Voting On November 6th In Cedar Lake! Please vote Republican!

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I can only urge you to vote Republican this time!   You probably know the local candidates, so let me say a bit about the National and Statewide candidates and then let's all go VOTE!!!

There is a video at the bottom you will probably love!!!

Romney and Ryan know business and love America and want to fix the deficit and get businesses booming again so we have jobs available instead of seeing them go overseas!  As a businessman myself, I have seen how the Obama Administration has chased jobs overseas and burdened small businesses with ridiculous regulations.  Obamacare is a torpedo that sinks all ships.  Multi-national corporations will not invest in America again until Obama is defeated and they can trust the USA to provide stability and energy to power businesses.  We have the most productive workforce in the world.  We only need to take off the shackles of Big Government to get us going strong!!!

Mike Pence is a great Governor-to-be!  My wife said to him, "Thank you for speaking my thoughts for me!"

Richard Mourdock has taken on Barack Obama in court and won.  As State Treasurer he built up a surplus of funds instead of a deficit.   He will defend the Constitution and work hard for Indiana.  He is one really great guy as well!


Joel Phelps is a Lake County guy raised, now living in Porter County and very invested in the entire area, very successful professional who will replace the uncaring Pete Visclosky and be someone who actually listens to the people and will continue to live among us.  We don't need any more Obama rubber stamps like Visclosky and Joe Donnelly!

Greg Zoeller and Tony Bennett stand on a record of accomplishments.    Here is your precinct map...

BTW accolades to MacArthur School for winning Blue Ribbon Status for 2012!!!

 

Indiana

 

Douglas MacArthur Elementary School

12900 Fairbanks Avenue

Cedar Lake, IN 46303-9446

Phone: (219) 662-3600

Principal: Ms. Marian Buchko

School District: Crown Point Community

   School Corporation

A map of precincts in Cedar Lake

This map tells you where to go vote based on your location.  



If you shared my precinct, this would be your ballot:

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The results below display the candidates who will be on your election ballot for the 2012 General Election. The list of candidates is supplied and maintained by the Indiana Election Division and your county election board. The candidate information is being updated daily to reflect additional information provided by the counties. If this information appears to be incorrect or incomplete, please contact the Indiana Election Division or your county election board. Please see the “County Contact” and “Indiana Election Division” tabs below to contact either the Indiana Election Division or your county election board. Election Office Candidate Party US PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA DEMOCRATIC US PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT MITT ROMNEY REPUBLICAN US PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT GARY JOHNSON LIBERTARIAN UNITED STATES SENATOR JOE DONNELLY DEMOCRATIC UNITED STATES SENATOR RICHARD E. MOURDOCK REPUBLICAN UNITED STATES SENATOR ANDREW "ANDY" HORNING LIBERTARIAN GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR JOHN R. GREGG DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR MIKE PENCE REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR RUPERT BONEHAM LIBERTARIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL KAY FLEMING DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ZOELLER REPUBLICAN SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION GLENDA RITZ DEMOCRATIC SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TONY BENNETT REPUBLICAN UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 1 PETER J. VISCLOSKY DEMOCRATIC UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 1 JOEL PHELPS REPUBLICAN STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 011 JOHN T. HART DEMOCRATIC STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 011 RICK NIEMEYER REPUBLICAN COUNTY RECORDER (LAKE) MIKE BROWN DEMOCRATIC COUNTY RECORDER (LAKE) PAMELA J DRANGMEISTER REPUBLICAN COUNTY CORONER (LAKE) MERRILEE D FREY DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CORONER (LAKE) ANDY KOULTOURIDES REPUBLICAN COUNTY SURVEYOR (LAKE) GEORGE W VAN TIL DEMOCRATIC COUNTY SURVEYOR (LAKE) ERIC KRIEG REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #2 (LAKE) GERRY J SCHEUB DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT #2 (LAKE) JERRY TIPPY REPUBLICAN HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION DISTRICT 2 MARY P BURKEL NON PARTISAN HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION AT LARGE MARY J DICKSON NON PARTISAN HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION AT LARGE BRYON GOFF NON PARTISAN HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION DISTRICT 2 PATRICIA KOCOT NON PARTISAN HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION AT LARGE JOHN P KOWALCZYK JR. NON PARTISAN HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION DISTRICT-1 STEPHEN L STYX NON PARTISAN HANOVER COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION DISTRICT-1 DENNIS WILKENING NON PARTISAN

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Did you miss it? Rally for Religous Freedom at 10 AM Saturday at Crown Point Courthouse Square!

The picture above? Left to right -  Dr. Ron Johnson, Pastor of Living Stones Church in Crown Point and candidate for State Representative for District 19,  Lake County Right to Life VP Cy Huerter and then the candidate for US First Disctrict Congressional seat Joel Phelps...all three part of the "Stand Up for Religious Freedom" rally held at the Lake County Government Center on October 20th.  Times article link.   

(The FIRST rally.  The second and hopefully even bigger one is scheduled for this Saturday, the 27th at 10 AM in Crown Point's Town Square.  More below)

I have known Dr. Ron Johnson for several years (since back when I could still play basketball), have worked with Len Reynolds and Cy Huerter oftentimes, learned to know and love Joel Phelps...men who work hard to make a difference, willing to work hard to preserve the precious thing that Benjamin Franklin warned us might be hard to do:

"A Republic, madam, if you can hold on to it!"

- Benjamin Franklin, responding to a lady in a crowd, who, at the close of the Constitutional Convention, called out, "Mr. Franklin! What kind of a government have you given us?!"- Sept. 17, 1787


The photo below is from the previously linked Times news article by Susan Brown.

The Times did get the count (over 200 people) pretty close to right.  Quotes in the article were correct.  But the person assigned to write the "cutline" (caption for picture) was clueless.   It was not an "anti-abortion rally!"  Do you even see the word, "abortion" on any of those signs?  No!!!

The rally in Crown Point was part of a nationwide rally (in over 140 cities)  concerning the attack on the Constitutional rights of the American citizens.   Perhaps you have read Declaration of Independence and read these words? 

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

We two-hundred plus citizens gathered to protest the attack on our God-given rights!   They called us "anti-abortion."  We are Pro-Life and Pro-Constitution!  Abortion is the murder of our most vulnerable citizens, so we do protest that!   But the HHS Mandate violates both the First and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution - The Bill of Rights!   We were gathered to protest the attack on the first right granted to all citizens - to freely practice our religion!   If we believe murdering babies in the womb is wrong, we'll say so.  If the Congress and the President try to make us PAY for baby-murdering or force hospitals and clinics associated with faith groups MURDER those babies, then it is the government that breaks the law.   Thus we gathered to state this vehemently and clearly!

There’s a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts. - Ronald Reagan

The above clip is from the Democratic National Convention.  Democrats think that we belong to the government and that the Constitution can be toppled by undermining the foundation.   In case you don't know what THAT foundation is, re-read the quote from the Declaration of Independence!

The picture above? Dr. Ron Johnson, Pastor of Living Stones Church in Crown Point and candidate for State Representative for District 19 with a few of his fellow attendees at the rally.

Among the speakers were priests, pastors, organization officials, candidates for public office and an author and Democrat, Woodrow Wilcox, who eloquently stated a case many Democrats find themselves making as they view the 2012 election -that he was going to vote the pro-Obamacare bums OUT!  He makes a reasoned case for overturning Obamacare on AmericanClarion.com - ObamaCare Ignores Religious Freedom but I will give you a small part of his impassioned plea:

"I say that these Democrats from Indiana who voted for Obamacare, and any Democrats or others who voted for or who now support Obamacare, should be expelled from the Congress in this election," said Woodrow Wilcox, the author and Democrat from Griffith.  "Slaves do not have the right to refuse to do work because it violates their religion..."  

Wilcox then made the case that being forced to purchase insurance by the government and being forced to pay for or take part in euthanasia or abortion effectively makes the US citizens slaves to the government.  "Every politician who is PRO-OBAMACARE is PRO-SLAVERY!"  

"We own the government, not the politicians!"  Joel Phelps reminded the crowd.   Phelps is running against long-time Democrat Pete Visclosky, who did vote for Obamacare and kept voting to keep it going.  Visclosky has firmly declared that he will back Barack Obama's Healthcare Mandate.

Dr. Ron Johnson gave an inspiring speech!  He had a fistful of notes but the wind picked up and he spoke from his heart and mind rather than trying to read from his prepared remarks.   I believe he said some profound things, first quoting some Founding Fathers -

"No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority." - Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and President

"Consciences of men are not the objects of human legislation." - Governor (and Constitution signee) William Livingston

"Security under our constitution is given to the rights of conscience..."A Federalist Papers author and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,  John Jay  

Then Dr. Ron made these key points:

1. God is the source of our liberty
2. Our duty to God precedes any duty we have to the State
3. Government exists to secure God-given, inalieanable rights
4. Therefore, the right to religious liberty must be protected by government

So many fine speakers, such as Lake County Right to Life President Len Reynolds and several clergymen and Indiana Knights of Columbus pro-life director Michael Velasco made stirring remarks.  But it was a priest from the former Yugoslavia and another from Romania who really caught my attention.   Both men recalled growing up under communist tyranny, being threatened with imprisonment and being fined and tossed into jail and offfered bribes to "spy" on their congregations.  Both were horrified at finding that here, in America, these kinds of oppression were  beginning to sneak up on us.

The wind made some notes a victim and since I only remember the first names of these two gentlemen, I will add their full and official names and titles later.   But now I have a question for you.

ARE YOU GOING TO LET AMERICA BECOME A TYRANNICAL SOCIALIST COUNTRY OR NOT?   IF NOT, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
OCTOBER 27th at the Crown Point Courthouse in the square.    Citizens of this area are going to peacefully gather,  as allowed by the Constitution, and we are going to have speakers remind us all of the state of the nation and the stakes in this election!   It begins at ten o'clock Saturday morning.   Surely you can take two hours away from home Saturday morning, before college football kicks off, and not only hear exactly what Obamacare does and will do to you and yours but also see that, when it comes to being patriotic, the labels concerning churches and organizations don't matter.  The Coalition for Religious Liberty was formed to protect all religions from those in government who do not respect and/or understand the Constitution.  

Catholics and Protestants and Non-Denominational and Orthodox and all sorts of other worshippers were there on the 20th.   There were Republicans and Democrats and Independents and Libertarians.   Most of us were of voting age, but a few youngsters were there with parents.   No one asked you what you believed in, we just all gathered and some of us held up signs and we listened and applauded and shouted "YES!" or "NO!" at appropriate moments.

I'll close with an excerpt from the book,  When A Nation Forgets God written by Dr. Erwin Lutzer, the pastor of Moody Church for 30 years.   Dr. Ron quoted these words:

“I lived in Germany during the Nazi Holocaust. I considered myself a Christian. We heard stories of what was happening to Jews, but we tried to distance ourselves from it because what could we do to stop it. A railroad track ran behind our small church and each Sunday morning we could hear the whistle in the distance, and then the wheels coming over the tracks. We became disturbed when we heard the cries coming from the train as it passed by. We realized that it was carrying Jews like cattle in the cars. Week after week the whistle would blow. We dreaded to hear the sound of those wheels because we knew that we would hear the cries of the Jews in route to a death camp. Their screams tormented us. We knew the time the train was coming, and when we heard the whistle blow, we began singing hymns. By the time the train came past our church, we were singing at the top of our voices. If we heard the screams, we sang more loudly and soon we heard them no more.” And then the eyewitness shared with Pastor Lutzer, “ Although years have passed, I still hear the train whistle in my sleep. God forgive me, forgive all of us who called ourselves Christians and yet did nothing to intervene.”


Will you do nothing?  

or

Will you join us at the Crown Point Square at 10 AM Saturday morning?

Why Mourdock not Donnelly and important voting information for you from the Lake County GOP

Did you know?  Cook Medical, located here in IN, announced it is scrapping plans to build 5 new plants because of the Medical Device tax that is being imposed through Obamacare. Congressman Joe Donnelly voted for Obamacare. Joe Donnelly voted to scrap thousands of JOBS! We don't need Joe Donnelly hurting American JOBS anymore!


Joe Donnelly has said "yes" to big government and the Obama agenda and "no" to responsibility.

 
So let's say no to Joe Donnelly and yes to the qualified candidate, Richard Mourdock!



Obamacare has kept small businesses from expanding beyond 49 employees due to the penalty imposed on businesses concerning health care coverage.   Obamacare is nothing more than a wedge to separate Americans from their Constitutional freedoms and their money and also their quality of life.   It was a bill that was so big and complex that no one who voted for it actually knew everything it would do.   But they knew it would ruin our economy and grow government!  When the government provides health care, costs increase and quality of care plummets.   It is the story in Europe and in Canada.   It is important to vote out every Democrat and elect every Republican to make Lake County government responsible to the people rather than special interests and cronies.   It is important to vote out every Democrat and elect every Republican to allow the economy to grow, energy to be utilized and Obamacare dismantled and completely repealed!

Richard Mourdock was a great success as our State Treasurer.   He understands business and he understands budgeting, because here in Indiana we balance our budget.   Joe Donnelly doesn't seem to know much other than if Obama is for it, so is he!   'Nuff said?

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Picture of the Day!

This sign was posted on an 18 wheeler at Intersection of M40 and Blue Star near Saugatuck, MI.   Courtesy of The New Boston Tea Party.

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Now the latest LAKE COUNTY GOP NEWSLETTER 

Welcome to the Lake County GOP

October Newsletter

Written by LCRCC

Sunday, 14 October 2012 01:32

Richard Mourdock with LCRP Chair Kim Krull Well here we go again! Six more Democrats indicted last month. We just had Democrat Coroner convicted for public corruption and not even sentenced yet and the US Attorney send out more indictments.    We the people are the only ones who can put competent men and women in office. It is our duty to vote and to vote for the most qualified person. In Lake County it is our duty as voters (even if you may have always voted straight Democrat or split your ticket) to put people in on a local level who will provide oversight, do not have a history of machine politics, and who have a proven record of good ethical behavior. I believe our Republican Candidates fit all the criteria we need to start removing the bad stigma from Lake County’s name.   We will started voting on October 9th. All absentee in person voting sites with operational days and hours can be found here.  You can find your polling location, see who’s on your ballot, and also print off an absentee vote by mail request form by visiting www.indianavoters.com.  Thank you to all the City and Town Chairmen who have filled their poll workers. The clerks and judges are the first protectors of free and fair elections. Cards will be mailed soon for training dates and location.  Please follow us on Twitter @LakeCountyGOP and Facebook and also check our website www.TheLakeCountyGOP.com for all events and volunteer opportunities.    Had enough? VOTE REPUBLICAN! Kim Krull Chairwoman Lake County Republican Party

 

Important Voting Information!

Written by LCRCC

Wednesday, 10 October 2012 01:40

Review Candidates on Your Ballot, Print an Absentee Ballot Request Form, or Find Your Polling Place In-Person Absentee Voting Locations

10th AnnualCedar Lake/Hanover Chicken Dinner!

This event is a great way to connect with people in your community who care about the community and are working to do something about it!

Last year we had a great time, meeting the vast majority of elected officials who work for the Town of Cedar Lake, for Hanover Township, as well as County and State representatives, councilmen and State Senator Sue Landske, among many others.  

There are door prizes and items for auction and the raffle can be fun if you like being involved in raffles and auctions.   One of our friends won a nice shotgun last year partaking in the auction and my wife received the Mum centerpiece that was at our table. 

There will be a few speeches and a lot of conversation and some really good food, too!  

You may even be able to figure out who I am if you come.  Look for a guy with a full head of hair, a grey beard, a much smaller and cuter wife and blue eyes who really needs to lose some weight and that will probably be me.  I do hope to see you there!

Mapquest for those who do not know where Great Oaks is located.

Senator Sue Landse - Cedar Lake's own is spotlighted!

As a grade schooler, I had the opportunity and honor (to me) of being a Page for the Indiana State Senate.   I was utterly amazed at the way business was done, impressed by the tunnel connecting buildings under the street and wondered at the sheer bulk of paperwork representing bills that Senators were expected to review and then vote for or against.  Being a Senate Page made me politically aware at a very young age and also convinced me to remain involved even before I could actually vote.  I was walking the neighborhood passing out candidate flyers back in 1964 and I suppose a number of adults were taken aback, as I had no adult companion.  Did this kid actually decide to do this on his own?  Yes!   If you get the opportunity to be a Senate Page for Senator Landske,  jump at the chance!

I am pleased to be acquainted with a few candidates and a few public officials, some of whom are relatively new to the scene and some who have been around for awhile.   But when my family moved to Cedar Lake in the early 1980's and when my children began attending classes in the Hanover district in 1987, I soon "met" Senator Sue Landske by the messages she sent to my kids - awards honoring their academic achievements, making National Honor Society, making an All-State team...Senator Landske impressed me because she made sure her younger constituents, who could not even vote, were recognized for achieving excellence!  As a father trying to impress upon his children the importance of being great citizens and striving to do their best, Senator Landske's encouragement was greatly appreciated by me and certainly by them.

Later I got to meet her and become acquainted with Sue and her husband, William (Bill), who was serving on the Cedar Lake Town Council at the time.  I discovered what a warm and loving and interesting woman she is, no surprise.  Bill and Sue Landske are good neighbors and friendly, gracious people.  I call her Senator Sue now.  I was delighted to see that she was being featured by the Indiana Senate Majority Caucus, so wanted everyone to see this, below.

Cedar Lake's own Senator Sue is spotlighted by the Indiana Senate Majority Caucus this week.
Excerpted from the email/webpage:

Senate Spotlight: Sue Landske

September 24-28

You may know Sue Landske as your state senator, representing Benton and  Newton counties and the southern part of Lake County in Northwest Indiana. But did you know Sue once drove an Indy race car? Pictured right is her receiving last minute instructions.   Sue is more than a state lawmaker.   She lives and works in your community. This week, check out the Indiana Senate GOP Facebook page to find out more about your senator, from her hobbies to how she met her husband.

Our hope is that taking a personal look at Sue beyond the Statehouse will help you get to know the person who is representing you in the Senate.   If you want to know more about Sue, how to share your thoughts on the important issues facing our state and what makes the Senate district you live in unique, click here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I tried to blow up the picture but the focus gets lost.    You can see the Landske clan is pretty big!  Now that I know Senator Landske is a Civil War buff I will have to bring that up next time I see her. Those links above take you to the Facebook page for the ISMC.  Man, I wish I had a chance at even one lap around Indy!  My inner A.J. Foyt would come right back out. Indiana Senate Gop Facebook Page Indiana Senate Republicans website Indiana Senator Sue Landske ISR page

Joel Phelps, Dan Coats and Ronald Reagan!!!

Saturday, September 22nd is Reagan Day in Lake County and Northwest Indiana.

The Big Annual Reagan Breakfast for Lake County, Indiana. We have a BIG tent, come on down to the Avalon Manor!!!

3550 East US Route 30
Merrillville, IN 46410  

 

Get directions here

Guest speaker:   Sue Ellspermann, the next Lieutenant Governor and the woman to working with Mike Pence, the future Governor of Indiana!   Just recently endorsed yet again!

Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. 

Allan and Fran Katz have sponsored this breakfast but there are more sponsorships available.

 

 

Please make checks out to LCRCC and mail to:

Kevin Van Linden– 2920 Burge Drive - Crown Point, IN  - 46307

 

9 AM to 12 PM - Doors open at 8 AM
Contact George Janiec for information: 219-678-6761

 

Paid for by LCRCC—Kim Krull Chairwoman

Not authorized or paid for by any candidate or candidate committee

www.TheLakeCountyGOP.com - lakecountygop@comcast.net

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Monday, September 24th at 11 AM in Crown Point, Indiana!

Joel Phelps - The Right Man at the Right Time to Beat Pete!!!

Monday, September 24th Special Event Invitation Luncheon Featuring: United States Senator Dan Coats Monday September 24th, 2012 11:00 am - 12:30 p.m. Youche Country Club - 2301 West 129th Place Crown Point, IN Cost: $50/person or $80/couple Sponsor: $1000 Host: $2500 Cash, Check, Visa, or Mastercard will be accepted at the door. Checks can be mailed to the address below. Contributions can be made online at www.joelphelpsforcongress.com Please make checks payable to Joel Phelps for Congress, Donations accepted at the door or by mail to P.O. Box 1517 Portage, In 46368 Contributions are not deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes. All contributions are subject to the limitations of the Federal Election Campaign Act. Only personal and PAC checks or personal credit cards are acceptable. Individuals can give $2,500 to the primary and $2,500 to the general election. A couple can give $5,000 to the primary and $5,000 to the general election. Qualified federal PACS may contribute $5,000 per election and non-qualified federal PACS may contribute $2,500 per election. Contributions may not be accepted from corporations, labor organizations, federal government contractors, or from foreign nationals unless they are resident aliens. Federal law prohibits reimbursing donors for their contributions.

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