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| Beth Cubriel, Executive Director of Republican Party of Texas |
In the letter, dated May 22, 2014, Morris states:
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| Frank Morris |
In support of the four malcontents which we have had to live with for the last three or so years including the 2012 county convention, the committee ruled that the charges had merit, I had to demonstrate in some way, my strong disagreement."
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| Lisa & Simon Mata |
The enormously wealthy, attorney-laden state Republican Party is not representing Morris in his countersuit. He's hired his own attorney, Paul L. Fourt, Jr. of Brownsville, but seeks in his countersuit to recover $7,500 in attorney fees plus $2,500 in unspecified expenses from Hasse.
A point of contention is whether Morris' resignation was limited to the term that ended June 15, 2014. Morris submits as "Exhibit B" a terse letter from his Republican Party of Cameron County letterhead supporting his contention:
Ida R. Stacy
Secretary
Republican Party of Cameron County
Dear Ms. Stacy,
Reference my email this date:
IAW Section 171.025 of the Texas Election Code and the By Laws of the Republican Party of Cameron County dated September 13, 2012; I submit my resignation effective this date as Cameron County Chairman for the term of office ending June 15, 2014.
Frank J. Morris
County Chairman
Conveniently missing from Mr. Morris' exhibits is a much more detailed resignation letter written 11 hours earlier to State Party Chair Steve Munisteri with a CC to Secretary Stacy. That letter does not limit Morris' resignation to his then current term, but instead speaks of removing his name from the checkbook, vendor accounts and utilities. That letter suggests the "new chairman" has 30 days to pick up the files and ends with "It's been a good ride."(We published this letter in its entirety in an earlier blog article.)
Also referencing this first resignation letter is Staff Writer Emma Perez-Trevino in her July 25, 2014 Valley Morning Star article about the Morris countersuit.(The Brownsville Herald did not find this story newsworthy.) Notice the comments below on the writer's Facebook page:
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| Election Administrator, Chris Davis |
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This is a multi-faceted story with several angles yet unreported.
The Brownsville Herald is a joke. It would serve better as toilet paper. It has become such a disgrace in addressing real local issues. All the news it spews out has already been addressed by bloggers and incredibly Facebook days earlier. Try seeing a story about how screwed up the local city commission is . Nothing but bullshit.
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DeleteFrank Morris is admitting he had a hissy fit and only wrote that resignation letter to make a point. He is way past his expiration date. It's time for new, energetic leadership.
ReplyDeleteIda is the secretary of Cameron GOP, not the "Republican Party of Texas". Does this late night e-mail count because he did not address it properly?
ReplyDeleteRather... does this blog post count because Jim did not transcribe that letter properly?
DeleteWhy did Chris Davis add when Frank Morris is supposed to take office? Jim, does the county elections administrator have the necessary authority to make such a determination, including but not limited to a partisan determination, on when a term of office should start?
ReplyDeleteDid you actual read the Elec Admin's letter? He cites election law; it's anything but a "partisan determination" when a term of office should start in a political party.
DeleteChris, you are a county employee. You should not be announcing when an office starts within a political party. And shouldn't you be working? But it does not matter because no one is disputing he won an election. He resigned.
DeleteTouchy touchy....sounds like either Roman or Tad want to be election admins now. Any time they want to create a vacancy they do a number on somebody.
DeleteHe was simply repeating the law, pointing out the rules .. for those who do not know what that is or seem to care. IE most of the respondents on these blogs.
DeleteIs there a county policy on permissions needed in responding to public info request when the recipient is involved in a lawsuit?
DeleteThis is how Brownsville takes its shits - long sit-downs in the company of shit-smelling neighbors.
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha ha ha ha Ja ja ja ja ja ja ja ja
DeleteFrank Morris is the reason that the Cameron County GOP is so "Sad" and depressed. Frank doesn't want the party to be progressive and he wants to control the party. The Republican Party needs new life and new leadership.....and Frank Morris doesn't offer a chance for either.
ReplyDelete^ If you think the problems the party is facing is isolated to Frank Morris, your perception is driven by your agenda and personal bias. Right now, you are distracting the party with this crap.
ReplyDeleteI have seen your fart box and it's not that pretty.
Delete"you are distracting the party with this crap"
DeleteDistracted from what? Obama jokes? Votes on routine matter with the occasional humiliation of some chair who chafes under the yoke?
Yes because so much party activity is occurring in the middle of summer.
DeleteYou would not know since you are not involved in the work being done. Or really any work for that matter.
Delete^^^^^Says the one posting in the middle of the work day. Maybe you're a homemaker, a salaried county employee or someone with a lot of time on their hand. Who knows?
DeleteIt's called mobile Internet, tool.
DeleteIs that all?
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Work goes forward for the party regardless of the distractions.
ReplyDeleteIs this the talking point for the day?
DeleteSo where is Mr. Morris countersuit? I want to see the evidence he has in response to Mr. Hasse's email evidence.
ReplyDeleteTwo of his exhibits are in the story above: his second email to the party secretary, 11 hours after the first email. In his second letter he attempts to limit his resignation to the term that expired June 15. Also, the letter from Election Administrator Chis Davis stating Morris was duly elected as party chair. I will include more of the exhibits in a subsequent article.
DeleteWhat happened was he had a hissy fit because someone dared challenge his reign, so he resigned. Then he realized that none of his cult could keep everyone drinking the Kool-Aid, so he fabricated this new e-mail than took power again. Davis, who needed Morris' vote to become EA returned the favor and wrote that he was duly elected. Everyone is ignoring the fact he resigned, plain and simple. He abdicated the throne! It's time to call for a vote of the precinct chairs to appoint an interim chair. Morris is afraid of a vote because he knows he can't control the vote. Morris' countersuit will be thrown out and Hasse will be vindicated. He may even be our next chair.
DeleteIn your obvious zeal for new leadership, you're getting a little ahead of yourself here. So let's play this out: after the Thursday hearing, Morris either remains county chair for the new term or he's ruled as having resigned the new term.
DeleteIf it's the latter, that early-July executive committee meeting, and all the actions during it, will be ruled null and void. And those precinct chairs you write about...do you realize how little of a formality it is to have them vote Morris back in as chair? And they will, if necessary. Because only the elected precinct chairs will remain, and they favor Frank's leadership, for now, by a significant margin. The Tad/Roman faction never had, nor ever will have, the support of the party rank-n-file.
So after all the body odor & small-ball dust settles, we're left with the notion that Tad had a better chance being elected prom king in HS, than being elected county chair. Leave it to his undeniable hubris to cloud the fact that all along, he was playing checkers; while others were playing chess.
Frank's re-election is a possibility considering the current mentality, but Frank and his followers have not executed a brilliant strategic plan as you infer. I doubt the state party is impressed with the amateurism.
DeleteJim, it is up to a judge to apply the law. Nor the sway of public opinion.;)
DeleteTad and Roman never had the sport they needed. Tad wants to dictate what the majority would have to live with. As the self proclaimed "Puppet Master", he failed. The only puppets he has are the ones holding on to the dream of pullinga fast one.
DeleteVoting to reward lawbreaking? Officially condoning and validating the "turn a blind eye for the good-ole boy? Who do you think we are? Democrats?
DeleteYou need to lay off your own Kool Aid. Breaking a law would not result in a hearing and civil proceedings,
DeleteGod you are stupid! An example is contract law under the Uniform Commercial Code. The Civil Codes are law, just as the Criminal Code is.
Delete"he was playing checkers; while others were playing chess" It sounds like Alex is back!
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