Candidate demands GOP chairman resign
By Ritchie Starnes, The Stanly News & Press, Albemarle, N.C. | |
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For a third time
Asciutto also claims that
"He's trying to play the victim,"
"We've bent over backwards to try and satisfy Peter.
"He's never done one thing for the party."
Asciutto officially asked
"Activities of the last few weeks have caused me to up the ante and ask you to resign as chairman of the
"You have proven that you are not being fair to candidates. In addition, you have utilized your position as chairman to use the party's headquarters for personal use."
Part of Asciutto's latest complaint stems from a
Ironically, Democrat
Asciutto points out that it was a
"The 2014 Lincoln Dinner, which was supposed to be for the
"As chairman of the party, you set the agenda, scheduled speakers, arranged the layout of the room and allowed four of the eight people sitting on stage wear huge 'Re-Elect'
Party bylaws, however, prohibit an officer from using his or her power to promote a candidate during a Republican primary, he said.
Almond never asked
"Anyone in their right mind can see it's a conflict of interest," he said.
"I thought he should have resigned. I just rolled over and took it because I saw the handwriting on the wall. Right-wingers control the
Of the candidates slighted of the latest email blast, the Couicks were the only ones to agree with Asciutto that there is a group within the local party that demonstrate partiality.
"There is an inner circle," Couick said.
"If you're not in that click, you don't get any support.
"The
Neither she nor her husband, Ronnie, also a county commission candidate, attended Saturday's GOP convention because both had to work, she said.
"When it's that click that's there it didn't really matter,"
"If I'm talking to that click I might as well be talking to a wall."
Efird, who is running against local GOP Vice Chairman
He said he has no problem with the party's practices, despite Barbee's role as an officer while running for office.
"I'm not going to ask
"If Mike wants to resign, well, that's up to him."
Burleson said he learned about the upcoming debate by
"I don't have a problem with it now," he said.
"I could understand since I'm new to politics. I can't say it's Phil's fault."
"Peter has been to one party meeting in a year,"
"He's never done anything for the party.
"He whines either way, but he's back on the email list."
Asciutto claimed previously that he has reached out to volunteer on behalf of the party, but his offers were rejected.
"Nobody in the
"It's apparent that they can attack who they want, but we can't question those in the inner circle," Hill said.
Asciutto contends that
He also calls
The group contributed
"Were you having a fundraising meeting for Justin inside party headquarters?" Asciutto wrote.
"If you weren't fundraising in the meeting, were you discussing, planning and soliciting votes for your son during the meeting?"
"There was no fundraiser,"
"I couldn't go to
This is not the first time the
In
A
Last November, the
Asciutto suggests in his letter that
"Since the two of you are bail bond agents, there is an appearance that your business can benefit if candidates for sheriff, judge and district attorney that are favorable to the bail bond industry get elected in a reduce court district," Asciutto wrote.
In the 2012 elections,
Asciutto said the GOP ignored local races, such as county commissioners and the Register of Deeds.
Asciutto contributed articles to the SNAP, detailing county-related events from the perspective of a commissioner, as well as coverage of local running events.
"Commissioner
The SNAP also previously published contributions from
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