Blogger’s Note: This decimates the narrative being put out by the re-election campaign of Jessica Patterson. She is attempting to get people to selectively focus on just a few things while ignoring the brutal reality. It is an important read.
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The game is afoot. It is clear that Jessica Patterson and team are in full gear. While they publicly say they are “doing well” their actions suggest otherwise:
I’ve been told that at least one Steve Frank supporter (who was a nominee for office and has delegate appointments) has been yelled at for endorsing Steve Frank.
In San Mateo County, Luis Buhler who is an attorney, is attempting to bully the members on that committee in to letting him change the rules so he can unseat the Chairman of San Mateo County. (I wish Buhler would put that kind of effort in to winning elections) At issue is a candidate that failed to make the runoff. The candidate is not considered a nominee and they are claiming that the State Party rule takes precedence over the County Party Bylaws. They are wrong. This is standard stuff with attorneys in politics and the main reason I treat them with contempt when they do attorney things.
It took until late last week, but I finally received reports that Jessica Patterson was actually calling people to solicit support.
A couple of failed nominees for office have been coerced in to supporting Patterson despite what was done to them. More on that later.
Patterson claimed the endorsements of people that had not signed endorsements for her when she sent her original email (this is a typical 90’s era consultant trick). More on that soon. She also claimed endorsements from a County Chairman that is moving out of state.
Patterson and crew attempted to recruit an opponent for a CRP Board Member who is a known conservative that supports Steve Frank. In the race for Chair of the County Chairs, they did indeed get an opponent for Lani Kane of Lake County.
I am also aware that Legislative leadership were and are pressuring members to tow the line and fall in for Patterson. I am not sure how those tactics engender loyalty or passionate support – but this is again another of the hallmarks of 90’s era political consultants.
I am expecting that the threats, games, intimidation, manipulation and such will intensify after the first of the year. Despite their public spin, the establishment knows they have a fight on their hands trying to get Jessica Patterson and her record of failure re-elected.
This brings me to the Convention Itself. The CAGOP By-Laws stipulate a 30-day advance notice. Note that Jessica Patteron has purged the entire CAGOP staff, save one person. This means that the current staff are all compliant to the current “leadership” of the party. As such, it is impossible to see their actions as anything but sanctioned by the party leaders to be.
The Staff of the CAGOP (also called CRP) have not sent out any details about the convention that is supposed to be from Feb 19-21. This is unprecedented, as it has been typical for the convention to be noticed and announced months in advance.
Why could this be? It is simple. Jessica Patterson can not win re-election without a Proxy drill. 44% of her votes came via proxy in 2019. I did an expose, but in short it was 259 out of 548.
As it stands right now, Sacramento County is locked down due to newsolini’s COVID edicts. Even before getting locked down, Sac County was still under a 50 person gathering restriction. Secondly, the State Party By-Laws mandate that the election convention is in Sacramento County.
It appears that they are hoping against hope that the convention will be able to be in person and as such are waiting until the last minute to put the official details out as they hold faint hopes they can do an in person convention to enable proxy voting. This is how you abuse incumbency.
Jessica and Crew should know that Steve Frank and crew are prepared to deal with any contingency – even as I call out the current CAGOP staff and “leadership” for playing games with the convention details. Team Frank will run a superior proxy drill if need and if it is a virtual convention with mail ballots, we will perform well there.
A second key issue – The election was certified on Dec 11, 2020. As of the writing of this blog Dec 21, 2020 no nominees have received any communication from the state party regarding their eligible appointments. It is the opinion of this blogger that this is being done in an attempt to give the team of the current chairwoman lead time to contact these people and is also being done in order to enable attempts to confuse would be appointers. My guess is that the forms will be timed to arrive between Christmas and New Year’s in order to increase the chances that some of the more distant or disconnected nominees will miss the form to make their appointments. This is not the behavior of a confident team.
BTW – I’ve gotten several reports that staffers have been calling delegates whose appointments are expiring to see if they are being re-appointed, they are doing this before the forms have even been sent. Once again, abusing the resources of the party and incumbency.
Patterson’s crew know that a Virtual Convention with Ballots By Mail present a variety of problems. The level of difficulty goes up getting people to fill out and mail their ballots. Proxies allow direct control of the votes, and are very easy to obtain. On the other hand, mail ballots are secret and allow people to vote their conscience and not what they are told to do. Controlling an outcome with a rigged process is a 1990’s era consultant mainstay. Persuading real party activists would be healthy and productive for the party and is an enathma to the same group.
I am going to use this blog to put all of the insider machinations out in to public view as sunlight is the antiseptic to control agents that have shredded the party. Remember, we have written that the people behind Jessica Patterson have hundreds of thousands of dollars (if not millions) riding on keeping her in office. They will do pretty much anything to protect that – and note we do not even know the election process or how the votes will be counted. Pay attention to all the details, they are critical.
Isn’t it amazing that the “Chairwoman” of the CAGOP – who we were supposed to celebrate because she is the first female (and Latina) chair of the CAGOP – has had nothing to say about the rampage of Bill Brough? The sad irony (beyond Bill Brough endorsing her in 2019) is that 3 known victims of Bill Brough are Latina themselves.
Jessica Patterson has consistently refused to assert herself or lead against the establishment. This includes ignoring the OCGOP when they endorsed against Tyler Diep (who lost) in AD72, ignoring the LAGOP and the Ventura GOP when they endorsed Mike Garcia (who won) against McCarthy Backed Steve Knight in CA25 and of course the stunning silence on Bill Brough. When the OCGOP endorsed Laurie Davies in Nov 2019, Patterson could not be bothered with the follow up endorsement at the state level until finally agendizing the 2-8-2020 vote that was unanimous. She also ignored the complaints of delegates against a group of Biden-supporters within the ranks of the CAGOP!
We deserve better. Women deserve better.
Leaders Lead
They lead on values, they lead on principles, they lead when others are unwilling to speak out. To some, being a leader is like a person seeing a parade, grabbing a baton, going to the front of the parade and declaring leadership. It is this type of “leadership” that has gotten the California Republican party in trouble.
We were told that having a woman as Chair of the Party would open the doors to a bigger Party, a party more sensitive to the needs of women. Yet, on the most important issue to woman, safety and stopping sexual abuse, our Party and its Chair, have all been silent.
In 2011 Bill Brough sexually harassed a fellow city councilwoman, Lisa Bartlett. With no other recourse, Bartlett had to air her grievance at the Orange County Republican Party in 2019 after her complaint in 2011 was ignored and others over the years dismissed it out of hand. Did Patterson speak up about this? No.
In 2015, Brough is alleged to have sexually battered a Lobbyist Heather Baez. In the Pre-#METOO era, the Rules Committee in the Capitol use a weak reason to dismiss the claim. This claim Bill Brough denied the existence of until Public Records came out confirming its’ existence. Did Patterson call Brough out for his lie? No.
Later, Jenniffer Rodriguez (now Alizeri) was propositioned with an offer of influence for sex by Brough. This complaint was substantiated by the Assembly Rules Committee. This led to Brough being stripped of all of his committee assignments for his last 6 months in office. Where was Jessica Patterson?
In 2019, Assemblyman Bill Brough endorsed Jessica Patterson for CRP Chair, and she accepted his endorsement. Perhaps this is why Chairwoman Patterson said nothing?
A few days ago, a woman charged Bill Brough with rape and sodomy. She is the sixth known victim of Bill Brough’s decade-long known pattern of Sexual misconduct. The incident occurred in 2015. There is an active criminal investigation and national media coverage of the issue.
Here is a story from ABC about the charges, click on the video in the article for a shocking report:
As Chair of the California Republican Party, I will not be silent. If a Democrat or Republican abuses women, they will be denounced, censured and isolated. They will not be part of our Party or the political system.
Just as Jessica has been silent, and protective, of the CRP Delegates that SUPPORTED Joe Biden over President Trump, she has been silent about Bill Brough and his abuse of women. As Chair I will lead the effort to disassociate the Party from Bill Brough and those like him.
Are you with me when I say the Party cannot be silent about rape or sexual abuse—even by our own elected officials?
Leaders Lead. I will lead the Party and not be silent.
Wake up the CRP – register voters
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