Just in time for the 2008 elections, Virginia once again has an active chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: D. J. McGuire (djmcguire_1999@yahoo.com)Republican Liberty Caucus Organizes in Virginia
(ARLINGTON, December 1, 2007) — The Republican Liberty Caucus of Virginia was reorganized today in a formal meeting taking place in conjunction with the Republican Party of Virginia’s 24th Annual Advance. Twenty political activists from all parts of the state met to elect a new slate of officers: D.J. McGuire of Spotsylvania County as chairman, Bert Mueller of Williamsburg as vice chairman, Rick Sincere of Charlottesville as secretary, and Cliff Dunn of Newport News as treasurer.
“Today was the beginning of the end for big government in Virginia,” said McGuire, who as the “right-wing liberal” (www.right-wing-liberal.blogspot.com) was one of the first opponents in the blogosphere of HB3202, the omnibus transportation bill passed in 2007. “For too long, Republicans who voted for higher taxes could claim to be friends of limited government. Those days are over. Thomas Jefferson lived, thrived, and died here. His vision has lived and thrived there; we will make sure it doesn’t die here.”
The Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) is a grassroots, nationwide organization affiliated with the Republican Party (GOP). The goal of the RLC is to elect pro-liberty individuals to public office. The RLC was founded in 1990, and now has members in every state.
“With the loss of a majority in the state Senate and a shrinking majority in the House of Delegates, it is clear that the Virginia Republican Party needs to re-examine itself and return to its pro-liberty, small-government roots, in the tradition of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan,” said McGuire. “RLC members are Goldwater-Reagan Republicans who will work diligently to emphasize conservative principles and recruit likeminded individuals as candidates and political activists.”
The next step for the RLC of Virginia is to apply for official chartered status from the national organization, which is expected to be granted before the end of the year.
For more information, … visit the RLC’s national web site at http://www.rlc.org.
The RLC of Virginia has also set up a Wordpress blog that I am glad to be a part of.
H/T: Rick Sincere
