FSP-Rebel
12-29-2012, 05:04 PM
Mlive Exclusive (http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/12/muskegon_county_republican_par.html)
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – The Muskegon County Republican Party is now being led by a more conservative and Libertarian-type executive committee.
Andrew Fink, a Muskegon Community College adjunct instructor of government and a former attorney, is the only holdover on the executive committee, moving up to chairman of the county Republican Party. He and the other newly elected officers apparently have more of a Ron Paul slant to their political thinking.
“Nearly all of the members elected by the precinct delegates are new to the executive committee,” Fink said. “They are anxious to promote the principles of individual freedom and efficient government. They will give the party new life.”
The officers, who were elected during the Republican Party’s December meeting, are: Fink, of Whitehall, chairman; Amy Preston of Norton Shores, vice chairwoman; Brad Shafer of Fruitland Township, secretary; and Eric Rothoff of Twin Lake, treasurer.
The election of officers marks a change for the Muskegon County Republican Party. County Commissioner Bob Scolnik, the senior elected Republican in the county, called it a “direction I’m not 100 percent in favor with."
“It’s pretty much taken over by the Tea Party, Ron Paul-types and Libertarians,” Scolnik said. “I’m more of a moderate, Ronald Reagan-type Republican. I do not believe they represent the mainstream Republican thought.”
Hopefully, my Wayne Co 12 will be next up.
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – The Muskegon County Republican Party is now being led by a more conservative and Libertarian-type executive committee.
Andrew Fink, a Muskegon Community College adjunct instructor of government and a former attorney, is the only holdover on the executive committee, moving up to chairman of the county Republican Party. He and the other newly elected officers apparently have more of a Ron Paul slant to their political thinking.
“Nearly all of the members elected by the precinct delegates are new to the executive committee,” Fink said. “They are anxious to promote the principles of individual freedom and efficient government. They will give the party new life.”
The officers, who were elected during the Republican Party’s December meeting, are: Fink, of Whitehall, chairman; Amy Preston of Norton Shores, vice chairwoman; Brad Shafer of Fruitland Township, secretary; and Eric Rothoff of Twin Lake, treasurer.
The election of officers marks a change for the Muskegon County Republican Party. County Commissioner Bob Scolnik, the senior elected Republican in the county, called it a “direction I’m not 100 percent in favor with."
“It’s pretty much taken over by the Tea Party, Ron Paul-types and Libertarians,” Scolnik said. “I’m more of a moderate, Ronald Reagan-type Republican. I do not believe they represent the mainstream Republican thought.”
Hopefully, my Wayne Co 12 will be next up.