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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="044005a0exvipq.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastside Republican Club"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>  </B><B> </B></FONT><B>  | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" ><B>Eastside Republican Club</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="erc_meeting_dates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U><B>Events</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="eastside_republican_review_summary.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ERC Review"><U><B>ERC Review</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="michigan_s_13th_district.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Congressional District News"><U><B>Congressional District News</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="civic___governmental_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="erc_officers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>P.A.C. 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McCleary, Jr., ERC-PAC board member" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="8" VSPACE="2"></div> <div> The statement was a tribute to the broad base of Republican grassroots volunteers and what Anuzis called “Michigan values.” Proceeds from the event held at Sindbad's in Detroit will be used to support local GOP candidates during their 2006 campaigns.</div> <div> Anuzis is the newly elected chairman of the Michigan Republican State Committee. The Detroit-born Anuzis was unanimously elected during the February 2004, state convention.</div> <div> Praising the grassroots volunteers for rolling up their sleeves at election time, the State leader said, "It doesn't matter what you do. Every little bit helps."</div> <div> As contrasted with the liberal interest groups and trial lawyers who wield power in the Democratic Party, Anuzis declared of the GOP, “There are no backroom power brokers!”</div> <div> Yet he acknowledged divergent perspectives would continue to be heard within the GOP. "We have to respect everyone's right to be different," Anuzis. "We're not all going to agree on every issue."</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="91" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 137 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.detnews.com/2005/politics/0504/20/C07-149851.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.detnews.com/2005/politics/050"><U><IMG SRC="110c51760.jpg" border=0 width="81" height="118" ALT="Keith A. Butler" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Keith Butler</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 127 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.sba-list.org/index.cfm/section/about/page/sbastaff.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sba-list.org/index.cfm/sectio"><U><IMG SRC="110b516c0.jpg" border=0 width="81" height="108" ALT="Jane Abraham" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Jane Abraham</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 156 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/static/496.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/static/496."><U><IMG SRC="110d51890.jpg" border=0 width="81" height="137" ALT="David Brandon" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> David Brandon</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 122 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://bratislava.usembassy.gov/biorwen.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bratislava.usembassy.gov/biorwen."><U><IMG SRC="110e51670.jpg" border=0 width="81" height="103" ALT="Ronald Weiser" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Ronald Weiser</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 152 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/static/372.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/static/372."><U><IMG SRC="110f51850.jpg" border=0 width="81" height="133" ALT="Nasser Beydoun" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Nasser Beydoun</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I><B>Race for U.S. Senate</B></I></div> <div> Anuzis used the growing interest by a diverse field of qualified Republican candidates in the 2006 U.S. Senate race to demonstrate his point. Noting their dissimilar backgrounds, he ticked off names and qualifications of five Republicans who have announced or are considering a challenge to Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.):</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.detnews.com/2005/politics/0504/20/C07-149851.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.detnews.com/2005/politics/050"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rev. Keith Butler</U></A>, former Detroit City Council member, and the first to announce for U.S. Senate. Anuzis noted, “He has passion, and believes what he's talking about.”</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sba-list.org/index.cfm/section/about/page/sbastaff.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sba-list.org/index.cfm/sectio"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Jane Abraham</U></A>, president, Susan B. Anthony List, and the wife of former U.S. Sen. Spence Abraham.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/static/496.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/static/496."><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">David Brandon</U></A> of Ann Arbor, chairman and CEO of Dominos Pizza.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://bratislava.usembassy.gov/biorwen.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://bratislava.usembassy.gov/biorwen."><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Ambassador Ronald Weiser</U></A>, U.S. Ambassador to the Slovak Republic since 2001, real estate investor, and founder of Ann Arbor-based McKinley Associates, Inc.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/static/372.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/static/372."><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Nasser Beydoun</U></A>, executive director of the American Arab Chamber of Commerce, Dearborn.</div> <div> Anuzis reminded the audience, “Sen. Debbie Stabenow voted 68 times against tax cuts! She is wrong on the issues.”</div> <div> He explained that with a 95% score from liberal Americans for Democratic Action, “Stabenow is one of the most liberal U.S. Senators, right along with Sen. Kennedy, Clinton, Boxer and Kerry.”</div> <div> <I><B>2006 Michigan Governor's Race</B></I></div> <div> Hitting on a likely theme in the 2006 race for Governor, Anuzis said, “The only state in the U.S. losing jobs has a governor named Granholm.”</div> <div> Then referring to the way Michigan's business taxes can either attract or drive away job-producing enterprises, he said, “Something's wrong. The answer: taxes.”</div> <div> Hammering on the Michigan jobs issue, Anuzis' calculated, “Michigan has lost one job for every ten minutes the Governor has been in office.”</div> <div> He noted that in addition to the State's financial and unemployment difficulties, financial woes are building for the City of Detroit, Wayne County, and the Detroit Public School System.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="190" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 279 WIDTH="172"><div> <B>More about the ERC-P.A.C.</B></div> <div> Funds raised by the Eastside Republican Club Political Action Committee are used to support local candidates.</div> <div> Lita M. McKeehan is chairman of the P.A.C.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >Serving with her on the committee are </FONT>John Stempfle, Ed Joseph, Tom McCleary, Cheryl Costantino, Carol Hackleman, Jeffrey Neilson, and Alice Baetz.</div> <div> The ERC chair, Marti Miller, serves as ex officio member.</div> <div> Checks to the Political Action Committee should be made payable to "ERC-P.A.C." and may be sent to P.O. Box 361021, Grosse Pointe, MI 48236.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> With his eye on victory in the Governor's race, Anuzis said, “We have to change the way we do business. It requires bold initiative. We need to elect someone new!”</div> <div> Speaking of Michigan Republicans, Anuzis said, “We are in great shape to make a difference.”</div> <div> Looking toward success in the 2006 Michigan Governor's race, the State GOP leader counted the plus factors as he sees them today. “We'll have a great candidate, we're right on the issues, our polling numbers project victory, and the gender gap is gone,” Anuzis said.</div> <div> Assessing the present executive leadership in Lansing, he said, “Granholm is not a leader, but a central planner. If that system of central planning worked, the Soviet Union would be the most powerful country in the world today!”</div> <div> “Her ideas are wrong,” he said. “The Governor wants a tax shift to penalize successful businesses--no cut, no reform, no structural reform. Debt for today, and debt for tomorrow,” Anuzis said.</div> <div> Anuzis explained that recent Michigan polls show a rising tide of opposition to retaining Granholm. He said, “The preference for `someone else' is now up to 59%.”</div> <div> <I><B>Early Anuzis</B></I></div> <div> An active Republican since college and a former Teamster, Saulius "Saul" Anuzis was unanimously elected chairman of the Michigan Republican State Committee (MRSC) on February 5, 2005. >><A HREF="http://www.anuzisforchair.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.anuzisforchair.com"><U><I>Read more Anuzis</I></U></A><I>.</I></div> <div> Born in 1959 in Detroit, Anuzis attended Bishop Borgess High School and studied economics at the University of Michigan at its Dearborn campus. In his senior year, Anuzis was elected president of the student government, and also was one of the founders and first chairman of the UM-D College Republican club.<IMG SRC="106459fe0.jpg" border=0 width="345" height="254" ALT="Saul and Lina Anuzis with President Ronald Reagan" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="2"></div> <div> In 1980, Anuzis was the youngest delegate elected to the Republican National Convention held in Detroit. After attending President Reagan's first inaugural, one of the highlights of Anuzis' life, he was elected Third Vice Chair of the MRSC. Anuzis also served six years as a member of the MRSC and two terms as his Congressional district chairman.</div> <div> One of Anuzis' biggest opportunities came when he met Dick Posthumus, a farmer from Lowell. He managed Posthumus' first Senate race in 1982, and then worked closely with Posthumus throughout his rise in Michigan politics. During that time, Anuzis worked for the House Republican Campaign Committee, the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, and finally as Chief of Staff to then majority leader Posthumus.</div> <div> <I><B>Anuzis & Technology</B></I></div> <div> In 1990, Anuzis took a break from politics to focus on family and business interests. He and partner Bruce Yuille founded Coast to Coast Telecommunications. In 2000 they sold that business, and in 2001 Anuzis and his partner co-founded Quick Connect USA, a telecommunications firm providing local, long distance, VOIP, and other data services to residential and small businesses throughout Michigan. Anuzis serves as chairman of Quick Connect USA. However, after being elected to lead the MRSC, he began a leave of absence from the company and maintains no day-to-day responsibilities there.</div> <div> <I><B>Family Values</B></I></div> <div> Anuzis is particularly proud of his family's history. He speaks with pride of the “Righteous Among the Nations” award his parents and paternal grandparents received from Israel's national Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, for helping three young girls escape from a Jewish ghetto and make their way from Lithuania to Estonia during World War II. One of those girls, now grown, nominated them for the award.</div> <div> Anuzis tells the story of his family's resettlement after the war, first in a displaced persons camp in Germany, then in the basement of a church in Brooks, Minn. There, the priest gave his father a set of 19 books on becoming an electrician. First he had to learn to speak English. But he mastered both the language and the trade. His father then spent 32 years as a skilled tradesman at the Fleetwood Fisher Body plant on Fort Street in Detroit.</div> <div> Anuzis is a Scout Master of a local Boy Scout troop, actively involved in several Lithuanian-American organizations, and serves on several non-profit boards. He was a gubernatorial appointee to the Michigan Jobs Commission and the Michigan Export Development Authority. He currently serves as Honorary Consul to Michigan for the Republic of Lithuania.</div> <div> Anuzis has been married 19 years to Lina (Alksninis), and they have four sons: Matas-16, Tadas-14, Vytis-12, and Marius-9. They reside in Eaton County. >><A HREF="erc_meeting_dates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U><I>More events</I></U></A>.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top_of_page" TITLE="P.A.C. Hosts Anuzis"><U>back to top</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>