ORP Appoints Friends in Secret Meeting to Replace Duly Elected Delegation
Duly Elected Delegates and Alternates Will Continue Convention Preparations.
By Kevin Renfrow
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon Republican Party (ORP) Executive Committee members gathered for a secret meeting in Eugene Saturday, June 30 in an ultra vires attempt to appoint replacements for the state’s duly elected alternate delegates. This meeting came exactly one week after the ORP Congressional District (CD) Conventions elected delegates, alternate delegates, presidential electors, and district officers. Executive committee friends and family received the illegitimate appointments – some without even filing for the office – and duly elected alternate delegates received a conciliatory letter from ORP Chairman Allen Alley on their “unsuccessful” election.
CD Conventions held June 23 were met with several hours of delays after voting for delegates to the Republican National Convention and presidential electors to the Electoral College. After more than two hours of delays, CD Chairmen at each convention simultaneously stated the meetings could not proceed later than 5 p.m. and announced, without a motion from the floor, that the conventions were to be immediately adjourned by order of ORP Chairman Alley.
A strong majority of attendees at Congressional District Conventions 2, 3, 4 and 5 objected, voted to continue their business — some in the absence of their CD Chairman and ORP officials — and concluded elections for alternate delegates to the Republican National Convention. PCPs who stayed past 5 p.m. included supporters of Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and Newt Gingrich.
“There was an organized effort by ORP leadership to impede the proceedings of the conventions and stall for as long as possible,” said Kevin Renfrow, PCP and duly elected alternate delegate. “They were blaming our delays [in CD-5] on CD-4,” said Diana Hengerer, PCP from CD-5. “In CD-3 they blamed CD-5 and in CD-1 they blamed CD-3.”
“It’s clear Alley and ORP leadership are not happy with the delegation election results,” said Tom Armstrong, PCP and House District Captain. “They wanted their family, friends, and ‘good old boys’ seated on the delegation and they’re willing to break every rule and bylaw to make that happen.” Armstrong’s outrage is shared by those whose vote was unduly dismissed and whose voting rights were violated.
Illegitimate alternate delegate appointments include Kevin L. Mannix, Tim Nashif, and Loren Later who did not file for the positions to which they were appointed; Lindsay Berschauer, Bridget Barton, and Rob Kremer, principal members of Third Century Solutions, a public affairs company with Associate Alley Alley; Ourania Yue, wife of National Committeeman and Executive Committee member Solomon Yue; Jeff Grossman, executive committee member; Lauri S. Hein, in a relationship with Jeff Grossman; Loren Later, executive committee member; Elisa Later, wife of Loren Later; Lisa Walker, wife of FreedomWorks Vice-President Russ Walker whose delegate election is contested; Lindsay Berschauer, running for state representative in House District 26 and worked for the Oregon Transformation Project chaired by Allen Alley; Rob Kremer, ORP treasurer; Andrew Miller, CEO of Oregon Transformation Project, chaired by Allen Alley; Tim Nashif, Oregon Family Council co-founder; and Kevin L. Mannix, who ran for Oregon governor in 2002 and 2006 and Congress in 2008.
In a letter sent to all duly elected alternate delegates July 5, Alley stated, “If you are receiving this letter, you have not been elected as a Delegate or Alternate Delegate to the Oregon Delegation for the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL. Thank you so much for your service to our Party.” [1]
The duly elected Oregon Delegation condemned the actions of Allen Alley and ORP leadership and admonished them to follow ORP Bylaws, Standing Rules, and the will of the CD conventions. Duly elected delegates and alternate delegates will continue their preparations for the Republican National Convention held August 27-30 in Tampa, Fla.
Saturday’s secret Executive Committee meeting is the latest in a series of controversial actions by ORP leadership surrounding the ORP CD Conventions and it’s clear that Oregon Republicans are taking notice. A resolution to the Executive Committee, the Oregon Republican Party, and the Republican National Committee began circulating to the State’s hundreds of Precinct Committee Persons (PCPs) early this week. PCPs who have been disenfranchised and whose voting rights have been violated have been asked to join the letter as signatories.
The resolution states firmly that, “We, the undersigned, duly elected [PCPs], do hereby recognize and serve notice … that the business of the ORP Executive Committee meeting held June 30, 2012 is invalidated by operation of law in accordance with ORP Bylaws, Article IV, Section E for failure to give the required 30 day written notice … and furthermore, we … do hereby direct and admonish [the] ORP Executive Committee members to follow the laws and the bylaws…” [2]
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References:
[1]: ‘Not Elected Delegate Letter’, From ORP Chairman Allen Alley July 5, 2012:
http://www.ordelegates2012.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/RFS-Not-Elected-Delegate-Letter.pdf
[2]: Oregon PCP Resolution to Executive Committee, ORP, and RNC concerning the invalidation of June 30, 2012 ORP Executive Meeting business: http://www.scribd.com/doc/98930151/Invalidation-of-Executive-Meeting-on-behalf-of-PCPs
ORP Bylaws, adopted Feb 4, 2012: http://www.oregonrepublicanparty.org/sites/default/files/ORP_Bylaws-Adopted_Feb_4_2012.pdf
ORP Standing Rules, adopted Feb 4, 2012: http://www.oregonrepublicanparty.org/sites/default/files/ORP_Standing_Rules-Amended_2-4-2012.pdf
RNC Rules for 2012, adopted 2008: http://www.gop.com/images/legal/2008_RULES_Adopted.pdf
Oregon Transformation Project, The Team:
http://www.oregontransformation.com/the-team/
Third Century Solutions:
http://www.thirdcenturysolutions.com/
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Kevin Renfrow is a duly elected alternate delegate to the RNC, presidential elector, and Oregon Republican precinct committee person.
Allen Alley, and the "team" at the Oregon Transformation Project are amateurs, and Andrew Miller's fortunes won't change anything if he continues to spend it on them. http://thegoverned.blogspot.com/2012/11/easy-button-politics.html
No don't give up on the GOP help us take it over. Breaking the party laws & creating mass deceit as the leadership has done will finally put real republicans in a role of leadership. Perhaps with these RINO's gone we can finally win some elections here in Oregon.
I was at CD#4 and we voted to remain and complete all business. We elected David Scott, Nadine Hanhan and Jeffrey Osanka to represent us in Tampa as our district alternates. I was there when the winners were announced as were at least two of the CD alternates. Nadine, Jeff and I had a late dinner together afterward all excitedly planning our trip to Tampa with several others some of whom were also elected. How can the ORP overturn elections? They are showing an absolute disregard for the rules of the ORP and the RNC let alone concern for what is right. None of us could imagine the ORP doing something so underhanded.
Geee More Shananigans from establishment mob squad. SURPRISE not. The GOP and RNC represent almost everything that is wrong with this country.
why almost everything? What did they overlook? Oh, yeah, the Democrats.
Any Senator who does not support audit the Federal Reserve should be voted out of office. The Federal Reserve is the most crooked thing know to man. I am a 67 year old Republican and I can tell any one that Romney is nothing more than the big bankers friend. JP Morgan sitting on 70 trillion dollars worth of unregulated derivatives and Goldman Sachs is no better off. No wonder the big banks throw money to Obama and Romney. No wonder the Main Stream Media owned by big banks black out Ron Paul and pump Romney. Every true Romney delegate should flip flop at the National Convention and nominate Ron Paul which they can do under the RNC rules 38 and 37, (Section b). Some people in the Republican GOP could be facing huge charges in the future. Personally I would be careful if I were them. It would be bad to face a five year prison sentence. That can't happen. Oh yes it can. Voter fraud and intimidation is a very serious matter. I sure would not want to go to jail for Romney.
Please file an official challenge with the RNC Committee on Contests. The procedure for this is under the Rules of the Republican Party, Rules 20, 22, and 23. If any laws were/are broken by this action, please find a local (state based) attorney and file charges, and consider filing an injunction at the state level. I would strongly suggest you start a legal defense fund to offset expenses. If you would like a short overview of what we have done in Oklahoma, go to www.okliberty.com. Our attorneys can be found at http://www.lawandfreedom.com/. If you need help on this please feel free to contact me. There IS a strong remedy within the party structure that can invalidate the actions of the State GOP when they break the rules. They have done so in your case. Continue to use the rules, and continue to win - you're almost there.
Just think 100 years ago in Oregon, these anti-republican republicans would have been tarred n feathered, buggy whipped or shot,,, or all the above at once! I like your comments, the comments are rational and reasonable. Freedom Works is one of the biggest joke of double speak for political organization there's ever been. But when a group of social-paths grab and covet power with such veracity as to break their own rules, I think the days of old are a better solution.
I've already seen enough to know how under handed the GOP is. I will no longer support the GOP. Besides anyone (Mitt) that refuses to debate has something to hide.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/erikbays has video that was live streamed from CD4 Here are the election results from CD4: http://imgur.com/7lpTK
You make some serious charges. Please provide proof of them.
CD4 convention video was live streamed: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/erikbays Several other conventions had video as well.
it was all caught on film by ustream. I watched it online as it was happening.
I recently attended a GOP Bbq where they openly boasted their intent to replace the duly elected delegates with unelected "Romney-friendly" alternates. Their tone suggested that they were still in the process, but were pretty confident that they would be successful in their pursuits...might have even been at the event described in the article posted above,it was llast Saturday after all.
the start of the BBQ and the end of this secret meeting overlapped, although they did not take place at the same location, several people who attended the secret meeting then later showed up at the BBQ
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We were not able to have an accounting of all the Central Committee meetings as the voting was not conclusive in at least two of them. Why this happened is unclear however that is what happened and we not have the final decision. Shame on the dishonest Ron Paul fake Delegates.
Look up the videos from the Oregon Congressional District Conventions on Youtube.com
The article says that the ORP Executive Committee overturned the elections and appointed new people. Please show me the evidence that happened.
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