Besides the election there may be a hullabaloo over 10 of the resolutions that were rejected by the AZGOP Resolutions Committee. One of the rejected resolution and the most controversial is below.
Resolution to Retire Senator John McCain
Submitted by Bob and Sue Pullar -- Cario
Precinct
ü WHEREAS,
in 2010 Senator John McCain campaigned to “Complete the danged fence.” 4 years
later the fence remains uncompleted and border is unsecure; and
ü WHEREAS
Senator John McCain has advocated and voted in favor of TARP (H.R. 1424), the
airline industry bailouts (S. 347), and continues to back failed economic
policies that have directly contributed to the near $18 Trillion dollars of US
debt; and
ü WHEREAS,
Senator John McCain in 2102 removed the Smith-Amash Amendment while chairing
the NDAA Conference Committee. The Smith-Amash Amendment which would have
protected American citizens Constitutionally protected right to due process in
the FY2013 NDAA; and
ü WHEREAS,
Senator John McCain has worked to purge the party of grassroots conservative
precinct committee men and women using out of states funding via the Arizona
Grassroots Action PAC; and
ü WHEREAS,
Senator John McCain has done a tremendous disservice to his State party by
campaigning against conservative activists in order to protect his 2016
aspirations.
ü NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the State Committeemen and Women of the Arizona
Republican Party, that the undersigned do formally ask Senator John McCain not
to seek any elected office in 2016 and to retire gracefully.
ü FURTHERMORE,
BE IT RESOLVED that the undersigned agree to offer no financial, moral or
otherwise support for Senator John McCain’s primary election should he choose
to seek office in 2016.=============================================================================
They were rejected
although the authors followed instructions issued by AZGOP Chairman Robert
Graham. “The revised deadline date of December 30, 2014, was declared
invalid by the committee due to a strict interpretation of the State by-laws
which calls for a deadline date of (45) days prior to the convening of the
State Statutory meeting. Consequently, the remaining (10) resolutions
submitted beyond the (45) day deadline as prescribed by the State by-laws
Article III, Section H, Paragraph 2, were ineligible for inclusion in the
deliberations by the committee,” according to Resolutions Committee Chairman Ray
Sweeney
Also in
the past signatures for resolutions that were not accepted could be obtained at
the meeting (a total of 200 was needed to bring the resolution up from the
floor). Signatures were gathered in the parking lot by volunteers
Chairman Robert Graham’s directive regarding
petition gathering for resolutions that could arise from the floor at the Jan
24 meeting are: “As the state committeemen are checked in with their
credentials, they will be referred to the room for the purpose of signing your
resolutions if they choose to do so. NO RESOLUTIONS PETITIONS CAN BE
CIRCULATED TO STATE COMMITTEEMEN IN ATTENDANCE BEFORE THEY ARE CHECKED IN WITH
THEIR CREDENTIALS.”
Graham’s
directive makes sense only elected committeemen are to sign the petition concerning
resolutions, by gathering signatures in the parking lot without verification
you are getting a signature of state committeeman adds another layer to the
meeting. Someone either a volunteer or staff have to verify the signatures.
