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| mynameis | Mar 31 2008, 07:43 AM |
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Paul supporters win one, lose one in Travis County By W. Gardner Selby | Saturday, March 29, 2008, 02:37 PM Ron Paul supporters won control of Travis County’s state Senate District 25 GOP convention on Saturday, but fell short at the county’s SD 14 convention. Rosemary Edwards, chairman-elect of the Travis County Republicans, said: “There are some new legs in the game. That’s grass-roots democracy at its best… It’s actually moving along fairly smoothly.” Edwards said a similar challenge was tried by Paul supporters at the county’s SD 14 meeting, but there was no roll-call vote after it became clear that the temporary chairman, Joe Pojman, and other temporary officers would prevail. In the SD 25 meeting, the temporary chair who had hoped to be elected the permanent chair of the confab was defeated by a challenger backing U.S. Rep. Paul, R-Lake Jackson, for president. In turn, delegates elected Paul-majority committees to guide them through sorting resolutions and selecting delegates to the state convention in June. Robert McDonald, an Austin CPA elected the permanent chair of the county’s GOP SD 25 convention, said he won the post by about 17 votes—after which some of what he called the old guard walked out, including the temporary chairman, Brian Padden. Edwards said Padden departed the gathering but later returned. McDonald said a goal of the Paul delegates is to stress certain issues, such as the economy, in the party platform. Platform resolutions drafted at county and district conventions will be forwarded to the state party for consideration at the state convention. http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/politics/entries/2008/03/29/paul_supporters_win_one_lose_o.html |
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