Rep. Allen West to speak here Monday
Former U.S. Rep. and frequent Fox News commentator Allen West will be the guest speaker Monday night at the annual Hamilton County GOP Majority Keepers fundraiser.
“The Hamilton County Republican Party is honored to have such a dynamic conservative speaker for our Majority Keepers event this year,” county party chairman Marsha Yessick said on the party’s website.
“Not only is he a distinguished veteran and great American, West has been a leading voice for Republicans to unite behind what he calls ‘constitutional conservatism’ rather than following the political establishment on the key issues facing our country today.”
The retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel also is a contributing columnist for Townhall.com and author of “Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin’s Journey to Family, Faith and Freedom.” He is the former executive director of the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas.
The dinner begins at 6 p.m. at The Walden Club. Tickets are $125 for general admission or $500 per couple, which includes admission to the VIP reception at 5 p.m.
To purchase tickets, email hcgop@hcgop.com or call 423-266-9351.
Whitfield GOP plans training
The Whitfield County Republican Party is holding a training session on grassroots involvement Monday with Josh Finley, state director of the Republican National Committee.
All Republicans in the 14th Congressional District are invited to attend the event at party headquarters, 515 Benjamin Way, Suite 3010, in Dalton.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the training event starts at 6.
The Whitfield County Republican Party also will have a booth at the Northwest Georgia Fair from Thursday through Oct. 28. Volunteers are needed to staff the booth. Anyone interested should call fair chairman Connie DeVaughn at 706-537-7789 to be put on the schedule.
Marion Democrats seek vote builders
The Marion County Democratic Party will hold a session to train local Democrats to build voter turnout in neighborhoods and communities.
Khristy Wilkerson, chair of the Hamilton County Democratic Party, will conduct the training Nov. 4 at the Kimball Town Hall, 675 Main St. in Kimball, Tenn.
Breakfast will be served and training starts at 10 a.m. People are asked to bring laptops to the meeting, or bring paper and pencil to take notes.
Moms to meet against guns
The group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America will hold its monthly meeting from 4-6 p.m. Nov. 11 at Ronald McDonald House, 200 Central Ave. in Chattanooga.
Everyone who is interested in making gun safety a priority, especially keeping children safe from firearms, is invited.
For more information, contact Erin Goddard at egoddard.tn@gmail.com.
Rep. Tom Graves votes for whistleblower bill
U.S. Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., said he voted last week for a bill to protect people who blow the whistle on government mismanagement, waste or abuse.
Graves said he voted for Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act, which was sent to the president’s desk. The bill incorporates stronger whistleblower protections, increases awareness of whistleblower protections and requires punishment of supervisors who retaliate against whistleblowers, Graves said in a news release.
“The American people should be able to trust that public servants can speak out if their coworkers are not acting ethically and honestly,” Graves said in the release.
The bill is named after Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick, a clinical psychologist at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Kirkpatrick was reprimanded after reporting some of his patients were too drugged to treat and was fired after reporting a patient threatened him, Graves said.
A VA investigation later found his concerns were justified, but only after Kirkpatrick committed suicide.