After berrating meeting attendees for having the audacity to ask where the PC GOP stands on the local Regional Transit Authority referendum up for a vote in Nov, that created bigger government, removed local contol and granted taxing authority, and telling attendees that the vote was a personal choice that they should investigate for themselves, and it was one that the Porter County GOP party officials would not take a position on, either out of self-proclaimed ignorance, or because it was not a "partisan issue" (since when is higher taxes and bigger government NOT a GOP partisan issue???), on election day the Porter County GOP manned a phone bank urging voters to get to the polls and vote YES.
Yes, you read that right! The party of limited government and lower taxes LIED to life-long GOP members, who attended a party meeting in good faith and in hopes of genuine discourse with their party officials, and then like the lying, charlatans and mountebanks they have shown themselves to be, came out in support of something they proclaimed rather insultingly that they were not taking a position on - 'shame on anyone for assuming otherwise!'
It seems the St. Joseph county GOP, whose county voted on the referendum as well, had no problem understanding what role and position the GOP (the party of conservativism) should be taking on the issue. They took a stand publically and vocally against the RTA and in support of the ACTUAL principles of the Grand Old Party.
Now it would have been bad enough if the Porter County GOP had revealed their actual intentions, but at least it would have been honest. The mere fact that these officials, as represenative of the party, LIED to members, and then used resources that are ultimately provided by membership support and contributions, is INEXCUSIBLE!
I guess if there is a silver-lining to be found it would have to be that the Porter County GOP hasn't gotten any better at getting out the vote than they were in 2008 (or maybe it is that a great many ACTUAL conservatives and Republicans know that the Porter County GOP no longer represents them or the party and cannot be trusted). The referendum went down in flames in both St. Joseph and Porter County.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
I love Dick Cheney!
Give me a man who isn't afraid to tell it like it is, stand on principle and take the heat come-what-may, and I'll follow him to the ends of the earth.
Porter County GOP in shambles
The Porter County GOP's position on it's position is that it has no position...on anything, including what it means to be GOP. How's that for leadership and direction? They haven't a clue what they stand for, or against (at least that they can admit publicly) and are determined to move forward. Spectacular! Where are we headed, Captain? What, you don't know either? Well, how about what would we like to accomplish? Just another fundraiser? That is the sum total of your ambition? Seriously?!
It seems the committee wants to keep party business exclusive to committee members only and like some elitist country club have to give their collective nod if you want to join or participate. God forbid you should actually question them, not only will committee members 'object on grounds of parliamentary procedures' but some long-time serving party member (is she a committee member, too? I missed that.) will get up and berate attendees, insult their intelligence, and tell them to figure out the issues for themselves, that the PC GOP isn't interested...and then proceed in having a personal verbal brawl with another long-time party member (yes, you heard me right!) Classy ladies, classy.
So what is going on behind closed doors with our little PC GOP committee exactly? What are their actual motivations for the party and our communities? They certainly aren't going to tell you outright. But I have heard it said that the committee and Republican leadership in PC are supportive of the RDA (not the RTA) and I have to wonder why? The very premises of the RDA stands in fundamental opposition to conservative principles of limited government, lower taxes, and sustained local authority.
Well, since we don't know what the PC GOP stands for, let's take a look at the committee members. With just a show of hands, how many of them are involved in real-estate? How many of them would be/could be/might be served or benefit personally by regional "development", higher property value, and state and federal subsidies for these projects? (Here's a hint: it's more than a few)
Offensive? Perhaps...but it was just a question (not an accusation). Questions that arise when leadership is unwilling to even define what the party stands for, understand that it is their very goal to do just that (and not just shuffle a bunch of paper around) or what the committee members are laboring (according to them) for and what direction the party as a whole is supposed to be headed. The committee does not seem to realize that they are not, as individuals alone, representative of the political party, but as board members make a collective leadership that must have a message to be followed by like-minded individuals who will be members of that party.
If the PC GOP has actually become the party of expansion and development (especially as it pertains to government) it is no wonder that the party has fallen to ruin in Porter County. If that is the committee's unspoken position, they do not speak for the majority of conservatives and self-described Republicans in Porter County. (Just curious, does this have anything to do with the "back-door deals with Democrats" the one member was railing about that allegedly happened in the last election? Curious minds want to know.)
It seems the committee wants to keep party business exclusive to committee members only and like some elitist country club have to give their collective nod if you want to join or participate. God forbid you should actually question them, not only will committee members 'object on grounds of parliamentary procedures' but some long-time serving party member (is she a committee member, too? I missed that.) will get up and berate attendees, insult their intelligence, and tell them to figure out the issues for themselves, that the PC GOP isn't interested...and then proceed in having a personal verbal brawl with another long-time party member (yes, you heard me right!) Classy ladies, classy.
So what is going on behind closed doors with our little PC GOP committee exactly? What are their actual motivations for the party and our communities? They certainly aren't going to tell you outright. But I have heard it said that the committee and Republican leadership in PC are supportive of the RDA (not the RTA) and I have to wonder why? The very premises of the RDA stands in fundamental opposition to conservative principles of limited government, lower taxes, and sustained local authority.
Well, since we don't know what the PC GOP stands for, let's take a look at the committee members. With just a show of hands, how many of them are involved in real-estate? How many of them would be/could be/might be served or benefit personally by regional "development", higher property value, and state and federal subsidies for these projects? (Here's a hint: it's more than a few)
Offensive? Perhaps...but it was just a question (not an accusation). Questions that arise when leadership is unwilling to even define what the party stands for, understand that it is their very goal to do just that (and not just shuffle a bunch of paper around) or what the committee members are laboring (according to them) for and what direction the party as a whole is supposed to be headed. The committee does not seem to realize that they are not, as individuals alone, representative of the political party, but as board members make a collective leadership that must have a message to be followed by like-minded individuals who will be members of that party.
If the PC GOP has actually become the party of expansion and development (especially as it pertains to government) it is no wonder that the party has fallen to ruin in Porter County. If that is the committee's unspoken position, they do not speak for the majority of conservatives and self-described Republicans in Porter County. (Just curious, does this have anything to do with the "back-door deals with Democrats" the one member was railing about that allegedly happened in the last election? Curious minds want to know.)
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