Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 6:42pm | Edit Note | Delete
Chairman Greer decisively squashed dissent within the Republican Party of Florida when he banished 6 party leaders for up to four years. Most had been Republicans all their adult life with some being members of RPOF for over 20 years.
Will Pitts was Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida. His group had brought in 1000’s of new younger members to RPOF. A well-known builder in the Jacksonville area and owner WG Pitts Company was suspended for 2 years.
Doug Guetzloe, a successful political consultant in the Orlando area, and lifelong Republican was suspended for 13 months and given 1 year probation.
Jason Steele, Chairman of the Brevard County Republican Executive Committee was given a 12 month probation period. Reached by phone he said, “that if the state party hoped to "stifle" his activity with the official punishment, "that's just not going to happen."
These and many other suspensions, probations, say loudly that the Republican Party of Florida is not a big tent, but rather a small clique of narrow-minded tyrants. Dissent is not to be tolerated.
State Party Chairman Jim Greer is unfit to lead and fears the party rank and file. Recent revelations that he lives the high life paid for by RPOF credit cards is causing quite a stir among members.
The bottom line is that if we want the Republican Party of Florida to reflect our common sense values, we are going to have to demand full accountability from our leaders. Their tactics of intimidation and expulsion will need to be fought every step of the way.
We will need to be kept informed of all the misdeeds by Greer and company. To this end I would like to invite everyone that seeks change to join Restore The Republican Party of Florida at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114057504448&ref=ts
The Orlando Sentinel wrote this http://j.mp/3CCRrI Be sure to comment!
Please Forward this!
Sincerely,
Nick Egoroff
Friday, February 19, 2010
My Health Care Townhall Meeting Experience!
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 at 11:23pm | Edit Note | Delete
Got word that tonight three of my state representatives would be having a town hall meeting. Got the Altamonte Springs Civic Center 10 minutes before the event began. Already the parking lot was full and once inside snapped a couple pic's off my Iphone.
I counted about 300 people in attendance. The representatives were all Republicans so this ensured a mostly friendly audience. Each made statements that they were going to introduce legislation that would protect Floridians from being forced into a national health care program. This was in conjunction with their efforts to also push a 10th Amendment/State Sovereignty resolution through the Florida legislature.
One of the first statements that I found interesting was that 'nowhere in the US Constitution does it say that federal government was responsible for providing health care.' This got a resounding applause! Until someone yelled out, 'When have we ever heard of a politician respecting the Constitution.' This also got an even bigger applause and Fl. State Sen. Cary Baker started to roll his eyes and grimaced. So not a easy crowd.
Question and Answer period followed. Someone asked if the legislature even passed this how would Florida government respond when the fed's said no way. State House Rep. Scott Plakon replied that it would of course have to be worked out through the courts. Good to see that we are getting ready for a court battle.
Several in the audience said how the countries that they emigrated from had terrible socialized health care. Germany, Cuba, Brittan, and Argentina were all criticized. Plakon related a particularly horrendous story from the UK where someone was so desperate for an appointment that they had to take their daughter to a veterinarian!
One doctor and one registered nurse made statements in support of Obama care. They were interrupted a few times, until the elected officials and even some in the audience asked that we respect free speech. Fortunately there was a doctor and another nurse that strongly disagreed with socialized medicine.
I liked the emphasis put on letting the states decide how to do health care. All the elected officials asked that we go to the Florida Legislature website and contact our State House and State Senate representatives and ask them to support House Joint Resolution 37. Go here to put in your zip code to find yours
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=104013839&CFTOKEN=78851020
Other sites to join are:
Florida Sovereignty Movement
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=676589249&gv=12#/group.php?gid=78173923548
Florida Freedom
http://www.flfreedom.org/
Florida Sovereignty Summit Sept. 11 &12
http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=srp&sfxp=&o=69&q=florida+amendment#/event.php?eid=130214260982
Got word that tonight three of my state representatives would be having a town hall meeting. Got the Altamonte Springs Civic Center 10 minutes before the event began. Already the parking lot was full and once inside snapped a couple pic's off my Iphone.
I counted about 300 people in attendance. The representatives were all Republicans so this ensured a mostly friendly audience. Each made statements that they were going to introduce legislation that would protect Floridians from being forced into a national health care program. This was in conjunction with their efforts to also push a 10th Amendment/State Sovereignty resolution through the Florida legislature.
One of the first statements that I found interesting was that 'nowhere in the US Constitution does it say that federal government was responsible for providing health care.' This got a resounding applause! Until someone yelled out, 'When have we ever heard of a politician respecting the Constitution.' This also got an even bigger applause and Fl. State Sen. Cary Baker started to roll his eyes and grimaced. So not a easy crowd.
Question and Answer period followed. Someone asked if the legislature even passed this how would Florida government respond when the fed's said no way. State House Rep. Scott Plakon replied that it would of course have to be worked out through the courts. Good to see that we are getting ready for a court battle.
Several in the audience said how the countries that they emigrated from had terrible socialized health care. Germany, Cuba, Brittan, and Argentina were all criticized. Plakon related a particularly horrendous story from the UK where someone was so desperate for an appointment that they had to take their daughter to a veterinarian!
One doctor and one registered nurse made statements in support of Obama care. They were interrupted a few times, until the elected officials and even some in the audience asked that we respect free speech. Fortunately there was a doctor and another nurse that strongly disagreed with socialized medicine.
I liked the emphasis put on letting the states decide how to do health care. All the elected officials asked that we go to the Florida Legislature website and contact our State House and State Senate representatives and ask them to support House Joint Resolution 37. Go here to put in your zip code to find yours
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm?CFID=104013839&CFTOKEN=78851020
Other sites to join are:
Florida Sovereignty Movement
http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=676589249&gv=12#/group.php?gid=78173923548
Florida Freedom
http://www.flfreedom.org/
Florida Sovereignty Summit Sept. 11 &12
http://www.facebook.com/search/?init=srp&sfxp=&o=69&q=florida+amendment#/event.php?eid=130214260982
Charlie Crist Decides To Stick It In Your Eye
Since Governor Crist has appointed George LeMieux to the US Senate, I've given a lot of thought to what it portends for our party's future. Crist had an abundance of political candidates to choose from. Instead he picked his old friend who has never been elected to public office.
I think it was a bold move that essentially said, 'I don't care what conventional wisdom says.' As we all know Crist' number one priority is to win the US Senate race next year. This will require money and as few obstacles as possible. Putting LeMieux in as a seat warmer demonstrated that Crist is creating an almost impenetrable wall around himself.
LeMieux is a very important man in Charlie's world. He is called the Maestro for running the Crist 2006 gubernatorial campaign. He now runs one of the state's most high priced law firms with big corporate clients. Some have alleged that LeMieux should be registered as a lobbyist since they say he trades on his influence with Governor Crist.
Maybe he and Crist have decided that they have shaken down all the CEO's and corporate fat cats in Florida. What better place to move on to then the national scene. There's LOTS more money there to add to Charlie's four million dollar war chest. Crist can now hit national donors with the added oomph of having his man already on the inside of the Senate!
Say what you will about Charlie, but he sure ain't dumb. My question is this: With all this money coming in and more on the way, is Charlie looking beyond the Senate? Perhaps it's time to launch the Draft Charlie Crist For President 2012??
Nick Egoroff
Administrator: Restore The Republican Party of Florida
[Feel Free To Forward]
I think it was a bold move that essentially said, 'I don't care what conventional wisdom says.' As we all know Crist' number one priority is to win the US Senate race next year. This will require money and as few obstacles as possible. Putting LeMieux in as a seat warmer demonstrated that Crist is creating an almost impenetrable wall around himself.
LeMieux is a very important man in Charlie's world. He is called the Maestro for running the Crist 2006 gubernatorial campaign. He now runs one of the state's most high priced law firms with big corporate clients. Some have alleged that LeMieux should be registered as a lobbyist since they say he trades on his influence with Governor Crist.
Maybe he and Crist have decided that they have shaken down all the CEO's and corporate fat cats in Florida. What better place to move on to then the national scene. There's LOTS more money there to add to Charlie's four million dollar war chest. Crist can now hit national donors with the added oomph of having his man already on the inside of the Senate!
Say what you will about Charlie, but he sure ain't dumb. My question is this: With all this money coming in and more on the way, is Charlie looking beyond the Senate? Perhaps it's time to launch the Draft Charlie Crist For President 2012??
Nick Egoroff
Administrator: Restore The Republican Party of Florida
[Feel Free To Forward]
So You Think You Know State Sovereignty!?
Monday, August 3, 2009 at 9:40pm | Edit Note | Delete
I just posted this email to the Florida State Sovereignty page that I administer.
Congratulations are in order. It looks as if 2010 will indeed be the year that the Florida State Legislature will consider and probably pass a State Sovereignty amendment. We as a Facebook page also have achieved the milestone of surpassing 1500 members in less than two and half months.
Most of us think that State Sovereignty is just a way to keep the Fed’s in Washington away from our favorite constitutional liberties. Whether it be the 2nd Amendment, taxes, or federally mandated health care (all of which will be included in the state sovereignty bill heading to Tallahassee), we hope to regain some of our freedoms.
But I’d like to recommend to you a most interesting book that coincidentally devotes a great deal of time to examining this issue. It’s called Democracy in America and was written by Alexis De Tocqueville. This work was originally published in 1835 and has become one of the all time classics of political theory. The author was a young Frenchman (25 years old!) that came to America to try to explain to Europe what democracy was like.
I have not finished this mammoth book, but already I’m really excited about some observations. De Tocqueville saw that the basic structure of the new United States of America rested on INDIVIDUAL states. What’s more he saw the incredible freedom that began at the county and municipal level. It was in these smaller and smaller venues that people’s rights were protected and honored.
I’ll be posting more of what I learn from this great historical book. Suffice it to say that state sovereignty may just hold many keys to correcting today’s governmental problems.
Please consider getting Democracy in America from your library, etc. And please refer your friends to the following two sites:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/284942/22683173?m=63922cfd#
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78173923548
Sincerely,
Nick Egoroff
Administrator
P.S. Please forward and paste this article to your friends and paste on your FB walls.
I just posted this email to the Florida State Sovereignty page that I administer.
Congratulations are in order. It looks as if 2010 will indeed be the year that the Florida State Legislature will consider and probably pass a State Sovereignty amendment. We as a Facebook page also have achieved the milestone of surpassing 1500 members in less than two and half months.
Most of us think that State Sovereignty is just a way to keep the Fed’s in Washington away from our favorite constitutional liberties. Whether it be the 2nd Amendment, taxes, or federally mandated health care (all of which will be included in the state sovereignty bill heading to Tallahassee), we hope to regain some of our freedoms.
But I’d like to recommend to you a most interesting book that coincidentally devotes a great deal of time to examining this issue. It’s called Democracy in America and was written by Alexis De Tocqueville. This work was originally published in 1835 and has become one of the all time classics of political theory. The author was a young Frenchman (25 years old!) that came to America to try to explain to Europe what democracy was like.
I have not finished this mammoth book, but already I’m really excited about some observations. De Tocqueville saw that the basic structure of the new United States of America rested on INDIVIDUAL states. What’s more he saw the incredible freedom that began at the county and municipal level. It was in these smaller and smaller venues that people’s rights were protected and honored.
I’ll be posting more of what I learn from this great historical book. Suffice it to say that state sovereignty may just hold many keys to correcting today’s governmental problems.
Please consider getting Democracy in America from your library, etc. And please refer your friends to the following two sites:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/284942/22683173?m=63922cfd#
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78173923548
Sincerely,
Nick Egoroff
Administrator
P.S. Please forward and paste this article to your friends and paste on your FB walls.
Why YOU Should Be Concerned About The Republican Party Of Florida
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 1:46pm | Edit Note | Delete
Most of us are mesmerized by the wholesale destruction of our country emanating from Washington, D.C. But I want to suggest another equally important venue helping to crush our liberty.
The Republican Party of Florida has been systematically watching for any signs of dissent within their ranks. Recently, about a dozen members of RPOF were summoned to the star chamber, er, Grievance Committee to see why they should not be thrown out. Many will take this as just an unlucky draw of the cards for a few, while the rest shrug their shoulders and say 'I guess I dodged that bullet.'
But let me warn you of something. We have it on very good authority (read inside source) that dozens more complaints are sitting on RPOF Chairman Jim Greer's desk awaiting action. This is because the intent of RPOF is to silence and/or intimidate ALL members to sit down and shut up. Or else!
Guys we must start learning how the levers of power are worked. I still follow the national scene, but RPOF is very vulnerable right now. There are investigations into RPOF by the Florida Division of Law Enforcement and various State Attorney's offices on exactly where the MONEY is going and who is benefiting from it. While the normally padlocked doors of RPOF are being pried open, we must step right up and say we too are interested.
I and others will be continuing to fight against the statewide purge that was begun last week. A very experienced civil liberties attorney, Fred O'Neil. has been retained to fight for our rights. We will need everyone to stay informed and supportive. After all, you may be the next head on the chopping block.
Our goal is to have RPOF and all the county Republican Executive Committees become the foundation for a new grassroots effort. We want the RPOF to represent the views of party members, not the corporate interests that buy influence. If we don't reform, the RPOF will cease listening to its membership all together. I for one, think that our liberty ideas will gain a huge following and we will eventually be successful in winning elections for grassroots candidates. But we must build a new RPOF that welcomes diversity rather than purges it.
P.S. Here's a good site for staying informed http://republicanpartypurge.com/ and on Facebook we have http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114057504448 Please also add me as a FRIEND on FB;-)
--
Nick Egoroff
Orlando Liberty Organizer
Check Out My New Blog at
http://nickegorofforlandopoliticalactivist.blogspot.com/
Most of us are mesmerized by the wholesale destruction of our country emanating from Washington, D.C. But I want to suggest another equally important venue helping to crush our liberty.
The Republican Party of Florida has been systematically watching for any signs of dissent within their ranks. Recently, about a dozen members of RPOF were summoned to the star chamber, er, Grievance Committee to see why they should not be thrown out. Many will take this as just an unlucky draw of the cards for a few, while the rest shrug their shoulders and say 'I guess I dodged that bullet.'
But let me warn you of something. We have it on very good authority (read inside source) that dozens more complaints are sitting on RPOF Chairman Jim Greer's desk awaiting action. This is because the intent of RPOF is to silence and/or intimidate ALL members to sit down and shut up. Or else!
Guys we must start learning how the levers of power are worked. I still follow the national scene, but RPOF is very vulnerable right now. There are investigations into RPOF by the Florida Division of Law Enforcement and various State Attorney's offices on exactly where the MONEY is going and who is benefiting from it. While the normally padlocked doors of RPOF are being pried open, we must step right up and say we too are interested.
I and others will be continuing to fight against the statewide purge that was begun last week. A very experienced civil liberties attorney, Fred O'Neil. has been retained to fight for our rights. We will need everyone to stay informed and supportive. After all, you may be the next head on the chopping block.
Our goal is to have RPOF and all the county Republican Executive Committees become the foundation for a new grassroots effort. We want the RPOF to represent the views of party members, not the corporate interests that buy influence. If we don't reform, the RPOF will cease listening to its membership all together. I for one, think that our liberty ideas will gain a huge following and we will eventually be successful in winning elections for grassroots candidates. But we must build a new RPOF that welcomes diversity rather than purges it.
P.S. Here's a good site for staying informed http://republicanpartypurge.com/ and on Facebook we have http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=114057504448 Please also add me as a FRIEND on FB;-)
--
Nick Egoroff
Orlando Liberty Organizer
Check Out My New Blog at
http://nickegorofforlandopoliticalactivist.blogspot.com/
Beneath The Mask Of The Republican Party
Sunday, July 26, 2009 at 1:30pm | Edit Note | Delete
There is no other way to write this story than in the first person and as it happened. That is because the Republican Party of Florida wanted no written or videotaped record of the proceedings I am about to relay.
One July 13, 2009 Fedex delivered to me a document simple in nature yet chilling in effect. Ten days from that date I was to appear before the RPOF ‘Grievance Committee’ for certain offenses that in all likelihood would lead to my expulsion from the party.
In a long one paragraph statement my County Chairman, Mr. Lew Oliver, described certain offenses which he deemed bad enough to warrant removing me from the party I had been a member of since I had turned 18 (I am now north of 50;-). Technical note: I could still call myself a Republican, I just could not be part of the executive committee which steers the direction of the party; something I had been a part of for the last 2 years.
The first thing that struck me about this announcement was the sloppy nature in which it was written. Constant grammatical and spelling errors occurred throughout the citation. Mr. Oliver, despite holding the highest office of the party at the county level, had yet to either learn proper English or use a word processor.
In the very first sentence he states: “Mr. Egoroff (1) engaged in ‘dirty tricks’ in the fall election by cooperating to send out a primary endorsement mailer under the fake name ‘republican victory committee’ EVEN THOUGH MR. EGOROFF HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SPECIFICALLY WARNED BY RPOF COUNSEL NOT TO USE THE REPUBLICAN NAME WITHOUR PERMISSION.’ Note the lack of capitalization in Republican Victory Committee and the typo in ‘withour’. Mind you, this is an official notice from Mr. Oliver.
Without going into too much detail, I refute this by saying I was never warned by RPOF about this mailer. Secondly, both the Florida Division of Elections and the Orange County Supervisor of Elections were both contacted and said there would be no problem using that name. Thirdly, I am new to the technicalities of using the word Republican which is violated every day with no repercussions.
There are more misspellings, typos, half-truths, etc., and I will reprint the whole document on my blog at http://nickegorofforlandopoliticalactivist.blogspot.com/
I had ten days to prepare for this important meeting. Fortunately, they named Doug Guetzloe, as my co-conspirator. Mr. Guetzloe has over 30 years of experience in fighting tax increases through his group Ax The Tax. He has also held many positions in the Orange County Republican Executive Committee (the official name of the organization we were both about to be booted from).
He recommended retaining legal counsel through attorney at law Fred O’Neil. Mr. O’Neil had represented Doug for many years and had even argued cases before the Florida Supreme Court. We began a fundraising appeal and Mr. O’Neil was retained.
We knew this was an uphill battle. The Grievance Committee was made up of State Chairman Jim Greer appointees. These people knew that Mr. Greer had dealt ruthlessly with opponents in the past, and undoubtedly knew what the desired outcome was. So much for having an unbiased jury!
On the day of the hearing Mr. O’Neil had suggested that we hire a court reporter to transcribe the event. We knew that if we wanted to appeal the likely negative outcome of this hearing we would want evidence of what happened that day. The RPOF lawyer said no go. This was a private hearing. No taping or transcribing.
This was a clever move on their part to cover their tracks lest one of the inquisitors, er, committee members display their bias or make any other mistake that would come back to haunt them.
Both Doug and myself had a couple of meetings with Mr. O’Neil but we can’t divulge much of the strategy because we are assuming that further legal proceedings will occur. Suffice it to say that RPOF has always maintained that it is a ‘private club’ and can do what it wants. Our premise is that America is essentially a two-party system and that both of these parties are recognized as statutory entities by the state of Florida. Their bylaws are even part of Florida Statutory Law—something that is not accorded to any other political party (check it out on the Florida Statutory Code 103).
I could go on about the juvenile behavior of one committee member who repeatedly badgered me with questions like, ‘Does Doug Guetzloe think for you? Does Doug Guetzloe tell you what to say? Does Doug Guetzloe order you around?’ Which were all questions machinegun fired at me. Each time I tried to answer the woman would shriek, “Just answer the question Mr. Egoroff!” This may be the way you talk to a child, but it is not a professional way to address a man who has successfully run his own business for 20 years.
I’ll just close with the following statement. The Republican Party of Florida needs to stop slamming the doors on people that have new ideas. The Republican Party of Florida needs to stop looking at membership like it’s joining an exclusive country club. In short, the Republican Party of Florida had better stop threatening and smearing new members or it will find itself the defendant in a civil liberties lawsuit that will shake it to the core.
P.S. I should add that this is part of a statewide purge with 10 people likely to be expelled in this round, and dozens of more 'grievances' sitting on Chairman Jim Greer's desk.
Sincerely,
Nick Egoroff
Picture of Lew Oliver doing a dirty trick on me. He was standing out in front of my poling place in August of 2008 trying to get voters not to cast their ballots for me.
There is no other way to write this story than in the first person and as it happened. That is because the Republican Party of Florida wanted no written or videotaped record of the proceedings I am about to relay.
One July 13, 2009 Fedex delivered to me a document simple in nature yet chilling in effect. Ten days from that date I was to appear before the RPOF ‘Grievance Committee’ for certain offenses that in all likelihood would lead to my expulsion from the party.
In a long one paragraph statement my County Chairman, Mr. Lew Oliver, described certain offenses which he deemed bad enough to warrant removing me from the party I had been a member of since I had turned 18 (I am now north of 50;-). Technical note: I could still call myself a Republican, I just could not be part of the executive committee which steers the direction of the party; something I had been a part of for the last 2 years.
The first thing that struck me about this announcement was the sloppy nature in which it was written. Constant grammatical and spelling errors occurred throughout the citation. Mr. Oliver, despite holding the highest office of the party at the county level, had yet to either learn proper English or use a word processor.
In the very first sentence he states: “Mr. Egoroff (1) engaged in ‘dirty tricks’ in the fall election by cooperating to send out a primary endorsement mailer under the fake name ‘republican victory committee’ EVEN THOUGH MR. EGOROFF HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SPECIFICALLY WARNED BY RPOF COUNSEL NOT TO USE THE REPUBLICAN NAME WITHOUR PERMISSION.’ Note the lack of capitalization in Republican Victory Committee and the typo in ‘withour’. Mind you, this is an official notice from Mr. Oliver.
Without going into too much detail, I refute this by saying I was never warned by RPOF about this mailer. Secondly, both the Florida Division of Elections and the Orange County Supervisor of Elections were both contacted and said there would be no problem using that name. Thirdly, I am new to the technicalities of using the word Republican which is violated every day with no repercussions.
There are more misspellings, typos, half-truths, etc., and I will reprint the whole document on my blog at http://nickegorofforlandopoliticalactivist.blogspot.com/
I had ten days to prepare for this important meeting. Fortunately, they named Doug Guetzloe, as my co-conspirator. Mr. Guetzloe has over 30 years of experience in fighting tax increases through his group Ax The Tax. He has also held many positions in the Orange County Republican Executive Committee (the official name of the organization we were both about to be booted from).
He recommended retaining legal counsel through attorney at law Fred O’Neil. Mr. O’Neil had represented Doug for many years and had even argued cases before the Florida Supreme Court. We began a fundraising appeal and Mr. O’Neil was retained.
We knew this was an uphill battle. The Grievance Committee was made up of State Chairman Jim Greer appointees. These people knew that Mr. Greer had dealt ruthlessly with opponents in the past, and undoubtedly knew what the desired outcome was. So much for having an unbiased jury!
On the day of the hearing Mr. O’Neil had suggested that we hire a court reporter to transcribe the event. We knew that if we wanted to appeal the likely negative outcome of this hearing we would want evidence of what happened that day. The RPOF lawyer said no go. This was a private hearing. No taping or transcribing.
This was a clever move on their part to cover their tracks lest one of the inquisitors, er, committee members display their bias or make any other mistake that would come back to haunt them.
Both Doug and myself had a couple of meetings with Mr. O’Neil but we can’t divulge much of the strategy because we are assuming that further legal proceedings will occur. Suffice it to say that RPOF has always maintained that it is a ‘private club’ and can do what it wants. Our premise is that America is essentially a two-party system and that both of these parties are recognized as statutory entities by the state of Florida. Their bylaws are even part of Florida Statutory Law—something that is not accorded to any other political party (check it out on the Florida Statutory Code 103).
I could go on about the juvenile behavior of one committee member who repeatedly badgered me with questions like, ‘Does Doug Guetzloe think for you? Does Doug Guetzloe tell you what to say? Does Doug Guetzloe order you around?’ Which were all questions machinegun fired at me. Each time I tried to answer the woman would shriek, “Just answer the question Mr. Egoroff!” This may be the way you talk to a child, but it is not a professional way to address a man who has successfully run his own business for 20 years.
I’ll just close with the following statement. The Republican Party of Florida needs to stop slamming the doors on people that have new ideas. The Republican Party of Florida needs to stop looking at membership like it’s joining an exclusive country club. In short, the Republican Party of Florida had better stop threatening and smearing new members or it will find itself the defendant in a civil liberties lawsuit that will shake it to the core.
P.S. I should add that this is part of a statewide purge with 10 people likely to be expelled in this round, and dozens of more 'grievances' sitting on Chairman Jim Greer's desk.
Sincerely,
Nick Egoroff
Picture of Lew Oliver doing a dirty trick on me. He was standing out in front of my poling place in August of 2008 trying to get voters not to cast their ballots for me.
Statewide Purge Of The Republican Party Of Florida Underway! Many Face 4 Year Expulsion!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 4:28pm | Edit Note | Delete
It is about time to layout what the Republican Party of Florida (and in my specific case, Orange County Republican Party) is doing against members that dare to speak out against Party big wigs.
On Thursday July 9 and 10 about a dozen people from around the state received Fedex envelopes demanding that we come the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center. The occasion was something called a statewide Republican Party of Florida Grievance Committee hearing. The dates are July 24 and 25. Whether you have a prior commitment or a work conflict the dates cannot be changed.
We are charged with various infractions of the membership. One John Stevens of Jacksonville was photographed wearing a Ron Paul button after the 2008 Presidential Primary was over. Another person had his emails to forums spied on and printed out of context. I was faulted for having a negative ‘tone’ (no examples, just that statement).
Even the chairman of the Brevard County Republican Executive Committee, Jason Steele is up for expulsion because he challenged State Chairman Jim Greer to stop interfering with the open Republican Primary system. Many other county chairman agree with Mr. Steele but won’t say so publicly for fear they will be expelled as well.
The Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida, Will Pitts, a long time Ron Paul supporter and active in other Republican campaigns is also up for removal. Mr. Pitts, owner of the large Jacksonville based construction company that bears his name, was newly elected to his position on a unanimous vote of the Florida RLC membership just a few months ago.
There are other stories as well. Doug Guetzloe who has been active in the Republican Party of Florida since he was 13 (he’s now north of 40;-), is accused of undermining the very Party that he has dedicated is life to serving. He’s also successfully sued to preserve civil liberties in the state of Florida and to save taxpayers billions through his organization Ax The Tax.
Ron Paul and Republican Liberty Caucus members in Pensacola, Fl. were accused of being ‘disruptive’ and are also up for expulsion.
What we see here is a statewide Party purge of anyone that disagrees with the leadership and publicly speaks out. Each person that is to appear is up for a FOUR YEAR expulsion from county and state Republican organizations.
The second disturbing trend is for some people to not stand on principle and say, “I will not abandon any supporter of Liberty that is being hounded out of the Party.’ Hard to believe that the challenge of Benjamin Franklin, ‘We shall all hang together or surely we will all hang separately’ needs to be issued again.
There is a lot more going on behind the scenes which I can’t divulge yet. I ask that everyone to realize that you may be next. Do not fear Chairman Greer or in my case Chairman Lew Oliver. I have stood up to these people and won; I even have a written letter of apology from Mr. Oliver after I threatened to sue him for libel. It cost me some lawyer fees, but I consider it to be one of the best investments I ever made.
P.S. I have also seen where Dr. Ron Paul has been invited to speak before the Republican Party of Florida with the Orange County Republican organization sponsoring the event. These arrangements were made before RPOF decided to purge Ron Paul supporters from the Party. This is a developing situation, please stay tuned.
Please share this note with your Republican friends and anyone who shares a love of liberty.
Sincerely,
Nick Egoroff
Orange County Republican Executive Committee
Precinct Committeeman #319
It is about time to layout what the Republican Party of Florida (and in my specific case, Orange County Republican Party) is doing against members that dare to speak out against Party big wigs.
On Thursday July 9 and 10 about a dozen people from around the state received Fedex envelopes demanding that we come the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center. The occasion was something called a statewide Republican Party of Florida Grievance Committee hearing. The dates are July 24 and 25. Whether you have a prior commitment or a work conflict the dates cannot be changed.
We are charged with various infractions of the membership. One John Stevens of Jacksonville was photographed wearing a Ron Paul button after the 2008 Presidential Primary was over. Another person had his emails to forums spied on and printed out of context. I was faulted for having a negative ‘tone’ (no examples, just that statement).
Even the chairman of the Brevard County Republican Executive Committee, Jason Steele is up for expulsion because he challenged State Chairman Jim Greer to stop interfering with the open Republican Primary system. Many other county chairman agree with Mr. Steele but won’t say so publicly for fear they will be expelled as well.
The Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida, Will Pitts, a long time Ron Paul supporter and active in other Republican campaigns is also up for removal. Mr. Pitts, owner of the large Jacksonville based construction company that bears his name, was newly elected to his position on a unanimous vote of the Florida RLC membership just a few months ago.
There are other stories as well. Doug Guetzloe who has been active in the Republican Party of Florida since he was 13 (he’s now north of 40;-), is accused of undermining the very Party that he has dedicated is life to serving. He’s also successfully sued to preserve civil liberties in the state of Florida and to save taxpayers billions through his organization Ax The Tax.
Ron Paul and Republican Liberty Caucus members in Pensacola, Fl. were accused of being ‘disruptive’ and are also up for expulsion.
What we see here is a statewide Party purge of anyone that disagrees with the leadership and publicly speaks out. Each person that is to appear is up for a FOUR YEAR expulsion from county and state Republican organizations.
The second disturbing trend is for some people to not stand on principle and say, “I will not abandon any supporter of Liberty that is being hounded out of the Party.’ Hard to believe that the challenge of Benjamin Franklin, ‘We shall all hang together or surely we will all hang separately’ needs to be issued again.
There is a lot more going on behind the scenes which I can’t divulge yet. I ask that everyone to realize that you may be next. Do not fear Chairman Greer or in my case Chairman Lew Oliver. I have stood up to these people and won; I even have a written letter of apology from Mr. Oliver after I threatened to sue him for libel. It cost me some lawyer fees, but I consider it to be one of the best investments I ever made.
P.S. I have also seen where Dr. Ron Paul has been invited to speak before the Republican Party of Florida with the Orange County Republican organization sponsoring the event. These arrangements were made before RPOF decided to purge Ron Paul supporters from the Party. This is a developing situation, please stay tuned.
Please share this note with your Republican friends and anyone who shares a love of liberty.
Sincerely,
Nick Egoroff
Orange County Republican Executive Committee
Precinct Committeeman #319
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