The Maricopa County Republican Committee’s Executive Guidance Committee (MCRC EGC) passed two Resolutions to Censure, and censured eight precinct committeemen (PCs) during their December 4 meeting. Chairman A. J. LaFaro will be contacting and instructing their respective LD Chairman to notify their PCs.
- o Five PCs - Garvey Biggers - LD24, Susan Charlton - LD28, Barbara Espinosa - LD23, Susan Gerard - LD28 and Robin Shaw - LD28 – were censured under the Resolution to Censure for endorsing non-Republicans in various partisan elections.
- o Three PCs - Emma Anderson (E.J. Anderson) - LD12, Suzanne Horvath - LD12 and Jay Schlum -LD23 – were censured under a slightly revised Resolution to Censure for endorsing non-Republicans in various non-partisan elections. The revised resolution (revision inserts underlined) reads:
Resolution to Censure
By the Executive Guidance Committee of the
Maricopa County Republican Committee
December 4, 2014
- o Whereas, the purpose of the Republican Party is to elect Republican candidates; and
- o Whereas, the individuals listed on Page 2 of this Resolution to Censure openly endorsed candidates opposing a registered Republican in the 2014 Arizona General Election; and
- o Whereas, the individuals listed on Page 2 of this Resolution to Censure may have provided material support to those candidates opposing a registered Republican in the 2014 Arizona General Election; and
- o Whereas, the behavior of the individuals listed on Page 2 of this Resolution to Censure is directly in conflict to the purposes of the Republican Party; and
- o Whereas, the conduct of the individuals listed on Page 2 of this Resolution to Censure is in egregious defiance of the Maricopa County Republican Party Bylaws; and
- o Whereas, the individuals listed on Page 2 of this Resolution to Censure have violated the trust of their Republican Constituents and fellow Republican Precinct Committeemen.
- o Therefore be it resolved
- o That the Executive Guidance Committee of the Maricopa County Republican Committee hereby censures and sternly reprimands the individuals listed on Page 2 of this Resolution to Censure; and
- o That the individuals listed on Page 2 of this Resolution to Censure shall have no access to Republican Party data or other Republican Party resources throughout the remainder of their term of office.
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