“Hoist with his own petard; and ‘t shall go hard” – Shakespeare
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Robert Rowland co-hosted a radio talk show on a station in the Springs the evening of Feb 9th, and it just came to my [Brooks Imperial] attention yesterday. He trashed me personally, our Precinct 13 Caucus, the Chair of the ECR, Republicans in general, the Chair of the State Party, and a variety of other people, issues and events.
I thought our caucus went very well, and though I’m sure I don’t agree with some of our delegates on some things, I came away from the night feeling very confident that our delegation will represent the major sentiments of our caucus fairly at the county assembly on the local candidates and big issues. What more could one ask of a delegation?
Roland was wrong to use the Precinct 13 Caucus for his warped political and entertainment purposes, and I responded accordingly below. More could and probably should be said to defend against his misrepresentations, however this is a start.
Audio clips of Robert Roland and radio co-hosts have been excerpted from the following Grass Roots Radio Colorado podcasts from February 9, 2012: Hour 1 Permalink Hour 2 Permalink
Audio clips of Brooks Imperial from Precinct 13, 2/7/2012 Caucus, recorded that evening.
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The ECRCC Bylaws contain no such language.
ECR Bylaws Misrepresented again
The ECRCC Bylaws constrain executive members of the Central Committee from endorsing candidates. Precinct Committee Persons, however, are only constrained from endorsing non-Republican candidates. In all other matters Precinct Committee Persons may express political viewpoints at will.
Principled Republican Like I Am
“Although he is running as a Republican, Rowland does not believe Party should matter at the County level.”
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Rowland defines permissible political speech
Über defender of the Constitution, Candidate Rowland, should know that the 1st Am. protects political speech above all other kinds of speech, yet Rowland would dictate the terms of our free speech at caucus.
Über defender of transparency and accountability in government, Candidate Rowland, wants delegates to act as free agents without any accountability to the caucuses they represent at assembly.
Rowland falsely describes Brooks Imperial’s comment to prospective delegates
The above three Rowland comments are emblematic of past corruptions in the caucus process. This notion that a representative process – the selection of delegates to represent a caucus at a higher assembly – should be a secretive and “stealthy” process offends me, and I have every right under the 1st Am. to express just why.
Precinct 13 – Brooks Imperial’s comment to prospective delegates
The statement speaks for itself.
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Rowland describes attempted bribe
Candidate Rowland neglected to mention that what he’s referring to is one of the gift bags that he and Candidate Ross offered to each of the Precinct Committee People at the February 1, 2012 Elbert County Republican Central Committee Meeting. I thought the practice repugnant, I had no idea what their decorated gift bags contained, and wanted no part of it.
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Rowland misrepresents Brooks Imperial’s tea party comment to delegates
Listen to what I actually said: Brooks Imperial’s comments after nomination to alternate
The comment speaks for itself. I’ve published extensively through the years on this subject of the “mixed use” of the Elbert County Republican Party as a flag of convenience for all sorts of candidates in this county.
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Rowland misrepresents Precinct 13 Committee Person
I, Brooks Imperial, was appointed by the ECR Executive Committee to fill a vacancy in Precinct 13. I was then elected at the 2/7/2012 caucus to continue in that role. I was not “demoted” or in any way disenfranchised from this role.
I am honored to serve in the capacity of Precinct Committee Person for Precinct 13 and only wish that candidates like Robert Rowland did not make analysis such as the above necessary.