Back Room Deals...

"We have been told that on March 4 all Republicans will get a chance to 

vote on who will represent them on the Republican Town Committee when an 

open free election/primary will be held in town.

NO MORE WATERBURY BACK ROOM BRENNAN DEALS"

If the former MRTC organized the caucus, named the date, and invited all Middlebury Republicans to come and cast their vote,  how in the world can the caucus be characterized as a "back-room" deal”???? The 125 Republicans casted their votes and at the end of a long evening voted out 9 members of the committee who served previously. They also did not vote in former First Selectman Ed St. John. Why was that? Maybe its part of the new look from the hill?

The results were not expected by some former members of the committee, along with Ed St John and Pat DeAngelis, so their team has exercised their right for a primary.  I think it is a good thing that all members of a political party have a say in who will represent them. That is the American way. I believe that is why there was the caucus.  Every Republican was invited.  If some did not show up was it a back room deal?  If there is a primary, and only 25% of the Republicans show up to vote, could that be considered a back room deal as well? Should the primary be repeated until the “correct” people get elected?  

How was it that in 2005, Mr. Stowell would not allow the Middlebury Republicans to caucus for their candidate, with the MRTC deciding that they would appoint Ed St. John  as their candidate for First Selectman, instead of asking the rest of the Republicans who they wanted, by holding a caucus? The voice of the rest of the Middlebury Republicans was squelched by a Town Committee who proclaimed their was no building large enough to caucus the rest of the Republican party.

So its only a back room deal if Mr DeAngelis and Mr. St. John’s slate does not get in. In previous years the MRTC chose members of their committee in the bi-annual caucus. I am not sure, but was there ever a primary held before for the MRTC, or did they rely strictly on the caucus?  Were all those previous years “back room deals as well?”

Tom Gormley is the new look from the hill. The members of the new Town Committee elected are those who support Tom Gormley and the work he is doing.  This is not a Brennan come back, and never was.  This is an effort to support Tom Gormley. Middlebury has to come back together.  Tom Gormley is working well with the Fire Department and things are finally getting done;  something that has not been happening for years stalled by Mr. St John’s Fire Commission and his constant, never-ending attacks upon the MVFD and its Chief. Would a pro St John slate for MRCT be good for Middlebury.  Do we want to return to the old days, or do we want to continue with Tom Gormley’s fresh, new look?