The Alameda County Republican Party Central Committee has filed suit to block several members affiliated with the Republican Liberty Caucus and Golden Gate Minutemen from taking seats on the Central Committee. The former chair of the Alameda Republican Central Committee has been joined by the California Republican Party in the suit.
The Southern Poverty Law Center Hatewatch blog flagged the Contra Costa Times article about this issue. Additional research on the subject was done for this report.
The ongoing litigation arises from the election of seven members of the Republican Liberty Caucus in a June 2008 election. The suit asks that current vice chair Walter Stanley III (AD 15), Casey Fargo (AD 15), Lea Smart-Fargo (AD 15), assistant treasurer David LaTour (AD 18) Deslar Patten (AD 18), Christopher Kuhn (AD 18), and John Bartlett (AD 20) be removed from the committee because they did not meet Republican Party membership requirements. Jerry Salcido (AD 20), a current Central Committee chairman, is representing the seven members.
The seven members are "Constitutional Republicans" who believe government should have a very limited role in daily life, advocate for using schools outside of the public school system including homeschooling, and ending social programs. The Contra-Costa Times reports that Casey Fargo is a former president of the Golden Gate Minutemen.
Affiliations with Other Groups
The Golden Gate Minutemen have information about the California Tea Party Patriots, Tea Party Express, American Liberty Tour featuring Joe the Plumber (tied to Recess Rally), Castro Valley 912 Group, Bay Area Patriots, Pleasanton Tea Party Patriots, Californians for Population Stabilization, NumbersUSA, Pro-English, Center for Immigration Studies, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and Negative Population Growth on their website.
The RLC has information about disrupting town halls and organizing tea parties. The group also has information about introducing "state sovereignty" legislation, which is designed to allow the states to not follow Federal laws that they may disagree with. "State sovereignty" has been proposed as a way around gun control/registration laws, health care reform, among other issues.
Other Areas in California Where the RLC is Active
The Los Angeles Republican Party has also become a home for a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus. Gary Aminoff, an RLC member, now treasurer of the Los Angeles Republican Party Executive Board.
California RLC Chair Matthew Heath was elected to the Gravenstein District School Board, The school board voted to censure him over his stance on a proposed parcel tax. Heath is also involved with the Campaign for Liberty.
The Sonoma County Republican Party has RLC members Michael Erickson (Sonoma Republican Party chair) and Matthew Heath (Second District Chairman.)
Endorsed members of Congress from California are Tom McClintock (CA-4) and Dana Rohrbacher (CA-46).
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