Reminder: Important Rhode Island Republican Party Meeting | Tuesday

This is a reminder that the next meeting of the Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee will be held on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010, at the R.I. Shriners Center – Imperial Room, at 1 Rhodes Place (at the intersection with Broad Street in Pawtuxet Village) in Cranston, RI 02920.

The meeting agenda is expected to include a needed discussion of a proposed change to the RI Republican Party bylaws which pertains to voter eligibility qualifications for RI Republican Party primaries. Specifically, it would require that voters in our party’s primary actually be registered “Republican” voters.

This issue is about principle and defining one’s own destiny, not letting others define it for us. This is about the history of the Rhode Island Republican Party having had open primaries and a so-called “big tent” philosophy for decades, which has only managed to give us a corrupt one-party system in the RI General Assembly. After decades of trying things one way and not succeeding, it is time for a change.

The People need and want real leadership. If a Party cannot show people that its members believe in themselves and that the membership is capable of making good decisions on its own, why should they bother trusting that Party’s judgment if the average voter just sees that Party continue to let others define who it is and what it stands for?

This is not a black and white issue. However, it is a “Republican” or “not Republican” issue. The question at its core is a simple one: Who gets to choose “Republican” candidates to be put before voters in November? The times are changing. There are those who are part of that change, and those who have yet to embrace the change which is already happening. “If not now, when? If not us, who?”

Therefore, we would ask you to please support all actions which may be necessary during the meeting on Tuesday evening, which will help to effectuate such positive change for our Party and State in the most timely manner possible.

Sign-in begins at 6:30 PM.

Call to Order is scheduled for 7:00 PM.

If you are an RIGOP Delegate or Alternate, it is extremely important that you make every effort to attend. Any Rhode Island Republican may attend, but only delegates or their designated alternates may vote. If you have any questions or wish to check on your status as a delegate or alternate, please contact RIGOP HQ at 401-732-8282.

Conservatively Yours,

Raymond T. McKay

President, Rhode Island Republican Assembly