In a Post the other day I mentioned that it was not difficult to tell if someone was credentialed to Vote.

They would be wearing a multicolored landyard holding a large clear plastic pocket in which was a bright Lime Green Credential.

If some one was wearing that they were entitled to Vote.

If not they were not supposed to Vote.

I also mentioned that whether or not one could tell if someone else was entitled to vote, that it is was MUCH easier for a person to tell whether or not they themselves were entitled to Vote.

I mean most people would NOTICE if they were not wearing a multicolored landyard with a large plastic pocket holding a Lime Green Credential,

But I guess that is not in fact the case,

It would appear that Widdle Jimmie Knox got confused and thought he was supposed to vote,.

At least that is the story given to us by him and one of his supporters. 

Odd thing is that is not the story that the Credential Chair gives,

HE states he put ballots on the table and Mr Knox tried to hide one of them,

Which made him suspicious so he told Dee Johnson AKA the Screaming Banshee to keep an Eye on Mr Knox and ensure he did not vote.

That Mr Knox was in fact NOT a Credentialed Voter had been made apparent at the Officers Election in Feburary when David Chung refused to allow Knox to speak BECAUSE he was not Credentialed,

But I guess Knox got confused as he has in the past and forgot that little Fact.

As he forgot once that he was commenting on a news article under an assumed name and mistakenly signed his real name at the bottom

Identity consistancy is not one of Mr Knox's talents' 

So it may not be any wonder that he would confuse himself for someone who was entitled to vote;

He does have his supporters on this version of events

Taylor G Nelson

3 hrs  · Edited · 

Rant over

First there is NO way you can

"almost accidentally vote at the Central Committee"
 

You have the Credentials to Vote or you Don't 

Young Master Nelson completely shines the attempted Voter Fraud and waxes indignant because The Screaming Banshee

Embarrased Mr Knox.

In order to accept the scenerio given to us by Mr Knox and Young Master Nelson.

We would have be believe that James Knox is so Incredibally STUPID that he had NO idea whatsoever that he was not entitled to Vote.

In which case he should not be trusted to hand out crayons for Fun Time in Pre-School.

Much less the duties he is now entrusted with.

A person with that feeble a mentality might be taxed with the tasks given to him by the body,

OR

Is it that they think it is WE who are so incredibly STUPID that  we would Buy such a tissure of fabrications?

And what could be the Basis for such a conclusion?

Let me Count the Ways.

One 

We have a Chair who tried to rush a former generous donor into agreeing to place an Ad,

Who was told they needed a Contract

Who never provided said  contract but instead billed them for a Ad they never approved,

Who threatened them with adverse publicity if they did not pony up the billing.

And whose Stellar Webmaster supplied said bad PR 24 hours latter.

And that was OK

Two 

We have a Chair

Who Illegally Signed and used a LCRCC Check in direct violation of the LCRCC ByLaws which state ALL Checks must be Co-signed by the Treasurer

And that was Ok

Three 

We have a Chair

Who Illegally in direct Violation of the LCRCC Constitution REFUSED to Sign Checks to honor commitments made to volunteers and authorized by a Vote of the LCRCC

And that was OK

Four 

We have a Chair

Who Refused to pay a volunteer for services performed until She got documentary evidence proving the debt,.

Documentary evidence that was in fact HER duty to pick up before the Victory Office closed.

But She never bothered to do so,

In this last case because the young man looked like he really needed the money some of  They Who Were Latter Purged.

Took up a collection to make that young man Whole for  the Debt the LCRCC owed him.

Because?

We were ASHAMED that our Chair did not have the moral integrity to honor  payment of that debt.

That seemed to be OK to everyone on the other side.

So it really is no wonder that they think they can get away with such a transparent fabrication as

Good Gracious Mr Knox had NO IDEA that he was not supposed to Vote

And wasn't it just TERRIBLE that the Big Mean Screaming Banshee Embarrased him.

We bring up incidents like the above and we are terrible.

We don't want to move Forward and Elect Republicans.

While they don't even pretend ala Casa Blanca that they are Shocked, We Tell you Shocked that there are issues like these in the LCRCC.

No they shoot right pass that to

Nothing to See Here Folks just walk on by.

In time as it has happened in the Past.

After enough damage has been done the LCRCC will as it has before reclaim it's Soul and decide such activities are NOT what we should Stand For.

But until that time the LCRCC will stand like a

White Washed Sepulchre, which indeed appears beautiful outward, but is full of deadmen's bones, and of all uncleanness.

UPDATE:  Interesting note someone tried a theft of identity attempt to have the Hot Issues account shut down  by pretending to be me, and requesting the account be cancelled.

I also now have to verify with Facebook that I am yes a US citizen residing in the US.

And not I guess an International Terrorist Laundering Money? 

Nice to know my articles are having an effect

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 3:07 PM CDT
Updated: Friday, 20 March 2015 5:59 PM CDT
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 The other night the LCRCC had what for better words might be called a Purge of Undesirables,

I thought maybe folks might like some information on the Desirables who were left in charge after the dust settled 

The Linn County Republican Central Committee has a Webmaster by the name of James Knox

Though some of us like to call him Nancy.

Why?

Well you see Mr Knox sometimes gets confused.

In the Past he had a habit of commenting on internet versions of newspapers under different names and occasionally he would forget and sign his real name at the bottom of the comment

As in this screenshot of a comment in the Billings Montana Gazette where Mr Knox started out as Nancy L and signed out as James Knox 

 I

It appeared to some of us the other night that another thing that confuses Mr Knox is

Voting

Now voting in the LCRCC has been straightforward.

We had a Credential Committee and they ensured that the people who were going to vote were allowed to vote.

To make this clear eligible voters were given Credentials,

They are not hard to see  for example

See the multi colored lanyard holding

The Bright Green Credentials?

Not very hard to notice are they?

You know what is even Easier to Notice?

When YOU are not wearing them.

See when you are not wearing credentials

YOU are not supposed to be voting.

Mr Knox got confused which is why

Justin Wasson the Former Chair of the Former Credentials  Sub Commitee DID notice when

He observed Mr Knox taking a ballot as they

were being handed out and trying to hide it,.

But it was Dee Johnson who brought it to the attention

Of everyone in the Room that Mr Knox was trying to vote without the right to do so,

Now it would appear that since that time Mr Knox has figured out that He really is not supposed to be voting

James Knox

12 hrs  · Cedar Rapids, IA · 

I awoke to 23 messages asking me if I actually Purged the poison last night. Let me be clear, I did not do anything of the sort. I am not even a voting member of the Linn County GOP.

These are steps that we have to take in order to move forward as an organization! We have to function and stop the infighting. And what we did last night where the first steps of fixing the problem. No longer can we be bogged down with the pursuits of petty people! 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 1:07 AM CDT
Updated: Thursday, 19 March 2015 9:18 AM CDT
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For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

Recently I sent out this email

Last night I got the answer in a meeting that none of them bothered to send in an email.

With one fell swoop they abolished every single Sub-Committee and eliminated the results of years of hard work to

Replace all of them with some things called Teams which do the same things just shuffled around

And

Are Run by all their friends.  

The Body voted for it.

The Body will get to live with it.

Though it was not a landslide but 25 to 20  as I recall and while there were several people who would have voted against it not present.

I think the one factor that did the most to swing the outcome.

Was a Statement by our Chair that she had a

Definitive Parilaimentary Ruling

by among others a gentleman who has a Statewide reputation  for Parlaimentary knowledge 

There is one small problem with that claim.

IT NEVER HAPPENED 

At least according to him.  I got him online during the rest of the meeting and asked.

Their Parliamentary Ruling in my opinion amounts to finding a small incomplete Statement twisting it through multiple dimensionas while sticking their fingers in their ears closing their eyes and shouting

Nyah Nyah Nyah

And here it is in all it's pristine glory from  The County Constitution

V. OFFICERS

The officers of this Central Committee shall be a chairman, co-chairman, secretary and

treasurer, and such other members as the County Central Committee in its by-laws may

provide. The Central committee shall organize following each general election, but no later

than the following April 1. 

The Exective Officers saw the word organize and said Oh Boy we get to change EVERYTHING

Not only THAT but we HAVE to do it be April 1 

Of course to support their contention there were Several things that they had to ignore,

Like  the Section of the ByLaws on Officers which clarifies what is meant  by

organize following each general election, but no later than the following April 1.  

 

 V. OFFICERS

The officers of the Central Committee shall consist of a Cahir, Co-Chair, Secretary and

Treasurer whose terms shall be for a period of two (2) years and the same shall be elected

immediately following each general election, but no later than the following April 1.

The

Central Committee shall elect either from its’ membership or otherwise a chair, co-chair,

secretary, treasurer and other officers as it may determine. After notification of an election,

any vacancies in said offices shall be filled by the County Central Committee.

It would appear the organize by April 1 refers to officers elections not wiping out all the structure of the Central Commitee and replacing it with one controlled by their cronies

They also had to ignore the section of the County Constitution which states

VIII. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer of the

Linn County Central Committee. The Executive Committee shall transact the routine business

of the Linn County Central Committee during the interim of the meetings of the Linn County

Central Committee. Any business transacted or action taken shall be reported to the Linn

County Central Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting. The Executive

Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts VIII. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer of the

Linn County Central Committee. The Executive Committee shall transact the routine business

of the Linn County Central Committee during the interim of the meetings of the Linn County

Central Committee. Any business transacted or action taken shall be reported to the Linn

County Central Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting. The Executive

Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee.

 

or

IV. MEMBERSHIP OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE

The County Central Committee shall consist of two precinct committee members elected from

each precinct at the precinct caucuses. The Constitution of the Republican Party of Iowa

permits a provision to be adopted in the County by-laws for the election of additional Central

Committee members from each precinct in a number proportionate to the Republican vote

cast in the precinct at the last preceding general election for President of the United States or

for the Governor of Iowa, as the case may be.

The general management of the affairs of the party in Linn County is vested in the Linn

County Central Committee, subject to direction from time to time by the County convention of

the party. The Linn County Central Committee shall have such officers and administrative

personnel as it may determine and shall organize its operations to attain the objectives of the

Republican Party, and shall have power to adopt by-laws to carry out its duties and the

purposes of this Constitution, provided such by-laws are not in conflict with the provisions of

the Republican National Convention, the Constitution of the Republican Party of Iowa or this

Constitution.

When elected, a member of the County Central Committee must be a resident of the precinct

from which elected. The term of office of a member of the County Central Committee shall

begin on the day following the precinct caucus and shall continue until the next precinct

caucus and untuil his or her successor is elected and qualified. A member may be removed

by the County Central Committee for inattention to duty, incompetence, or active support of

an opponent of a Republican nominee. Vacancies on the County Central Committee shall be

filled by the County Central Committee.

Yes it says the general management of the Party in Linn County is the charge of the Central Commitee subject from time to time with direction of the County Convention.

Doesn't say a word about being subject to the direction of the Executive Committee

As a mater of fact it clearly states that the Exective Committee TAKES ORDERS from the Centrla Committee and not the reverse

In additon in the ByLaws it is stated that the Chair and Co-Chair

 assist in the formulation of policies for the conduct of the affairs of the

Republican Party and such other matters as may be assigned 

The implication being that the assisting, not decision making, is by the Exectuives and the assigning is by the Central Committee.

I should have been doing some writing upon these issues instead of letting them run a behind the scenes campaign unopposed.

But  I have not been well recently 

AND

Several of our Dear Exectuives have been attending What used to be the Communications Sub-Committee meetings

Telling us that it was their desire to Build Bridges and Smooth over the Dissension and tear down the Wall of Distrust

And would I PLEASE give them a small amount of time to do this?

Like an Idiot 

I BELEIEVED them

And I stood down and stopped being so personally confrontational.

Where upon they Smiled

And proceeded to destroy everything some of us had spent years building up.

I am still kicking myself for being so naive as to Trust them

It will NEVER happen Again.

Yes when they said that they wanted to work WITH the Sub Committees and Tear down Walls and Build Trust back up?

They Lied

When the Chair stated that she had a Definitive Parliamentary Ruling by a Statewide Respected local Parliamentarian? 

Well it would be ungentlemanly to categorically state that she lied.

So since only one of them can be telling the Truth I will let You the Reader decide which one that is

And the portion of that email I sent out to the Executive Board where I said

I will have no problem ensuring that almost the entire Republican population of Linn county who use Facebook will have the opportunity to read my thoughts

on the matter

 

That is not hyperbole,

I fully intend to see that it happens 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 11:53 PM CDT
Updated: Wednesday, 18 March 2015 9:03 AM CDT
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There are a lot of People who will tell you that the Constitution needs to be preserved, protected and defended.

They will talk about the encrouchment on our Rights and Liberties.

And despite the desire of the media to label them as Fringe, Conservatives are in fact the largest political philosophy in the Nation.

About 40% Conservatives 20% Liberal and 30 to 35% Moderate.

So they have the desire. They can see the threat

AND

They have the Numbers.

So Why?  Do they stay Home and let Liberals get Elected?

For many years I bought 90/10 Ethanol blend gasiline because it was a dime cheaper.

Then I discovered that running Regular All Gasoline increased my mileage by 25%.

I had an older car.

The 10 Cents difference between Regular and 90/10 was to subsidize and incentivize the the purchase of 90/10 ,

Maybe I was not the only one who realised that buying 90/10 was costing me more,

Because a year or so ago they raised the differential from 10 Cents a Gallon to 30 Cents a Gallon,

Recently Iowas Fuel Tax got raised by 10 cents

BOY did we hear some screams of outrage.

It was the END OF THE REPUBLIC.

Me? I thought to myself.

Where were they when the price I paid for gasoline whent up 20 Cents? 

I don't remember  a word of outrage.

I keep hearing the same litany

We were BETRAYED.

We will NEVER vote Republican AGAIN.

Great that is why the Progressives keep winning

YOU let them.

Now I suppose back in 92 some folks might have thought Perot had a shot.

But after YOU electied Clinton the First time?

Couldn't you figure out what would happen in 96 if you did the same thing over again?

Guess Not.

Some of them decided to teach all of us a lesson in 2008 and stayed hoime because they McCain was marginal

How's that working out for you?

Romney?

If he HAD gotten the same amount of the Conservative Base as even McCain did, HE would have gotten elected.

It took us generations to get in the mess we are in,

One or two elections will not rotate out the dead wood,

Staying home and pouting will certainly not turn things around.

One of the reasons the Progressives keep winning is they NEVER give up.,

They just keep nibbling away at what they want over decades until?

Conservatives deliver control to them by default.

Some of us DO think we are in a struggle to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, our Liberies and our Rights,

Years from now if one of your grandchildren asks you

Gran where were You during the Political Battles of the Early 21st Century?

What do you want to tell them?

I was on the Barricades?

Or

I ran home like a cry baby to Momma so She could Kiss It and Make it Better and Pout. 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 2:05 AM CDT
Updated: Wednesday, 11 March 2015 2:17 AM CDT
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I saw a post recently that said:

A litmus test for Republicans would definitely separate the wheat from the chaff, and for me, only one question needs to be asked;

Define Conservative?

First thought  off the Top of my head?

Great we are going to have a Gladiatorial Melee 

And the last Man or

Momma Grizzly Bear Standing 

Gets to be the REAL Republican.

Who wants to bet the winner will be a Second Amendment Advocate?  

But  if we decide that we can choose who is and who is not a REAL Republican?

The Day may come when someone will decide that We do not fit THEIR criteria.

I feel that everyone has the Right to make their own choices.

Now some of them may be Really Stupid Choices and so I do not feel honor bound to RESPECT their choices.

However if people who believe in Freedom and Liberty do not stand up for the Right of Anyone to make their own choices?

Who will br left to stand up when they come to tell US what our choices have to be? 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 6:47 PM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, 10 March 2015 3:00 AM CDT
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Well I blew that math  explanation and David Chung  

PWND

Me Big Time

I was

WRONG

So what you do is pick yourself up dust your self off and go on,

But a person needs to OWN their Mistake,.

I will put David's Comment at the bottom of this post it is too easy for for folks to overlook

I want to thank David for showing me my error but I ALSO want to thank him for

Reaffirming THIS 

"The Executive Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee." 

 You can count on me bringing this up when needed,

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 3:13 PM CDT
Updated: Monday, 9 March 2015 2:22 PM CDT
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Well Friends and Neighbors whispers of rumors have been wafting their way from the New Executive Board to your humble chronicler that they think they have found in our Founding Documents a passage that gives them the Power.

To disolve Any Standing Rule of the Committee or Sub-Committee they chose to.

It is found in the County Constitution  here

V. OFFICERS

The officers of this Central Committee shall be a chairman, co-chairman, secretary and

treasurer, and such other members as the County Central Committee in its by-laws may

provide. The Central committee shall organize following each general election, but no later

than the following April 1. 

 Of course for their interpretation to be correct 

THEY MUST IGNORE 

IV. MEMBERSHIP OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE

The County Central Committee shall consist of two precinct committee members elected from

each precinct at the precinct caucuses. The Constitution of the Republican Party of Iowa

permits a provision to be adopted in the County by-laws for the election of additional Central

Committee members from each precinct in a number proportionate to the Republican vote

cast in the precinct at the last preceding general election for President of the United States or

for the Governor of Iowa, as the case may be.

The general management of the affairs of the party in Linn County is vested in the Linn

County Central Committee, subject to direction from time to time by the County convention of

the party.

The Linn County Central Committee shall have such officers and administrative

personnel as it may determine and shall organize its operations to attain the objectives of the

Republican Party, and shall have power to adopt by-laws to carry out its duties and the

purposes of this Constitution, provided such by-laws are not in conflict with the provisions of

the Republican National Convention, the Constitution of the Republican Party of Iowa or this

Constitution.

When elected, a member of the County Central Committee must be a resident of the precinct

from which elected. The term of office of a member of the County Central Committee shall

begin on the day following the precinct caucus and shall continue until the next precinct

caucus and untuil his or her successor is elected and qualified. A member may be removed

by the County Central Committee for inattention to duty, incompetence, or active support of

an opponent of a Republican nominee. Vacancies on the County Central Committee shall be

filled by the County Central Committee. 

 

And they must also IGNORE 

 

 VIII. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer of the

Linn County Central Committee. The Executive Committee shall transact the routine business

of the Linn County Central Committee during the interim of the meetings of the Linn County

Central Committee. Any business transacted or action taken shall be reported to the Linn

County Central Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

The Executive Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts 

shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee.

I take note of the Fact that while the Central Commitee may be given directions by the County Convention and that the Executive Board is "Under the Orders" of the Central Commitee

NOWHERE does it state or give any credence to the Claim that the Central Commitee is "Under the Orders" of or "Given Direction" by the Executive Board.

Quod Erat Demonstradum.

I do want the THANK the Executive Committee however for encouraging me to look at our Founding Documents carefully.

I have read them many times over the years but never before has one passage sprung out with the pristine clarity that it did last night

It is a section in the By Laws on the Treasurers duties

4. The duties of the Treasurer are to keep records of all receipts and disbursements. All

checks shall be signed b the Treasurer and countersigned by the Chair or Co-Chair.

Checks in excess of $500.00 and not previously budgeted shall have the approval of the

County Central Committee. The Treasurer shall prepare a two-year budget for approval

of the County Central Committee and the same shall be presented at the first meeting of

the non-elective calendar year.

Let me pull this one little gem out and place it all by itself

 Checks in excess of $500.00 and not previously budgeted shall have the approval of the County Central Committee.

THIS Friends and Neighbors is what is called in the Fields of Boolean Algebra or Symbolic Logic as an

AND Statement 

 An And Statement with Two Conditions formally represented as

If A AND B then C

Or by the Venn Diagram representation at the beginning of this post.

Now the thing about AND statements IS

For the Statement to be True BOTH Initial Conditions Must Be True 

So while the common interpretation is that if the Expenditure is less than $500 the Exective Board may issue a check without Approval of the Body

It turns out that IF the Expenditure has NOT been previously Budgeted?

They must not only INFORM the Body but the Body must APPROVE the Expenditure.

Otherwise?

Should the Body NOT approve the expenditure?

They must make the Treasury Whole and replace the funds.

Not to do so would be Misappropriation of Funds

And THAT would be an ETHICS Violation.

Some may dispute what I have written

But the Rules of Symbolic Logic on AND Statements are clear and it would be like arguing that One plus One does Not equal Two

Yes I know ther are 10 types of people in the world thos who understand binary and those who do  not but binary 10 is still Two

However if anyone wishes to take issue with my presentation?

Have your Seconds present Your Card to My Seconds and I will meet you on the Field of Mathematics with

Logic Texts of YOUR choice.

By the Way, have I mentioned that before I took my present occupation and moved to Iowa among other things I TAUGHT Boolean Algebra and Symbolic Logic at a Collegiate level? 

I do have one further announcement to make

I must rise early tomorrow and  journey to one of our South Eastern Cities,

So I will not have time to put out a Saturday Post.

We will return in time Saturday Night for a Communications Sub-Committee meeting at 8:30 PM at the Starlite.

I understand our Treasurer and New Co-Chair may attend and attempt to broker

Peace in Our Time.

Which is the Reason for this IMO PG Level Post instead of the 

Turn the Unrighteous into Pillars of Salt Post that I am holding in abeyance to see what they wish to convey to us, 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 1:50 AM CST
Updated: Friday, 6 March 2015 9:57 AM CST
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Over the years Fathers have been known to share some of the things they have learned along the Way with their Sons.

Among those tidbits might be things like

Son: Someday a Man will come up to you with a Sealed Deck of Unmarked Cards and suggest a Friendly Game,

It won't be.

Or

Son: Someday  someone will make you an offer and they will insist that it is REALLY Good but that you HAVE to give them an Answer RIGHT THEN

Tell them you will Sleep on it.

The LCRCC recently was told we had to make an important decision in ONE night.

Nominations to Election only 5 minutes to ask questions.

NOPE can't sleep on it decide NOW

So we ended up with a Sealed Deck of what we are told are unmarked cards.

The question is will we have a shirt left if we sit in on the game?

Will this new deck= Executive Commitee really follow the Rules of Order of the Assembly?

Or will they just do what they want to,.

And if called on something Stonewall.

I put the Question to them and some others the other night.

We have a Standing Rule that was debated upon, voted on and enforced against our national commiteeman Steve Scheffler that NO post on our Facebook Site will be accepted from a Facebook Profile that blocks any Committee Person.

Our Webmaster James Knox is in Violation of that Standing Rule.

I got a mass email on some topics between the Sub-Commitees and the New Executive Board and decided to repsond to everyone with this issue.

I got this reply from our Chair.

Mr Kauffman,
You have quoted a "standing rule". Please share with us the basis of your claim, specifically the minutes from the meeting where this was stated as a standing rule. 
My recollection of the discussion differs significantly from your version. 
Thank you
Cindy Golding
Chair
Linn County Republicans

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry 

I replied

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So now you have taken a position in the Party  and you can sally forth smite monsters and make a difference?

Not Quite.

Sorry you do not get to make policy,

YOU get to preside, assist and implement.

Preside over the Debate.

Assist in the Creation of a Consensus.

And Implement the Consensus

All while being NEUTRAL.

You do not even get to be Don Quioxte tilting at Windmills, but Poncho trotting along with the Supplies

Your Role is Vital and Important but maybe not as glamorous as you imagined.

The facets of this are best described in a Section of Robert's Rules Online covering Presiding Officers.

 The chairman sometimes calls a member to the chair and takes part in the debate. This should rarely be done, and

nothing can justify it in a case where much feeling is shown

and there is a liability to difficulty in preserving order. If the chairman has even the appearance of being a partisan, he loses much of his ability to control those who are on the opposite side of the question.

There is nothing to justify the unfortunate habit some chairmen have of constantly speaking on questions before the assembly, even interrupting the member who has the floor.

One who expects to take an active part in debate should never accept the chair, or at least should not resume the chair, after having made his speech, until after the pending question is disposed of.¹ The presiding officer of a large assembly should never be chosen for any reason except his ability to preside.

You have now become a Public Servant,

A Servant of the Body.

YOU do not make Policy

YOU help the Body determine ITS Policy.

And if there should be an Issue where your basic Principles are under assault?

And you cannot find it in yourself the ability to support the stand chosen?

You Resign.

And enter the maelstrom of Polticial Debate as a Free and Independent Citizen. 

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 10:28 PM CST
Updated: Wednesday, 4 March 2015 9:04 AM CST
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Well the Race Is On and it's Western Iowa coming up the Back Stretch.

Walker to Headline Multi-County NW Iowa GOP Fundraiser April 24 

Linn County is Falling Back it's Trying Not To Break.

Though there WAS a time we also had events like this.

We had a HIGHLY Sucessful Spring Event,

A Chili Cook Off. I recall a few years ago we too had a headline draw at it

Herman Cain.  We PACKED the Long Branch to the rafters.

Then it was decided to move it to the Fall and later to also move into a venue that could hold at the most 20% of the crowd that we could handle in the Past.

Yee, I DID support the last one. I think my ticket purchases were about 16% of their revenue,

But we lost 3 years of momentum and continuity and turned a roaring success into a dismal disaster.

Moving was not the only facter,

Having a Screaming Fits about Volunteers putting more than 5 mints on Tables and Public Humiliation of Hard Working Volunteers that even to reports that got back to me, Embarrassed the Long Branch Staff.

Had already motivated some of our more dedicated volunteers to

LEAVE.

Some may say that what I write on this website causes volunteers to leave

THEY WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 

But it is not me writting here that motivates them to leave.,

But what I write About.

Me writing here seems to motivate some of them to share with me the reasons they plan to leave.

Which has given me in some cases the opportunity to try to talk them out of leaving.

With mixed sucess.

However we now have a moslty New Executive Board

So maybe things will be different

Maybe at the March Meeting they will surprise us with New Plans for a Spring event that will rival the NW Iowa one and equal what we have acheived in the Past.

That is if they have not spent all their time since the last meeting,

Devising New Methods of Taking Over what Sub-Committees still funciton and can do their Jobs.

A Linn County Version of

We Are From the Executive Board and We Are Here To Help You.

Accept the Joys of Assimilation,

You no longer have to Worry about what to think do or say.

Simply Stay Silent, Remember What Your Place Is

and Do What You Are Told

Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 7:45 AM CST
Updated: Tuesday, 3 March 2015 8:08 AM CST
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