Well Friends and Neighbors whispers of rumors have been wafting their way from the New Executive Board to your humble chronicler that they think they have found in our Founding Documents a passage that gives them the Power.
To disolve Any Standing Rule of the Committee or Sub-Committee they chose to.
It is found in the County Constitution here
V. OFFICERS
The officers of this Central Committee shall be a chairman, co-chairman, secretary and
treasurer, and such other members as the County Central Committee in its by-laws may
provide. The Central committee shall organize following each general election, but no later
than the following April 1.
Of course for their interpretation to be correct
THEY MUST IGNORE
IV. MEMBERSHIP OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE
The County Central Committee shall consist of two precinct committee members elected from
each precinct at the precinct caucuses. The Constitution of the Republican Party of Iowa
permits a provision to be adopted in the County by-laws for the election of additional Central
Committee members from each precinct in a number proportionate to the Republican vote
cast in the precinct at the last preceding general election for President of the United States or
for the Governor of Iowa, as the case may be.
The general management of the affairs of the party in Linn County is vested in the Linn
County Central Committee, subject to direction from time to time by the County convention of
the party.
The Linn County Central Committee shall have such officers and administrative
personnel as it may determine and shall organize its operations to attain the objectives of the
Republican Party, and shall have power to adopt by-laws to carry out its duties and the
purposes of this Constitution, provided such by-laws are not in conflict with the provisions of
the Republican National Convention, the Constitution of the Republican Party of Iowa or this
Constitution.
When elected, a member of the County Central Committee must be a resident of the precinct
from which elected. The term of office of a member of the County Central Committee shall
begin on the day following the precinct caucus and shall continue until the next precinct
caucus and untuil his or her successor is elected and qualified. A member may be removed
by the County Central Committee for inattention to duty, incompetence, or active support of
an opponent of a Republican nominee. Vacancies on the County Central Committee shall be
filled by the County Central Committee.
And they must also IGNORE
VIII. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee shall consist of the Chair, Co-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer of the
Linn County Central Committee. The Executive Committee shall transact the routine business
of the Linn County Central Committee during the interim of the meetings of the Linn County
Central Committee. Any business transacted or action taken shall be reported to the Linn
County Central Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting.
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.
I take note of the Fact that while the Central Commitee may be given directions by the County Convention and that the Executive Board is "Under the Orders" of the Central Commitee
NOWHERE does it state or give any credence to the Claim that the Central Commitee is "Under the Orders" of or "Given Direction" by the Executive Board.
Quod Erat Demonstradum.
I do want the THANK the Executive Committee however for encouraging me to look at our Founding Documents carefully.
I have read them many times over the years but never before has one passage sprung out with the pristine clarity that it did last night
It is a section in the By Laws on the Treasurers duties
4. The duties of the Treasurer are to keep records of all receipts and disbursements. All
checks shall be signed b the Treasurer and countersigned by the Chair or Co-Chair.
Checks in excess of $500.00 and not previously budgeted shall have the approval of the
County Central Committee. The Treasurer shall prepare a two-year budget for approval
of the County Central Committee and the same shall be presented at the first meeting of
the non-elective calendar year.
Let me pull this one little gem out and place it all by itself
Checks in excess of $500.00 and not previously budgeted shall have the approval of the County Central Committee.
THIS Friends and Neighbors is what is called in the Fields of Boolean Algebra or Symbolic Logic as an
AND Statement
An And Statement with Two Conditions formally represented as
If A AND B then C
Or by the Venn Diagram representation at the beginning of this post.
Now the thing about AND statements IS
For the Statement to be True BOTH Initial Conditions Must Be True
So while the common interpretation is that if the Expenditure is less than $500 the Exective Board may issue a check without Approval of the Body
It turns out that IF the Expenditure has NOT been previously Budgeted?
They must not only INFORM the Body but the Body must APPROVE the Expenditure.
Otherwise?
Should the Body NOT approve the expenditure?
They must make the Treasury Whole and replace the funds.
Not to do so would be Misappropriation of Funds
And THAT would be an ETHICS Violation.
Some may dispute what I have written
But the Rules of Symbolic Logic on AND Statements are clear and it would be like arguing that One plus One does Not equal Two
Yes I know ther are 10 types of people in the world thos who understand binary and those who do not but binary 10 is still Two
However if anyone wishes to take issue with my presentation?
Have your Seconds present Your Card to My Seconds and I will meet you on the Field of Mathematics with
Logic Texts of YOUR choice.
By the Way, have I mentioned that before I took my present occupation and moved to Iowa among other things I TAUGHT Boolean Algebra and Symbolic Logic at a Collegiate level?
I do have one further announcement to make
I must rise early tomorrow and journey to one of our South Eastern Cities,
So I will not have time to put out a Saturday Post.
We will return in time Saturday Night for a Communications Sub-Committee meeting at 8:30 PM at the Starlite.
I understand our Treasurer and New Co-Chair may attend and attempt to broker
Peace in Our Time.
Which is the Reason for this IMO PG Level Post instead of the
Turn the Unrighteous into Pillars of Salt Post that I am holding in abeyance to see what they wish to convey to us,
Updated: Friday, 6 March 2015 9:57 AM CST
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