Comments on: WCRC meeting – June 2007

By: DD Crabb

DD Crabb — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:18:11 +0000

You’re right, Michael, in thinking that it’s time for an overhaul of the Republican party machine.
And perhaps that’s part of the problem.. it’s a machine. It reminds me of a phrase from the Old Country.. “Ve haff our vays uff doing tings….” (in German, it’s called ‘Ordnung’)
Most folks around here are used to doing it the way they’ve always done it, whether it’s politics, church or whatever. And the older folks seem to have a death grip on the reigns of power. They just can’t give it up.
The message to them: It’s broke. It needs fixin’.
Look around– see the mess we’re in?
The dynamics of this society have completely changed since the 50′s and 60′s. We’re now in a fight for our very survival.
Adapt or step out of the way, because change is coming.
And we’re not going to endorse ANYBODY just because of the label they wear.
There’s way too much at stake.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:43:43 +0000

Maybe he suspects that I make up for him in the amount of opinion department.

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:10:15 +0000

Bob Luan is a Republican? I would have never guessed that, especially after his comments to me while soliciting signatures for the petition to take the tax hike to referendum. How can a fence sitter claim to be a republican? Maybe he is a go with the flow republican? His exact words to me were “I can’t sign the petition, I’m really sitting on the fence about this, I feel that if it goes through and the people don’t like it then they can vote those in office out of office.” What??? What is he afraid of? Having an opinion that is not popular? Since when is a 17% tax hike popular? He is one of the many that is going to get hit hard considering where he lives and the length of time he has owned that home. Bob Luan, where is your backbone?

By: Grand Dad

Grand Dad — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:57:17 +0000

You’re right. No political organization should stifle the voice of it’s members. This equates to politics within politics. We can’t expect everyone within an organization to agree on everything. But we should expect to maintain our right to speak our individual minds. Just because an organization intends to present a united front doesn’t mean we should be expected to be stripped of the right to be individuals. The tide is changing. Several important issues facing our nation today have fractured both parties. The fact that our politicians aren’t listening to the people indicates to me that the political house is falling. This feeling is growing and transcends the party lines. But the foundation is strong. It’s takes reform on a grass roots level, such as local Republican and Democrat organizations, by movers and shakers to rebuild the house from the bottom up to once again embrace the idea of a government of the people not at the people.