Written by If you’re going to rebuke someone, go ahead and identify them when you do it.
I mean, what’s the point in an anonymous rebuke? Honestly, it’s kind of a tease.
As you can see, someone over at the Marion County Republican Party is madder than a fox cornered by hounds on a hot summer day over some alleged social media post made by one of the three Republican primary candidates for the 86th district State Rep position–Steven Wolfe, Wezlynn Davis or Ben Weber–in which he or she made a statement that the local GOP Central Committee had bestowed upon him or her its highly-coveted endorsement.
Who claimed this endorsement?
What exactly did they claim, verbatim?
WE DON’T KNOW!
WE’VE SCOURED SOCIAL MEDIA AND CAN’T SEEM TO FIND DIDDLY SQUAT!
The only thing that we could find that even comes close to a bylaw-breaking endorsement by the party is an email invitation to a Ben Weber fundraiser–sent out by the local party’s secretary and co-hosted by the local party’s chairman– that was held back in December.
Perhaps the Central Committee, the elected governing body responsible for overall party operations at the county level, should focus more on recruiting and supporting quality, principled conservatives for office–including for the Central Committee itself– and less on meaningless social media admonishments of phantom candidates for State Rep.
Out of 45 seats on the Marion County Republican Central Committee, only 31 are currently filled.
That’s only 68.89% of seats that are occupied.
Can they really not find someone to run for Central Committee in Prospect Township? Or in Scott & Tully Townships?
Compare that with the Hardin County GOP’s Central Committee, which is 100% filled.
Or the Morrow County GOP Central Committee, which is 93.94%.
We need good people to run for elected office in Marion, but for that to happen, it helps if we have good leadership in the party.
This sort of thing is not reflective of good leadership.