LD23 Republican
Committee
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If you were unable to be at the Maricopa County Republican Committee
meeting on Saturday, you missed quite an unusual and interesting meeting.
The meeting Called to Order and opened with another moving performance by
The Buffalo Soldiers in period costume. If you have never seen these fine
patriots perform, you have missed one of the most beautiful renditions of a
solemn solute to our country that we've ever seen. Hearts swell with pride as
they re-enact the best of our American heritage.
The Mandatory Meeting ran as these meetings usually do
with point and counter point, inspiring speakers from among our elected
officials and the usual back and forth of parliamentary procedure. A quorum was
established with 1995 PCs present in person or by proxy. LD23 proudly had the
highest number of precinct committeemen present in person or by proxy and I
personally thank everyone for your commitment and for your dedication to the
importance of these annual meetings.
The results of the voting:
It took three votes to elect five Members-at-Large. No one candidate
received a majority on the first vote. Of the original list of candidates, one,
Ed Pellegrino, had withdrawn after the ballots were printed and there was one
candidate, Jeni White, nominated from the floor. The newly elected MAL:
Linda Brickman
Tom Morrissey
Wes Harris
Mark Spencer
Josh Askey
Members-at-Large were sworn in by County Recorder Helen Purcell.
Resolutions:
All resolutions presented on the ballot passed, including one accidentally
left off the ballot. Three Resolutions were brought from the floor:
*A Resolution to endorse Anyone But McCain was approved by a wide majority
of those present in person or by proxy.
*A Resolution to have an outside company audit the financial records
annually. The MCRC Bylaws already call for an audit annually and whenever the
financial records are transferred from one Treasurer to another. The Resolution
failed.
*A Resolution to develop a Victory Plan to win elections for the
Republicans also passed.
Having completed all business according to the agenda, the meeting was
adjourned at approximately 5:30 pm.
The Special Meeting to recall Chairman Tyler Bowyer, 1st
Vice-Chair Jeni White, and 2nd Vice-Chair Aaron Borders was then Called to
Order. Chairman Bowyer recused himself from the proceedings and appointed Dan
Grimm to run the meeting. That meeting was contested, motions to immediately
adjourn without doing any business were made, points of order were brought to
the floor and other parliamentary procedures were introduced from the floor
requiring active participation by the Parliamentarian. Finally the vote was
held.
**Chairman Tyler Bowyer was retained.
**1st Vice-Chair Jeni White was recalled.
**2nd Vice-Chair Aaron Borders was recalled.
With all business completed, the meeting adjourned at approximately 7:20
pm.
A meeting of the Executive Guidance Council will be called to appoint new
officers to fill those vacancies.
Just a final note. It takes a lot of volunteers across the county and in
every district who work very diligently to produce these meetings. I thank each
and every one of our county volunteers who put forth the effort of time and
treasure to make these meetings happen, with a special thanks to those of our
LD23 PCs who participated. It's a thankless task and they performed admirably
and cheerfully under pressure to solve problems on the fly and make everything
work.
Respectfully,
Jim O'Connor
Maricopa County Republicans Has NOT received any compensation to post this information, it is a courtesy post
Chairman's Awards Dinner, Friday Night at the Scottsdale HiltonThe nominations are in! Awards will be announced and presented at our gathering and we'll have live entertainment, VIP speakers and attendees, so please get a ticket to share a wonderful evening with us and our fellow Republican elected officials, party leaders, activists and benefactors. Tickets are $60 and tables of ten are discounted to $500 each, so grab your friends and guests and join the party! Details here. Special thanks to the Nominations Committee for their hard work and to the District and County Chairs for making the nominations (listed below).
