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Samuel Adams

American Patriot & Politician

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Hot Issues From Linn County Iowa
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Hi Hi Hi Ho It's Off To Spend We Go

 

The ByLaws of the Linn County Central Committeehave specific statements on spending and the conduct of business between meetings 

 

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 Executive Committee shall transact the routine business of the Central Committee during the interim of the meetings of the Central Committee. Any business transacted or action taken shall be reported to the Central Committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting 

 
I do not beleive the above gives the Exective Committee the right to withdraw from the Treasury funds to spend on just anything they wish to,
 
I am very certain it clearly states that the amount spent without the specific approval of the Central Committee shall be less than $500 and that ANY buiness transacted shall be reported at the NEXT regular meeting. 

 

Which is why there was a scramble before our recent Lincoln dinner as to how properly handle the check that would have been written to the Elmcrest County Club,
 
The Charges being in the neighborhood of $1800 and NO prior approval by the Body created a problem. 
 
The solution seems to have been to give refunds to the Hosts who were sponsoring the event and let them and ticket buyers that night pay directly to the Country Club. 
 
That was a very contorted way to maintain adeherence to the By Laws and we have yet to see how the State Ethics Board will react to it.
 
A much simpler path would have been to put this event befor the Body and get their approval,
 
That does not seem to be something that has much credence with our Executive Committee,
 
They seem to feel they can do pretty much anything they wish to and petty things like Constitutions and By Laws are for the peons and not for the elite, 
 
Our local Lincoln dinner is not however an isolated event
 
The State will be having their own Lincoln Dinner on May the 16th.
 
It appears that the LCRCC is selling tickets to a table for $75. 
 

RPI Lincoln Dinner

Calling all Linn County Republicans:

Have you heard of the fantastic line-up of Republican superstars? 

If you would like to attend the RPI Lincoln Dinner on May 16, 

please contact chair@linncountygop.org for discounted tickets. 

 

Discounted ticket price – $75.00per person (Regular ticket price – $100 per person)

 

 

Note: there are 10 tickets available at this price. 
 

So how do the intend to handle the payment of $750 to RPI for the Table??

The last time I checked $750 was more the $500. 

 Are they going to have people make checks out to RPI so they can stay under their $500 limit? 

 

Lastly there is the issue of paying for the bills other than those of the Central Committee,

Whispers on the Wind have brought to your humble chronicler the rumor that the LCRCC Chair Cindy Golding ordered the at the time Interim Treaser Jim Miller to cut a check for $200 to pay for an ad place in a flyer put out by another Republican Organization,

 

I will not mention the name of the other Organization, they are blemeless adn their good name does not need to be besmerched because of the incompetence and malfeasance of our Chair,

 neither does the name of the restaraunt falsely accused of failure to pay a bill that in fact they did not authorise.

All these issues have been reported in previous posts, 

 

If It's Not Written Down   Show Us The Proof   

and In Their Own Words

 

Questions at this time which need answered are

Did the Body recieve a report of this action at the next scheduled meeting and if not WHY?

 AND

Exactly how did the Linn County Central Committee become responsible for this debt in the first place,.

Despite the fact that the amount $200 is below the limit the Executive Committee may spend without prior approval,.

 It is questionable as to whether they have the authority to use their spending power to pay the bills of other people,.

I hope someone asks these quesitons at the next Central Committee meeting. 


Posted by ky/kentuckydan at 7:39 AM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, 12 May 2015 8:19 AM CDT
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