Montgomery County GOP passes Resolutions Addressing Republican Voters’ Concerns
October 6, 2023 | Media Inquiries: press@mctxgop.org
CONROE, TX - The Montgomery County Republican Party passed five resolutions at the County Executive Committee (CEC) meeting on Tuesday to represent the voice of Republican voters in Montgomery County.
The CEC is the decision-making body of the local Republican Party, made up of the County Chairman and one Precinct Chair from each county election precinct.
Precinct Chairs are elected by Republican voters on the Primary Election ballot to represent each precinct as the voting members of the Montgomery County Republican Party.
Supporting the People of Montgomery County’s Election Security Petition
The Montgomery County Republican Party showed support for election integrity in the county by affixing the Party’s signature on the People of Montgomery County’s Election Security Resolution Petition. The petition asks the Montgomery County Commissioners Court to provide sufficient emergency funds to the county election office to ensure the implementation of named election security provisions before the 2024 Primary Election.
The People of Montgomery County is a group of Montgomery County Republican Party Precinct Chairs and concerned voters who have spent two years investigating the Montgomery County election procedures and equipment.
Resolution to Implement HB 900 in Texas Public Schools
This resolution urges Montgomery County School Boards to direct their superintendents and administrators to ensure removal of all materials that are sexually explicit, pervasively vulgar, and educationally unsuitable from their school and classroom libraries immediately upon identification.
House Bill 900, the Reader Act, was passed during the regular session of the 88th Texas Legislature and set to take effect on September 1, but was temporarily enjoined by a federal judge. On September 26, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the previous injunction, allowing HB 900 to take effect once again.
Texas Family Project President Brady Gray said, “We're thankful that obscene books are once again off limits at public libraries and schools. While this ruling is welcome, we know this fight isn't over and the left is determined to keep explicit content available to children. We'll keep fighting to protect the family and Texas kids.”
School districts have always had the moral imperative and legal right to remove sexually explicit, pervasively vulgar, and educationally unsuitable materials, according to current Texas State Library and Archives Commission guidelines and as supported in the plurality opinion in Pico vs. Board of Education.
Resolution for Medical Freedom
During the regular 88th Legislative Session, House Bill 81, the Texas COVID Vaccine Freedom Act, was voted out of the House Public Health Committee. Senate Bill 177, the Senate companion to HB 81, passed out of the Texas Senate with bipartisan support.
The full Texas House was unable to debate or vote on either bill due to the failure of the House Calendars Committee to place SB 177 on the agenda until the final day for passage, at which point the bill was never brought up for a vote, even though a majority of Republican voters express support for ending both public and private COVID vaccine mandates in Texas.
This resolution demands Texas Governor Greg Abbott convene an extraordinary session of the 88th Legislature to enshrine informed consent into state law and prohibit the administration of a COVID vaccine to any resident of Texas who is under duress or undue influence to consent to vaccination.
Honoring Our Texas Senators for Their Support of AG Ken Paxton Throughout the Impeachment Process
The CEC also passed a resolution honoring Texas Senators Paul Bettencourt (SD 7), Brandon Creighton (SD 4), and Lois Kolkhorst (SD 18) for their support of Attorney General Ken Paxton throughout the impeachment process.
The Senators responded positively to their constituents’ calls, voting to acquit on 16 Articles of Impeachment and to dismiss the remaining four Articles of Impeachment, thereby ending the trial.
The Montgomery County Republican Party of Texas expresses appreciation and gratitude to our Texas Senators for their respect for the voters of Montgomery County who overwhelmingly elected Ken Paxton to the office of Attorney General.
Endorsing Dr. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs for The Woodlands Township, Position #5
Dr. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs has demonstrated that she is a solidly conservative member of The Woodlands Township Board since 2019 and is seeking reelection to The Woodlands Township, Position 5.
In 2018, her opponent made six donations to Democrat candidate Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke and additionally donated in 2022 to the Democrat opponent of Representative Steve Toth.
It is well documented that the Texas Democratic Party's Project LIFT specifically proclaims a “special focus on winning local, non-partisan races.”
The Montgomery County Republican Party's bylaws allow for the County Executive Committee (CEC) to endorse an identifiable and uncensured Republican in a non-partisan race when the other candidate(s) is identified as non-Republican.
Therefore, the Montgomery County Republican Party of Texas endorses the reelection of Dr. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs for The Woodlands Township Position #5 in the November 7, 2023, General Election.
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