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    May17

    The Rules are the Rules?

    by Gadsden Gal on May 17th, 2012 at 10:17 AM
    Posted In: Uncategorized

    In response to Tuesday’s night’s developments during the FCRC’s 11th District Caucus, where we learned that Ms. Stoeckel is attempting to change the convention rules at the last minute, Mike Giere has issued the following statement:

    The Rules are the Rules?

    The rules are the rules – unless you’re a long-time incumbent chairman suddenly finding yourself in a really competitive race.

    Becky Stoeckel – the absentee Chairman of the 11th Congressional District – is treating you, a delegate to Saturday’s 11th District Convention, as if you were a piece of furniture, to be moved around at her pleasure.

    Nancy Pelosi famously said about “Obamacare” that it would have to pass first for everyone to find out what is in it.

    Now the 12 year place-holding Chairman of the 11th Congressional District is telling you, a delegate to the convention that is just a few days away that you’ll have to come to the convention to find out how many votes are necessary to win the race.

    There was a major rule change this week for the convention Saturday; and even though I’m a candidate for Chairman there has been no official notification about the changes issued to the candidates.

    The winner now only needs to receive a plurality vote; a majority is no longer needed in the race for Chairman. This overturns decades of precedent in the 11th, and it overturns the Convention Call voted on and published by the District Committee in February!

    These long-time establishment “leaders” always want to make the rules work for them. (This is why so many people hate politics and all the “inside” games played to keep the same people in office, election after election.)

    This is a classic case of a last minute change to the original rules known for months and approved by the 11th District Committee. Now, of course, even in a three-person race, Chairman Stoeckel finds herself in a bad spot. So she does what any desperate office holder does – she changes the rules in the hope that she can squeak out a win.

    Election four days out? No problem. The next thing you know her handpicked “Rules Committee” has changed the rules everyone understood when they entered the race, and under which the candidates have been running their campaigns.

    This kind of back-room last minute rule change cheapens the Republican brand at a time when we need to win over every possible voter in the 11th District.

    It would be my honor to have your support for Chairman and I hope to see you at the convention May 19th.   www.mikegforchairman.com

    11th District Convention is being held on May 19TH at Oakton High School.

    Registration: 9am-11am

    Convention Begins: 11am

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    May17

    Endorsements for the 11th District GOP Convention

    by Chris Farmer on May 17th, 2012 at 9:00 AM
    Posted In: 2012 elections

    This Saturday is the 11th Congressional District Republican Committee Convention. My votes will go to…

    Becky Stoeckel for Chairman
    Becky gets my vote because of how she works with campaigns. She believes the role of chairman should operate as a complement to our Republican campaigns in the 11th District. Her game plan was Tom Davis’s game plan then it became the Keith Fimian game plan because they were the nominees of the 11th. Becky has stood tall behind our candidates and she will continue to do so. She deserves to be returned to the chair of this district’s committee.

    David Ray for State Central
    David is a master of the rules of our party. And not just at the State Central level. I saw him at a Reston GOP meeting the night of a vote we were having and asked him what he thought of the procedure. He told me he had read the bylaws and then launched into an intuitive critique of the night’s vote. David is always ready to answer questions about our party, or really anything else, and especially about baseball. David is as conservative as we Rs get nowadays. He is a lock to win and rightfully so. He deserves to be returned to State Central.

    Bob Patten for State Central
    I have a very simplistic reason for supporting Bob; he lives in Prince William County, which offers a significant amount of real state to the 11th District, those precincts deserve a voice on State Central. Bob is a grassroots worker for PWCRC. I first met him as the contact for party efforts at the famous Occoquan Craft Fair, which is a great event. Bob will be a great addition to State Central.

    Lillian Vogl for State Central
    Lillian gets my vote because she is a believer in the importance of organization down at the precinct level. She sees our party achieving great success from working bottom-up with everything beginning at the precinct level. She believes in boots on the ground, block captains, precinct events and good fundamental grassroots engagement. Lillian will be a great addition to State Central.

    My slate may not car pool to Richmond but they certainly can work together. Becky and David aren’t exactly on the same page and I like that. I believe in the benefits of debate, which strengthen our own arguments by exposing faults and inconsistencies which we often overlook. Group think is no good. Competing ideas exchanged in an open and professional setting is one of the greatest characteristics of democracy. My slate represents a pluralistic composition in a pluralist society. I encourage convention delegates to join me in voting for these outstanding conservatives.

     Comment 
    May16

    Publius Publicola’s Endorsements

    by PubliusPublicola on May 16th, 2012 at 5:16 PM
    Posted In: 2012 elections

    With the 10th District GOP Convention coming, I thought it’d be appropriate to make a few endorsements.

    There is a very simple choice for District Chair: John Whitbeck.  He is the best conservative choice to continue stability and sanity in the 10th District, and to help Republicans keep winning elections in the district

    The Rest of your simple choices :
    Kay Gunter for State Central

    Eve Barner for State Central

    Gerrie Smith for State Central

    For the 11th District Convention, I endorse Brian Schoeneman for RNC Delegate !!

    I’ll be at the 10th District Convention – see you there!

    Publius Publicola

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    May16

    11th District GOP Convention

    by Chris Farmer on May 16th, 2012 at 1:30 PM
    Posted In: 2012 elections

    Updating the previous post. Red NoVA has learned more about the rule change in the 11th District GOP Convention. Before the FCRC meeting began last night the members broke off into congressional districts to discuss the upcoming conventions. Sheets of rules were circulated which in passing mentioned that there would be a plurality vote for all races. It curiously did not highlight it as a change from the majority vote which was decided months ago. Questions were asked. The explanation for the rule change was that the discussion and vote for a majority vote should never have been on the call because the decision can’t be decided at the district committee level; it’s for the temporary rules committee to decide, which is consistent with RPV Counsel’s ruling. Several people in the meeting told me that once the call goes out to the public, printed on paper, then it’s legally binding. The damage is that procedural info as significant as this could have persuaded or dissuaded a candidate from seeking any one of these offices, but this argument is weak. The competing viewpoints cast an interesting difference, but if the temporary rules committee reigns supreme then why bother with the call in the first place is because there are certain things that are binding to the convention that can be decided in the call such as pre-filing requirements.  So this is and isn’t so sticky.

    The strange thing about all of this is why so late? The majority vote proposal was made months ago. There seems to have been plenty of time to correct any errors and alert the public. Why not let everyone know that the decision for how the vote would be decided, no small thing, has not been finalized. Nobody likes changing the rules after the game begins, it’s just not cool, and making last minute changes, the convention is this Saturday, is even less likeable. But this isn’t really a rule change because the proposed rules from the call are just proposed rules. If you are running for one of these offices then you should know this, but the public should know this too.  These rules are for everyone, candidates and voting delegates.  Delegates don’t know this stuff. This kind of confusion only turns off the mildly involved. So the real damage is that right there; we could lose supporters and volunteers over these perceived games. 

    But all of this is not a done deal until the convention begins. The final say is on the convention floor, so amendments can be presented and voted on, but it may not be worthwhile for or appealing to a majority to vote for staying longer.

    We’ll leave it to the audience to speculate who benefits from this most. This will make the convention much shorter, so the delegates on the convention floor will probably be ok with it. One ballot means you can still get to the kids baseball game, so expect the plurality vote to stand.

    This post was updated at 2:50pm 5-16-12.

    3 Comments
    May15

    BREAKING NEWS IN THE 11th DISTRICT

    by REDNOVATEAM on May 15th, 2012 at 7:49 PM
    Posted In: 2012 elections, News

    BREAKING NEWS

    Red NoVA has learned that there has been a major rule change for the 11th district GOP Convention this weekend. In the race for District Chairman, the winner only needs to recieve a plurality vote. A majority is no longer needed.

    This is big news and a major blow to the two challengers: Terry Wear and Michael Giere.

    DEVELOPING STORY… 

     

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