Here Are The Republican State Committepeople
By Joe Mirarchi
A right- to-know-request seeking the names of the Pennsylvania GOP’s state committeepeople — among other things — brought forth two partial responses.
It is now clear an inner-party election fight is set more like a Championship Boxing Match at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, PA. Or even like the Super Bowl LIX matchup in New Orleans, Louisiana, between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs. The elections are now two days away on Saturday, Feb. 9.
The main voting event is for chairman of the board. The contenders are: businessman Bill Bachenberg and State Senator Greg Rothman. The home field advantage goes to Mr. Rothman.
And since that RTK request was issued and received on Feb. 3, the state committee member list became revealed magically by way confidential informants. Other informants of the same stature revealed that on late Feb. 5, the PAGOP’s General Counsel issued a formal statement addressing the validity of any secret or paper ballot option, and the possible suspension of the Bylaws for voting purposes during the coming meeting.
Simply, such options are not consistent with the PAGOP’s Revised Rules and Bylaws. A set of rules and bylaws which are older than the PAGOP nonprofit corporate structure itself. In each circumstance, the informants are now protected by the “reporters’ privilege”.
Adding to the meeting events, Mr. Rothman and Vice Chair Bernie Comfort, who is also running for re-election, announced a last minute, free gala-like event for the PAGOP’s voting State Committee Members. It is located in not one, but two rooms of the same Penn Harris Hotel. The GOP’s regional caucuses will be held there also in the following morning, followed by the elections in the afternoon. The gala is scheduled for Friday evening, right after the GOP Dinner with no end time for the event. It could very well end when the hotel bars close between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m less than six hours before the caucuses.
The gala is a private party offering drinks, desserts, and live music. As far as Mr. Bachenberg’s grass roots supporters, they have not been invited. They are not even sure if Mr. Bachenberg is invited.
In light of the forgoing, the anonymous state committee list is attached below. So is the Opinion Statement of the PAGOP general counsel. Even the invitation of Mr. Rothman and Ms. Comfort is attached.
Every registered PA Republican should step up and be heard for these elections–just like they did for President Trump and U.S. Senator Dave McCormick. Now is the time to do so. Their votes are supposed to be for who you want to be elected to lead and fix PA’s GOP and PA.
Email each and every county committee representative on the list for your county. Let them know who you want as your elected officials and why. Then email as many other committee members that you can. Ask your Republican friends and family to do it too. These are statewide matters. They affect and effect every city and county, big and small. They also effect the future lives of your community and family.
Besure you let them know it is time for a change in PA, and that PA should be fixed like President Trump is now fixing America. And think about that latest budget proposed by Governor Shapiro while doing so.
Do you think that Mr. Bachenberg is the proven, Trump-Loyal, and successful businessman who can do that? Or, do you think State Senator Rothman–as a longstanding party-line member–could do better with a set of rules and bylaws that have not been updated in more than ten-years?
Let’s face it, in PA politics things need to be fixed. The next PA fights are quickly approaching. The primary elections and the general elections are on May 20, and Nov. 4, respectively.
In these crucial elections the PAGOP has the chance to rid Philadelphia of its’ extremely liberal Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner, and to say “No” to retaining three Democratic State Supreme Court Justices who reshaped PA’s Election and Voting Laws while on the Bench.
If removed, Philadelphia can return to Law and Order policies. The court would also return to having Republican Majority in a Commonwealth where almost every branch of government (state and local) are controlled by a now extremely liberal Democratic Party.
With these questions in mind kindly consider if these next fights are ones that should be led by someone who is proven to be loyal to President Trump’s Teams, and not to an old agenda.
It is not just the next four years of Pennsylvania and America that we need to fix, it is our future that we all hope shall go well beyond.
May God Continue to Bless Pennsylvania and America.
Here is the list of state committeepeople:
Below is the opinion regarding the ballot process.
Below is the invitation to the party
