Cobb County GOP Elections Give Chance For Dialogue

January 26, 2007 - Well first of all, a belated Happy New Year! Things have been busy lately both with work and family and my blogging resposibilities have taken a back seat to other priorities.

As you all have hopefully heard by now, I was appointed 2nd Vice Chair of the Cobb County Republican Party late last year after Debbie Ellis moved to Gwinett County (Good Luck Debbie!) and have decided to seek (re?) election to the office again this year.

When I took on the responsibility of 2nd Vice Chair in addition to my membership chairmanship, I was unaware of just how much work went on behind the scenes with this position. But as I worked with the different sub-district chairs and the various individuals setting up the breakfasts, the position has really grown on me.

As all the regular readers of this blog know, I am no johnny come lately to Cobb GOP politics or the Internet. If you look at my archives you can see that I have been commenting and reporting on Cobb politics for over a year. Anyone who wants to know my stand on any position can see it in black and white just by searching this blog and what I have written over the year. It's all out there for anyone to see.

In the past it has just been my opinion though. With this race I want to start a dialogue about the direction of the party in the future and the vision we as individuals have for that party. What needs to be done?? With Anthony Scott Hobbs being term limited and seeking the State Chairmanship and Michael Altman not running for re-election the County Party will be under all new leadership. This is one of the areas where I think I can help by providing some continuity based on my 10+ years as an active party member.

The responsibilities of the 2nd Vice Chair are spelled out in the Rules Of The Cobb County Republican Party, Section 6.3. Because I believe you deserve more than the standard ambiguous campaign slogan, in the coming weeks I will be taking each of the subsections of that description and giving you my vision and plan for that specific duty.

By carrying on this dialogue I hope everyone in the party will be better informed and the party will benefit.

Thanks;
Al Meyer
2nd Vice Chair Cobb GOP

By the way, here are the mass precinct meeting locations for February 24th, meeting that I have lined up with the sub-district chairs. They start sharply at 10:00 AM. get there early!

1A – Randy Scamihorn – North Cobb High School
1B – Doris Fowler – Burnt Hickory Baptist Church
1C – Jesse Brent – Christ Community Church - 3134 Macland Road, Marietta, GA 30064

2A – Claire Waldron – East Cobb Middle School.
2B - Empty - East Cobb Government Services Center Lower Roswell Road, (770) 499-4444
2C - Harold Smith – Smyrna Library 100 Village Green Circle, 30080

3A – Sam Teasley – St. Andrews United Methodist Church
3B – Richard Day – Gritters Library located at Shaw Park off Canton Rd.
3C – Bill Badger – Chestnut Ridge Christian Church, 2663 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta

4A – Empty – Collar Community Center
4B – Phil Daniell - Collar Community Center
4C – Dawn Strickland - Collar Community Center.