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Dear Gary,
The next
meeting
of the
San
Fernando
Valley
Republican
Club
will be
on
Tuesday,
January
3, 2012
at
7:00pm
at
Galpin
Ford, 2nd
Floor
Meeting
Room
15555
Roscoe
Blvd (just
east of
the 405)
North
Hills.
There is a
$5.00 event
fee, except
for first
time
visitors,
students and
guest
speakers who
may attend
at no cost.
Our featured
speaker for
December
will be Republican
candidate
for District
Attorney
Alan J.
Jackson.Assistant
Head Deputy
of the Major
Crimes
Division of
the District
Attorney.
Please
review the
announcements
and other
information
below. |
Alan J.
Jackson,
Candidate
for District
Attorney
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Alan
J.
Jackson |
Major
Crimes
Division
Alan is a
veteran
prosecutor,
having been
with the Los
Angeles
County
District
Attorney's
Office for
15 years. He
is the
Assistant
Head Deputy
of the Major
Crimes
Division,
which
handles the
DA's most
complex and
high-profile
criminal
prosecutions.
During his
career, Alan
has
prosecuted
more than 60
felony
trials, more
than half of
which have
been
murders. For
nearly five
years, Alan
was assigned
to the
Hardcore
Gang
Division
where he
faced and
convicted
some of the
county's
most
hardened and
violent gang
members.
Alan has
also
successfully
led the
prosecution
in some of
Los
Angeles's
most
difficult
and
high-profile
cases. In
2006, he
prosecuted
the killer
of Mickey
Thompson,
the
legendary
racecar
driver who
was executed
along with
his wife,
Trudy, in
1988. Most
recently,
Alan
prosecuted
and
convicted
famed music
producer
Phil
Spector, who
murdered a
woman in the
foyer of his
Alhambra
home. Today,
Alan is a
supervisor
in the Major
Crimes
Division
while he
continues to
carry his
own
caseload.
Away from
the
courtroom,
Alan spends
much of his
time
lecturing on
issues
related to
complex
trial
tactics.
Additionally,
he is a
member of
the Los
Angeles
Leadership
Council for
INMED, a
nonprofit
foundation
dedicated to
providing
medical and
social
services to
underserved
children in
Los Angeles.
He has
published a
chapter in a
college
textbook on
the issue of
Gang
Prosecutions,
and is also
a featured
analyst on
NBC
Dateline's Unsolved
Case Squad,
which first
aired in
April 2009.
Alan was
namedProsecutor
of the Year
2008 by
the
Association
of Deputy
District
Attorneys.
In 2009, he
was named
one of the Top
100 Lawyers
in
California by
the Los
Angeles and
San
Francisco
Daily
Journals,
and recently
the Los
Angeles
County Bar
Association
named him Prosecutor
of the Year
2010.
To find out
more about
Alan
Jackson,
visit his website.
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Townhall
of
Candidates
for the 30th
CD - Jan.
5th |
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Candidates,
Berman,
Sherman,
Reed and
Shelley to
appear.
The
Public
is
invited.
The Woodland
Hills~Tarzana
Chamber will
hold a
Town
Hall
Meeting
among
the
candidates
for the
new 30th
Congressional
District
(CD)
from
6:30 to
8:00 PM,
Thursday,
January
5th in
the
former
Dick's
Sporting
Goods
store,
basement
level of
the
Promenade
Mall,
Warner
Center.
Admission
to the
event is
free.
Valet
Parking
provided
by
Ruth's
Chris
Steak
House.
The
candidates
to be
featured
are
Republicans
Mark
Reed and
Susan
Shelley
and
Democratic
representatives
Howard
Berman
and Brad
Sherman.
This
election
is
unique
because
the new
30th CD
was
created
following
the
recent
redistricting
pits
long
time
members
of the
House of
Representatives
against
one
another.
Both
Sherman
and
Berman
have
their
stalwart
supporters
who
surely
will be
in
attendance.
Mark
Reed and
Susan
Shelley
will be
able to
showcase
their
candidacies
which
each
hopes
will
give
their
campaigns
a boost.
Westfield
Shopping
Centers
has
generously
agreed
to host
the
event
and
Ruth's
Chris
has
offered
to
provide
complimentary
valet
parking.
Read
more
about
the
Townhall here.
Let's
have a
big
turnout
from
SFVRC.
I
encourage
as many
as
possible
to
attend
this
Townhall.
What?
Townhall
of
Candidates
for 30th
Cong.
District.
When?
Thursday,
January
5th,
from
6:30pm -
8:00pm
Where?
Basement
level of
the
Westfield
Promenade
Shopping
Center
in
Woodland
HIlls.
Who?
Howard
Berman
(D),
Brad
Sherman
(D),
Susan
Shelley
(R) and
Mark
Reed (R)
Why?
Why
not?
Note:
At
the
March
SFVRC
meeting,
Republican
candidates
Susan
Shelley
and Mark
Reed
will
present
their
positions
and take
questions.
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Republican
Business
Directory |
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Do
Business
with fellow
Republicans
We are in
the process
of
publishing
our business
directory,
probably in
January.
In these
tough
economic
times we
have decided
to help each
other out
economically.
We are
preparing a
business
roster of
Republicans
for SFVRC
members.
This will be
merged with
a
county-wide
business
directory
that is
being
prepared by
LA County
Republican
Clubs.
We are
encouraging
all of our
members to
patronize
the
businesses
of our
fellow
members and
Republicans.
If you need
goods and
services,
why not have
them
provided by
your fellow
Republicans?
For those of
you who
would like
to have your
business
listed in
our business
directory,
please send
an email
to: to: BUSINESS@SFVRC.ORG.
Provide your
name, the
name and
street
address of
your
business,
your
business
phone
number, your
business web
site
address, and
your email
address.
Also provide
a
description
of the
services you
provide or
the type of
goods you
sell.
We would
like to
publish this
directory
soon, so
please send
in your
information.
Send an
email to business@sfvrc.orgwith
the above
information.
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SFVRC
Calendar of
Events
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Active
Calendar of
Republican
and Club
Events
 We
have set up
a Google
Calendar on
our club web
site. The
calendar is
regularly
maintained
and includes
not only
events of
SFVRC but
many other
Republican
events in
the area.
Organizations
wanting
their
information
included,
please send
the info to
me by email.
To access
the
calendar, go
to http://www.sfvrc.org and
click on
"Calendar"
on the menu,
or go to:http://www.sfvrc.org/calendar.html
The calendar
is in
monthly mode
by default,
but you can
click on
"week" to
see the
calendar by
the week.
If you click
on any event
it will open
up and give
you
details.
The calendar
can also be
printed.
There
are
several
events
occurring
during
the next
few
weeks.
Be sure
and
check
the
calendar
to find
out when
and
where.
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