This Saturday, the Riverside County Republican Party is offering a candidate school for local city councilmen, school board members, sanitary district members, water board members or anyone aspiring to these offices.  It is a great opportunity for local candidates to hear from a variety of local political consultants and get the basics of running a professional campaign.

Yours truly will be doing a short presentation on the importance of incorporating blogs into your campaign media efforts.  Here are the details:

The Republican Party of Riverside County and our local elected official organization, REAL Riverside presents our annual candidate school Saturday, August 16, 2008 from 9am-Noon at the Party's HQ in Moreno Valley. Please see attached flyer for more information. Please forward to anyone who might be interested in running for local office this November or in future.  RSVP soon as space is limited.

The Republican Party of Riverside County
Invites you to our annual
CANDIDATE BOOTCAMP

SATURDAY AUGUST 16, 2008 9 a.m.-Noon
Republican Party of Riverside County Headquarters
21150 Box Springs Road, Suite 201
Moreno Valley, CA 92557

Presenters:
Eric McBride, Councilman, City of Hemet
Tom Rogers, Republican Party of Riverside County, Precincts Vice Chairman
Oliver Rocroi, O'Reilly Public Relations
Julie Paule, Paule Consulting
Brian Floyd and Joe Lucsko, Floyd and Lucsko
Phil Paule, Paule Consulting
Dave Everett, Red County-Riverside

Cost:  Free to members of REAL Riverside (The Association of Republican Elected Officials), $25.00 for Non-Members

For information or to RSVP contact Ken Minesinger, Republican Party of Riverside County Vice-Chairman at kenminesinger@hotmail.com.  Space is limited so please RSVP as soon as possible.  For membership in REAL Riverside contact Hemet Councilman Eric McBride, REAL Riverside Chairman at emicbride@msn.com.