Marin Republican Party

Well.... that happened.!!!!!!!

201 Trump signs in Marin. 170+ Garvey signs. Every Podshadley and Chris Coulombe to U.S. Congress sign we could get.

We're in the final few hours of pre election day electioneering now.

If you've done nothing else --if you don't have time to do anything else-- please vote and vote the whole ticket. (This election is about more than just the presidential race.)

If you are reading this you are on our "Novato" list &, probably, live in Novato. Measure M is on the table in Novato because politicians call it "leaving money on the table" when they let you keep some of YOUR money in your pocket.

The "Yes On M" people have spent a lot of money pushing a sales tax hike. We don't have much money to fight it. (We're trying to get out the vote. We're supporting our presidential candidates --yay, as of yesterday we put up TWO HUNDRED Trump signs in Marin alone, we've also put up 170 Garvey signs, more Coulombe and Podshadley signs than we can count, and some "Yes On 36" signs-- and helping various local candidates.)

Yes, all the local Republican candidates went on the slate mailer this year. Yesterday I was personally out walking knocking on two hundred doors for a local Republican candidate. (Great exercise. Means I didn't have time to read the crackpot insults on Facebook slung my way until I got home late last night. When, I did read them... I laughed. I walked six miles yesterday, it was awesome. You can get out and do something too!)

County-wide we're facing an alphabet soup of new taxes. Measure M is just the Novato problem. We got an op ed published about it a few months ago, we're opposing it on our slate mailer. We also had special "No On M" cards printed and some local businesses put them on display.

If you want some "No On M" cards we still have a few hundred left --we got a great deal on printing-- and we're giving them away in stacks to anyone who wants to do local outreach.

Want some No On M cards?

Email us your name and address and we'll have someone drop a bag off on your doorstep within hours.

I got an op ed published in the IJ in June about the proposed sales tax hike --back then we didn't even know what the sales tax hike would be called. For the record, the proposed Novato sales tax hike is now labeled Measure M.

Having an opinion about sales taxes was a personal local fight on my part. So I didn't bother to have my "title" of "MarinGOP Secretary" --you call this a title?-- attached to my name when my op ed was published in the IJ. The committee hadn't taken a position on the sales tax hike yet, and it wouldn't be appropriate for me to appropriate whatever "veneer of authority" my volunteer title has for my own personal opinions about retail.

Fastforward to August, the Marin County Republican Central Committee had our big "ballot measure meeting" --once every two years, we go through everything that will be on the upcoming ballot and decide whether we will oppose, support or go neutral. The Central Committee opted to go No On M. You can click here to see all of our ballot recommendations for the alphabet soup of local ballot measures.

At the ballot measure meeting we don't just decide how we "feel" about various propositions & measures, we decide how we're going to spend the committee's hard earned money doing something to get the word out about local and state issues. Long before we knew what would be on the ballot, we were raising the money for our official Republican voter guide that went out to all registered Republicans in the mail recently. Double sided, full color. (If you a registered Republican you got one in the mail October, just when the ballots dropped.)

But, we're a grassroots organization. And it is amazing how many people will spend big money to support an effort to get more of your tax dollars.

If you live in Novato you probably got a glossy pro Measure M thing in the mail recently. The MarinGOP is opposing Measure M on our regular slate, but we're also trying to do some local grassroots outreach on our alphabet soup of local ballot measures we are opposing.

So we earmarked more money for specific issue cards about Measure M --we're also doing No On B, No On 5 & Yes On 36 issue cards.

We're thrilled to say that several local business owners are prominently displaying our No On M issue cards. (See pictures above and below.)

(If you want some "No On M" cards to display or hand out to friends and neighbors and fellow voters, just email us. As soon as possible!!!!)

Remarkably, the MarinIJ weighed in recently with their editorial board opinions about Measure M. And, for a change, we agree on something.

Yes, I'm opposing Measure M for a number of reasons.

*Measure M displays a lack of creativity in the revenue model.

*Measure M is regressive.

*Measure M is, in my opinion, a band-aid on a systemic problem. (Poor management of resources.)

*Measure M has no sunset clause.

The IJ editorial board just picked one main reason, the lack of a sunset clause. But, whatever the reason, we somehow, without collusion, came to a consensus.

My reaction, was OMG, they agree with me? Color me shocked.

See you at the polls.

~Sarah Nagle

Soon to be Ex Secretary, MarinGOP

P.s. Let us know if you want some No On M cards, No On B Cards, No On 5 cards, or Yes on 36 cards! We deliver.