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Dear
Republican National Comittee: The last few elections in Preble have made me aware of the local situation. I first attended a Republican caucus in 1997, if my memory is correct and I was surprised when the Republicans nominated Democrats. I wondered why they didn't just leave the positions vacant rather than put in a Democrat. Since then I've become aware of the behind the scenes reasons for doing this. In general, it is to keep those voters in the dark who are not paying close attention about what is going on. However, the countywide scene is beyond me. As a Republican I assumed, perhaps naively, that if the legislature had a Republican majority, as it should considering the numbers, perhaps we would not have the fiscal irresponsibility that led to the outrageous 20% property tax increase this year. I would like to think that but after watching our local politicians at work I cannot say that for sure. After all, the 2001 Republican controlled Preble town government raised our property taxes an additional 12.6% for a combined increase of 32.6%! In my opinion it seems that the government in Cortland is dysfunctional at best. What form of fiscal irresponsibility would lead to a walloping 20% tax increase? I don't know the details and I don't have to know. All you or I have to do is look at the results to make a determination. In the legislature the Republicans should have ALL the seats! After all, there is a Republican majority of monumental proportions. At the very least it should be a very clear majority of Republicans. In reality it is the exact opposite. How could this happen? The Republican Party has a committee called the Republican Committee that has at its core the responsibility of finding people to run for office and then getting them elected. With just 6 of the 19 legislators Republican one wonders if the Republicans could have done better if the committee did not exist at all! There is no explanation for how this could happen. At the very least the ratio should be what the population is. That would make 42% or 8 legislators Republican. 31% Democrat would be 6. *Divide the remaining 5 in that proportion and you should have 11 Republican and 8 Democrat. Instead it is just 6 Republican and 13 Democrat! Those responsible for this would get a 50 on their report card and a big 'F' for failure. That is why I say the Republican Committee is a dismal failure. By what form of rational reasoning could we conclude otherwise? Somebody should be held responsible for this failure and blaming me for bringing it up is blaming the messenger for the message. There are those who would do that and they are easy to find, just look for people with their heads in the sand and their butts in the air like an ostrich! In order for our government to work it has to represent the people fairly. Therefore there should be representatives in government proportional to the population. We do not have that and something should be done. * The reason for dividing the remaining 5 is because only Republicans or Democrats have a reasonable chance of winning an election. The 27% registered voters who are not Democrats or Republicans do not and cannot get anyone elected. At least they haven't so far as I know. Because of this the Republican 42% becomes an effective 58% and the Democrat 31% becomes an effective 42%. The following letter has been sent to the RNC. |
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Republican National Committee Dear RNC, Lately you have been sending me solicitations for money to elect Republicans to the US Senate. I live in Preble NY; a town that is 42% registered Republican and 31% Democrats yet Democrats dominate our town government. The county is even worse. Cortland County is also 42% registered Republicans and only 31% registered Democrats yet the county legislature has 13 Democrats and only 6 Republicans! Even the mayor of Cortland is a Democrat! How do you expect to elect a Republican senator in a state where there is a Democrat majority when you can't elect Republicans in a county where you have an overwhelming Republican majority? The Republican
committee in Cortland County is a dismal failure.
I don't know what they do at their meetings but one thing is sure, they haven't done enough to elect Republicans!
Therefore my response to your solicitation for money is NO. I suggest you look at the Democrat committee in Cortland County. They have done more with less and elected Democrats with fewer registered Democrat voters than Republicans. As a lifelong Republican I find this situation pathetic. Disgusted in Cortland. Frank Hogg PS More information on this can be found at the prebleny.com website. |
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