Ben Proto and the big, bad bylaws proposal

Word is spreading awfully quickly: Ben Proto has had the by-laws committee (see below) propose changes to our CTGOP bylaws that would allow the state party to spend party money to help the endorsed candidates in primaries.

If passed, Ben and the state central committee would decide who our candidates would be, not the Republican voters!

Find your state central committee members based on your senate district (2 members per district):

1 Daniel Lilly, huffgchs7467@gmail.com; Patrick Pentalow, pat.pentalow@gmail.com

2 Dwight Bolton, dwight@dh-bolton.com; Don Jepsen, Don@jepsen.us

3 Sarah Muska, smuskanewine@gmail.com; Bob Leach, rleach3rd@gmail.com

4 Louis Spadaccini, lspadaccini@eastcenterlaw.com; Michael FitzPatrick, nccga@netzero.com

5 Gregory A. Hall, greg.a.hall@comcast.net; Dennis Swanton, dennisswanton@gmail.com

6 Tony Cane, bigtcane@comcast.net; Scott Veley, sveley@comcast.net

7 Paul Smith, attorneypaulsmith@hotmail.com; Mary Ann Turner, maryannturner@cox.net

8 Proloy Das, proloydasct@gmail.com; Brian Werstler, brwerstler@gmail.com

9 Benjamin Ancona, Benancona@gmail.com; Pankaj Prakash, pankaj.prakash@gmail.com

10 Albert Calandro Jr., acalandrojr@comcast.net; Jim O’Connell, eoconnell02@snet.net

11 Kathy Hoyt, kathy.hoyt1@gmail.com; Lisa Milone, lmilone@comcast.net

12 Gregg Hannan, gregg.hannan@gmail.com; Amy Stefanowski, amystef@gmail.com

13 Adam Grippo, agrippo47@gmail.com; Manny Santos, m.a.santos@icloud.com

14 Christopher D’Addio, christopher.daddio@gmail.com; Win Smith, win@deysmith.com

15 Bill Kolo, billkolo@snet.net; Rosa Rebimbas, rosa@rebimbaslaw.com

16 Sean Cleary, sean.c.cleary@gmail.com; Joe Markley, joe@joemarkley.com

17 Chuck Pyne, chpyne@gmail.com; Kim Kiernan, k2.kiernan@gmail.com

18 Brett Mastroianni, brettmastro@gmail.com; Dan Hetzel, dwhetzel@gmail.com

19 Michael Meadows, mpmeadowsspraguertc@gmail.com; Amanda Veneziano, amandaveneziano@yahoo.com

20 Edward Aledia, alediaeddie29@gmail.com; Jeff Rogers, trooper889@snet.net

21 Gary DeFilippo, gjdefilippo@gmail.com; Christopher Silhavey, silhavey@aol.com

22 Carl Massaro, cmassaro@snet.net; Anthony Minutolo, anthony_minutolo@yahoo.com

23 Michael Garrett, mike4bpt@gmail.com; Casimir Mizera, casimirmizera@netscape.net

24 Michael A. McLachlan, danburygop@aol.com; Arthur Mannion, Kdrz@aol.com

25 Marcy Minnick, marcyaminnick@gmail.com; Doug Hempstead, dhempstead@hotmail.com

26 Will Duff, wmduffusa@gmail.com; Annalisa Stravato, CTgopvicechair@gmail.com

27 Tracy Marra, tracymarra@yahoo.com; Andy Wainwright, wainwright@msn.com

28 Bill Brimmer, Mrcottage1@aol.com; Bryan Cafferelli, bcaff1@yahoo.com

29 Anne Dauphinais, anne.dauphinais@yahoo.com; Brian Maynard, bdmaynard@gmail.com

30 Virginia “Ginny” Landgrebe, ginnylandgrebe@gmail.com; John Morris, morris64@optonline.net

31 Daniel Gentile, dangentile341@gmail.com; Joe Hoxha, josephhoxha@gmail.com

32 George Temple, ggrtemple@aol.com (2nd spot VACANT)

33 Irene Haines, ihaines20@gmail.com; Harry Ruppenicker, hruppenicker@westbrookrepublicans.org

34 Steven Miller, steve@stevenmillerrealtor.com; Larry Zabrowski, ljzabrowski@ameritech.net

35 Lisa Burns, lburns214@comcast.net; Chuck Catania, ctgop35@gmail.com

36 Peter Tesei, pjtgrnwch@aol.com; Thomas Lombardo, talgtl1@aol.com

The members of the bylaws committee:

Jim O’Connell: eoconnell02@snet.net

Dan Hetzel: dwhetzel@gmail.com

Michael Garrett: mike4bpt@gmail.com

Proloy Das: proloydasct@gmail.com

Annalisa Stravato: CTgopvicechair@gmail.com

Gregg Hannan: gregg.hannan@gmail.com

Joe Hoxha: josephhoxha@gmail.com

Rosa Rebimbas: rosa@rebimbaslaw.com

Christopher Silhavey: silhavey@aol.com

Rebecca Terricciano: rebeccaterricciano@gmail.com

Bryan Cafferelli: bryancaff@gmail.com

Oh look, Ben Proto and Lamont are like old friends. SAME team. Things that make you go “hmmmm”.

Proposed change: “Section 2. Party Funds Not To Be Spent in Primaries, Exceptions

During a primary for statewide office,. the state committee shall not, without the prior approval of a vote of two-thirds of the total members of the state central membership at a duly noticed state central meeting, expend any funds of the state committee on behalf of an endorsed candidate for statewide office. This support may be withdrawn by a two-thirds vote of the total members of the state central membership.”

If this bylaw change passes, Proto will go to what may be called, “Grassroots Hellfire”.

• NO more donating to the party

• Un-registering from the R party

• Epic FAIL on the Prescott Bush dinner in May

This bylaws proposal has morphed from what Ben Proto may have thought would be a nice, quiet affair — into a very noisy opportunity for those of us that he disdains.

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

We happy “few” will keep our honest votes for the candidates WE decide, or we’ll keep our hard-earned dollars well out of the GOP party reach.