Presidents’ Day Annual Banquet Set for Monday, February 17, 2014
Tables are filling up fast towards a possible sellout, so get your reservations in soon to hear our featured speaker Star Parker. She is the president of, the Center for Urban Renewal & Education (CURE), a non-profit think tank that promotes market-based public policy to fight poverty.
She also spoke at the 1996 Republican National Convention and ran for Congress as a Republican in California’s liberal 37th District. She’s debated Jesse Jackson, fought for school choice on Larry King Live, and defended welfare reform on the Oprah Winfrey Show. She also confronted Michael Moore on healthcare reform on The View with host Barbara Walters. She is the author of three books: Pimps, Whores & Welfare Brats; Uncle Sam's Plantation; and White Ghetto, and is currently working on a fourth: How the Poor Get Rich.
The banquet begins with a member bar at 6:00pm followed by a 7:00pm gourmet dinner including wine. Dress: semi-formal (jacket & tie). Ticket prices are $125 per person. For an extra $25 you can attend the 530pm Reception for Star Parker. Checks (payable to SIRC) should be mailed or tubed to Mary Ann Senkowski at 8 Mainsail Crossing, Savannah, GA 31411. For reservations, contact Tom Osborn at 598-1799 or tomosborn@bellsouth.net.
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True Perspectives Seminar Series
Future seminars are planned on:
· Georgia 2014 Legislative Session
· Georgia Insurance Regulator’s View of Obamacare
· The Hospitals’ View of ObamaCare
· U.S. Education Perspective on Core Curriculum
· Savannah’s Port Expansion as an Integral Part of the U.S. Economy and Regional Development
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2014 Election Process Begins – March 27 – Plantation Ballroom, 500pm
Debate will be sponsored by SIRC among the six candidates for the U.S. House Seat being vacated by Jack Kingston’s running for the U.S. Senate. Each candidate will submit written responses to five key questions in advance. Attendees can then question each of them further about their positions, once they have made brief opening remarks. The candidates: Buddy Carter, Darwin Carter, Jeff Chapman, Bob Johnson, Earl Martin and John McCallum.
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Savannah’s Port – Poised for Major Expansion
On January 9, a contingent of the SIRC Board attended a full tour of the Savannah Container Port. It is the largest single facility of its kind in the U.S., handling the fourth largest number of containers in the U.S. and America’s second largest export tonnage. It is poised to handle the huge demand increase for East Coast ports from the West Coast when the Panama Canal expands to handle larger ships.
Savannah’s Special Distinguishing Features:
· Only one with double rail yards attached to a port;
· Nine individual berths can handle the largest ships already at high tide, and with deepening, all the largest ships traversing the upgraded Panama Canal.
· Georgia Ports Authority is both owner and operator
· Largest client relationship facility to handle customer needs and implement innovative suggestions
· Westernmost port on the East Coast, with a huge weather and traffic advantage over competitors Charleston, Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.
· Handles 38% of all U. S. poultry exports.
· First to use gigantic straddle cranes to expedite container transfers.
· Generates over $1.5 billion in added revenue throughout Georgia, with only 1,000 employees.
· No funding needed from state; as a state Authority, functions as nimbly as a private enterprise.
· Can do regional planning with potential competitor/collaborator for a possible South Carolina Jasper County port facility on the other side of the Savannah River. Its creation can help both states meet future East Coast demand and help create hundreds of thousands jobs in the region.
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Membership Dues
Statements for 2014 dues have been mailed; some have paid already. Options were: Regular family: $40, Sustaining: $100, Life Sustaining: $60. If you’ve not paid yet, mail a check made out to SIRC at PO Box 15165, Savannah, GA 31416; or tube the check to Mary Ann Senkowski at 8 Mainsail Crossing; or drop dues check at the check-in table at Presidents’ Day Banquet, Feb. 17; or pay on line at our website: skidawayrepublicanclub.com.
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Key Future Dates
January 18 – Jack Kingston Family Barbeque, 11am to 2pm, 519 Landings Drive, Fort Valley, Georgia
To attend, RSVP to Kris@JackKingston.org.
January 20 - MLK Parade; watch for the CCRP Float, starts at 10am, Anderson & Ogeechee; May to W Gwinnett; N on MLK; E on Liberty; N on Montgomery; E on Broughton; S on E Broad.
February 8 – CCRP Saturday, 900am, Johnnie Harris; Views of a Black Conservative: Tim Johnson
February 17 – SIRC Presidents’ Day Banquet, 6:00pm, Plantation Club
March 27 - True Perspectives Debate on GOP Primary Candidates, 500pm, Plantation Ballroom
March 29 – Georgia GOP Debate for Georgia’s Republican U.S. Senate Candidates in Savannah
May 20 – Georgia Republican Primary
July 22 – Georgia Runoff election if necessary.
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