We will be participating in the West Des Moines Independence Day Parade, the Urbandale Independence Day Parade, and Ankeny Summerfest.Parade.

We are looking for donations of candy to be brought to the Central Committee meeting on June 28th.  Candy is one of the most popular items handed out during each of the parades and your fellow Republicans will appreciate any donations of candy that you can bring to the meeting.

Please note that because of the heat typical at this time of year, candy that melts is not preferred.  Consequently, it is preferred that donations of candy bars and chocolates be avoided.  Otherwise, we can use all of the candy we can get.

There will be a collection bin at the entry door to the Central Committee meeting on Tuesday.  Help your fellow Republicans reach out to as many voters as possible by taking the time to bring some candy to the meeting.

For those not attending the Central Committee meeting, you may drop off a donation at the meeting location between 6:30 pm and 7 pm.  The meeting is held at the downtown Holiday Inn (1005 6th Avenue, Des Moines)

Your Polk County Republican Party will have a presence at the West Des Moines Independence Day Parade.  Help us make our presence known, solicit volunteers, and increase our voter base by volunteering to be walkers, collect contact information or with the distribution of literature.

Date of Parade:  July 3, 2011

Time of Parade:  5:30 PM

Parade Beginning:  Valley West Drive and Ashworth Road.

Volunteer Contact:  Mary Whisenand, marywhisenand@mediacombb.net

The Urbandale Independence Day Parade will be held on July 4th. 

The parade begins at approximately 10AM near the Street Car Art South of 70th & Douglas.

Polk County GOP is looking for volunteers to help as walkers and with literature distribution.

Those wishing to help may contact Brad Boustead at:  bjboustead@gmail.com

Information on the parade and festivities in Urbandale are here.

Help the Polk County Republicans Spread the Word of Freedom, Jobs, Reduced Government and Lower Taxes to the attendees at the Urbandale July 4th parade.

Contact Brad today!!

Urbandale Republicans

The Polk County Republican Party today released a statement regarding its position on traffic cameras that are used increasingly in the county.

Co-Chair David Funk released this statement:

The Polk County Republican Party is opposed to traffic cameras used for revenue producing purposes. Every municipality in Polk County needs to change their thinking and realise that they don’t have a revenue problem, but instead they have a spending problem.

Further questions can be directed to the Polk County Republican Party Co-Chairman; Dave.Funk@polkgop.com

Our next Central Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 from 7:00p – 9:00p at the Holiday Inn Downtown Des Moines (1005 6th Avenue, Des Moines).

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Strong America Now Deficit Free Summit

Strong America Now is an organization dedicated to using contemporary management principles to reduce the budget deficit in Washington.

They will be sponsoring a summit here in Des Moines, IA on June 18th at the Polk County Convention Center…

You are invited to the

Deficit Free America Summit

sponsored by

Strong America Now

A proven plan to reduce wasteful spending in the federal government  by $500 billion per year.

June 18, 2011

9AM – 5PM

Polk County
Convention Complex

Des Moines, Iowa

Moderator – Hugh Hewitt

Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host

Presentations by Presidential Candidates

Click Here to Register Now

Following are the votes of Polk County House members on the Omnibus Budget Bill – HF 697 – which was an agreed upon budget between House Republicans and the Governor:

Voting Yea – For HF 697

Peter Cownie – R

Chris Hagenow – R

Erik Helland – R

Kevin Koester – R

Scott Raecker – R

Voting nay – Against HF 697

Ako Abdul-Samad - D

Ruth Ann Gaines - D

Bruce L. Hunter - D

Kevin M. McCarthy - D

Jo Oldson - D

Janet Petersen - D

Kim Pearson - R

Absent

Rick Olson - D

The Omnibus budget passed the legislature with a constitutional majority.