Your intrepid blogger is sitting here shaking his head.
I have been told about a purge going on in Yolo County at the behest of Dan Brown. As you recall, Dan Brown was the architect along with Michelle Guerra of the County Chair’s Association debacle. Mr. Brown was cited as the biggest betrayal by people I spoke to inside the opposition.
(FYI – I refer to the coalition of groups and people opposed to the current leadership of the CAGOP as the opposition)
Apparently, the schism that Dan Brown, Michelle Guerra and others created has gotten wider.
The Conservative Coalition is having a meeting concurrent with the CRA Convention in Bakersfield the weekend of 4-21 thru 4-23. There was supposed to be a lot of commonality, yet it appears that the two groups are running on separate tracks. It makes perfect sense. If I was the CRA, I’d take pause at the backstabbing dishonesty that beset the opposition.
It appears that now, Steve Frank is in the crosshairs. Frank is the current chair of the conservative coalition (aka the opposition). Some of Frank’s past allies Vic Marani and George Yang have apparently set out on a path to attempt to depose Mr. Frank.
As you recall, Vic and George Yang are quite close. Yang worked with Vic on his ill-fated super of public instruction campaign. Yang finished third behind Lance Christiansen. (Do note that Lance used to work for John Moorlach and apparently he has the same opinion of your intrepid blogger as Moorlach does, despite the fact that Right on Daily saw him as a legitimate candidate)
The opposition’s opposition apparently includes Tom Weismiller – something that stuns me as Tom has been very close to Steve Frank for years. I am sure I don’t have all the facts and more will come in…
What your intrepid blogger knows is that the fracturing and infighting has continued post CAGOP Convention. Dan Brown who knows he screwed up and shrunk his already small list of friends even more is engaging in Labor Union tactics to take total control of the Yolo GOP.
What your intrepid blogger also knows is that George Yang has made it clear he is challenging Steve Frank for the leadership of the Conservative Coalition. What should have been a strategy session to regroup and try to consolidate their focus is punctuated by the continued rampage of Dan Brown and now a leadership fight.
Meantime, the CRA is going to have a great weekend where I expect to see Carl Brickey elected President of the CRA. There has been little drama outside of a few contested officer elections, which is very normal for that group.
Your intrepid blogger has a lot of institutional knowledge of the CAGOP and the players. I am not expecting the Conservative Coalition meeting to go well at all. I just wish those people could flush their egos and get over the deep inner need to be right and focus on the greater goal. That said, expect that your intrepid blogger will have plenty more to say about the attempted coup and the players involved.
I did want to take a second to mention that Joseph Grcar sent me well wishes for Easter. He referred to himself as “Your favorite mathematician” while at the same time posting a clinically insane comment on a past post. Need I say more as to the obstacles the sane elements of the Conservative Coalition face as they attempt to organize?
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Nonsense Aaron, I am on the Yolo Committee. Two member quit because they tried to control the committee via Executive Board and Dan Brown, the County Chair, called a special meeting so the committee could move forward. Both those two individuals have been acting childish, not only on the latest issue, but other issues also. Dan actually did not want them to leave but got ‘broadsided’ with two resignation letters by the two individuals. When I looked back at their conduct the past few months, even I had to agree that it was best if they two in question leave the committee. And I spoke with Dan Brown today…He had some worries about Steve Frank and the direction of the RCC but told me he will work with Steve to keep the conservatives moving forward. Your sources are biased and one sided….You should have seen the way the two that resigned were acting. They are pot stirrers and that is exactly what it looks like they are again trying to do again (unfortunately).
Intrepid Blogger, not sure why I did not receive you latest episode. Found out about this from a couple of your followers. Since you put me in the limelight of your post, I feel compelled to respond, a day late.
My concerns are process and direction for the future. I try to be objective and not personal. I look to find common ground and go from there and try to limit drama. My observation is the “opposition” side is in violent agreement ideologically, and challenged organizationally, strategically, and tactically. (If I was a drama guy, I could have used the word dysfunctional rather than challenged.)
One thing I have learned over the years is your friend today may be on the opposite side tomorrow and your foe today may be your side in the future. Everyone has some value. We all love dogs, and all dogs have fleas.
WOW…A bullies defense brought to you by the above poster.