Nevada County Tea Party Patriots Founder and President Stan Meckler lost his bid to be elected to the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, according to my sources.
An official announcement of the results is expected soon.
Meckler was one of seven candidates running for five board seats on the Grass Valley/Nevada County Chamber of Commerce for next year, according to a ballot that was circulating to members. Meckler said he planned to resign as tea party president at year-end.
The winners are all currently active in the local business community, ranging from the fairgrounds to hotels. It is a going to be a strong Chamber board. So is the Nevada City Chamber board.
Meckler is active in the Tea Party. Meckler’s son, Mark, is a founder of the national Tea Party. Both are vocal political activists.
This is not the first recent attempt by political activists to politicize Chamber activities. Another example is here.
Here’s the bottom line: A “silent majority” of people help to guide public decision-making here, not a vocal minority. The outcome of some local political races last year has confirmed this as well.
Let’s hope more of our “electeds” and decision makers get the message and don’t get caught up in it.
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That’s what Mark gets for telling so many people that elections are not that important. In his effort to be non-partisan, he may have become irrelevant.
John
John,
The fact that there was no TP organized during the Bush administrations (01′ – 09′)that absolutely shredded the US Constitution and added $6trillion to our nations debt while at the same time watched over 45,000 factories and 5 million manufacturing jobs leaving the country, shows very clearly this is and has always been a partisan group.
Occupy/99% has taken place during a time where a democratic administration and democratic controlled Senate.
The two parties are the problem and the republican party is a much bigger part of the problem because their ideology exacerbates the root causes. The democrats are too compromised to stand tough as a unified party on almost any major issues.
Ben,
I think I would argue that you had a silent TP movement building during those Bush years that threw out the Republican Congress in 2006 and helped elect President Obama.
John
John,
Those who in 2009/ 2010 who identified themselves as TP were the same people calling me anti American 2001 – 2009 for being out in the streets speaking out against the policies that shredded the constitution and jacked up our national debt.
Either you are being dishonest or naive.
Yeah, the same people who picture Obama as the dark knight and circulate pictures of him as a pick-a-ninny where big Obama supporters in ’08.
I have a bridge for sale if you are interested John!
Steve & Ben,
I am neither being naive or dishonest and I am not in the market for a bridge.
I am simply pointing out the reality of what happened on the national scale: The Democrats made historic gains in both 2006 and 2010 and I give full credit to President Bush and the Republican majority in congress who chose to rule like liberals rather than conservatives.
Did the TP become more vocal after the Republicans were in office: Yes they did because now it was very clear that they were the opposition and there was little confusion from someone in office talking like them but ruling like what they opposed.
John
“give full credit to President Bush and the Republican majority in congress who chose to rule like liberals rather than conservatives”
John, do you really think the people that post here will ever accept such a stupid, false and insulting comments like that? I sure as hell don’t.
Steve,
I am not trying to be sneaky here, or even to make excuses for those, myself included, who were much to silent during those Bush years: I am simply pointing out the political reality.
We may see some of this in reverse if the President loses next year and the Republicans take back the US Senate. Of course the Republicans will claim that the public has given them a mandate, but many will rightly argue that President Obama lost much of the excitement he needed from his base when he ruled like a conservative with his foreign policies much more than as a liberal.
And please understand that I am using those terms for identification purposes only because I then that Congressman Paul represents the proper conservative view on foreign policy and there are few in the Republican corridors of power who agree with him, while many on the Democratic side of the aisle do..
John
John,
I agree with your last post but how does that equate to “I think I would argue that you had a silent TP movement building during those Bush years that threw out the Republican Congress in 2006 and helped elect President Obama.” Staying home isn’t building anything. Prior to the election of Obama the Tea Party movement was an annual tax day protest. Just like the Occupy/99% haven’t been organizing since the election day 2010. It is people who are sick and tired of a rigged political system that doesn’t represent the best interests of the “We The People”.
Someone brought up Todd Snider today and it stirs the feeling that I want to hear Conservative Christian, right wing Republican, straight, white, American male.
Hah….Snider is one of my favorite musicians…thanks for the reply!
Hey, this gives me hope: I can sing that good
John
I have many conservative friends and didn’t hear a peep out of them during the Bush II era. When I did hear them voice their concerns it was the primaries and the “thought” of a woman or a bi-race man with an “unusual” name having the nerve to run for president was muttered through disgusted lips. It is the Grass Valley/Nevada County Chambers of Commerce as well as our area that truly benefit from Stan Meckler’s defeat.