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.
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No funds unless voters approve
Authoritarianism in the GOP to keep the uniparty
as CT succumbs to complete “elite” tyranny 😡
They are playing with “We the People “ checkbook without their consent.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.