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SUTTER: With the entrance of the Caitlyn Jenner Freakshow and the bizarre meltdown of John Cox – it is possible that Kevin Faulconer may end up being the adult in the room by default. To that end, I was tipped off that the Sutter GOP (which was squarely in the Jessica Column, but more legitimate than surrounding counties) is sending the CAGOP’s Board of Directors a resolution asking them to unify behind one candidate in the recall. (Implied is Faulconer)

Enter Steven Frank:

California Republican Central Committees, one by one are being closed.

1.  Kern County Republican Central Committee on May 10 held a ZOOM meeting.  Two new California Republican Assembly charters, in the county have been charted.  The new Presidents attended the Central Committee meeting to introduce themselves and to tell the group they are looking forward to working in unity with the rest of the GOP in the county.  The chair announced that since they were not members of the Committee they were not allowed.

When asked where in the bylaws that was said, it was told that the CRP General Counsel Ashley Titus, famous for claiming that sending 440,000 live ballots to the dead and those who moved out of State was NOT fraud or corruption, claimed the CRP bylaws mandated it.  Titus was not at the meeting, the alleged quote came from the Chair.  In the past Titus had been asked to cite the CRP bylaw closing County Central Committee meetings to just members—never a reply.

If true, than San Diego which gets upwards of 500 people to their meetings, San Luis Obispo’s that gets up to 100 at their meetings, and many other counties—like Lake County which welcomes ALL registered Republicans to their meetings, are violating the CRP bylaws.  Of course this is not in any bylaws.

• San Francisco Central Committee has had several resignations.  John Dennis fired the Executive Director and a couple of months later had that person removed as Secretary of the Committee.  At least four people in the last couple of months have deiced to leave the Committee due to the desire to have Team work—which is not happening.

Allow me to add that there is another side to this story, but John Dennis and Steve Frank do not like each other very much. The SFGOP actually functions better than most county parties despite all the challenges. Richie Greenberg led the exodus from the SFGOP and he refuses to play well with others.

•  The Yuba County Central Committee, chair by Sen. Jim Nielsen staffer may be the worst of the lot.  At the monthly meeting a few nights ago, on the agenda was the addition of new Committee members.  Currently there are 21 VACANCIES on the Committee.  A Committee member made a motion to fill the vacancies.  The Chair of the Committee, Stephen Heter, announced “we do not need more members, the motion is out of order.”  He also refused to replace the Secretary of the Committee, who does not show up for meetings.  I should mention the Secretary is his brother.

How does a GOP movement grow, when the Chair has 21 vacancies and does not want to fill them?  I wonder if Sen. Nielsen approves of this.

Allow me to add that two people actually were appointed to the YUBA GOP on Tuesday. Stephen Heter who screams like AOC when he is mad (remember the CAGOP Cover-Up of their failure to have a legitimate organizational meeting? Heter was screaming soprano on the zoom call), said he refused to recognize a moved and seconded action that was voted on in the affirmative. Note: Heter never ruled the motion to appoint the two new members out of order (BTW – the same 3-2 vote to appoint the new members would have overridden Heter) he went berzerk after the motion carried. Stephen Heter’s middle name is Reynoso – after his Grandfather Cruz Reynoso, the Leftist Judge recalled in the 1980’s for letting killers out of Prison. Heter is very typical of the operatives I have dealt with in 20+ years of CAGOP politics.

It is probably time for activists to start descending on Glenn, Yuba, Tehama and other establishment franchise counties and making the hacks look at them as they commit political fraud.

•  Last week the Ventura County GOP Committee met.  The Treasurer made a report, “We have money in the bank”.  Members wanted to know how much, where the money came from, where did the expenditure go?.  The Chair, John Anderson announced he did not want a full report given to the elected members of the Committee.  As expected yelling and threats were made and Anderson adjourned the meeting.
• Then you have Los Angeles County GOP Committee.  Under the current rules, if there is a vacancy in an Assembly District Caucus, the District appoints to fill the vacancy.  Under a by-law amendment set to be announced next month, that changes.  Instead, the full County Committee—folks from Lancaster to Long Beach to Diamond Bar will decide the filling of vacancies in Santa Monica or El Monte.  Of course at that point the Elected Assembly District members no longer control their own Committee—and most will become inactive and go independent, while the appointed people do little.
• There is one commonality of all these Committees, trying to shut down Republican activity, programs and growth—they all supported the same candidate for CRP Chair—who is doing the same on a Statewide basis.

Remember – Jessica Patterson and crew loaded the Credentials Committee with people from counties racked with fraud. This was a deliberate act of rage to teach all the real activists a lesson. As of the writing of this blog, Glenn, Yuba and Tehama Counties still have not cured their proven flaunting of state law yet are allowed to participate fully because they support Patterson.

Remember – the LAGOP violated their own by-laws and the CAGOP By-Laws by filling 22 vacant districts with liberals specifically for their votes for Patterson and to help the embattled Richard Sherman keep control of the LAGOP.

Allow me to remind you that even though I live in Reno Nevada – the day I stop writing about California Politics is the day I die.

I can tell you that I have only seen one of the 17 Nevada County Parties with bona-fide issues, that is Clark County, but they are nothing like the outright fraud promoted by the CAGOP staff and team. Apparently, Clark County GOP has been a mess for 10 years. I am soon to be a part of the Washoe GOP, it looks to be well run with the typical factions but it is effective. Outside of Washoe and Clark County – the next Largest County is Lyon County with about 65,000 people in it. (Lyon includes Fernley which I expect to explode in the next decade) The 15 “Rural” Counties do not add up to the population of Washoe between them. I have heard few if any complaints about any of the Rural counties.

Why are most Nevada GOP Central Committees doing OK? There are no ex-officios. Elected Republicans do not get to appoint delegates. Delegates and County Party members are elected by the caucus system thus dissipating any attempts by consultants or the legislative caucuses from controlling the party apparatus.

The disaster in the North of California lays at the feet of Deborah Wilder who was unseated by Laurie Wallace for Northern Vice Chair. But there is more on Wilder, beyond the fact that she was to have been the heir apparent to Jessica Patterson who is termed out as CAGOP Chair. Unseating Deborah Wilder was a critical win for Conservatives in Northern California and one consequence is falling soon.

I have been told by Washington DC Insiders that Kevin McCarthy is going to take Jessica to Washington DC sooner than planned. My guess is that the CAGOP’s board is going to be told who to appoint to replace her as CAGOP Vice Chair Peter Kuo can’t finish a sentence let alone lead a state political party.

P.S. a very well connected old-time political operative called me and told me that the Steve Frank Campaign and our messaging, especially including exposing the rigging of the officer elections, control games, and proof of blatant by-law violations has caused several people to take notice. The effective messaging of Steve Frank, including killing the Faulconer coronation has caused a shift in the tactics of the CAGOP leadership. The aggressive messaging of the CAGOP as opposed to the milquetoast messaging pre convention + the actual and direct involvement of Jessica Patterson in throwing punches were put to me as a direct change as that part of Steve Frank’s message hit home with a lot of people.

P.P.S. The recall has caught fire so much in California, you are going to see a massive surge of Republican Registration Numbers (just in time for re-districting LOL). I was told it could move by as much as 5 percentage points. This move does not have much to do with the CAGOP as they are still NOT funding Voter Registration. What it is are pissed off Mom’s about distance learning and Hispanics left behind by the status quo. However, you will get to watch the CAGOP leadership attempt to take credit for a “surge” when the new numbers are reported.