David Wylie SD12 SREC Committeeman

11/02/2024

Four years ago I posted the results of early voting here nightly.

I let the numbers that our team was winning and encouraging everyone to keep turning out the vote.

That resulted in my account getting blocked by the FB overloaded for violating community standards until the after the election was over. They silenced voices they needed to then. I don’t post much here any longer.

I will provide this recap of the Denton County Early Vote now that it’s over.
We will see how the standards handle It.

12/31/2023

Thank you Jill Glover for your strength and showing me that doing the right thing, all the time, is the only way to go.

I hope that I can finish as strong as you have shown.

06/19/2022

What a wonderful in-person convention. The committees met and came up with great results. Registration flowed and people got where they needed to be. The caucuses and general sessions allowed everyone to participate in the process of determining the direction of the party for the next two years.

I want to thank the over 5,500 delegates who made the effort to show up and participate, even if the process wore you down. It’s only by staying involved that we can move things forward.

I also would like to thank the SD12 delegates for choosing me to continue to represent them on the SREC. I hope to continue to be responsive to the Republicans in SD12 and fullfill your expectations.

Thank you all

07/08/2021

RPT Chairman Race Update

After receiving updates from over 100 state convention delegates in SD12, I find that there is a 99% support for Matt Rinaldi in SD12.

I will be proud to support Matt on Sunday and over the coming year as we address the duties of the RPT through the special sessions, redistricting, candidate filings, the primary, and conventions.

If you do not know who your SREC members are supporting, call them and let them know what you think before it’s too late!

06/12/2021

The SREC met this past weekend for the 2nd quarterly meeting in Tyler.

The first order of business had the Chairman announcing that he will resign effective July 11. This will allow him to re-evaluate his options going forward and puts us in the position of needing to fill the vacancy in the Chairman position at a special meeting on July 11. This meeting will be held at The Shepard’s Church in Lewisville at 2:00pm. It is not often that an SREC meeting is held in our own backyard and we invite everyone to come watch the proceedings.

The candidates that have announced that they are running for the position are Matt Rinaldi from Irving and David Covey from Orange County. We all pretty much know Matt from his history as a state representative in the area and his continued grassroots activism. David Covey is a county party chairman and a member of the SREC. We look forward to answering any questions about either of these candidates or hearing your preference.

Committees
We had our normal committee meetings where the Legislative Priorities Committee began the process of forming an "assessment" of how our elected representatives worked to forward our priorities. We will be getting this to you as soon as it is complete.

The Auxiliaries & Coalitions committee continues to work to engage organizations across the state to work with the party to forward the Republican message.

Jill then took a few minutes with Chairman West to hold a press conference to review the legislative session. Her current Legislative Update is available here https://www.texasgop.org/legislative-priorities-report-6-6-21/.

General Session
There was a Rule modification to rename Auxiliaries to Partnerships so that the TFRW & Texas Republican County Chair Association could participate. Many of the "Partners" then gave updates on the activities they have been working on.

We adopted resolutions calling for the Governor to add our unfulfilled Legislative Priorities to the call for any special session. There was much discussion as to which Priorities had been addressed and which had not. It is our belief that even though Permitless Carry and the Heartbeat bill passed, there were still many bills that addressed our priorities which died in committee. Whether it is the bills for the Abolition of Abortion, banning the child abuse inflicted through Gender Modification, protecting our Monuments, School Choice for All or Banning Taxpayer Funded Lobbying, there is still much work to do. A telling recap of the bills we had identified that were killed in committee is available here: Status of Legislative Priorities - (click on the RPT Priorities tab)

We attempted a motion to get the RPT to re-establish our Gab account but fell short of the necessary numbers to get it passed. There are still some on the SREC that do not understand the difference between supporting free speech in the market place and slinking away when threatened by others.

The issues the RPT faces over the next twelve months are many: the Election Integrity special session, the Redistricting special session, the primaries and next year’s state convention all are in front of us. We all need to be as involved as possible in planning and preparing for these events as well as participating in them at every level.

We have enjoyed serving you the first half of this biennium and look forward to an even better second half.

Many are already hailing this as "the most conservative session ever." Was it? Read more.

12/17/2020

This past weekend, the SREC met in Georgetown for their quarterly meeting.

On Friday, the Committees all met:

Officials Committee met and passed a budget for the next two years

Rules Committee met and discussed how to “clean up” the SREC Bylaws. They also addressed rules changes to require the Chairman to get approval from the Officials Committee before entering The Party into lawsuits as well as disbanding the Auxiliaries & Coalitions Committee.

Auxiliaries & Coalitions met and continues to try to decide if the RPT should officially affiliate with certain Republican organizations across the state or if such affiliation is unnecessary.

Resolutions met to consider resolutions related to:

-Complaints from some border counties about an SREC member that endorsed a Democrat candidate in the November election
-Keeping the Capitol open during the upcoming legislative session
-Preventing Texans from being mandated to vaccinate against the china virus
-Congratulating Dade Phelan on his election by the Republican Caucus as Speaker and asking him to work to pass our Legislative Priorities
-Supporting President Trump and his challenges to election fraud

Legislative Priorities (chaired by Jill) met and discussed strategy for promoting our Legislative Priorities. Tools are in development to enhance voter awareness and participation in getting these priorities passed. Also, Jill is writing a weekly report on our Legislative Priorities that you can read and sign up for here: https://www.texasgop.org/legislative-priorities-report-december-11-2020/

Election Integrity is focusing on fraud reports from across the state and recommendations to insure protection of your vote.

The Party Organization, Engagement and Candidate Resource Committees also met.

Jill joined Chairman West and Dr. Westley (RPT historian) for a press conference. Jill focused on our Legislative Priorities. Watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG6yyY0Vjss&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Zfr2m5IfLVcRLIIAnYaiHbhXVUR95fn_p2JYWcd5LmfiJIZThg8S5kg4

On Saturday, the General Session met
We elected Frank Lopez to fill a vacancy for the SREC Committeeman in SD19

Adopted the 2020-2022 budget presented by the Officials Committee. We are in the best financial shape the party has ever been in, with more than two million dollars of cash on hand and more fund raised than in past ten years if not ever.
Received the report from the Rules Committee that they had postponed consideration of the requested rules changes until more information could be gathered.

Adopted the Resolutions presented by the Resolutions Committee. Both Jill and David voted yes to all resolutions except the one congratulating Dade Phelan, due to his collaboration with Democrats to gain the Speakership. We are satisfied, however, with the resolution as it does ask for passage of our Legislative Priorities.

Approved affirming the on-going Auxiliaries presented by the Auxiliaries & Coalitions Committee

Adopted an additional resolution calling for the state legislatures of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Michigan to convene and to appoint their electors in accordance with the true vote of the people

Chairman West described new initiatives of voter engagement being pursued to the Black and Hispanic communities. Historian Dr. Westley will also work on this project.

Jill and David received key pins for meeting individual SREC fundraising goals for 2020-2021. Thank you to all from SD 12 to make that happen!

Finally, the body instructed the Chairman to create a committee to advance work to pass legislation to limit the Executive Overreach that has plagued our state throughout this year.

Our next State Republican Executive Committee meeting will be held in Laredo, in March. We are going there to build on the positives gains in Republican votes this last election in that county.

Both Jill & I would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas from each of our families. Our best wishes to us all and we look forward to a happy and prosperous 2021.

A pertinent question for our state legislators is: Do Republican voters really care about the Legislative Priorities?

11/11/2020

Flower Mound Area Republican Club monthly meeting with special guest Carter Page.

Always great to get a hundred of the best Republicans in Denton County together for food & fellowship.

11/10/2020

Tarrant Star Republican Women monthly luncheon

10/14/2020

Monthly meeting with Mark Davis and Rafael Cruz.

Everyone enjoying being out with like minded folks and listening to a motivating message.