Open Letter to Nassau G.O.P. Executive Committee

COMMITTEE FOR
NASSAU COUNTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY REFORM

email: committee4GOPreform@yahoo.com

November 7, 2008


Dear Friend:

We have all watched the once great Republican Party in Nassau deteriorate over the past decade under the tenure of Chairman Joseph Mondello. We have all heard the empty excuses that have come out of Post Avenue regarding the reasons for the failures of the organization to be competitive in recent years. As a leader in the Republican Party, you have a fiduciary duty to the Party to act to bring about the change that is needed to give the Nassau Republican Party a fighting chance to attempt to regain credibility, attract new voters to our cause and achieve success in the future.

The excuses that we hear after every losing cycle are disturbing. The same old excuses, reported in the local newspapers after this year’s utter failure, should compel you to action, on behalf of your Party.

Mr. Mondello is responsible for carrying out many important matters on behalf of the Republican Party. However, his inability to lead our party invariably has resulted in failure.

For example, Mr. Mondello’s failure to employ new strategies, develop an attractive message or counter Democrat voter registration efforts have allowed the Democrat party to overtake Republican enrollment in the County for the first time in decades and perhaps longer. This is despite the very public, ongoing and long-standing efforts by the Democrat party to enroll tens of thousands of new voters. In addition, his failure to support and grow the Young Republican organization, once a farm system for future Republican leaders and candidates, has caused the Party difficulty in attracting this important segment of our County. The failure to reach out to Latino voters, and other minority groups and their voters, has caused our Party to surrender the support of those voters to the opposition.

As a sign of the failure of leadership, despite his long-held public stance against judicial cross-endorsement, he has been forced to give Party endorsement to Democrat and minor party judicial candidates in exchange for endorsement of a few Republican judicial candidates, in efforts to save at least some of our Republican judicial candidates from suffering the fate of most of our judicial candidates: defeat. The Party should never be in a position of endorsing candidates who do not adhere to important elements of our Party’s philosophy.

The Republican Committee has failed to expend sufficient resources to wage aggressive and successful campaigns in many races. Many Republican candidates have been forced to assume many of the fiscal and operational responsibilities without adequate Party support or the level of support that the Party once provided. In effect, once nominated, many of our Party’s candidates are left to their own devices to sink or swim.

Mr. Mondello’s complete lack of responsiveness to the executive committee, his failure to adjust our Party’s message and approach to changing times and demographics, and his general failure of leadership, have made it clear that he can no longer effectively function as the Chairman of the Nassau County Republican Committee. If we want the Republican Party in Nassau to survive and be competitive again (and hopefully be successful in the future), a change in leadership must occur soon.

I hope you agree that the future of the Nassau County Republican Party depends upon the selection of a new, dynamic and energetic leader. As one of our party’s fiduciaries, you must act to bring about the new leadership that the Party desperately needs.

Sincerely,

COMMITTEE FOR
NASSAU COUNTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY REFORM

Good Luck. Seriously.

This letter could have been written by any number of Suffolk County republican groups over the past ten years. Unfortunately it repeatedly fell on deaf ears. The most recent example is in hte town of Huntington wheredespite having more registered republican voters we have a 5-0 democratic town board, all county legislators are Dems, our school boards are infested with dems, our county legislators are all dems.

The only thing I can say is that we are five years ahead of you and that much closer to running out the clock on these geriatric fools who have an arthritic death-grip on our party.

Originally Posted by hahahahaha!

Good Luck. Seriously.

This letter could have been written by any number of Suffolk County republican groups over the past ten years. Unfortunately it repeatedly fell on deaf ears. The most recent example is in hte town of Huntington wheredespite having more registered republican voters we have a 5-0 democratic town board, all county legislators are Dems, our school boards are infested with dems, our county legislators are all dems.

The only thing I can say is that we are five years ahead of you and that much closer to running out the clock on these geriatric fools who have an arthritic death-grip on our party.

Are you nuts? TeaPee may die out, but the refuse she left are still waiting in the wings....

The president of the Young Republicans agrees with you, see link below:

http://www.nassauyrs.com/news100908.html

Nassau Young Republican President reacts to change in voter enrollment figures




October 9, 2008 - Stephen P. Canzoneri, President of the Nassau County Young Republicans, today expressed his dissatisfaction with the recent change in voter enrollment that puts the Democrats at an edge over the Republicans for the first time in Nassau County ’s history.

“Quite honestly, it’s sad,” said Canzoneri. “Nassau has always been known for being the strongest Republican Party in the country. And today we have nothing to show for it.”

While Newsday cites only a slight advantage as of Wednesday, Canzoneri feels that this is a trend that will continue.

He continued, “The Nassau GOP needs a new direction and implement new strategies. We can no longer stand idle as we have done for over the past ten years. The YRs have been actively seeking new members since we were reformed in 2001, but we can’t do this alone.”

Nassau County has not carried a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, four out of the five county-wide offices are held by Democrats, and the county legislature has been Democratic for almost a decade.

“We need to use more than just WD-40 on this once powerful Republican machine. We need to get some replacement parts,” concluded Canzoneri.

How about this for a deal: Republican fuddy duddies promote YRs into the leadership who understand how to utilize the latest internet trends to promote causes, candidates, and organization.

I am an old fuddy duddy and I couldn't agree more with the above post. It's time for new, young, exciting leadership. We can't keep doing things the same old way. We need some new ideas and some courage.

Originally Posted by fuddy duddy

I am an old fuddy duddy and I couldn't agree more with the above post. It's time for new, young, exciting leadership. We can't keep doing things the same old way. We need some new ideas and some courage.

Good luck with climbing over the obstacles, and dodging some bruisers the elder, including the middled aged, Repubicans will put in your path. They'll slap you about, stating again and again that you don't understand the way it all works. It's their way or the highway! I know these non reforming, Me first, you last politicos.

If you don't sign your name (s) to a letter, how can you have the courage to be a leader?

More anonymous BS from the same group of nutless wonders.

And where is your name oh worthless wonder?

Joseph Kupmark,
Lynbrook

Originally Posted by AGutLessWonder

And where is your name oh worthless wonder?

Joseph Kupmark,
Lynbrook

Are you on this committee Joseph?