05/27/2026
Guest speaker today Leo Kelly. (Www.iowaleo.com)
A group for conservatives in west suburbs of Des Moines, Iowa. Meetings are held the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
at the Machine Shed in Urbandale. Door open 6:30. No charge to attend. Order from regular breakfast menu.
05/27/2026
Guest speaker today Leo Kelly. (Www.iowaleo.com)
05/13/2026
Guest speaker today Chris Hagenow with Iowas for Tax Relief. https://taxrelief.org/about-us/
Meeting - Wednesday, May 13, 2026 - 7:15-8:15 am
Iowa Machine Shed - 11151 Hickman Road, Urbandale
Our Westside Conservative Club speaker for Wednesday, May 13 will be Chris Hagenow, President of Iowans for Tax Relief, Iowa’s premier taxpayer advocacy organization in the fight for limited government, lower taxes and greater economic freedom.
Prior to leading Iowans for Tax Relief Chris served as the Majority Leader of the Iowa House of Representatives. He served twelve years in the Legislature and was a driving force behind many conservative reforms, including efforts to reduce our tax burdens and promote individual freedoms.
Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Northern Iowa and earned his law degree from the University of Iowa.
He and his wife Amanda live in Urbandale with their three children.
Our speaker for Wednesday, May 27 will be Tamara Scott, Iowa’s Republican National Committeewoman.
04/22/2026
Guest speaker today National Committeeman Steve Scheffler
Meeting - Wednesday, April 22, 2026
7:15-8:15 am
Iowa Machine Shed - 11151 Hickman Road, Urbandale
Our Westside Conservative Club speaker for Wednesday, April 22 will be Iowa’s Republican National Committeeman Steve Scheffler. Steve is also President of the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition. He will give us an update on the Republican National Committee’s current activities and also discuss the upcoming 26th Annual Iowa Faith and Freedom Dinner.
Steve was first elected to represent Iowa on the Republican National Committee in 2008 and he also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Faith and Freedom Coalition.
Steve Scheffler has been a leader in the successful efforts to keep the Iowa Caucuses “First in the Nation”. He serves on numerous Republican National Committee committees and has served on important in national GOP Convention Committees including the Rules, Credentials, Permanent Organization and Platform Committees.
The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose purpose is to advocate and influence voters and public officials to keep their commitments to both liberty and law that America will remain one nation under God.
Steve and his wife reside in West Des Moines.
04/13/2026
Attention Polk County friends! Time to put your "DOGE" caps on. Polk County Supervisors would like your feedback on this survey. Where is money being well spent? Where is money being wasted?
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PLKCTY2025
04/08/2026
Guest speaker gubernatorial candidate Randy Feenstra
Meeting - Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 7:15-8:15 am
Iowa Machine Shed - 11151 Hickman Road, Urbandale
Our Westside Conservative Club speaker for Wednesday, April 8 will be Iowa Congressman and candidate for Governor Randy Feenstra. He is serving his third term in Washington and is a member of the Agriculture and Ways & Means Committees. The Congressman represents Iowa’s Fourth Congressional District which includes most of the western third of our state and is considered Iowa’s most conservative Congressional district.
Feenstra is a strong voice for Iowans and a committed advocate for the unborn, fiscal responsibility, border security, Iowa family farmers, livestock producers and its biofuels industry.
Prior to serving in Congress he served in the Iowa Senate from 2009 to 2021 where he authored the largest tax cut legislation in state history. He was Sioux County Treasurer from 2006 to 2008.
Congressman Feenstra graduated from Dordt University with a BA degree in Business Communications. He earned his Master’s degree in Public Administration from Iowa State University and completed his PHD from Northcentral University in Business and Healthcare Administration.
Randy and his wife Lynette live in Hull with their four children.
03/26/2026
Lahn vows to fight agribusiness consolidation, brain drain if elected Iowa governor Republican Iowa gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn shared his campaign policy platform during a Westside Conservative Club meeting in Urbandale on Wednesday.