HCGOP CHAIR ELECTION INFO CORRECTION

THE ELECTION FOR THE CHAIR OF THE HAYWOOD COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY (HCGOP) IS FAST APPROACHING, AND SERIOUS CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO WHO YOU INTEND TO VOTE FOR, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE HAD TWO CHAIRS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, BOTH OF WHOM RESIGNED AFTER ONLY COMPLETING ONE YEAR OF THEIR TWO-TERM TERMS.

TO BEGIN WITH, I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN AGREE THAT IF WE ARE TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER, THEN WE MUST WORK TO FUNCTION AS A TEAM.

UNFORTUNATELY, TWO OR THREE INDIVIDUALS ARE CHOOSING TO DO OTHERWISE.

THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CALLING MEMBERS OF THE HCGOP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT 11 GOP CHAIR, AND PAST LEADERSHIP OF THE HCGOP ATTEMPTING TO RECRUIT AND CHAMPION THEIR DESIRED CHOICE AS THE HCGOP CHAIR. WELL WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS AND AN ACTION STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.

HOWEVER, THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ATTEMPTING TO RECRUIT AND CONVINCE THE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE THEY FEEL THEY CAN HEAVILY INFLUENCE AND MAINTAIN THEIR POLITICAL GRIP OVER THE HAYWOOD COUNTY GOP: THEIR WAY OF MAKING THEMSELVES FEEL RELEVANT.

AGAIN, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO.

HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO SPREAD FALSE STATEMENTS AND UNTRUTHS TO FURTHER THEIR AGENDA BY CREATING DIVISION AMONG US FOR THEIR PERSONAL PRIORITIES, REGARDLESS OF THE COST TO OUR COUNTY PARTY.

I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE BY SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT PHONE CALLS ARE BEING MADE TO THEM AND OTHERS, MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS TO SOW DOUBT IN THEIR MINDS ABOUT MY ABILITY TO LEAD.

LET ME PUT ANY CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE TO REST!

I HAVE BEEN POLITICALLY ACTIVE FOR MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE.

I HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY AT EVERY GOVERNMENT LEVEL, BOTH AS A CIVIL SERVANT AND AS AN ELECTED SERVANT. I HAVE ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED MY OWN PRIVATE BUSINESS.

I SERVED THIRTEEN MONTHS IN VIETNAM IN CONTINUOUS COMBAT AND ROSE TO THE RANK OF SARGANT, HAVING RECEIVED THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION AND TWO COMBAT COMMENDATIONS;

I SERVED THIRTY-TWO YEARS IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, WHICH INCLUDED:

TWENTY-ONE YEARS AT SIX DIFFERENT VA MEDICAL CENTERS AS THE

DIRECTOR/CHIEF OF THOSE MEDICAL CENTER’S ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES;

ELEVEN YEARS AS A SENIOR MANAGER AT VA HQ IN WASHINGTON, D.C. – NINE

YEARS AS THE DIRECTOR OF POLICIES AND OPERATIONS FOR VETERANS' HEALTH

SERVICES AND THE LAST TWO YEARS AS THE DIRECTOR OF HEADQUARTERS VA

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION SERVICE. (POSITIONS WHICH PROVIDED OVERSIGHT FOR ALL

ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - THE LARGEST HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE FREE WORLD.)

BOTH POSITIONS COVETED BY OTHERS FOR THEIR POLITICAL GAIN, CREATING

CONTINUOUS ATTEMPTS TO INTIMIDATE ME AND FORCE ME OUT.

THEY ALL FAILED!

I CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE THAT WROTE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PRIVACY ACT BETTER KNOWN AS HIPAA;

I SERVED FOUR YEARS AS AN ELECTED TOWNSHIP COUNCILMAN; AND,

I SERVED NINE YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT CAPTAIN AND EMT AND WAS ELECTED AS CHAIR TO THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS..

WITH THIS BACKGOUND IN MIND, IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMEONE WITH MY BACKGROUND AND PERSONALITY MAY BECOME CHAIR, THEN MAY 1ST IS YOUR DAY TO STEP UP AND RUN FOR CHAIR OR TO VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL BEND TO THE DICTATES OF JUST TWO OR THREE MEMBERS, BECAUSE I WILL NOT.

BUT SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ELECT ME AS CHAIR, THIS I WILL PROMISE YOU:

I WILL SERVE OUT MY FULL TWO-YEAR TERM REGARDLESS OF ANY LEVEL OF

PRESSURE PLACED UPON ME OR MY BEING CHALLENGED WHEN OTHERS DO NOT AGREE WITH ME, WHICH I STRONGLY BELIEVE IS A HEALTHY SITUATION IN ANY

SUCCESSFUL UNDERTAKING..

YOU WILL GET AN EXPERIENCED, FULL-TIME, EIGHT-HOURS-A-DAY, 100% DEDICATED CHAIR FULLY COMMITTED TO DOING EVERYTHING WITHIN MY POWER:

 TO GENERATE THE MONEY WE NEED TO OPERATE;

 TO GROW THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN OUR PARTY'S EFFORTS

AND EVENTS;

 TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO MAKE SURE HAYWOOD COUNTY REMAINS RED AND

CONTINUES TO VOTE FOR CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES; AND,

 TO FOSTER UNITY BETWEEN OUR COUNTY GOP OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, AND

OUR ELECTED REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS;

LASTLY, KNOW THAT IF I AM ELECTED, ANY BEHAVIOR MEANT TO DENIGRATE ANY MEMBER OF THIS TEAM OR DISRUPT OUR WORK AND STRATEGIES WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. PERIOD. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, HOWEVER, WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOMED.

NO ONE IS IRREPLACABLE REGARDLESS OF WHAT ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL MAY PERSONALLY BELIEVE ABOUT THEMSELF AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO THIS ORGANIZATION. EVERYONE IS REPLACABLE.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT MY PHILOSOPHIES ABOUT LEADERSHIP, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU TO TALK ABOUT THEM.

NOW, GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS UPCOMING ELECTION, PRAY ON YOUR DECISION AND VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE ON MAY 1ST.