CARMA PRESIDENT ’S LETTER for January-February 2026
Dear CARMA Members and other Honorable Conservative Gentlemen,
Please join us and bring your buddies to our monthly CARMA luncheons and events. Register early by emailing Rudy Knepper, rudeyes45@gmail.com. The location and menu can be seen on www.carmagop.com We have great monthly luncheons at Fat Tuna Restaurant or Sal’s by Victor with speakers on various topics such as: local, state and national politics, health care, history, local government operations and technology. Our local office holders and candidates and other interesting speakers are always on our schedule. CARMA donates to Republican candidates smartly.
Our previous luncheon was on Thursday, December 18. There were about 60 attendees. State Senator Diggs and State Senator McDougle spoke about the disastrous Republican losses on November 4 and the anticipated Democrat policies and new laws that will plague Virginia, now that they have control of Richmond. Virginia Republicans must rebuild, refund and fight wherever we can.
CARMA also has a Saturday informal lunch meet-up at various restaurants. Contact trix598@aol.com if interested. Our last two were at the new Oceans and Ale. We sit around one table to chat, have fun and catchup on the latest politics. Wives, family and friends are invited.
CARMA’s next luncheon will be Thursday, January 15 and the speakers will be Tye Lageman and Chuck Colegrove. They will review the Breakfast Club’s new social media project. A new chairperson will soon be elected to the WJCCRC. Who will it be? New leadership positions are available. Do you want to run or be on the Exec Committee? There are critical elections this year.
JCC/Wburg - The JCC BOS wants to increase the county budget to about $400M. This includes excessive capital improvements for buildings, government offices, recreation venues, and schools. Taxes will have to be raised again. JCC property tax is 83 cents per $100. Williamsburg is 62 cents per $100 (why so low?). Spending per pupil is about $17K each year. How can the Dims support the excessive new municipal center when their voters keep wanting more funding for teachers and schools?
Delegate Elect Jessica Anderson and Delegate Elect Mark Downey are part of the powerful Democrat majority that has taken over Virginia. Anderson’s social media presence and traveling entourage continues to reveal her support from wealthy groups and expert political consultants. These resources will be on display again when they try to unseat Congressman Wittman and reelect Senator Warner. The Northern Virginia GOP haters will continue to dominate our state elections.
Federal Actions: Where to start ? I like the anticipated reduced income taxes from the Big Beautiful Bill. The Minnesota fraud story is unbelievable. The criminals in Minneapolis need to be cleaned out, imprisoned or deported. What state and city are next on the list? Further south…the law enforcement actions against the death dealers in Venezuela is incredible. I hope America will gain an oil supply and more special minerals. The new focus on Western Hemisphere threats is overdue but dangerous. Obama’s and Biden’s neglect is shown to be more traitorous every day.
Payback: What did the Dims and the Liberal Media expect to happen when President Trump was reelected? Were they seriously under the impression that President Trump was just going to move on after the attacks on him during the last 10 years. Did they think that he and his supporters were going to pretend none of that happened: two impeachments, two assassination attempts, Russia, Russia, Russia, law-fare unlike anything we've ever seen before. Dumb Joe working through his DOJ and FBI with AG Merrick Garland and prosecutors like Jack Smith, Fani Willis and Letitia James, and all those liberal judges, 91 separate charges, four indictments. They raided his home at Mara Lago, they took his mug shot and kept him in court for weeks. They tried to bankrupt him. They tried to take him off the ballot. They tried to jail him. They tried anything to keep him from getting back to the White House. Thank God Trump won. It is time to clean house, prosecute and incarcerate those Dims.
Contact me anytime for info about our Republican advocacy projects and events at trix598@aol.com or 202-494-8161. Visit CARMA’s great website www.carmagop.com See the articles, photos, and humor and the Virginia Republican Creed. View the monthly luncheon reservation form. Email Rudy Knepper rudeyes45@gmail.com your meal selection. Pay at the door. Cash or check!
Let’s discuss your ideas! Join the official WJCC Republican Committee, also at WJCCRC.org
Respectfully, Terry Ricks, CARMA President , 202-494-8161, trix598@aol.com
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