Keeping the party going
No matter who takes the helm of Floyd County's Democratic Party Central Committee, I do hope the chairman shows a little mettle.
I know and admire both candidates for the top post and I know that party unity is a primary goal for each. I just hope that after the contest, party discipline is also at the top of the agenda.
Sacrificing discipline for unity can have unintended consequences. I understand more than a few of the current precinct chairs and vice-chairs and at least one candidate for party office have openly stated their disloyalty and present intention to support Republican candidate(s) in upcoming elections.
That's a sure recipe for disaster. A party member might, in good conscious, vote with the other side. But an elected precinct captain or county officer who would speak openly of abandoning the party must step down, or abandon all pretense of being a moral person.
Let's hope the new chairman skips the brief "honeymood" in his newly won office and takes the opportunity to pin the tail on a few stray donkeys.
I know and admire both candidates for the top post and I know that party unity is a primary goal for each. I just hope that after the contest, party discipline is also at the top of the agenda.
Sacrificing discipline for unity can have unintended consequences. I understand more than a few of the current precinct chairs and vice-chairs and at least one candidate for party office have openly stated their disloyalty and present intention to support Republican candidate(s) in upcoming elections.
That's a sure recipe for disaster. A party member might, in good conscious, vote with the other side. But an elected precinct captain or county officer who would speak openly of abandoning the party must step down, or abandon all pretense of being a moral person.
Let's hope the new chairman skips the brief "honeymood" in his newly won office and takes the opportunity to pin the tail on a few stray donkeys.
posted by All4Word at 12:45 PM
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Recently over on NA Confidential, which apparently is frequently confused with Volunteer Hoosier (NAC has the full head of hair, in case you were wondering), this comment was posted by Tim:
"I hear that GOP Chairman Brenda Oeffinger has asked Valla Ann (Bolovschak) to become GOP Chairman. If that is the case I believe the Democrats will have a formidable opponent, the 2007 municipal elections could get very interesting."
If so, then Valla Ann's B & B on Main Street would become the equivalent of Camp David - a GOP retreat center.
Consequently, key Democrats seen with NAC's own eyes exiting the premises on a Sunday morning might be regarded with some politically-based suspicion.
Just hypothetical, mind you.
In any case, if Valla Ann is ascendent, what then becomes of Mark Seabrook, currently the ranking Republican office holder here in the city? Is he free to pursue a mayoral challenge?
Tim, Tim ... such the provocateur.
No, it's neither a hobby, nor to be regarded as more than the idle musings of a inveterate walker and cyclist who passes the homes of hundreds of citizens during the course of wandering the streets in search of a clue as to the disease that grips New Albania.
My question v.v. the position of Mr. Seabrook is a serious one.
Tim, assuming you're still a Republican, do you know anything that might help answer the question, rather than attempting to start a flame thread?
Thank you, Tim.
How would one procure an e-mail address for Randy Stumler? If anyone has it may I have it? You may send it to me at namur97@yahoo.com rather than make it public. Thanks!
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