During the May Meeting of the Linn County Central Committeee one of the members made a stirring and yes heartfelt and sincere appeal for unity and one of their main ipoints was that we should not get derailed on Rules of Order Issues that amount only to the placement of "Thes" and "As"
I completely agree with those sentiments
But the problem is we are not talking about where to put "Thes" or "As" but of the fundamental principles of the LCRCC
Things like the fact that the Constitution mandates that decisions are made by the Body and it is the role of the Executives to advise, assist and perform such functions as may be appointed to them by the Body,
Which a majority of the present Executive Committee chooses to ignore
Things like over a certain amount expenditures are to be approved by the Body,
Which the present Chair has found restraining and so has at times chosen to ignore those restrictions
Things like ALL checks are to be signed by the TREASURER and Co-signed by either the Chair or Co-Chair,
Which again the Chair has at time found constraining particularly when the Treasurer refused to sign checks of amounts that required approval of the Body
So the Chair just IGNORED the restrictions mandated by the By-Laws
But the Chair and some of her supporters would like us to THINK that objections to their Reing by Executive Fiat are only concerned with petty issues of where "As" and "Thes" are placed
You see some people feel that if you tell a Lie Loud enough or Long enough or Often enough it will start to take the appearance of Truth
To others a Lie can always be told by it's stench regardless of the number of times it is repeated
Like the oft repeated mantra that ALL motions and decisions are expunged with the Election of a New Executive Committee
Anyone who wishes to see what a blatant Lie that is only has to turn to the bottom of page 111 or Robert's Rules of Order 11th Edition Newly revised,
Where they will read
THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE
But still the person who made an appeal for the Committee to not be distracted by where "As" and "Thes" shluld be placed did get some applause.
He was sincere, but mistaken and the real import was to imply that the Rule of Law is expendable if it gets in the way of what we want to do.
Which is exactly the position held by Barack Obama when he issues and Execitive Order which ignores the Constitution and Laws passed by Congress.
So it apppears we have a Chari on the County level who ignores the County Constitution and Rules passed by the Body
Can anyone explain to me what the difference is between these two methods of running things?
Maybe I have not been explicit enough in detailing what has been going on these last few years
I will have to correct that failing in my next few posts
Posted by ky/kentuckydan
at 3:05 AM CDT
Updated: Thursday, 4 June 2015 3:18 PM CDT
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Updated: Thursday, 4 June 2015 3:18 PM CDT
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