Encouraging Results

Now that the November elections are behind us, it’s time for us to take a critical look at both our efforts and the results of those efforts.  What can we learn? Continue reading →

By Dick Ford

We lost. That never feels good. But let’s be sure we look defeat in the eye and see what it may mean.

The big money transit campaign was a bust.

Back in March, the pro-taxers reported that their poll showed that 59.7% of Durham voters would support a half-cent sales tax increase, while 33.6% were opposed. A 26% lead.

Emboldened, the pro-taxers launched an expensive campaign fueled by thousands from billionaire and multinational corporations, the power of the City and County governments and the usual left wing Continue reading →

The November Durham County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, November 15th at 7:00 pm. We will meet at

Healthy Start Academy
807 West Chapel Hill Street,
Durham, NC.

All registered Republicans are invited to attend.

David Larson offers his view of Occupy Durham on our public forum.

The Triangle Republican Women
Meet Monday, November 14th
6:30 Dinner
7:00 Program and meeting
Carolina Ale House

IMPORTANT EVENT:
ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS

A local Christian political group, Worldview Training, invites interested conservatives and members of the GOP to attend their documentary video presentations; their invitation follows.

Documentary video Presentations free to the public

Where: Mount Zion Christian Church 3519 Fayetteville Street Durham, NC 27707

Enter the Church from the parking lot side door and go to the green room.

When: Friday Night November 11, 2011

Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Indoctrinate U: Our Eduction, Their Politics

A hard-hitting yet humorous expose of the breathtaking abuses of power in higher ed, Evan Coyne Maloney’s “Indoctrinate U” shows what you won’t see in the glossy marketing brochures of American colleges and universities.

When unsuspecting students and professors run afoul of the campus thought police, the results would make for great comic farce – if real careers weren’t at stake. Produced by On the Fence Films with the support of the Moving Picture Institute. “Indoctrinate U” makes the campus culture wars – often treated as an abstract, hopelessly partisan battle – intensely personal and unforgettably human.

We Can Defeat the Tax Increases

As you know, this year’s ballot has two tax referendums.  You also know where the Durham Republican Party stands on these initiatives.  (In case you need a reminder, click here for our information sheets.)

However, did you know that as of the end of the early voting period only 5,139 votes had been cast?  This represents a turnout of 3.2%. If the Durham Republicans turn out on Tuesday, we can defeat these two tax increases!  So if you haven’t voted yet, please make every effort to get to the polls on Tuesday. … And reach out to a friend or two and encourage them to do the same.

The conservative movement in Durham is growing.  Continue reading →

All Interested Republicans and Other Conservatives
Meeting: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
11:30 a.m. for Lunch

Hope Valley Country Club, Durham

Speaker: Bill Lumaye
Conservative Talk Radio Show Host on WPTF 680

Please RSVP by Monday: Lunch costs $20
Please email your reservation to bthoreson@earthlink.net

Watch Voters Decide on Transit Referendum on PBS. See more from Black Issues Forum.

Stop the BID is a loose association of Durham property owners, tenants, and nonprofit groups within the Business Improvement District (BID) boundaries who are opposed to the additional real and personal property tax proposed by the Durham City Council. See their website for more information about this proposed 12.6% tax increase.