Dear members,

June has been a busy month for the Republican Party of Shelby County. All three candidates have been campaigning vigorously as August 7^th approaches rapidly.  Chris Turner, Bill Giannini, and Ray Butler need your help. There are several ways of volunteering and anything you could do would be greatly appreciated. Yard sign locations are going to be a big help. Get with your neighbors and start finding key locations that we can use. Our club exists to help elect moral and ethical Republican leaders in our community. I am offering to be the contact person for all three candidates in regards to sign locations. Please start e-mailing me as soon as possible with your locations.

The Beans and Jeans fundraiser held at the Republican Party Field Headquarters raised several thousand dollars for the sample ballot being prepared to be mailed out soon. Party Chairman Bill Giannini was very appreciative of the $500.00 donation made by the Northeast Shelby Republican Club. Within the past year our club has donated over $2500.00 to the Republican Party of Shelby County. I am very proud of the way our club has been operating in terms of fundraising and overall organization. There is a great core group of workers in the club that just do a first-class job in anything asked of them.

Please join us at our next meeting on June 16^th as we entertain Mr. Josh Thomas as the featured speaker.  Josh Thomas, presently serving as Field Representative for United States Senator Lamar Alexander, has been politically involved in the state of Tennessee most of his adult life. Graduating from the University of Memphis with a degree in Political Science, Josh put his skills to work managing several political campaigns in the Memphis area, including serving as campaign manager for Judge Arnold Goldin. More recently, Josh served as Deputy Political Director for Bob Corker’s Senate Campaign in 2006 and Coalitions Director for the Tennessee Victory campaign during the same year. Josh has been with the offices of Senator Lamar Alexander since 2003.

The 1^st Annual Tracy Dewitt Fourth of July Memorial Breakfast will take place from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. There is no cost for this event and it serves as a great way to start out your 4^th of July weekend festivities. Be prepared to sing a patriotic song or two. I may pick you out of the audience. More information will be sent out soon concerning this event.

Invitations were sent out to both Congressman Blackburn and Tom Leatherwood for a debate to be held at Bartlett City Hall that would be sponsored by our club. I will keep you posted if it comes to fruition.

As always, I appreciate the club’s hard work and invite everyone to bring a friend and get involved. Membership is only $15.00 per year. Please join us next month on July 21^st as Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald will speak to the club. Mayor McDonald’s strong leadership qualities and expert advice is something that all the citizens of Bartlett should be extremely proud and appreciative. If you have any speakers in mind for the upcoming months that you would like to hear, let me know and I will try to set it up.

Jeff Jacobs
Chapter President