A sincere Thank you, Mr. Kevin Schmidt
The Monthly Metro East Pachyderm Club Meeting was last night (April 28th) @ Eckert’s Restaurant.
Our guest Speaker was Kevin Schmidt who is running for State Representative of the newly formed 114 District.
Kevin bought some tickets for the 50/50 “Ace of Spades” drawing. When a ticket was selected it was one of Kevin’s. Kevin then selected a card. It was “The Ace of Spades”. The Winner!!
The amount of money in the fund was just over. $1400.00.
Kevin refused to take his half of the over $1400.00 and donated it all back to our Club. We tried to get him to accept at least 1/2 but he still refused.
As the President of this Club and on behalf of all of our member:
A Sincere:
“Thank You” Kevin Schmidt.
Karen Rees, President
Metro East Pachyderm Club
618-334-3799
karenrees13@aol.com
Meeting Notice (April Dinner)
Meeting Location:
Eckert’s Restaurant, Farm &
Country Store.
951 S Green Mount Road
Belleville Illinois 62220
Phone +1 (618) 233-0513
Number of Attendees will NOT be limited because of Covid19. Masks may be required @ entry.
Arrive @ 5:30 pm socialize order dinner drinks etc , 6pm meeting
Running against Jay Hoffman.
in Madison, Illinois
and has announced she will run for
state representative
in the 113th House District.
Ashley Hunsaker, 39, of Belleville,
will campaign for the seat currently held
by veteran lawmaker,
Democrat Jay Hoffman, 60, of Swansea.
Hunsaker has operated HTS Coatings LLC,
a thermal spray machining and grinding company,
along with her husband, Jason, since 2015.
According to Hunsaker's announcement,
the business was named one of the fastest-growing
privately held companies in the U.S.
In Ashley's words:
"We entrust our state government to provide for
the public's safety, a growing economy,
and good schools for our children,
yet our leaders are taking Illinois in the wrong direction
with misguided, extreme policies," stated Hunsaker.
"As a mother of four and an entrepreneur,
I am troubled over rising crime rates,
loss of job opportunities,
diminishing communities,
and governmental policies
replacing parental involvement.
I am running for a state representative
to support families and job creators
while putting Illinois on a pathway
of reform for future generations."
The 113th House district includes portions of
Madison and St. Clair counties,
stretching from the city of Madison
to as far west as Belleviille.
Hoffman has served more than 20 years in the House,
initially with a couple of stints in the 112th district
when he resided in Collinsviille.
He was defeated in the 112th in 2010
by Republican Dwight Kay.
Hoffman later moved into the 113th District,
where he was elected to the seat that had been held
for a long stretch by Democrat Tom Holbrook,
who now serves as St. Clair County's elections chief.
Hoffman's campaign war chest held $1.7
million at the end of 2021 - much of which came
from labor union support.
An attorney, Hoffman also is aligned with the trial bar,
another arm of his financial support.
Before Hunsaker and her husband started HTS Coatings,
she oversaw the accounting operations of various companies.
Her bio indicates she worked as a controller
for Pressline Services, Inc in St. Louis,
having previously worked four years as an accountant there.
She spent a year as a controller and inventory manager
for Joy Tribout, Interior Design in Belleville,
in between her two roles at Pressline Services, Inc.
She began her career with
World Ford Pensacola in Florida,
where she spent a year working as a bookkeeper
following the completion of her
bachelor of science degree
in accounting from Pensacola Christian College.
Married 18 years, she and her husband
have four children.
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Thanks Karen Rees, President
Metro East Pachyderm Club
618-334-3799 Cell
Phone or Text
Email:karenrees13@aol.com
Website:
Mailing address:
Metroeast Pachyderm Club
PO Box 1511
O'Fallon Illinois 62269
Meetings are always FREE and open to the public.
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The Liberty Amendments
by Mark Levin
Amendments to the U.S. Constitution can be good or bad for our country but with direction our leaders are taking us, many conservative political pundits are coming up with suggestions to help curb the abuses from our three branches of government. The attachment comes directly from Mark Levin’s book in his appendix. Rick Hankins, a Pachy member, spoke on this topic, February 21. (read more)
President Ronald Reagan’s first Inaugural Address – January, 1981
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else?”