By TomL
This a disclaimer that this is what I think happened, not anyone else’s Ideas.
What should Marion County do next? It needs to rebuild and strengthen the Republican National Committee. I noticed that politically we are being skipped by, by many leaders in our state. I noticed that the Governor gave money out to county (Small) town’s but skipped Marion County and by the way I told him about it, if my email ever got through. The Republican Party got split in half some year’s back in Marion County and has not pulled back together YET! Let me tell you a story, I will leave out some names because to some the story still hurts. By the way the sheriff of today had nothing to do with all this, it was before his time..
Some years back the Sheriff was training his replacement so when he retired his second in command could just step in and take over. It was not that easy, he had to win an election! But to make a long story short he ran and won the election. Before he could be sworn in a scandal hit and he was no longer eligible to be Sheriff.
The whole county was in shocked and mad but what do they do about the sheriff job? The sheriff coming in second was being considered. The powers in the Republican Party were split. The Power broker were fighting to get their guy in and the other side Power Brokers were really mad! One faction agreed to make the runner up be sheriff and the other half did not. Right then “in my opinion” the Republican Party split!
Of course the unhappy side went after the new sheriff with a vengeance and finally had him taken out of office for something he did not do. I had pictures proving that he was innocent of what the courts claimed.
The incident: A drug dealer was in a house with a gun shooting at the Sheriff department. I think he was holding a woman hostige. It was a stand off for hours, there were news camera’s there, finally with a flash bang procedure two deputies rush in and was attempting to take control of the shooter. He was hopped up on drugs and fighting was on, the officers were trying to take him into custody, it was not pretty! This went on until another officer got in and assisted in the arrest. They all looked like they had been in a real fight. They got him under control and in custody. They took him out to the emergency rescue truck that was on scene, they walked behind the Sheriff. The sheriff was making a statement in front of a camera. I had pictures of that. They brought the drug dealer out alive! While in court the drug dealers lawyer ask the Sheriff why he did not say anything about the condition of his client (The Drug Dealer) and why he did not reprimand the deputy’s that brought him out in rough shape. They claim unnecessary roughness. The sheriff answering under oath that he did not see the client until later that day after the incident was over. They had walked behind him while he was on camera. They charged the sheriff for lying under oath???? They found him guilty. Pam Bondi sent her representative to make him step down and the Attorney Generals office representative took charge of the Marion County Sheriff department. The state later dropped the charged without any statement!
One of the big TV stations was at the Marion County Sheriff Office was there making a statement. I ask on TV. How were they going to recover when they realized the Sheriff was not guilty??? They cut my statement out on the broadcast that night. So the Republican Party won and lost. They were split bad and still are.
That is why I think Marion County Republican Party needs to be rebuilt!I I fought like hell with my papers but I was ignored, I ran proof on my front page and got rave reviews but nothing happened. Now Briggitte Smith and her team is working to building the Republican National Committee and probably does not even know this story but she will now.
We use to have 500 republicans at a sit down lunch at the Hilton and invite national and state speakers. Marco Rubio, Pam Bondi and many others. Now there is a group at the RNC trying to put it together after all these years later. I remember business people dressed to the Tee socializing and talking business. We need to bring that back! Help Briggitte Smith and her team with her efforts.
Life is not always fair and some people with different visions and come to different conclusions. Let’s move forward and not live in the past!
Help Briggtte and the RNC team build a Bigger than ever Republican National Committee here in Ocala Florida.
PS Cat Hammock has put an office here in Ocala. Thank you Cat!
tloury@att.net
