Anonymous Donor Offers Turn-key Convention to Nevada State GOP
Bluff Called in Nevada by Anonymous Donor. by Kipper Mathews
(libertarian)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
RENO, Nev.---The Ron Paul campaign has learned that an anonymous donor has called a bluff on the Neveda Republican Party. Apparently a mistery Republican donor in Washoe County sent a letter to the State Republican GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden, informing Ms. Lowden that they have booked a room and arranged a turn-key convention at the Grand Sierra Resort in an attempt to help the Nevada Republican Party reconvene the recessed Nevada State GOP convention.
"The Ron Paul campaign is not responsible in any way for this donation," said Jeff Greenspan, Southwest Regional Coordinator for the Ron Paul campaign. The Ron Paul campaign has learned that the letter offering the use of this facility to Ms. Lowden was sent on Thursday, May 15th. "We only learned late Thursday afternoon that apparently this letter was sent. However, from the campaign's perspective, this seems to be a great opportunity to resolve the situation that occurred on April 26th in a satisfactory manner for everyone."
The anonymous donor has reserved the Grand Ballroom at the Grand Sierra Resort on Saturday, June 7th, for the entire day, and is offering the use of the room to the Nevada State GOP. The room has been equipped to accommodate the needs and requirements of the nearly 1,400 delegates to the State Convention. The use of this facility will be at no cost to the Party, as a result of this in-kind donation.
The Nevada State Republican Convention was recessed on April 26th. Ballot counting for national delegates from Congressional Districts 1 and 3 had been completed, but vote counting for Congressional District 2 was still in progress when the convention was recessed. At-large delegates still needed to be selected, and resolutions have not yet been passed.
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Great news. Unfortunately, I rather suspect that the party plans to get its way either by brininging a lot of delegates who were not at the convention in April, or by telling all of their delegates to stay away to prevent the convention from having a quorum. It is still great news because it will force the party to "fix" things in public.
May 21--Hope you follow up on this. I checked the Nevada GOP website and do not mention the offer. Since they have been posting updates weekly on Thursdays this seems strange. I wonder if they are going to acknowledge it at all
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