Inside the MDGOP Exec Board Meeting
I received (and I'm sure others did as well) an anonymous email message from the email account "15westst@gmail.com" regarding yesterday's Maryland Republican Party Executive Board meeting. Since this jives with a lot of the things that I have already heard about yesterday's meeting, I'll repost it here completely unadulterated.
On Saturday the Republican Executive Committee passed a resolution of no confidence in Chairman Pelura by a vote of 20-10.
However there is not any immediate impact of the resolution. Pelura told the meeting he had no intention in resigning.
Under the by-laws, only a full vote of the entire state Central Committee at a convention can remove the Chairman, and a two-thirds vote is required. Counties representing a potential weighted vote of about 50% at a convention opposed the resolution, including Anne Arundel, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Wicomico and Worcester. The other counties and all the officers voted except Pelura for the resolution. Pelura did not vote.
The Committee rebuked candidate for Governor Mike Pappas on several occasions. Pappas was representing Baltimore County because Chris Cavey votes as First Vice Chair. First Pappas attempted to prevent Pelura from presiding at the meeting as Chairman. This effort was defeated. Later Pappas attempted to close off discussion, although Charles County Chairman Charles Lollar was attempting to be recognized. The Committee voted down the Pappas resolution and Lollar was given a chance to speak.
Repeated criticism was also directed at First Vice Chairman Chris Cavey for his press comments criticizing Pelura. Some members called on him to resign if Pelura remained as Chairman.
Labels: GOP Leadership issues, Maryland, Republican
posted by Brian Griffiths at 12:45 PM
1 Comments:
Again and again we have heard the same tired re-frame – “Jim Pelura cannot raise money.” Say it enough times, you might just believe it.
Let’s look at the combined record for 2007 & 2008.
First, how do the State Republicans compare with the Maryland Democrats?
State Republican Party
Number of registered Republicans 909,000
Total contribution amount is $864,875.72
Average per registered Republican 95 cents
Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland
Number of registered Democrat 1,942,000
Total contribution amount is $1,907,259.56
Average per registered Democrat: 98 cents
Can this be? Are the State Republican Party is raising the same amount, relative to registration, as the Democrats? 98 cents vs. 95 cents? Seems to be the case.
Next let’s look at how the Republican State Party is doing compared with the counties, starting with principal Pelura critic Chris Cavey’s Baltimore County:
Baltimore County Republican Central Committee -
Number of registered Republicans 127,000
Total contribution amount is $88,512.74
Average per registered Republican 70 cents
Let’s see how other Republican Central Committees do compared to Baltimore County:
Anne Arundel County Republican Central Committee
Number of registered Republicans 117,000
Total contribution amount is $72,660.92
Average per registered Republican 61 cents
Carroll County Republican Central Committee
Number of registered Republicans 53,000
Total contribution amount is $56,582.47
Average per registered Republican $1.05
Charles County Central Committee
Number of registered Republican - 25,000
Total contribution amount is $21,222.10
Average per registered Republican 84 cents.
Frederick County Republican Central Committee
Number of registered Republicans 56,000
Total contribution amount is $35,324.00
Average per registered Republican 61 cents.
Harford County Republican Central Committee
Number of registered Republicans 61,000
Total contribution amount is $75,768.64
Average per registered Republican $1.22
Howard County Republican Central Committee
Number of registered Republican – 54,000
Total contribution amount is $108,377.17
Average per registered Republican: $2.00
Montgomery County Republican Central Committee
Number of Registered Republicans 123,000
Total contribution amount is $169,561.16
Average per registered Republican $1.37
Prince George’s County Republican Central Committee
Number of Registered Republicans 47,0000
Total contribution amount is $43,898.99
Average per registered Republican 91 cents
Draw you own conclusions.
Maryland State Board of Elections Database
http://www.mdelections.org/campaign-finance/party
Registration numbers:
http://www.elections.state.md.us/pdf/vrar/2009_06.pdf
(thanks to Joe Steffen, aka "The Prince of Darkness," discussion thread http://darknessrising-steffen.blogspot.com/2009/07/not-ready-for-prime-time-chairman.html is deserved for bringing this to my attention. Thank you Joe. )
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