Dougher’s answer enraged many in the room, who then called for a special meeting on the matter. To hold a special meeting, 30 committee member signatures are needed in order for the meeting to take place.
While committee members said that they had 35 of the 30 signatures required to hold a special meeting on the “slush fund,” RPOF Attorney Bucky Mitchell then announced that he could only confirm 27 signatures, leaving the matter unresolved, and questions about the money still unanswered.Here is an excerpt of the letter Mitchell sent out to the committee:
Section 2 – Special Meeting – A special meeting of the State Committee may be called at any time by the State Chairman or shall be called upon written request of thirty (30) members of the State Committee, which request shall state the purpose of the call for a special meeting. The State Chairman shall issue a call for a special meeting detailing the specific purpose for such meeting to each member of the State Committee to be held within thirty (30) days. Fifteen (15) days notice shall be given to each member of the State Committee by the Secretary for special meetings of the State Committee.
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In fact, a number of the individuals listed said they did NOT agree to a petition for a special meeting. Some petitioners explained that they misunderstood what they were asking for and did not intend to request that the full SEC hold a special meeting prior to the regularly scheduled annual meeting on January 17, 2015.
Once a valid petition with the written request from 30 members is received, a special meeting will be called by the Chairman, and such meeting must be held within 30 days. –RPOF Attorney Buck Mitchell
Eric Miller sent out an email back in December stating his disapproval of this “slush fun”:
“It was revealed in the budget review during the Executive Board meeting that our current Chairman has created what she described as a $100,000 slush fund, under the accounting category “miscellaneous.” These funds will be distributed or spent without supervision at the Chairman’s discretion. It’s anticipated the Chair will use it to bolster her election chances by offering cash grants to half of the county Executive Committees. The Board provided no instructions for spending the funds. I thank National Committeeman Peter Feaman for speaking out on the issue. He successfully challenged the status quo during our last Board scandal. Not since the failed Jim Greer administration has hubris in our leaders reached such a high point.
Several Executive Committee leaders received checks in the amounts of thousands of dollars this weekend at private breakfasts with Chairman Dougher. This is a wholly inappropriate practice during an election, leaving a dark cloud of suspicion hanging over the use both of party office and gifted funds. Would my fellow SEC members have expected a bidding war between candidates? …”
Other committeemen and woman seem to agree with Miller, questioning why the RPOF would give her such a big budget with only 30 days left in the current budget-budget that they feel should have been offered and spent to help turn out Republicans during the 2014 election cycle.
Saturday’s chairman’s election is expected to go to a second vote, as it is believed that Dougher will not have the necessary votes to win on the first ballot. If the election does go to a second ballot, all bets will be off.Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident.