the gas and car tax hikes, the typical family of four will pay $779.28 more per year in higher taxes. 
• The car and gas tax hikes are slated to increase every year automatically.
• This year Californians will pay nearly $1 more per gallon because of taxes, fees and other government mandates. By 2021, many Californians will be paying close to $2 more a gallon extra because of taxes, fees and other government mandates – that’s $40 extra each time you fill up your car.

Politicians Won’t Fix the Roads – The Gas Tax Fraud

• Politicians are not interested in fixing or expanding our roads – and the gas tax increase contains zero accountability on where the funds will be spent. In fact, the gas tax measure is specifically written to allow politicians to continue to divert all the funds away from road projects.
• State Senator John Moorlach released an independent analysis of CalTrans the budget showing that only 20% of the gas tax funds were spent anywhere near roads.
• Where do the politicians divert the gas tax money to? The funding has been diverted to cover budget deficits, so politicians can continue to spend in other areas. Most of the funds spent on infrastructure get diverted from roads to transit buses, light rail projects, bike lanes (to replace roads), and even park land acquisition.
• An independent audit proves very little money actually gets spent on construction. Most of the funding covers the high salaries and pensions for government workers in bloated bureaucracies who spend the day on administrative paperwork but don’t build a single road, let alone fill a single pothole. In fact, the state auditor revealed that over 3500 employees at CalTrans had no project to work on – wasting a half-a-billion in taxpayer funds a year.
• California is so wasteful with our infrastructure funds that we get far less for our funds than other states. The Reason Foundation report shows for every $1 spent in the other 49 states to maintain one mile of highway California state government spends $4.7 for the same mile – that’s a 470% cost inefficiency factor.

Co-hosts Vicki Nohrden For Assembly -Monterey County Republican Party-Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Federated

For further information visit our website at www.vickinohrden2018.com