I have written a few posts about BOE Member Michelle Steel and her fight against the Democrat's illegal I-Tax (here and here) and my fellow blogger, Jubal, at OCBlog recently wrote one as well.

Well, you can see and hear from Steel herself this Thursday at the Mission Inn in Downtown Riverside.

Riverside County GOP General Membership Meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2008 - 7:00pm at the Historic Mission Inn in Downtown Riverside. Complimentary Hors d'oeuvers - No Host Bar - ALL INTERESTED REPUBLICANS ARE INVITED

One important function of political parties on either side of the aisle is to establish a bench of lower-level elected officials to groom for the Congressional, Senate, Governor or Presidential positions. I think the California Republican Party has to consider Michelle at the top or near the top of our "bench."