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Matt Collins
01-09-2009, 11:31 AM
From my e-mail:

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We again suffered a setback in our efforts to seat 17 duly elected Republican Precinct Committee Men And Women. The high powered and HIGHLY paid lawyers were looking for every technicality to thwart justice. In the end the judge gave Deon Long another 10 days to rectify our complaint.

Of course Republican Party of Florida State Chairman Jim Greer could hardly contain his glee. The words had barely left Judge Rodriguez's mouth, before Greer announced his joy. Why he is so proud of Republicans NOT being admitted into the Party, I'll never know.

But Deon Long promises to continue to fight the corporate interests that seek to keep grassroots activists out of the Party.

We then moved from the courtroom to the ballroom. Ninety-four supporters of fairness gathered in the Winter Park Civic Center to attempt to discuss Lew Oliver's illegal election in December.

Unfortunately, we were just shy of a quorum (40 percent of OCREC membership). The combination of Lew Oliver's hysterical rantings that we were holding an ILLEGAL meeting and ORDERING people not to attend, combined with the Gator / Oklahoma BCS Championship on TV hurt our efforts.

But this momentary setback did nothing to dampen the spirits of Republicans for fairness. Indeed, we decided to go ahead and sign ANOTHER petition right there on the spot to call another Special Meeting of OCREC. When this news gets to Oliver, expect more threats and disinformation.

Even more exciting was enthusiasm of so many people there. I tried to thank everyone who came, many of whom were not 'Ron Paul' types. Their comments over and over were a dismay at the pettiness of Lew Oliver. Many of these folks had known Oliver for years and said he continues to get worse the longer he stays in office.

Everyone was committed to staying with this effort to stop the tyrannical behavior of our chairman.

I myself was inspired to leave the suit and tie on that I had worn to court. I then proceeded to give a great speech about our success in staying focused. I reminded those gathered that continuing our fight to make our voices heard in OCREC was indeed progressing.

Our turnout tonight was more than OCREC ever gets at their normal meetings. Sticking together will force Oliver to loosen his grip.

Further proof of our strength is that OCREC and even RPOF fears what we are doing here. They're spending TENS of thousands of dollars on sharpie lawyers and then publishing press releases to the world that they supposedly SQUASHED us.

But our fight will continue no matter the odds.

And my special note to Lew Oliver: Keep looking over your shoulder. Republican Patriots are everywhere. We will oppose you whenever you seek to dictate to us what the Party stands for and what we can do as its members.

Now for a sports update... It's Great To Be A Florida Gator...Said It's Great To Be A Florida Gator!!!! BCS Bowl Champions!

Nick Egoroff (nicholasegoroff@gmail.com)
Orlando Campaign For Liberty Organizer

Matt Collins
01-09-2009, 11:32 AM
Addendum to this post

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I was alerted by friends in different parts of Florida that we 'made the front page.' They were referring to the front page of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) web page. http://www.rpof.org/ Wow, not to often your efforts merit this kind of attention.

Then I checked further and found that The Orlando Sentinel also was interested. They had called me earlier for comment on the press release from RPOF State Chairman Jim Greer's office. You can read the press release on the second page of the link above. You can read the story the Sentinel did here, and don't forget to leave comments!
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2009/01/judge-shoots-do.html

Guys, we are having maximum impact. Lew Oliver probably had to change his drawers when he found out we had 94 OCREC members showed up to a meeting he forbid us to have. Don't give up now, victory is closer than ever before.




Nick Egoroff (nicholasegoroff@gmail.com)
Orlando Campaign For Liberty Organizer

Matt Collins
01-09-2009, 11:33 AM
See this thread for the backstory:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=174621

Lucille
01-09-2009, 11:54 AM
Oliver said there were so many problems with the opposition's case in hearings over the last two days, they looked like "clowns and liars."

Nice. I take that to mean he will not be following the RNC Chairman hopefuls' lead wrt Paul and his supporters.

speciallyblend
01-09-2009, 11:58 AM
thanks for the update:) i am so happy for the republicans but saddened by the corrupt gop. In my eyes there is a difference now there are republicans then there is the corrupt gop.

if this BS keeps up,just might have to eventually leave the gop and form a NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY and let the gop die like the whigs!!

keep up the fight,but there will come a time where we might have to put the dying dog down.

speciallyblend
01-09-2009, 11:58 AM
Nice. I take that to mean he will not be following the RNC Chairman hopefuls' lead wrt Paul and his supporters.

yep, in my eyes the gop is on their death bed!

Elwar
01-09-2009, 01:28 PM
As someone who just moved to Florida and will be joining the local party, what are some lessons learned as far as avoiding any troubles with this whole 'loyalty oath' thing?

heavenlyboy34
01-09-2009, 01:29 PM
thanks for the update:) i am so happy for the republicans but saddened by the corrupt gop. In my eyes there is a difference now there are republicans then there is the corrupt gop.

if this BS keeps up,just might have to eventually leave the gop and form a NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY and let the gop die like the whigs!!

keep up the fight,but there will come a time where we might have to put the dying dog down.

You need a new name tho, cuz the Republican brand has been destroyed. :(:p

Smoke the Liberty Tree
01-09-2009, 04:58 PM
the Future:

Far Left v.s. Far Right

RIP GOP

satchelmcqueen
01-09-2009, 06:07 PM
haha! nice. i like the last few lines. good post matt.

Matt Collins
01-09-2009, 08:23 PM
the Future:

Far Left v.s. Far Right

RIP GOP
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ShannonOBrien
01-10-2009, 07:45 AM
So does anyone have a feeling as to how the judge will rule? Is he sympathetic to the republicans at all?

LibertyEagle
01-10-2009, 07:53 AM
Give 'em hell, Matt.

Matt Collins
01-10-2009, 12:38 PM
Give 'em hell, Matt.Well... this isn't really my fight. I'm not directly involved unfortunately. Otherwise I'd be there giving my fullest.

Nyte
01-14-2009, 01:48 PM
Thanks again for the update! I really appreciate you keeping us posted on these developments. I'm taking notes, since I see us getting into a similar fight here in Salt Lake County.