Republican Club
by Brian Harmon
LW contributor
The LW Republican Club’s information and hospitality booth is open every Monday and Wednesday from 11a.m.–2 p.m. in the parking lot near Clubhouse 6. Campaign signs are available for GOP-endorsed candidates. The Republican Club hosted a “Meet the Candidates” forum on Sept. 16. Candidates who attended the event included Rona Goldberg for Los Alamitos Unified School District Board; Nathan Steele for Seal Beach City Council; Diane Dixon for State Assembly; and Scott Baugh for U.S. Congress. Steele was recently endorsed by the Orange County Republican Party.
The club’s monthly meeting was held on Sept. 21 in Clubhouse 3, Room 2. California State Senate candidate Assemblywoman Janet Nguyen was the main speaker. Nguyen secured over $15 million in grants for local schools this year to help them modernize and improve classrooms.
She also helped pass legislation expanding health care for the homeless, mentally ill and for lower-income families.
Nguyen was honored as Legislator of the Year by the American Legion for her dedicated work on behalf of veterans and their families. The legislator earned an “A” rating from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association because of her work to protect Proposition 13 and stop tax increases.
Nguyen said she is proud of her work in writing bipartisan legislation to increase the renters tax credit to help families deal with the high cost of living.
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Janet Nguyen book of the month for September is “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt,” by Arthur C. Brooks. In his book, Brooks voices concern that the divisiveness of political rhetoric and attitudes is hurtful to individuals and the nation as a whole.
Brooks is president of the American Enterprise Institute, which is the largest conservative public policy institute in the United States. The book is available on Amazon and other outlets.
