JOHN OXENDINE TO SPEAK AT GOP DINNER IN CAMDEN COUNTY: TEA PARTY PATRIOTS TO HOST RAY McBERRY

By R. A. Pearson

The Camden County Republican Party will be having their annual dinner on February 20, 2010, at the Osprey Room at Osprey Cove in St. Mary’s, Georgia. A social hour begins at 6:00 p.m. and the dinner starts at 7:00 p.m. The guest speaker for the event will be Georgia Insurance Commissioner and Republican candidate for the party’s nomination for governor, John Oxendine. Oxendine is from Gwinnett County.

Oxendine is in a crowded field of at least seven Republicans vying for the gubernatorial nomination; however, he is believed to be the early leader due to name recognition. Other candidates include Karen Handel, Georgia’s Secretary of State, from Roswell, State Senator Jeff Chapman of Brunswick, State Senator and former President pro tempore of the Senate Eric Johnson, who leads the race in fund raising from Savannah, and Congressman Nathan Deal from northern Georgia.

The cost for the event is $50 a plate. To purchase tickets contact Adam Jacobson at adamjacobson@hotmail.com .

The Camden County GOP will hold its February Grits & Bits Breakfast Meeting on Saturday February 6, 2010, at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie in St. Mary’s (behind the police station in the industrial park). The breakfast will begin at 9:00 a.m. The cost is $7.00. The guest Speaker for the breakfast is William Ligon a candidate for GA State Senate District 3. William Ligon served as Municipal Court Judge for the City of Brunswick for 16 years. He has practiced law in Brunswick since 1988 and is the Senior Partner of Ligon, Middleton and Lindberg, law firm. He is on the Board of Heritage Christian Academy, a fully accredited K-12 school in Brunswick. Ligon is a member of the Coastal Georgia Gun Club, the National Rifle Association, and Gideons International.

Also of interest, the Camden County Tea Party Patriots (CCTP) will be hosting GOP gubernatorial candidate Ray McBerry on Feb 8th, 2010, at 4:00 p.m. at the Camden County Annex Building. McBerry is president of Ray McBerry Enterprises, Inc. a company that produces radio and television commercials, primarily in the Atlanta market. His web site is http://georgiafirst.org/governor/enter.shtml.

The GOP will be having other candidates for various posts at both their Grits & Bits breakfasts and their Camden County Republican Women forums. Check the Clarion Issue blog and with the Camden County GOP for the time and place of these events. The Republican Party in Camden County’s web site is www.GOPCamden.org .