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United4Delco will have 2024 Take Back Delco, 6-8 p.m., tonight, Jan. 4, at Gatsby’s Bar and Grill, 4936 Pennell Road, Aston, Pa. 19014.
The always great Donna Ellingsen will explain how citizens can be empowered by filling party precinct committee seats if they should be vacant or staffed by someone indifferent to one’s concerns.
The event is free but those attending are asked to order something from the bar or menu.
That should be no problem as the food and drink are good and inexpensive.
Time Of Treason And Hope Was Message At Quarryville Gathering — It was a warm gathering this afternoon, Oct. 14, for those who braved the bitter rains, backroads and buggies of Quarryville, Pa. but what was heard came without a sugarcoating.
“We live in treasonous times,” filmmaker and author Trevor Loudon told them.
The event was sponsored by Patriots of Lancaster County.
Loudon said that there were 100 members of Congress who couldn’t pass a background check for a top secret-clearance and 40 members of the Senate.
He noted the FBI is answerable to them so don’t expect action on that front.
He said Iran and China our aware of this gap in our security and worked to get those elected who either sympathized with them or whom they could control.
Loudon cited Congressmen Jerry Nadler (D-NY12), who chaired the House Judiciary Committee when the Dems had control, and Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-CA28) as two examples of those under their sway.
He said that Joe Biden was working with Russia since the 1970s, Iran since the 1980s and China since the Millennium.
Loudon said that was the reason that Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland has been shutting down every oil lease and uranium mine she can.
Her department controls about 20 percent of the country.
He said that China is running voter registration drives in swing states using data maps made by an American socialist who graduated from George Mason University but is working out of Wuhan University.
Loudon said Democrat-sympathizers often run as Republican in Pennsylvania and win.
He also said it is foolish to avoid social issues, unlike what the professional pols claim, as that is what drives turnout.
People will always vote for God, country and children, he said.
He said that vote fraud must be ended and can be. Florida did it he says. That was why it was the only state with a red wave.
He suggested that vote fraud can be handled nationally with a highly vetted squad of agents “untouchable” to corruption.
Loudon said that courage is required for these times and that courage is proof of faith.
He said the cowardly are listed first in those assigned to Hell in The Book of Revelations.
“You can say you believe . . .all day but until you put your job on the line, your reputation on the line or your life on the line they are just words,” he said.
Security consultant J R McGee described a likely strategy by Israel regarding the horror inflicted on that nation, Oct. 7, by Hamas terrorists from neighboring Gaza.
Israel will give residents of Gaza City 72 hours to evacuate and be put into tent camps in the southern Gaza desert, McGee said. Israel will then march into Gaza City considering everything to be a potential military target.
McGee noted that Hamas along with Lebanon-based Hezbollah are controlled by Iran.
He said that when Israel invades Gaza, Iran will have no choice but to unleash Hezbollah from the north. This is a much more serious issue as Hezbollah has far more and far better weapons than Hamas.
McGee thinks Iran overplayed its hand, however. He said he is absolutely sure it’s using money Biden gave them
McGee said that America is in the same boat as more than 20,000 military age men from Iran and China were captured by Border Patrol in last two months. He said, though, that those who got away can’t be counted.
“If you don’t think we can experience something that Israel is facing now you haven’t been paying attention,” he said.
He said that Hamas, Hezbollah and the Taliban are absolutely in the United States.
McGee said Iran has become very good at duplicating our stuff, and that the things Biden left behind in the evacuation of Afghanistan is being studied by the Iranians, Chinese and Russians.
He urged all to vote, even if they didn’t like either candidate.
“In the primary support the perfect candidate,” he said “In the general vote for the one that is not the greatest evil.”
When you don’t vote, the greater evil wins, he said.
He said to vote even if you think there is cheating.
“We are on the winning side,” he said.
McGee was followed by a panel of state representatives Wendy Fink (R-94), Dawn Keefer (R-92), Mike Jones (R-98), Tom Jones (R-98) and David Zimmerman (R-99), all of whom are members of the Pennsylvania House Freedom Caucus.
They said that Pennsylvania had the largest freedom caucus of any state legislature.
Zimmerman noted that the establishment is scared of the grassroots and will pull out all stops to keep power.
Mrs. Fink’s primary victory of long-term incumbent Stan Saylor in 2022 has absolutely terrified them.
Mrs. Fink she had little interest in politics before 2020 when the establishment’s actions regarding Covid and that year’s election woke her up.
“I was happily living in Wendy’s World,” she said.
But she got involved and caused an earthquake.
She was later teased by another caucus member about “Wendy’s World”.
“Wendy’s World was nice,” she said.
Discussed was Gov. Josh Shapiro’s unlegislated mandate of automatic voter registration at driver’s licensing. Nobody is certain how Shapiro specifically instituted the policy. Was it a phone call? A memo?
One would think there would be some legal challenge by the opposition. Mrs. Keefer said that neither Republican leadership in the House nor Senate was interested, however.
She said the Freedom Caucus is looking at a lawsuit using private lawyers.
On the other hand, motor voter registration has gone overwhelmingly R.
On the other hand, Pennsylvania’s Statewide Uniform Registry of Electors or SURE system has gone down three times in October.
Yes, it’s suspicious.
“SURE System just reeks,” Mrs. Keefer said.
Mrs. Keefer said one goal of the Freedom Caucus is to have ballots counted at precincts rather than at centralized centers like the Wharf.
Tom Jones said lukewarm Republicans are worse than Democrats.
Mike Jones condemned child porn and condemned the legislators who make excuses for inaction, especially regarding school libraries.
Attorney Josh Prince, who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Commonwealth Court in the primary, described his Russian Roulette blog series regarding the strident reaction by the GOP establishment to the grassroots.
He said it seems that supposedly Republican supporters such as Commonwealth Partners inevitably back weaker candidates in primaries setting them up for inevitable November defeats.
Prince suggested that York County District Attorney Dave Sunday be the GOP Attorney General nominee for 2024. He said Sunday squelched the attempts of state oppression in his county during Covid.
He also brought up the Pennsylvania GOP’s strange, early endorsement of equity fund CEO Dave McCormick for U.S. senator.
Prince said he understands the endorsement vote was not unanimous as had been claimed. He said the voice vote was declared over before the asking for nays, and there most certainly were nays.
Ron Boltz of PA Liberty Fund described his organization’s training sessions and how it has been actively campaigning against State Rep. Bryan Cutler (R-100), who had been Speaker of the House until Republicans lost it last year.
Boltz noted that Cutler spent money to defend endangered incumbents in primaries, rather than use it for the general. He thinks this was a big reason for the GOP defeat.
Cutler will face a primary challenge next spring from Dave Nissley who was introduced along with Carmela Ciliberti.
Carmela will be again challenge long-time incumbent John Lawrence in the 13 District State House GOP primary.
She recommended Tactics by Gregory Koukl for all political newbies.
Time Of Treason And Hope Was Message At Quarryville Gathering
RightForBucks GOP Bylaws Project — Andy Meehan has let us know that RightForBucks of Bucks County, Pa. has a new webpage concerning Pennsylvania GOP bylaws.
Check it out at this link.
“Patriots from all over the Commonwealth should be following our lawsuit and filing their own when they discover that their bylaws are illegitimate, unregistered, non-compliant,” Andy says.
PA Freedom Caucus Legislator Roundtable In Lanco Open To Public –Peggy and Cheryl of Patriots of Lancaster County will host an election integrity roundtable with eight Freedom Caucus Pennsylvania legislators, 1-5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 14 at King’s Farm, 448 Springville Road, Quarryville, Pa., 17566.
Sam Faddis will be moderator.
There will also be speakers including Josh Prince, Charlie and Maryann Strange, JR McGee, and Trevor Loudon.
Grassroot leaders from many Pennsylvania counties will provide updates.
There will be an important announcement from a very special guest.
The event is free and open to the public, rain or shine.
Send questions for the legislators to PatriotsOfLancasterCounty@gmail.com.
PA Freedom Caucus Legislator Roundtable In Lanco
Election Watcher Training Oct. 5 — An election watcher training session will be held 6-8 p.m., Oct. 5 at Gatsby’s Bar and Grill, 4936 Pennell Road, Aston, Pa. 19014.
It’s sponsored by United4Delco and The Delco Election Deepdivers.
It’s free but one is asked to thank the host by ordering something from the menu.
The municipal election is Nov. 7.
Volunteers are needed to watch the logic and accuracy testing of the voting equipment; drop boxes; counting at the Wharf; and the post-election audit.
Attendees, at the least, will have a better understanding as to how Delaware County elections work.
Election Watcher Training Oct. 5
Corrupt County Leadership May Kill Pa GOP Says Ex-Candidate — Berks County attorney Joshua Prince has blogged — here and here — about his experiences as a Republican May 16 primary candidate for Commonwealth Court.
He expresses dismay about the Pennsylvania GOP’s future as he has found that the entrenched party leadership — on the state level and in many counties — to be more concerned about keeping power and their dwindling perks than winning.
Prince says this leadership is trying to remove party activists they see as a threat to their rice bowl. Many of these activists are elected committepeople.
He echos things about what we have long written. See here and here and here and here and here for just some examples.
Prince, actually, mentions Montco and Chesco as places where the leaders put self-interests ahead of their supporters. He also mentions places such as Cumberland County where it might not be expected by those who hold romanticized views of the Pennsylvania T.
He says many of the party activists under attack are saying they’ll quite the party and support independent candidates if the attacks don’t stop.
These are the most dedicated workers come campaign time.
Prince has appealed to state GOP Chairman Lawrence Tabas to intervene.
We wrote about this as it applies to Philadelphia a decade ago.
Surprisingly for some, the Delco GOP is not on Prince’s list of villains.
It’s not on ours either.
It may not be a perfectly functional family but it remains a family. New Chairman Frank Agovino appears to be listening to activist concerns. The party leadership has even dipped its toe into election integrity, and effectively.
Corrupt County Leadership May Kill Pa GOP Says Ex-Candidate
Corrupt County Leadership May Kill Pa GOP Says Ex-Candidate
Concerned Citizen Seminar July 22 — Donna Ellingsen will be leading a seminar, July 22, at Media VFW Post 3460, 22 Hilltop Ave.., Media, Pa. 19063 for concerned citizens interested in becoming political influencers.
It runs from 9 a.m. to noon.
“In just three hours we can introduce to you a real method for influencing your local government,” she says.
The seminar answers how we got into this mess, why are the choices so poor at election time, why don’t candidates stand up for values, and how do we get better people on the ballot.
“The strategy is not rocket science,” she says. “It does not demand a lot of your time. It is something every citizen can help with.”
There will be coffee and light refreshments before the seminar starts and during a break.
Donna is not accepting a fee but there will be a donation basket to help cover rental for the hall.
To RSVP, call Pat Bleasdale at 484-459-9563 or Bleasie@Gmail.com
Concerned Citizen Seminar July 22
Only Active Citizens Can Save America From Socialist Tyranny –Chester County activist and Republican Committeewoman Donna Ellingsen told the crowd at Gatsby’s, last night, July 6, that she was born in what was then British Guiana and everything was fine.
Donna was the guest speaker at United4Delco’s Active Citizen Workshop held at the bar and grill on Pennell Road in Aston, Pa.
She said after independence her native land became the Socialist Republic of Guyana. Life got harder. Goods disappeared. Money became useless. The nation’s biggest export became its people. She noted that its population was just under a million when she was a girl and that it hasn’t changed much.
Actually, it seems to have gone down. The most recent data shows it at 789,683 which is less than Montco.
Anyway, Donna was one of the exports and she ended up in neighboring Venezuela.
And everything was fine.
The nation was awash in petrodollars. The restaurants rivaled those of New York and Milan.
Then socialism arrived.
Donna says that the first sign that socialism has arrived is the toilet paper shortage.
So she emigrated to the United States. Legally, she notes.
And everything was fine.
Then in 2008 Barack Obama was elected president and she saw the creeping approach of corrupting socialism coming to our nation. From here there is no where to flee.
So she became politically active. She unseated an incumbent to become committeewoman for Elks Township and succeeded to the point where Democrats no longer contest seats in her district.
She now gives talks and seminars throughout southeastern and central Pennsylvania about how easy it is for the average citizen to fight back. Canvassing neighbors can be fun and makes a big difference, she says. Many residents are not even aware that an election is about to happen or how the wrong candidate can seriously make their lives harder. When the canvasser tells them they end up voting.
She points out that it isn’t even that hard to actually run for office and that one doesn’t need a lot of money to do so at the local level.
But even stuffing mailings and door hangers can be helpful.
This year’s election is Nov. 7. On the ballot in Pennsylvania include races for judges, county and municipal officials, and school boards.
These races are often overlooked by the average citizen and are far more important than many seem to realize.
Joy Schwartz who is running for Delaware County Council and Kathryn Buckley, who is one of five seeking to break the monolithic block of Democrats on the Rose Tree Media School Board, also spoke.
Those interested in helping should contact United4Delco@gmail.com.
Only Active Citizens Can Save America From Socialist Tyranny
United4Delco Hosts Citizen Workshop — United4Delco will host an “active citizen workshop,” 6-8 p.m., Thursday, July 6, at Gatsby’s Bar and Grill, 4936 Pennell Road, Aston, 19014 with Donna Ellingsen.
The many manageable tasks that people can do to make their communities better by fighting the corruption rampant in government and politics will be explained.
The event — which is organized by Wendy Willauer and Joe Dychala – free.
For information email Unitred4Delco@gmail.com or visit United4Delco’s Facebook page.
United4Delco Has Inaugural Meeting — Kudos to Joe Dychala and Wendy Willhauer for organizing the inaugural meeting of United4Delco held tonight, June 1, at warm and friendly Gatsby’s Bar & Grill, 4936 Pennell Road, Aston, Pa. 19014.
About 40 filled the banquet hall. Joe described his write-in campaign in the May 16 GOP primary for Aston 7th Ward Commissioner in which he got nearly a third of the vote against 16-year incumbent Mike Higgins.
The main speakers were election integrity activists Leah Hoopes and Greg Stenstrom, authors of The Parallel Election. While much of what they said would be familiar to readers of this site, Greg and Leah each described the very real personal costs they endured during their campaign.
The County can go a long way in easing legitimate suspicions regarding how it runs elections simply by not fighting right to know requests especially when arbiters rule against them, and by not ignoring requests for documents in bald rejection of the law.
How can one not be suspicious?
Oh, an update on this morning’s story: We have been told that Delaware County Director of Elections Jim Allen has contacted Greg along with GOP County Council candidate Joy Schwartz and agreed to allow them to count — and photograph — the ballot envelopes. That wasn’t so hard, now, was it?