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Friday, October 23, 2009
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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