Captain On Board, Quick Throw Him Off
You know the old saying that the Captain goes down with the ship, well, in the case of the outgoing Republican Party of Minnesota Chair, the ship is still sea worthy, it is the captain that is sinking, but unfortunately he’s taking the ship down wit him.
Seems Ron Carey is not letting his lame duck status go to his head. The guy is still clinging to his totalitarian ways. For pete’s sake Ron, just let us know who each other are. Release the State Central list!
Once again he is trying to hand off the baton of power to Tony Sutton and Michael Brodkorb by not letting the State Central Delegates and Alternates have a healthy debate. Requests for the lists are not only being refused, they aren’t even being acknowledged.
Hit the road Ron Carey and take your pitiful leadership skills with you.
(Yes, I am tired and crabby today. This post will ruffle some feathers, but this man has done enough damage to this party and it is time we fight back before we have the people who approve of this behavior replace him. )
Call the MNGOP and tell them to let us talk to each other.
Release the Delegates lists! Free the people Ron. Free the people!!!!!!!!!!
651-222-0022
Let our people know who each other are Ron. Let us have the ability to contact each other and discuss what is best for the party. Let the grassroots decide the future.
(Again, sorry, only slept about 3 hours last night. Allergy season. But you get the point. )
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I agree. Horrible idea. So let’s take matters into our own hands and bypass the top. Gather the info on our own. Surely with your contacts and being a delegate myself. We get 2 delegates. And they get 2 delegates. And so …
The MN GOP constitution specifies that the State Central Committee governs the party. The delegates have a right to demand and receive information, and if the executives will not comply, lawsuits or removal from office are possible remedies. Removal doesn’t make much sense in Ron Carey’s case, but the point is the officers answer to the State Central Committee.
“The general management of the affairs of the party in the state shall be vested in the State Central Committee, subject to the control of the state convention and this constitution.”
Officers are hired to carry out the will of the State Central Committee, not to control it.
At the upcoming State Central meeting, the delegates should demand access to delegate lists and any other information required to manage the operations of the party. Such a demand should be submitted in writing to the EC before the meeting for inclusion on the agenda.
Now I’m confused. As a delegate, I have been receiving all the communications that all of the candidates have put out. Who else do you think should be privy to this private information? The DFL? Moron.Org?
I am a Delegate as well. I don’t think he is referring to non-Delegates getting information. I think what he is referring to is the difficulty in getting a list of who is a delegate, even to those that require it i.e. candidates. I have heard first hand the stories about the hoops needed to go through for the state party.
I think in this case it is the idea that even the delegates have no idea who each other is. (At least in a general sense, those in same BPOU obviously would.) As an example there is no way you and I would have known each other is a delegate except for us posting here. I think the overall idea, which I agree with, is the ideas that maybe the delegates should actually have a chance to discuss the different candidates with the other delegates. I could be wrong about what he is meaning, but I do not think so.
The point here is that the members of the State Central Committee, the governiing body of the party aren’t able to communicate with each other. State Central isn’t like your CD or BPOU where everyone knows each other and live close together. The members are far-flung across the entire state. Every member probably knows a couple others from their own district and maybe one or two others from elsewhere, but that’s it, and it’s a very serious problem. Evidently it’s a problem certain executives want to perpetuate for their own purposes.