Dear CARMA Members and other Honorable Conservative Gentlemen;
Please join us and bring your buddies to our monthly CARMA luncheons and events. Register early at www.carmagop.com. We have great monthly luncheons at Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant with speakers on various topics such as: local, state and national politics, health care, history, local government operations and technology. Our local office holders and candidates and other interesting speakers are always on our schedule. CARMA donates to Republican candidates smartly.
Our previous luncheon was on Thursday June 19. Jeff Ryer, our super Republican Party of Virginia District 1 liaison working in Richmond was our speaker. He emphasized how important our support efforts and donations are for the upcoming November elections. The Democrats are angry, woke and have lots of campaign money. Like Senator Diggs did at our May 22 luncheon, Jeff outlined the terrible laws that will be passed if there is a Democrat Governor along with a supportive Senate and House. Virginia will be more like California than ever.
There also was a great CARMA Happy Hour at the Colonial Heritage Bistro on Saturday June 21. We calmed our nerves with some beer, tea and delicious food. Try the chili. Interested in a "meet-up", send me a note and we will try to organize!
CARMA’s next luncheon was a candidate's forum on July 17. Our speakers were Tracy Wainwright (JCC BOS candidate for the Powhatan District , John Slokovitz (JCC BOS candidate for the Jamestown Dist.), Delegate Chad Green (69th District), Delegate Amanda Batten's Campaign Manager (71st Dist.) and WJCC School Board Chair Sarah Ortego.
Please send your luncheon form early with your check. The kitchen needs your choices early. Delegate Amanda Batten will be our guest speaker on August 21st. This will be another difficult election year here locally and statewide. We will need to elect these great Republicans : Winsome Sears for Governor, John Reid for Lt. Governor and Jason Miyares for Attorney General. We need to re-elect State Delegates Amanda Batten and Chad Green. And there will be two JCC Board of Supervisors seats: John Slokovitz is the Jamestown District candidate and Tracy Wainwright is the Powhatan District candidate. And there are two JCC School Board seats to be filled. Please step up to be an active CARMA member, try to recruit more CARMA members and be a public advocate for our 2025 candidates. Attend the candidates’ fundraisers and write support letters to the Virginia Gazette and Daily Press. Urge your neighbors and friends to vote. Action, Action, Action.
CARMA Bundling Project for our Chosen Candidates
We have begun the annual CARMA Bundling Campaign and we need your help. Our statewide Republican candidates are facing woke Democrat opponents who are supported by angry, motivated voters with deep pockets who want to take back control of our state. The anti-Trumpers are everywhere. Virginia is the number one battleground on the national Democrats’ target board. The outdoor Democrat protests are well attended, breaking records, and publicized. We have seen a preview this past year of the new laws and regulations that will be proposed and approved by the Democrats. And if Abigail Spanberger becomes Governor, she will sign all of them into law. She is trying to portray herself as a moderate but as a member of Congress, she has voted with Nancy Pelosi over 90 percent of the time. If it were not for Governor Youngkin's many vetos, most of the terrible woke liberal laws proposed during his term would already be on the books. The new Democrat regime will not allow voting integrity improvements nor voter rolls cleanup. Abortion will become legal at any time during the child's development, maybe even after delivery. More gun control laws will be enacted and gun stores will close for lack of business. They always want to take our guns!
Funding for public education and Medicaid will be greatly expanded without transparent accountability. More school funding will not make the students more educated. The car tax will not be reduced. State income and sales taxes will be increased. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion will be camouflaged and promoted in other ways, in spite of federal laws.
CARMA can help our local candidates in many ways such as door knocking, writing letters, signs placement and making calls but our local candidates really need money to fuel their campaign efforts. We have about 100 members. Unfortunately, only about 25 members donated during last year’s bundling campaign. If during the 2025 campaign, if every member donates $10 to $20 to each of our local five candidates, that would total to between $5,000 to $10,000 worth of campaign donations. That would be fantastic and applauded all the way to the Republican Party offices in Richmond ! So please, when you receive the mailed CARMA bundling envelope, examine all its contents, read the letter and write checks to all five of the candidates. They are Amanda Batten, Chad Green, Tracy Wainwright, John Slokovitz, and Sarah Ortego. Your generosity and devotion to these wonderful hard-working candidates and the Republican Creed will make a huge impact.
James City County’s Big Budget Busting Irresponsible Decision
The JCC Board of Supervisors have voted to borrow over $300 million to build a new county government center. Paying off the required bond or lease/purchase agreement will lead to increased property assessments and higher annual property tax bills. The BOS ignored the JCC citizens concerns and found a way to avoid a referendum for this huge budget/borrowing increase. Call them.
The Israel and Iran War - an enormous geopolitical earthquake
Israel is our vitally important democratic ally in the Middle East. The Iranian regime has been the worst, most deadly country in the world for decades, second only to the China CCP. The United States has supported Israel as they retaliated against the Iranian attacks that are designed to wipe the Jewish nation from the face of the earth. The hate between those two cultures has gone back and forth for centuries. Obviously, America has sided with Israel and joined the war to eliminate Iran’s nuclear missiles and bomb threats and any unimaginable terrorist attacks in Israeli or American cities. America’s decision to bomb Iran’s three main nuclear weapons sites was incredibly complex and is very risky. The aftermath from the bombings and the reverberations throughout the following regional and international environments are terrifying to consider. Potential deadly developments are 1) Escalation of the regional conflict involving other countries such as Russia and China, 2) Worldwide Islamic retaliation, 3) Economic collapse in other countries due to disruption of oil supplies and related acquisition battles and 4) Humanitarian crises related to migrations, inadequate food and water, and survival battles. We must pray that these disasters do not occur and can be minimized.
Contact me anytime for more info about our Republican advocacy projects and events at trix598@aol.com or 202-494-8161. Visit CARMA's great website www.carmagop.com See the articles, photos, and humor and the Virginia Republican Creed. Use the monthly luncheon reservation form. Also call me or Rudy Knepper with your meal selection. Send your checks early. Let’s discuss your ideas ! Join the official WJCC Republican Committee.
Respectfully, Terry Ricks
CARMA President
202-494-8161
trix598@aol.comAnnoy a liberal - get a job, succeed and be happy !
