STATE CONVENTION UPDATE
The Nevada State Republican Convention was put into recess on Saturday evening at 6:00 P.M. for a variety of reasons that are confusing to most. I told Washoe County delegates to go home and wait for explanations from the State Party. As soon as Washoe County gets OFFICIAL information from the State Party as to what happens next, I will send out the information and put it on the website. DO NOT LISTEN TO RUMORS, THERE ARE ENOUGH OUT THERE TO LAST A LIFETIME. IF YOU LISTEN TO RUMORS YOU WILL BE TOO CONFUSED TO THINK STRAIGHT and Washoe needs to be on it’s toes. I will tell you what is officially told to me, but remember, anything else will be just rumor. Thank you for being the strong people I know you are. Conservative values are still the basis of our beliefs and they will stay that way.
Sincerely,
Heidi Smith, Chairman
Washoe County Republican Party
My Fellow Clark County Republicans;
Thank you for indulging me in this special message. I have just returned from the Nevada Republican Convention in Reno, and as a result of the events that unfolded there on Saturday, I was urged by many of you to write this message. The purpose is to inform you of what happened, but more importantly, communicate how we go forward as a unified Republican Party.
First, a little background. As you may know by now, the State Convention was recessed at approximately 6 p.m., after much work had been done but before we were able to finish all of GOP convention business. The reason for the temporary recess, which I have now confirmed with the State Republican Party Leadership, was due to the expiration of the contract with the hosting casino for the convention room space. The contract indicated that the room had been reserved until 5 p.m., and as there was still many hours of work that needed to be done, the decision was made by the State Party Leadership to recess the meeting to another time. As a result we failed to elect delegates to the national convention.
This action has left many delegates disappointed and angry. Some have suggested nefarious ulterior motives for the sudden halt to the convention. For example, some have claimed that it was an attempt by the Party Leadership to circumvent the will of the “Ron Paul” Republicans at the convention. Yet it was precisely our Party’s leader, Sue Lowden, who brought Dr. Paul to speak at the convention. I, too, am disappointed today, as I am now seeing and hearing the emotional finger-pointing that is causing division and ill-will amongst our ranks, and that appears to be choking the life out of the party. Because of this, I write to you today and ask earnestly that you remain calm and unified while we await the decision by the State Party Leadership on how we will go forward and complete the work of the State Convention.
I realize the difficulty in requesting that you stand-by for further instructions, but that is precisely what I am asking you to do, because it is what we need to do for now. We need to stand-by, yet desperately need to stand unified and strong. I ask that you squelch any desire you may have to blame, impugn, or attack other, fellow Republicans. We cannot defeat the Democrats in November unless we are all working together with one, unified message.
Whatever problems we have right now, we will get through them, but we must endeavor to persevere. Keep focused on the fact that, we, as a united Republican Party are able to agree on many, if not most things, and those agreements are far more important than all of our differences. No small proof of this fact is more evident than our ability to agree on twenty (20) hugely important planks of our State Party’s platform this weekend.
I promise you that, as quickly as information about how and where we will resume the state convention is passed on to me, I will communicate it to you. Please, stand strong, and stand unified as Republicans.
In Republican unity,
Bernie Zadrowski
Chairman, Clark County Republican Party
