Who/What will be the Republican Party in St. Charles County

This August we will elect the "new" Republican Central Committee for St. Charles County. We already know that it will be different than the one now as Tom Kuypers, who served ably in his position as Chairman, is not running again. Many suspect he had had his fill of ne'er-do-wells the likes of which include Brandy Pedersen and the McNabb's. That's too bad. While Kuypers was never a forceful leader he was level headed and sought to find the middle ground on issues.

From all accounts, the aforementioned ne'er-do-wells have put together a "slate" of candidates to take over the Central Committee. If they are successful, Republican politics in St. Charles County will be significantly set back. The Central Committee will become even less pertinent than it is now and new Republican groups will spring up to do what is right because a Central Committee headed by the aforementioned ne'er-do-wells certainly won't being doing what's right. They have already demonstrated that, with their assistance in getting two democrats elected to the County Council and they failed bid to get a democrat elected to the 2nd Senatorial position.

It has been reported to me a couple of times that it appears that some in our state legislative delegation will be taking an active role in the Central Committee races. This would be a good thing and I hope that it will not just be some but all of them who get involved. It would appear to be embarrassing to the delegation to have such a rag-tag group running the Central Committee. While it may not affect their duties in the legislature, it would certainly affect them in the state party operations.

The legislative delegation participation to make sure the Central Committee is not commandeered by these ne'er-do-wells should be met with additional soldiers assisting with the task. Let's help them identify the good guys versus the bad. Let's encourage all good Republicans to find out who these ne'er-do-wells really are and what they really stand for. If that happens, the ne'er-do-wells cannot possibly win the majority of the Central Committee.

We all should be committed to do all we can to insure that the ne'er-do-wells are not successful in their quest of hijacking the Central Committee to any larger degree than they already have done.