Thursday, 4 June 2015
Lèse Majesté
Lèse-majesté is the crime of violating majesty, an offence against the dignity of a reigning
sovereign
Now that we have an Imperial Chair I suppose it was only a matter of
time before the Executive Committee would decide to remove members
from the Body not for the reasons listed in the Constitution and Bylaws but for the Crime of
Lèse Majesté
Whispers on the Wind inform us that is on the next agenda.
Why we are even informed that those same people who go into withdrawl if the LCRCC meeting goes over 30 minutes, actually had a Team Leader's Meeting that lasted over 3 hours.
I asked someone who was there if any work was done on the Caucuses and was told no, but that half of the meeting was concerned with how to purge me and 4 others from the Committee.
It is nice to know my work has been noticed.
It appears that the Imperial Chair has decided to act wih firmness to protect the Body from Me and My Fellow Minions
All of this is no surprise.
I mean they make up Directions from Roberts Rules that do not Exist
They do not feel that the portion of the Constituion which states that the Executive Committee is under the Orders of the Linn County Central Committee and no Action taken by the Executive Committee shall confilict with that taken by the Central Committee applies to THEM
They feel that the portion of Roberts Rules of Order found on page 467 the the 11th edition were it STATES that except for a ballot vote a Parliamentarian should NEVER vote
is Optional
Also Optional to them is the Sections which mandate that if an expenditure is above a certain amount the Bodies approval is required and that ALL checks while they can be Co-signed by either the Chair or the Co-Chair MUST be signed by the Treasurer
Little details such as Violating the Constution or Breaching the ByLaws are beneath them because
They are Working to Help Republicans get Elected,
They are ALSO walking all over the County Constitution, our By Laws and our Rules of Order
But that does not matter,
So if they decide to create new Rules that give them the ability to remove anyone they choose?
It will be business as usual for this Chair and Exective Commitee
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Convienient Lies
Before we get to specifics it might be in order to discuss the Nature of Truth, Untruth and Lies
While it is True that ALL Lies are Untrue
It is Not True that all Untruths are Lies
We have to include Mistakes and Human Error.
What mistakes could lead one to uttering something Untrue?
Possibly Ignorance, that is lack of knowledge
Or
Someone could be told something that is Untrue by a person they trust and repeat it.
Our Executive Board and our Chair in particular have in the recent past kept repeating something that is patently Untrue
That All motions and decisions of the Body are voided by an Executive Election.
How do we KNOW this is untrue?
Well for one thing someone with the username jknox65 asked that very same question on the Official Robert's Rules or Order Discussion Forum and was given an emphatic
NO
It turns out that username is also the Facebook Username of our Webmaster James Knox. Still the forum does not have photos so the possiblity does remain that there might be another jknox65 out there in the world wide web.
However if you google jknox65 you get a LOT of hits with his photo
So I would expect that the probability that the Robert's Rules Discusion Forum jknox65 is our jknox65 to be so close to 100% that one might die of old age before they finished listing all the required 9s.
If you wish to see the forum qestion and answers just go HERE and put jknox65 in the search field
You will see the question and the answers and you will see a quote from Robert's Rules or Order Newly Revised 11th Edition
"Unless an adopted main motion specifies a time for
the termination of its effect, it continues in force until
it is rescinded." (RONR 11th ed., p. 111, ** footnote)
So what does this tell us?
First that the claim that motiions made before the Officers Elections are voided is Untrue
AND
That Mr Knox, a person close to the
Executive Committee, was aware of this FACT back on
the 28th of January
It does not tell us whether Mr Knox shared this with the other members of the Exective Committee
We have no way of knowing WHERE they got the False information from in the first place
We do know that I have repeatedly refuted their claim and presented evidence and that they have repeatedly made the same claim
Perhaps they never read my articles
However
During the May Meeting a member of the Committee rose and READ from Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised 11th edition page 111
the above quote
"Unless an adopted main motion specifies a time for
the termination of its effect, it continues in force until
it is rescinded." (RONR 11th ed., p. 111, ** footnote)
The responce was that the Executive Committee would take it under advisement?
That they would investigate it?
LOOK AT IT.
It is in PLAIN ENGLISH the BOOK was right there.
The only germane quesiton would have been were those words actually IN that copy of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised 11th Edition,
Anyone who has a Problem understanding that sentence and needs to "take it under advisement" and have the Executive Committee "investigate it"???
Should probably never try to walk and chew gum at the same time
One other thing we do know now, is that anyone capable of understanding that sentence, who was at the May Meeting of the LCRCC no longer has any excuses
If they continue to make that same claim they will have passed out of the area of Mistakes and Human Error and entered the Land of Lies
Or they might just be mentally deficient rather than morally deficient
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
A Chair's Tale
During the May Meeting of the Linn County Central Committeee one of the members made a stirring and yes heartfelt and sincere appeal for unity and one of their main ipoints was that we should not get derailed on Rules of Order Issues that amount only to the placement of "Thes" and "As"
I completely agree with those sentiments
But the problem is we are not talking about where to put "Thes" or "As" but of the fundamental principles of the LCRCC
Things like the fact that the Constitution mandates that decisions are made by the Body and it is the role of the Executives to advise, assist and perform such functions as may be appointed to them by the Body,
Which a majority of the present Executive Committee chooses to ignore
Things like over a certain amount expenditures are to be approved by the Body,
Which the present Chair has found restraining and so has at times chosen to ignore those restrictions
Things like ALL checks are to be signed by the TREASURER and Co-signed by either the Chair or Co-Chair,
Which again the Chair has at time found constraining particularly when the Treasurer refused to sign checks of amounts that required approval of the Body
So the Chair just IGNORED the restrictions mandated by the By-Laws
But the Chair and some of her supporters would like us to THINK that objections to their Reing by Executive Fiat are only concerned with petty issues of where "As" and "Thes" are placed
You see some people feel that if you tell a Lie Loud enough or Long enough or Often enough it will start to take the appearance of Truth
To others a Lie can always be told by it's stench regardless of the number of times it is repeated
Like the oft repeated mantra that ALL motions and decisions are expunged with the Election of a New Executive Committee
Anyone who wishes to see what a blatant Lie that is only has to turn to the bottom of page 111 or Robert's Rules of Order 11th Edition Newly revised,
Where they will read
THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE
But still the person who made an appeal for the Committee to not be distracted by where "As" and "Thes" shluld be placed did get some applause.
He was sincere, but mistaken and the real import was to imply that the Rule of Law is expendable if it gets in the way of what we want to do.
Which is exactly the position held by Barack Obama when he issues and Execitive Order which ignores the Constitution and Laws passed by Congress.
So it apppears we have a Chari on the County level who ignores the County Constitution and Rules passed by the Body
Can anyone explain to me what the difference is between these two methods of running things?
Maybe I have not been explicit enough in detailing what has been going on these last few years
I will have to correct that failing in my next few posts
Monday, 1 June 2015
Insinuate?
Recently I was informed that I have insinuated that the LCRCC Executives spend money unapproved, that they don't read or follow constitutions, bylaws, or Robert's Rules of Order.
I had NO idea that I was guilty of being so vague
So I feel I must correct this Error,
I "Insinuate" nothing
I categorically STATE that the Executives have spent money unapproved,
That they don't read or follow constitutions, bylaws, or Robert's Rules of Order.
Well maybe the did read some of Robert's Rules of Order but then they decided to ignore what was said and create their own version.
So in an attempt to remove the charge of being an insinuator from my character let me state for the record.
That I am willing, with the proviso that David Chung acts as moderator,
To meet with any portion, in part ie Executive Committee or whole, of the Linn County Central Committee.
And specify what portion of the County Constitution, the By Laws or Robert's Rules of Order have been violated breached or broken.
I am prepared to state which Sections of the County Counstitution, ByLaws and the page numbers in Robert's Rules of Order 11th Edition Newly Revised contain the rules that have been flaunted
I am also prepared to NAME the persons who committed these offenses and when this occurred.
And where I have stated that the Body was told from the podium things that were Not True.
I am prepared to show the proof of that and the proof that SOME of the Executive Board DID have prior knowledge that what was stated to the Body was the opposite of the Truth
I am fully prepared to also present EVIDENCE that is in the Public Record that when One Member of the Committee attempted to bring the fact that a claim made by the Executife Board was not in Fact True that they were Shut Down.
Insinuate?
I think not,
Friday, 29 May 2015
Dulce Et Decorum Est
It would appear that one of the more important items during May's Meeting of the LCRCC that took precedence over even discussion of the Caucuses was
I have given the List Presented by the Executive Committee
Linn County Central Committee Meeting
May 19, 2015
Motion for Rules of Decorum
Official rules of decorum are to ensure that members and officers of the LCRCC shall at all times conduct themselves in a manner that reflects creditably on the LCRCC. The intent is to provide an atmosphere where members debate actions and issues before them in an efficient and collegial manner, showing respect for each other and to the institution.
Members must stand while speaking, and address the Chair with their remarks.
Conversations and other remarks which may interrupt the civil, orderly conduct of the meeting, or the ability of other members to participate in proceedings, are prohibited.
Personal attacks on any member of the body are prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, name-calling, unfounded allegations of wrong doing, or unsupported accusations of malcontent or misfeasance.
Charts and exhibits are allowed during debate to the extent that they inform members. Charts or exhibits that demean the body or any member thereof are prohibited, and any member may object to the use of a chart or exhibit.
No speaker shall be interrupted except by procedure specifically authorized by Roberts Rules of Order or other provisions of the governing documents of the
body.
Members should avoid impugning the motives of another member, using offensive language, or otherwise uttering words which may be deemed unparliamentary. Unparliamentary speech shall include, but is not limited to, the
following:
Defaming or degrading the body
Impugning the motives of another member
Charging falsehood or deception
References to race, creed, or prejudice
Charges related to loyalty or patriotism
With something like this one of my rules is look at the end.
If there are any small print suprises that is where they will usually show up
And Yes Siree there they ARE
Charging falsehood or deception
Note the difference between THAT and
unfounded allegations of wrong doing, or unsupported accusations of malcontent or misfeasance.
When you drop the unfounded or the unsupported it makes quite a bit of difference
So I guess it is OK to Lie and Decieve but pointing that Out is Just Not Done?
But that DOES fit in with recent events
We have seen Our County Constitution Violated with No Repercusionos
We have seen Our By Laws Breached with No Repercusions
We have seen multiple incidents of Fraudulent Voting with No Repercusions
We have seen the Chair and the Executive Committee Rush the Body into Hasty Decisions with Statements that were not True
Heard those same Statements over and over again and when the Chair was presented with the truth we were simply told that
The Executive Committee would take a Direct Reading of Robert's Rules of Order 11th Edition Newly Revised
Under Advisement and Investigate it?
Like they Could NOT simply lift up the Book and Read it themselves at that time?
But then that also fits in with a Parliamentarian who cannot read the last paragraph of the Duties of Parliamentarians in page 467 of Robert's Rules of Order 11th Edition Newly Revised
So all these flagrant violations of our Constitution, By Laws and Rules of Order are just passed over?
But if someone should be Rude?
By GOD we are going to
CALL DOWN THE WRATH OF THE ALMIGHTY!
AND SMITE THEM WITH THE RIGHTEOUS SWORD OF DECORUM!!
Now in truth I really am all for Decorum but I do think in this case the priorities are WAY backwards
How would a Man like Ted Cruz react to being told there were Republicans that thought following their Constitution and ByLaws was optional if they thought it got in the Way of Electing Republicans
Or that fraudulent voting was acceptable if your intentions were pure?
I mean that man really does stand for the Constitution and Against Voting Fraud.
Does anyone really believe he would want people who would do what is listed above to represent him?
The TRUTH is we have in our Leadership those who have trampled on the Principles Republicans Stand for, have misled the Body, Shattered our Rule of Law
And now they want us not to cause a scene about it.
That is what their Decorum Rules are about.
They are nothing more than a Gag Order
Thursday, 28 May 2015
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Is a novel by Harlan Ellison and a reasonable IMO
Reaction to some of the events at the last
LCRCC Meeting the third Tuesday of May.
I Have been listening to an audio file of the events
That night which you can peruse
The File is about 2 and a half hours long.
The portions that struck me the most were
At about 1:37 Where the Chair ruled that an Amendment that Chages a Motion is Out of Order
At about 2:02 Where the Chair claimed that All matters passed by the Linn County Central Committee were voided by an Executive Officer Election
And lastly
At about 2:32 Where the Chair Ruled that the Central Committee CANNOT form a Sub-Committee unless it has the permission of the Executive Committee
I am not going to comment at this time
I think I will let my thougts on these actions
Fester, become inflamed
And when they raise pustules
I will share them with my Readers.
But to be succinct
This Executive Committee
And this Chair in particular
Seem to have left the County Constitution,
ByLaws and Our Rules of Order
In this shape
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Remedial Reading Lessons For Executives Vol I
I don't know if it is the falling levels of public literacy
Or perhaps simple cognitive blockage
The syndrone where one sees what one wants to
But SOMETHING is being lost
Between what is written
And what our Ececutive Board
And their Helpers see.
I was out of town for the Last LCRCC Meeting
So I have about a 2 hour audio record to go through
I will comment on what I find in a series of posts
I feel there will be to much material to put into a single one,.
We will start with a statement by the Chair
Which Claims that upon the Creation of a New Executive Board that ALL
Motions and Decisions made by a previous LCRCC are voided,
That Claim has been made before
It was one of the reasons claimed for the need for a Rush To Approve the Night of the St Patrick's Day Masacre
It remains now as it was then
NOT TRUE
A claim was made that this is part of Robert's Rules of Order and that is also
NOT TRUE
What IS true is that on 28 January 2015 - 08:37 AM
someone calling themselves jknox65 (which just happens
to be the Facebook Username
of our Webmaster James Knox)
Asked THIS Question on the Officlal Robert's Rules of Order Forum
I was wondering if motions that had
passed
during a previous Executive boards rein,
do
these carry over to the new presiding
officers? Do motions bind the hands
of a new body after an election? I would
thing by-law changes would but I am
uncertain about motions?
And was Told
That unless the Body voted to change a previous decision or there was an expiration date in the original motion that YES they stay in effect PERIOD
I wrote about this previously in
The Great Motion Expiration Swindle
You may go see for your self at the RONR Website HERE
Or you can look at a copy and paste of it lifted and placed in this post.
When do passed Motions expire?
Started by jknox65 , Jan 28 2015 08:37 AM
Motions Elections 3 replies to this topic
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Posted 28 January 2015 - 08:37 AM
I was wondering if motions that had passed during a previous Executive boards rein, do these carry over to the new presiding officers? Do motions bind the hands of a new body after an election? I would thing by-law changes would but I am uncertain about motions?
Can someone advise and reference where it may or may not support the expunging of previous sessions passed motions?
#2 Hieu H Huynh
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Posted 28 January 2015 - 08:45 AM
"Unless an adopted main motion specifies a time for the termination of its effect, it continues in force until it is rescinded." (RONR 11th ed., p. 111, ** footnote)
#3 Edgar Guest
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Posted 28 January 2015 - 08:57 AM
jknox65, on 28 Jan 2015 - 08:37 AM, said:
Do motions bind the hands of a new body after an election?
No. The board is free to rescind (or otherwise amend) motions previously adopted by the board (assuming, of course, that the actions authorized by the motions have not been completed). There is no "expunging".
It's best not to think of "the old board" and "the new board". It's just "the board" (with occasional changes in membership).
Everything I know about RONR I learned from Mr. Mountcastle. And everything he knows about RONR he learned from this forum.
#4 Gary Novosielski
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Posted 28 January 2015 - 01:51 PM
No, they don't bind the hands of a future body any more than they bind the hands of the current body.
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Unless otherwise indicated, responses are based upon the current edition of RONR as of the date of posting. The rules in your bylaws supersede those in RONR.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead
For those who might snidely quip that this is just someone's interpretation?
Might I point out that there is a quote AND source from Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised 11th edition
"Unless an adopted main motion specifies a time for
the termination of its effect, it continues in force until
it is rescinded." (RONR 11th ed., p. 111, ** footnote)
Now it IS possible that Mr Knox made this inquiry and never told the Executive Board the result.
They might actually believe what they are saying
But it is EQUALY True that what they are saying is
NOT True,
A very interesting quesiton would be who if anyone TOLD them this preposterous pile of bunk that they keep using to justify ILLEGAL Actions.
PS got another letter while I was away from my anonymous adimirer, We will look at their last attempts at correspondence hilarity after we deal wiith a few other issues
Such as Breaches of the County Constitution and ByLaws by the current Exective Board and Parliamentarian.
Friday, 15 May 2015
Where Have All The Charters Gone?
We are experiencing a resurgence of Battles in a very old War.
It is about Power and Control of the Central Committee and that this is not just a recent event can be seen by some telling sections of our Constitution and By Laws.
Section VIII of the Constitution is revealing
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.
Notice the Last sentence? Someone wanted to make VERY certain that it was the Central Committee and NOT the Executive Committee which made the decisions,
Of course they WERE assuming that the members of the Executive Committee would actually ADHERE to what was written in the Constitution,
But it must be declining literacy standards of recent times that does not appear to be the case,
I first realised the problem when after a Communications Sub Committee meeting one Saturday night at the Starlite about a year ago our Chair Cindy Golding informed me that "Some People" wanted to mover the meeting to the Library.
She further stated that SHE could make that decision but felt it would be better if the Body did it,.
When I said that she did not have the authority to do that because the Times and Place of the Meeting had been set by a VOTE of the Committee and until it Voted otherwise it had to remain at the same place and dates,
BOY did she NOT like that!!
Her and our Webmaster James Knox had a little hissy fit about my stance.
Several things happened shortly there after
I never saw Cindy Golding or James Knox at another Communications meeting again,
We heard that "Some People" (not really sure if this is the same some people names are never provided) wanted the Communications Meeting moved from Saturday Night at the Star Lite
AND
It was VITAL that ALL the Sub-Committees have CHARTERS!!!
To this day I wonder if it was all an attempt to "take over " the Sub-Committees because all the Charters had the SubCommittees reporting to the Executive Committee or the Organizational Committee which the Chair seemed to run.
Or at least it seemed to some that the County Chair spent more time talking than the Sub Committee Chair,
But the Body rejected that portion of the Charters and amended them to have the Sub Committees report to the Body.
And that it where things stood until just a few months later the Executive Committee decided we HAD to reorganize everything.
Was required by Robert's Rules don't you see?
Except it wasn't
One of our members found evidence that that very quesiton was asked of the Official Robert's Rules Discusion Forum and they were told NO.
We were told that a man considered by many to be one of the foremost parliamentary experts in the State also said Robert's Rules required this move,
But he says he did not,
But in eny event something else happened.
We got all these new things called TEAMS which seem to do what the Sub Committees used to do,.
You can check them out HERE
But they do not have CHARTERS.
You can see the Old Charters HERE
And that is just Not Right!
I mean we were told just last summer that Charters were VITAL!
So here is what we need to do.
We already HAVE the Charters. Many of the Teams have the same functions as the Old Sub Committees
SO
We make some motions like
I move that the Marketing & PR Team be given the Charter formerly applied to the Communications Sub Committee
Or
I move that the Membership & Meeting Setup Team be given the Charter formerly applied to the Credential's Sub Committee.
See how easy that woudl be?
There is one thing missing from the Teams though
Where we formerly had an Office Sub Committee?
They seem to have overlooked making an
Office TEAM
That is just not tidy. I mean we HAVE an Office but we no longer have anyone responsible for it?
I move we create an Office Team and give it the Charter formerly applied to the Office Sub-Committee,
Then after we get all that done maybe we can work on letting everyone in a Team have a say or vote in what happens instead of just the chosen few
And we can let people decide what Teams they wish to contribute to rather than having the Team Leader control everything.
In time we can have everything back the way it was when we had Sub Commitees
Thursday, 14 May 2015
Well I Do Like Chili
One of my Readers answered a question that was in my recent letter for me.
"BIGGER QUESTION - What Republican activities has or does the Hot Air Blogger support? .... so far none on his blog. Isn't that curious?"
Your FRIEND apparently hasn't looked at the DR-2. Otherwise he would have seen that you were by far the largest donor at the chili cook-off.
That IS True and for those who wish to look at the DR-2 metioned I have it HERE for them,
Yes is it does appear I was the largest donor in the neighborhood of 1/6th of the ticket sales and the next TWO highest donors combined are just few dollars more than me,
In addition to the above since I work nights, in order to attend the Monthly Central Committee meetings I take a vacation day from work and have been doing so for some 10 years.
OK OK I have to admit. I am not married, Had I a wife and family I am certain there would be some words about me using 12 vacation days a year doing something else besides spending the time with family.
Let me see. In what other ways have I shown my dedication to Republican Activities?
Well when I was in the hospital waiting to have open heart surger I did request that my friends in lieu of flowers donate to one of our local campaigns.
How many others have ever used a quintuple bypass operation as a fund raiser for a political campaign?
Also while laying in a hospital bed I made out a check for $100 to help fund an earlier buffet on election nights for some who wished to show up early about 6:00 PM
I also had a friend pick me up at the hopsital and take me to that event,
Where I stayed watching the returns come in despite the fact that we discovered that the Hospital calling in my prescriptions to my pharmacy did not include my pain medication.
A good friend did give me some extra strength tylenol and I made do with that.
I would say that overall I have contributed quite a bit actually and since my comments section is as it always is open
Perhaps Mr Friend of Republican Principles can regale us with THEIR record?
I will conclude now with just one statement.
It really does not matter that Mr Friend of Republican Principles has called me a Hypocrite because in a manner of speaking we ARE even.
I think THEY are an Ignoramus.
Wednesday, 13 May 2015
I Am Your Friend
I got a letter with a return address "A Friend"
When I read it instead of my usual concept of a friend it reminded me of
The Reverend Henry Kane from Poltergeist.
You know where he says
Because I'm Smart and I'm your friend and I know what you are thinking.
Before we get into the letter I think the Readers should make up their own mind so I want you to go read it yourselves and then come back here and we can discuss it.
Letter from "A Friend"
Back? That was different wasn't it? Well I guess there are all kinds of definitions of the word friend.
Now let us start at the beginning.
The letter will be in italics my thoughts in bold font
Is the Hot Air Blogger a Democrat?
First I am not a Hot Air Blogger. I am flattered but Hot Air is one of THE premier Conservative Blogs on the Internet, My website is called Hot Issues
This is a serious question. Regularly, almost every day, the Hot Blogger claims to be following and protecting the Linn County Republican Party Constitution and the Linn County Republican Central Committee Bylaws.
Well they do need it,.
So how does he square that with supporting Democrats? Joel Miller is the Linn County Auditor. Now many think Joel does a great job, but that doesn't qualify him as a Republican.
Now there is a Catch 22 here,. Yes Joe Miller is a Democrat, Yes 60% of the County Supervisors are also Democrats, So whatever side you take in this debate, You can be accused of supporting Democrats.
Because the 2 of the 5 Supervisors who are Republicans can only do what the 3 Democrats allow them to. That is just the simple math
So why is the Hot Air Blogger promoting keeping more people on the Auditor's staff than the Linn County Supervisors think he needs to do his job? Wasn't it a Republican Supervisor who challenged the staffing? Isn't that active support of a Democrat in opposition to a Republican?
That is Mr Friends version. Mine is a bit different which will come as no surprise.
The Auditor's Office under Mr Miller has a record of fair and even and NON-partisan behaviour
One if it's duties is to AUDIT the County Government and point out Waste.
I support this. It would appear that the County Supervisors do not.
Because they have been transfering his staff to other depts and if the next reduction goes into effect the Auditors office will be down from 52 not more than 2 years ago to 13.
Which will hamper his efforts to document their swilling at the public trough.
Didn't the Hot Air Blogger support kicking a Republican out of the Central Committee? So perhaps the Linn County Republican Central Committee is about to receive the resignation of the Hot Air Blogger ... otherwise it seems as if by his statements that he might be a hypocrite. hhhhmmmmm????
I see, The fact that I supported adherence to the Constitution when a member openly campaigned for a Democratic Candidate who was running against a Republican has some bearing?
As I recall MOST of the Central Committee did the same there are only a few who feel that the Constitution and By Laws are optional.
I guess those who did not agree with Mr Friend are not REAL Republicans in his estimation
"Constitution of the Republican Party of Linn County" "The purpose of the organization shall be, under one central committee ... to aid in every way the establishment of Republican principles and policies .... and assist ... in support of the Republican ticket."
Great Mr Friend has read part of the County Constitution, Had he read some further he might have discovered that the charge in the Constitution is
active support of an opponent of a Republican nominee.
I know our educational systems deterioration
has lowered literacty standards but I would think that
is plain enough that it would not be mistaken for
supporting a Non-partisan office in their attempt to
document waste in the County Government
I actually thoght that reducing waste in Government was somewhere in the Principles of the Republican Party but Mr Friend thinks otherwise.
What Republican principle supports growing government? Even the ICU doesn't support that .... do they??? Some of their members are questionable Republicans or even conservatives.
Not sure what Mr Friend is talking about here. The only growth in goverment mentioned was the Waste that the Auditors office was reporting and that the Supervisors wish to silence,
As for the ICU? You will find it's members in the Central Committee but then Mr Friend has already decided most of the Central Committee is not up to his caliber
Is that why only a small portion of the members of the Teams have a vote ie say in what gets done and the rest just get to do what they are told?
s supporting a Democrat in keeping with "aiding and assisting" the support of Republicans under the Linn County Constitution? Don't think so.
And here I thought I was supporting the Principle of reducing Waste in Government
I will agree with that last sentence though.
I don't think Mr Friend thinks either,
BIGGER QUESTION - What Republican activities has or does the Hot Air Blogger support? .... so far none on his blog. Isn't that curious?
I stand firmly against Violations of the County Constitution
Like when our Chair Cindy Golding REFUSED to sign Checks to pay debts that the Central Committee voted on
I stand firmly against Violations of our By Laws
Like when the County Chair Cindy Golding Illegally paid a bill for over $500 without the approval of the Committee NOR the signature of the then Treasurer.
I stand firmly against the Committee being rushed into decisons based on information that is false and is known to be false when presented
Like the recent claim that a massive reorganization of the Central Committe was REQUIRED by Robert's Rules of Order DESPITE the FACT that that question had been asked of the Robert's Rules of Order Forum and their responce was NO
And like telling the Committee that the above action was supported by a parliamentary ruling by a gentleman we all know who informed me that never happened,
BTW I also support a motion to allow every member of one of our teams to have a vote and say in Team Activiities
I support a motion letting individuals themselves decide which Teams to be a member of instead of having that limited by a Team Leader.
I support putting our Former Caucus Team which had done such a good job in the past back in place and going to work on a Multiple Site Presidential Caucus
I think that is enough for right now
A FRIEND of Republican principles.
Does anyone think Mr Friend would recognize a Principle if it jumped up and smacked him in the Face?
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