Many thanks to Patricia for allowing me to post her work!!
Visit her website for her run for State Senate, 33 District.......
http://www.patriciaphillips.org/index.php
See her post below;
Put Up or Stand Down
Fact: The controversy about Del. Jeff Frederick’s tenure as RPV Chairman is hurting the Party and our statewide candidates’ chances in this fall’s election. The longer this goes on, the greater the damage to our Party and thus, the greater the injury to Virginians statewide.
Allegations: Apparently those seeking Chairman Frederick’s resignation, and some of our more loquacious bloggers, allege that 1) that there are numerous instances where Chairman Frederick has acted improperly, bordering on being unethical; 2) that Chairman Frederick has been ineffective; 3) that Chairman Frederick is somehow responsible for the losses Virginians suffered in last year’s presidential, senatorial, and congressional races; 4) that Chairman Frederick has embarrassed the RPV; and 5) finally, that Chairman Frederick’s election at last year’s convention was somehow tainted. These allegations are considered so grave that supposedly more than ¾ of the State Central Committee have signed a letter (that remains hidden from the rank and file of our Party) pledging to vote for Frederick’s ouster in April should he refuse to resign.
Resolution: All of the allegations against Chairman Frederick should be aired in public. Now. The matter is in the press; any further attempt to maintain secrecy in this matter “for the good of the Party” is pointless. Further, the refusal of those seeking Frederick’s removal to allow the rank and file to judge the allegations for themselves raises very serious questions about the validity of the allegations. If we allow a select few to abrogate a legitimate election, for their own purposes and absent proof of illegal or unethical behavior on Frederick’s part, we set a dangerous long-term precedent for both our Party and our state.
Point One: The Party Plan allows for the removal of the Chairman in extreme circumstances, similar to the federal system of impeachment by the house and trial by the senate. This option is not intended to resolve policy differences or personality conflicts. The RPV does do not operate as a parliamentary system, with votes of no confidence. It is too disruptive. The vote of delegates at our conventions should only be set aside in the most extreme of circumstances. There is an election process to be followed.
If there are valid allegations of illegal or unethical behavior, they should be made public – reason would suggest that the Chairman would resign in the face of documented, provable charges of illegal or unethical behavior on his part, as the rank and file of the RPV will not support or condone such actions.
Point Two: Frederick has been Chairman for less than a year. He has already had the distraction of facing down a prior attempt to remove him last December. Despite that, RPV is moving forward in technology, outreach, and organization. Absent proof of illegal or unethical behavior on Frederick’s part, those seeking his ouster are directly responsible for retarding our growth and improvements in our effectiveness in this gubernatorial year.
Point Three: Given the election result nationwide, does anyone honestly believe that Chairman Frederick is to blame for our poor showing in last year’s elections? Those making this charge undermine their own credibility in the eyes of the rank and file – they are rightly seen as grasping at any excuse to affect the removal of our duly-elected Chairman. It raises serious questions about their motives and intentions.
Point Four: This charge seems to revolve around Chairman Frederick’s legitimate and accurate observation last year that then-Senator Obama chose to develop and maintain a long-term association with William Ayers, the self-admitted collaborator in the 1960s bombing of the Pentagon and other government buildings. Those who criticize Frederick’s criticism of Obama, including Senator McCain, play into the hands of a biased media that is hell-bent on electing liberals at all levels of government. The observation was accurate, humorous, and well within the bounds of political discourse. Those who claim otherwise have swallowed the Democrats’ propaganda hook, line and sinker.
While I agree that the “Twitter” incident was a boneheaded and costly mistake, it was hardly an impeachable offense.
Point Five: That Chairman Frederick was legitimately elected is incontrovertible. I was at the convention last year. His victory was overwhelming. Once again, any claim that somehow Frederick’s election last year was questionable or illegitimate strongly indicates that the people making this charge are looking for any excuse to subvert the vote held in last year’s convention. The rule of law is critical to the well-being of our Commonwealth. To repeat, if we allow a select few to abrogate a legitimate election, for their own purposes and absent proof of illegal or unethical behavior on Frederick’s part, we set a dangerous long-term precedent for both our Party and our state.
Conclusion: I have yet to see any proof, or even any serious allegation, of illegal or unethical behavior warranting the removal of Chairman Frederick. Unless I am given such information, I will continue to proudly support the Chairman in his efforts to move our Party forward and I will urge the rank and file to unite behind our Chairman. I welcome any substantiated information that might lead me to withdraw my support of Chairman Frederick. I urge my representative from the 10th Congressional District at the State Central Committee to vote against any removal or censure of Chairman Jeff Frederick.
Patricia Phillips
Member, LCRC;
2007 Republican Candidate
33rd State Senate District
2 comments:
This the letter I sent Patricia after receiving her post Her answer
to my letter is below mine.
Ms. Philips,
As Tricia Stall's political director in her 2007 primary and general election senate race, I wish to thank you for your valiant and principled stand for our Party. I am also the Third District Congressional Chairman and a signer/ organizer of the petition for removal. Your call for the documents to be made public simply cannot be done. The Rules and laws associated with the charges against Jeff are clear that dissemination of said document are forbidden. Numerous overtures by myself and with the help of other Conservatives has been thwarted by Chairman Frederick to work with me and other members to unify the Party since his election. Even as of late, the Chairman has canceled executive committee meetings, private meetings with other members outside of the petition and to be fair to all, he literally ran away from Mike Thomas after he made him wait for an hour and half to quietly serve the petition.
The notice of the intent to remove includes some items that the SCC only takes up in Executive Session. Additionally, some members of the committee have been made to understand that they might be sued if they disclose the contents of the document. If you wish to have a copy of the documents please ask the Chairman. That said most members of the SCC are grass roots activist who were elected by other grass roots at various conventions. It should be recognized by all involved that many members like myself are following the wishes of their units and SCC members, as in my case all 10 unit chairmen and members of my committee are for removal, do I deny their voice? Furthermore, our Country and our Party are based on the Rule of Law and that being said allows for this process. Many republicans squealed with delight when a similar process was used to try and remove Bill Clinton. Many of your allegations are unfounded in respect to the charges. For example, there no mention of our tragic losses in 2008 as a reason to remove the Chairman. How can anyone possibly believe that over three quarters of the SCC and many of whom were original supporters sign a document to remove with trivial accusations.
Patricia our job at this level is to insure our nominees the chance to win, make sure all are given a voice and that the lights stay on at headquarters. It is in the best interest of the Party and that is why all knowing the facts support that the Chairman be removed so that we can have the ability to operate and function with out division and with a full commitment to our nominees. Please this is absolutely not a moderate/ establishment versus Conservative issue, with over 80% there is no way this could be true and as a leading conservative activist I should know.
Best regards,
Mike Wade, Chairman
Third District Republican Committee
Patricia response;
Subject: RE: Your Website Statements on the Removal Process
Date: 3/9/2009 10:18:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: patricia@patriciaphillips.org
Reply To:
To: ZANNYW
Thank you for your thoughtful response. You have educated me on rules I have not had occasions to learn about before, so on that I stand corrected. I do know that none of the public criticisms of the Chairman are justification for impeachment. As one of those grass roots activists who is not on the SCC, (an outsider) it appears to be more personal than justified and as a result very demoralizing.
I find your analogy with Bill Clinton, who lied under oath in a court of law, very disturbing. If Frederick lied under oath in a court of law he should be kicked out. I believe strongly in the rule of law and hopefully there is a lot more to Frederick shortfalls than I’ve seen thus far to justify his removal 9 months into his 4 year term. Maybe the SCC complaint does not include some of the trivial complaints I was reading about and responded to. As we have agreed, I would have no way of knowing.
I was responding to complaints on blogs.
Patricia Phillips
P.O. Box 591
Sterling, VA 20167
Mike;
I posted your comment in the interests of giving you the benefit of the doubt that you are telling the truth in your assertions.(something you do not seem to desire for Jeff)
You are not known in conservative circles as a fair player, or an honest person, and I warn you against using my blog to spread deceit about Frederick.
If you are playing fast and loose with the truth and using my blog to spread poison, I will have to take counter actions.
An independent investigation will tell the story and unless you are the lying woman going to King Solomon, you will have no objection to such an investigation
Consider yourself warned.
Tim.
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