November 17 Central Committee ends in Gridlock

Photo by Keri Witte:  Mike Terry speaking at Central Committee Meeting at Orem High.

Bonnie Marrow was appointed Vice Chair to replace Adrielle Herring who was 

elected to serve a 2 year term at the convention in April.  Adrielle is working on a

Campaign for the 2012 convention.  (Elected party officers must remain

neutral and cannot work on campaigns)

Bonnie Marrow ran for Provo City Council in 2011 and Marion Monahan past

Utah County Republican Party Chair was her campaign manager.

The elected officials and the automatic Central Committee members

successfully filibustered, flexing their muscle in control of the 

Utah County Republican Party, for the entire length of the CC meeting so that

no votes could be taken, except to approve the appointment of the

new Vice Chair.

Automatic Delegates Confuse Chairs and Vice Chairs

The first move by the ex-officios to ensure there would be no votes

at the CC meeting was an e-mail from the following that listed the wrong

date and place of the Central Committee Meeting.

A correction was sent later, but the correction was NOT sent to all CC

members.  ( I never saw the correction.  It was not e-mailed to me and no

one forwarded it to me either)

Delaina Tonks, Chair LD 27 Automatic State and County Delegate

Becky Pirente, Chair LD 56 Automatic State and County Delegate

Erin Madsen, Vice-Chair LD 56 Automatic State and County Delegate

Hayden Williamson, Education Officer LD56 Automatic State and County Delegate

Brian Halladay, Chair LD 57 Automatic State and County Delegate

Beau Sorensen, Chair LD 59 NO LONGER a district chair nor a current member of the Committee

Matt Thompson, Chair LD 61 Automatic State and County Delegate

Marian Monnahan, Chair LD 62 Automatic State and County Delegate (Holds two automatic county delegate seats - one life time)

Don Garlitz, Chair LD 64 Automatic State and County Delegate

Stan Lockhart, Education Officer LD 64 Automatic State and County Delegate (Holds two automatic county delegate seats - one life time)

Don Larsen, Chair LD 65 Automatic State and County Delegate

Chad Bunn, Chair LD 66 Automatic State and County Delegate

Credentialing

The second move to stop the delegate allocation vote was the credentialing lists.

1.         The lists that were printed for credentialing were not current and did not contain the names of the Vice Chairs, but instead had the names of the precinct secretaries who are NOT on the Central Committee.

2.         There were NO name tags or wrist bands or any method of determining who had signed their name on the bottom of the incorrect Leg list.  Anyone who arrived at the location could go in and sit down and vote as a Central Committee member.

3.         They counted chairs and vice chairs in the auditorium (that would be everyone who stood up and said they were a chair and vice chair. ) They didn’t announce from the podium the total number of people who signed in, so there could be a comparison between the actual number of people who signed the rolls and the total number of votes on each filibustered question.

4.          Ballots were passed out to everyone in attendance, so they could vote on delegate allocation, whether they were central committee members or not.

5.         There were approximately 180 votes being cast and there are about 550 Central Committee members.  Where were the other over 350 Central Committee members?

The Ex-officio Central Committee Members prevented voting

In the end the powerful elected officials and other automatic delegates prevented the chairs and vice chairs from having a vote on the allocation of state delegates in Utah County.

Who really controls the Utah County Republican Party?

Do the majority of the chairs and vice chairs want to waste their

time at Central Committee Meetings that don’t conduct business or hold

votes?

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