HEARD ON THE TOM/TOMS

Heard on the Tom/Toms

Stephen Frank, Exclusive to the California Political News and Views,  11/20/23    www.capoliticalnewsandviews.com

WHY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN CALIFORNIA IS IRRELEVANT—LOOK AT THE LOS ANGELES REPUBLICAN PARTY

Los Angeles County has the most registered Republicans in the State.  It has more Republicans than many States.  Yet, on Saturday, once again, they were unable to have a quorum.  This, even though they had Carl Demaio as a speaker, an important Treasurers report, endorsements, plans for GOTV (they do not have a plan, nor believe in voter registration.  Literally, the agenda for this meeting did not have voter registration on the agenda—nor making sure we had candidates in every legislative district).

Saturday, Tim told those that attended why they couldn’t obtain a quorum for an early endorsement in CD28 (Bonnie Wallace, April Verlato, Mayor of Arcadia). Blame the bylaws for allowing Ex-Officios to be part of the quorum.  They cannot be compelled to come. Robert’s Rules says it. It’s one thing he missed taking out of his LAGOP bylaws  (he chaired the Committee that created the new by-laws and created this mess, making it difficult to have a quorum). 

Chairman Tim O’Reilly always says that of the many purposes of RPLAC, the list does not include raising funds for the candidates. The candidates have to raise it for themselves. Then he cites the Democrat strategy. No sense of irony here. Democrats win elections with their fundraising strategy; Republicans lose with theirs.

Since Hollywood is in L.A. County, I guess he was auditioning for an actor’s job—now that the strike is over.  He pretended to cry because of a conspiracy theory that forced the CRP to move the March convention to May.  He claimed it was a conspiracy—and he was correct.  The conspiracy was by the CRP to hold a convention the weekend before the March primary, forcing leaders and activists to be in San Jose instead of working on GOTV to assure our candidates got into the Top Two.  To O’Reilly the truth is a conspiracy—sounds like the Democrats.  He needs to act like an adult and stop whining and pretending to cry.

Then you have the Assistant Treasurer Karen Siegmund—not the Treasurer or the Chairman proposed a new fund raiser. LAGOP does not have dues.  She wants everybody to pay $5 per month, preferably through their efundraising tool which is federal only. But since Chair O’Reilly says the LAGOP gives no money to candidates, what is this money going for and why not the general Account?

If everybody gave $5 a month for a year, it still would not pay off what is owed to the former Treasurer/ED, Julie Haff—who seems to be owed at least $15,000.  Then you have the $1,000 a month for a LAGOP HQ, in Encino, that appears to be a sublease from Richard Sherman, the former LAGOP Chair, psychology office.  In the July “treasurers report” it is listed as both an expense and a potential expense—whatever that means.  The Executive Committee does not meet their—they meet via ZOOM.   Anybody remember a Committee meeting at that address in the past year?

Oh, no report has been made on the John Eastman event.  It looks like they lost money on it—but do not expect a report anytime soon.  And, it appears NO money is going to the Eastman Defense Fund.  I was informed by an officer of the LAGOP this was not a fund raiser—and they were not kidding.

2.  Want to see what the August, 2024 Democrat National convention will look like?  This past weekend the California Democrat Party held its convention—and it turned into a dangerous riot—had to be closed down.  Imagine this on national TV for three days from Chicago—which already has the black community denouncing the Democrats for open borders and destroying their city.  Add the Hamas Wing of the Democrat Party to this, the BLM—and it will be a national circus.

California Democratic Party convention locked down amid anti-Israel protests — A protest by about 1,000 people angry over U.S. support for Israel in its war with Hamas entered the convention center where the California Democratic Party was meeting Saturday evening, causing security guards to lock entrances to the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in downtown Sacramento and prompting an early end to the day’s official events. Benjamin Oreskes in the Los Angeles Times$ Joe Garofoli in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Stephen Hobbs, Jenavieve Hatch in the Sacramento Bee$ — 11/19/23

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