The bi-monthly meeting of the Democratic County Committee is tomorrow. No special meeting was called, and no one even attempted to call one, for the purpose of dealing with the hostile action taken against me at the last meeting by Tom Caltagirone's staff. No one even made an attempt to call a special meeting. Meanwhile the Chair, Tom Herman, has taken other action against me.
The Chair has stated that no action passed by the organization is official until the official minutes are read and approved at the next meeting. As such he is stonewalling this and allowing the matter to hang over me. As a result I am no longer covering local campaigns because anything I potentially write here could be used as a pretext for suing me.
This new rule is arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory because I have never seen it invoked before and it has not been invoked regarding any expenditures for the last two months. No minutes from the Executive Board were presented at the last meeting meaning nothing they voted upon can be enacted on until such minutes are presented and approved. NOTHING. This means any funds spent on the Fall Dinner violated this rule. Any payments made to Boyd Winegardner, any rents or other expenses paid, are all against the rule.
This isn't my rule, it's Tom Herman's. He has a very bad habit of invoking rules then only enforcing them as he wants. For example at the last meeting he handed the Chair's duties over to Darlington Hoopes so he could speak against me. The Rules say he cannot re assume those duties until the matter at issue is settled. Herman retook the Chair's duties immediately after speaking, a serious violation of this rule. Where was our vaunted parliamentarian then?
Tom Herman also specified that everyone on his list would get a chance to speak but then took me off his list until I corrected him. The man is either incompetent or guilty of malfeasance.
This rule affecting me only is more than malfeasance. Because it is arbitrary, capricious and targeted only at me it now gives me grounds for suing the Berks County Democratic Committee. What are Committee members willing to do about this tomorrow? Your actions will tell me what I'll do next.
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