It never fails to amaze me when someone cannot seem to comprehend the meaning of a simple sentence.
in the Linn County Republican Central Committee we have at times a
Cool Hand Luke version of Failure to Communicate.
This at times results in Violations of our County Constitution and/or ByLaws
One of the first times this cropped up for me was oddly enough after a Communication Subcommittee meeting.
I was sitting with our Chair and Webmaster and the Chair mentioned that there were some who wished to move our monthly meeting from it's present location to the downtown Library.
Our Chair mentioned that they COULD make that decision themselves but thought it would be better for the Committee to do so.
Boy when I looked at them and said, "You do not have the authority to do that."
Did I ever start a fuss. Both the Chair and the Webmaster had vehement and fervent reasons why I was wrong.
But Ito quote W. C. Fields, I sat with calm confidence of a Christain holding 4 Aces,
The 4 Aces were in fact a portion of Article VIII of our County Constitution which states
"The Executive
Committee is subject to the orders of the Linn County Central Committee, and none of its acts
shall conflict with actions of the Linn County Central Committee. "
Now that is a simple declarative sentence and means exactly what it says.
The Linn County Central Committee gives orders to the Executive Committee not vice versa
AND
NONE of the actions of the Executive Committee
Like deciding where a meeting shall be
Shall conflict with actions of the Central Committee
Like deciding where a meeting shall be
If there is anyone who cannot comprehend the complexity of that statement?
I am willing to meet them, dictionary in hand and attempt to explain it.
I realize this may be difficult, because we have had quite a few examples of Violations of the County Constitution and ByLaws
I will be pointing them out one case at a time in the next few posts,
I decided putting ALL of them in a single post would make the post too long and wordy
Here is a Copy of the entire County Constitution
