Letter to Editor

In case you haven't had a chance to see my letter in the Photo News this past Friday here it is again...


Booth seeks support among Woodbury Republicans

To the editor

My name is Jim Booth. I am a member of the Woodbury Republican Committee from District 4. I have served as a committeeman for all but two of the last 10 years.

In 2005, I was elected by the enrolled Republican voters of District 4 to serve you on the committee. As your representative I have been fighting hard to reform a committee that historically has been closed and unresponsive. In my 2005 campaign I pledged I would introduce a motion to open all committee meetings to the public. I did that. However, the committee struck this down. They then passed a watered-down version to open some meetings.

There can be no openness only some of the time. All meetings should be open and only closed if there is a topic so sensitive it would hurt the party if the meeting were open.

I pledged I would have a blog to keep you posted on the affairs of the committee. I have.

I pledged I would support only the best candidates for office. I did.

I have worked hard to elect those to office that have Woodbury’s best interests at heart. When my opponents mislead voters to support a village which gave us none of the protections they promised and at a cost greater than they said, I worked with others to put together a slate of candidates that would tell us the truth and do all they could to keep the costs we weren’t told about as low as possible.


I will continue my fight to reform our Republican Committee and to make it more accountable to you. If you’re a Republican in District 4, please vote for me, Jim Booth on Tuesday, Sept. 18.

Jim Booth
Central Valley