Maine College Republicans

One of our most highly respected activists, Shane Sickles, passed away this weekend from a heart condition. He is remembered by many current and past members as having been passionate about the Maine College Republicans. He was a committed volunteer who always showed up first and stayed the longest. Without Shane at the forefront of volunteer efforts in 2006 we would not have had the victories in both the Bangor area and across the state.

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Thanks to Robert for making this convention a success. And thank you to the candidates who energized us for the upcoming election. Congratulations to Adam Tilsey for being the activist of the year, to University of Maine Farmington for getting chapter of the year and to Bowdoin College who successfully hosted the convention and achieved the most improved chapter.

The newly elected state committee is as follows:
Chairman: Brendan O’Brien
Vice Chair: Tyler Leclair
Treasurer: Ben Kelleher
Secretary: Robert Flores

For details on the convention check out http://mainecr.org/convention2010/

12:00: Call to Convention
12:05: Representative for Les Otten
12:20: Peter Mills
12:35: William Beardsley
12:50: Paul LePage
1:05 : Lunch
1:40 : Convention Business
1:50 : Matt Jacobson
2:05 : Representative for Bruce Poliquin
2:20 : Steve Abbot
2:35 : Party Chairman, Charlie Webster
2:50 : Presentation Of the Awards
3:00 : Adjournment

Click here for detail and to RSVP

http://mainecr.org/convention2010/

Every year College Republicans from across Maine gather to reflect on past accomplishments, and set goals for the future of the organization. Our convention is a focal point for leaders from over a dozen campuses as well as candidates, elected officials, and political groups. This year our convention will be held April 25th at Bowdoin College in Cram Alumni House, 83 Federal St, Brunswick, Maine.

Today at 10:45PM the House of Reps broke out into chant heard far to frequently during the most recent presidential campaign, “yes we can”.  Since it was Obama who managed to secure the last few votes needed to squeeze this through in the late hours it seems only fitting.  What more can a person ask for than a verbal promise from the President to make an executive order?  As stated by one of the many frothing congressmen who opposed the bill, an executive order promised by the president means nothing.  To a non-insider it seem to be just a ploy in order to give the Democrats who “convinced” the President a bargaining chip to be used in their next election; if they’re lucky they may be able to wave this around a bit and not be kicked out by their constituency.

I’m sick of politics.