Archive for April, 2008

Preserve the Constitution

Friday, April 11th, 2008

An article in the Edwardsville paper reports on a resolution debated at a Madison County committee meeting concerning the 2cd amendment.   The resolution was not passed out of committee.  Nonbinding resoutions have been debated and passed by the County board in the past.   What do you think about this issue?

Dwight Kay

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Dwight Kay is the Republican candidate for State Representative in the 112th district.  Kay is running on a pro-business platform.  What issue should Kay address during the campaign?    

Media Not Working

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

In this age of electronic media, cell phones, internet bloggers,  24 hour cable and  you tube, the actual quality of news coverage is going down.  A fine article by Tony Blankly discusses the implications of this.

How do we compare?

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Article in St. Louis Post discusses the abuse of the sick leave policy and how it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to the taxpayers.  The policy is outdated and virtually unheard of in private industry.  How does Madison County and the local communities do in comparison?

Housecleaning

Friday, April 4th, 2008

MadisonCountyRepublicans.com has been doing some housecleaning, including moving to a new server, which has brought us up to date for 2008.  Unfortunately, our content from the 2006 election cycle has not migrated with us, nor has the registrations for the several authors and commenters.  We encourage you to re-register with us and we’ll soon be […]