Dec 4th Pinal County Republican Committee Meeting in Casa Grande, Arizona

Dear Readers,

Last Saturday, on December 4th, I attended a Pinal County Republican Committee Meeting in Casa Grande, Arizona. It was awesome.

I haven’t been super-active as a Precinct Committeeman, but I got a few emails and phone calls saying that this meeting was one of the most important meetings of the year, because an election of officers was taking place, so even though it took me 45 minutes to drive to Casa Grande, I went.

I was kind of hoping there would be some Jerry Springer type of mayhem at the meeting. I like my politics brawling and mudslinging and melodramatic (as long as I’m at a safe-distance). But the meeting turned out to be a clean fight. Most people were celebrating the results of the November 2nd elections. Because in case you haven’t heard, for the first time since statehood, Pinal County is red. Here in Legislative District 23, Frank Pratt and John Fillmore won the state house seats, and Steve Smith won the state senate seat. And Daniel Wahsburn won the Superior Court Judge seat.

I saw some semi-famous political people there- Pinal County Sherrif Paul Babeu, Arizona Republican Leader Guy Randy Pullen, Pinal County Supervisor Bryan Martyn, and the mayor of Maricopa city, whatever his name is.

The most important thing I did was vote for the Pinal County Republican Committee leadership- Chairman, 1st Vice Chairman, 2nd Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. I voted for all the super conservative, tea-party type of candidates. And here are the results, for all who are interested:

ELECTION OF STATUTORY OFFICERS: Election results for County Board 2011-2012 are:

Chairman - Steve Kohut: entrupenuer, venture capitalist, tea-party activist
1st Vice Chairman – Fred MacKenzie: nice old guy who campaigned for Barry Goldwater back in the day.
2nd Vice Chairman – Greg Schuller: radio voice, conservative.
Secretary - Ted Brewster: passionate organizer of the Queen Creek/San Tan Valley Tea Party Rally on April 15th.
Treasurer – John Webster: holds a bachelor’s in finance, an MBA, and he runs several businesses debt-free. He has a lot of guns, too.

I think every single position changed hands. The lesson to be learned here is that the tea-party movement is alive and well and growing.

I’m late for work. Bye.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa