New Ohio State Central Committee Bylaws Proposed
Boom, Bust, or Fizzle?
I was informed this morning (21 November) via email that State Central Committee member Melissa Pope has been appointed to the Permanent Rules & Bylaws Committee. Okay, so now that’s on my radar…
I'm glad to learn that the State Central Committee has committees. We have none in my county. Meetings, floor discussions, committees, and a physical office are among the things that I get to be jealous of when I hear of them elsewhere. But I digress…
In the email I learned that the Permanent Rules & Bylaws Committee is considering approving updated Bylaws. My response (indirectly posed to Ms. Pope, via the person who was kind enough to forward her announcement to me) follows...
Ms. Pope:
I'd very much like to view and consider the proposed Bylaws myself. I have a few questions, which I’ll briefly enumerate here:
Are the proposed new Bylaws pro The People?
Do they advocate for a platform?
Has a corresponding platform been developed (hopefully in conjunction with these proposed new Bylaws)?
Do all such proposed documents encourage community involvement/engagement in and with the party?
Has any consideration been given to strengthening the party with more citizen-engagement? (Here we simply need look at the Democrat Party, who have been crawling all over students, campuses, social media, school board races, web, celebrities, apps, and communities for decades. Many counter examples exist, such as Turning Point USA; however, it appears the recurring answer from Ohio GOP is “no action.”)
Do the proposed Bylaws seek to address existing imbalances of power which have led to top-down structure, allowing for far too much corporate influence (and dark money) on the party?
Or is it more of the same tepid stuff, with no noteworthy changes or tangible positions on issues that matter to people… which is certain to lead to continuing disinterest, dwindling funding, lack of power, little engagement, and calls of "swamp!" and "Uniparty!" and scant little discernable difference between "D" and "R" beyond aesthetics?
Notes:
We face very challenging and unique times, with virtually all pillars of society and even First and Second Amendment Rights under attack; extreme turmoil in K-12 Education; open borders; state-wide tax increases; energy and supply chain issues; food and agriculture challenges; fundamental proposed changes to business, finance, currency, banking, credit and lending; ESG, CBDC, CEI legislation; Social Credit systems; “15-minute city” proposals; and various “Green New Deal” type initiatives being encouraged within our state. Anyone suggesting that soft, plain-vanilla, no-action stance on the part of the State Republican Party should take a closer look at the world around us.
The feedback I’ve gotten so far has been astoundingly negative. I’ve not seen the proposed Bylaws, but am hearing from trusted Patriotic, We The People type friends that the entire thing is awful and I suspect many of the solidly Conservative Republicans on State Central Committee will not vote for it. Stay tuned… I’m guessing that the constituents (that’s us) won’t see the document before the December 1st vote. I’ll be pushing for Roll Call vote so we can know clearly which “republicans” voted for it and who within our State GOP Central Committee stood on solid Republican principle and attempted to provide We The People of Ohio something solid and compelling.
As we continue to limp along as a nation, flirting with Social Communism, or Globalist Cabal government, or New World Order, “tech-oligarchy” or whatever we’re supposed to call it, I’m reminded of the non-barking dog. Are our state and county GOP the non-barking dogs of America? (The “non-barking dog” refers to a dog that you hope barks to alert you to intruders/trouble but instead remains silent and placid as bad people break in and do really bad things.)