PWCRC Category Archives
Kopko Blasts Republican Nominee Marty Nohe
8 August 2007 | PWCRC, Prince William County | 26 Comments
I’ve always had the impression that the purpose of the Prince William County Republican Committee was to elect Republican candidates to office. If that’s the case, why is Chairman Tom attacking a republican candidate on the committee’s website? Even though Marty Nohe doesn’t have an opponent in the November 2007 election, it would […]
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Unity Is An Earned Commodity
26 June 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 45 Comments
Tonight’s PWCRC meeting included a plenty of calls for Republican unity in order to help our candidates win in November, and those calls make a lot of sense. The purpose of the committee is to get Republicans elected, and unity is an important part of accomplishing that goal. With a fractured party, this goal is […]
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More PWCRC Fireworks
21 June 2007 | PWCRC | 27 Comments
The Second Annual PWCRC Spring Gala scheduled for June 29th has been “postponed”, due to lower than expected ticket sales and a conflict with a campaign event for Delegate Scott Lingamfelter with House Speaker William Howell. In the aftermath of this “postponement”, there’s been a purge of the committee’s membership chairman and calls for […]
Ridiculous
13 June 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 25 Comments
The war within the PWCRC has apparently expanded into a fight between PWCRC Chairman Tom Kopko and 11th Congressional District Chairman Becky Stoeckel according to a post that appeared yesterday on Skeptical Observer. Kopko’s tirade against Stoeckel, prompted by what is reported to be a call for a meeting to consider Julie Lucas’ appeal […]
RPV: Nosotros Creemos…
11 June 2007 | PWCRC, Virginia Politics | 16 Comments
I’m sure this is going to just make Spanish-speaking voters flood to support the Republican Party of Virginia: The RPV website has posted a Spanish version of the Republican creed. There’s no other Spanish content on the website as far as I can tell, so it’s not clear to me just how those […]
An Apology
18 May 2007 | PWCRC, Blogs | 30 Comments
Earlier today I renewed a call for Tom Kopko to resign as chairman of the Prince William County Republican Committee based on unsubstantiated rumors of potential voter fraud and a misreading of the Republican Party Plan as it applied to the reissued call for the 51st District Convention. I was wrong to make those […]
Possible Voter Fraud In The 51st District
18 May 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 39 Comments
Critical Update: The language in the 51st District call in question here was indeed taken from the RPV Party Plan. See update at the bottom of this post. See also “An Apology“.
The Prince William County Republican Committee reissued it’s convention calls on April 24th for the 51st District and for Clerk of the Court […]
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Tom Kopko Not Stepping Down
11 May 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 48 Comments
Following last week’s PWCRC Executive Committee meeting, it had been reported to me that Tom Kopko had agreed to turn over his proxy for the 51st Legislative District in order to address concerns about him being a paid consultant to the Faisal Gill campaign. So far this hasn’t been done, which has been troubling. […]
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Kopko Hands Over Proxy
8 May 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 7 Comments
I’ve gotten word that Tom Kopko has given his proxy as 51st District Chairman to the proposed convention chairman Pat O’Leary, and will no longer be making decisions about how that convention will be conducted. This is probably a reasonable compromise, even though before Pat O’Leary was selected as convention chairman, he was a delegate […]
Three Strikes Rule A Phantom - CORRECTED
7 May 2007 | PWCRC | 4 Comments
For as long as most can remember, there’s been a rule that if a member of the Prince William County Republican Committee missed three meetings in a row, your membership would lapse. I looked in the bylaws, and it’s not in there. I asked one of the committee’s officers, who believed it was […]
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Kopko’s Self-Inflicted Head Wound
5 May 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 87 Comments
Tom Kopko, Chairman of the Prince William County Republican Committee, sent out a stunning email yesterday in response to a Washington Post article that appeared in today’s edition regarding his improper actions on behalf of the Faisal Gill campaign. Several elected officials are uncomfortable, concerned and upset more because of Tom Kopko’s reaction to […]
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Tom Kopko Should Step Down
4 May 2007 | PWCRC | 15 Comments
The Manassas Journal-Messenger adds to the pile-on of criticism facing Prince William County Republican Committee Chairman Tom Kopko today in an article giving the indecisively Republican/Independent Lucy Beauchamp a forum for airing her grievances. While some of these criticisms appear somewhat petty, and potentially inaccurate, the embattled tenure of the chairman of the committee […]
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WashPo Drives By Tom Kopko, Waves, And Disappears
4 May 2007 | PWCRC | 37 Comments
Today’s Washington Post takes a look at the issue of Tom Kopko being a paid consultant to the Faisal Gill campaign in this morning’s paper, and being the outsiders that they are in the process, only manage to scratch the surface. Although the issue of whether a primary or a convention is the method […]
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Faisal Gill’s Disclosures Raise Concerns
23 April 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 135 Comments
I’m hearing a fair amount of concern over PWCRC Chairman Tom Kopko’s work for 51st District candidate Faisal Gill, which showed up on Gill’s latest campaign finance disclosure. Apparently this issue will be the subject of some discussion at tonight’s committee meeting, and will likely soon become a concern for RPV. Some firm […]
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Kopko is on Faisal Gill’s Payroll
22 April 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC | 55 Comments
Faisal Gill’s financial disclosure report has a few interesting items in it, and one really troubling expenditure. Back in January, Faisal paid Tom Kopko $1,000 for “consulting” services. That’s right; the Chairman of the Republican Party in PWC is accepting money from candidates at a convention that he will be overseeing.
Could […]
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Convention Calls Invalidated In Prince William
11 April 2007 | 51st HOD District, PWCRC, Prince William County | 7 Comments
Apparently the ongoing crisis in the LCRC is starting to ripple out to other party units. Tonight I am hearing that several convention calls issued by the Prince William County Republican Committee have problems, and will need to be reissued. To add to the confusion, candidate re-filings may have been required, and it […]
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School Board Endorsements Tonight
26 March 2007 | PWCRC, Prince William County | 5 Comments
Tonight candidates for the Prince William County School Board will ask the county Republican committee for endorsements. The Brentsville District has a contested race between two rather well-liked candidates which should be pretty uneventful, but the recent spat between the leadership of the School Board and the Board of County Supervisors might make interesting […]
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Kopko To Hold PWCRC Chair?
7 March 2007 | PWCRC, Prince William County | 21 Comments
I’ve heard that Tom Kopko may not be resigning from his Chairmanship of the Prince William County Republican Committee while he runs a primary challenge against Marty Nohe for Coles Supervisor nomination. This strikes me as at least somewhat odd. Has anyone ever seen a unit chairman remain in office while he challenges […]
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SBE Complaint To Be Filed
28 February 2007 | PWCRC, Prince William County | 16 Comments
I intend to file a complaint with the State Board of Elections in regards to the actions of candidate for Prince William County Sheriff Mike Messier’s during the Prince William County Republican Committee meeting on Monday, February 26th at the Ferlazzo Government Center in Woodbridge. If any committee members who were present that evening […]
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The Derg Show Up At The PWCRC
11 February 2007 | PWCRC | 5 Comments
Perhaps now that the PWCDC is in some disarray, a few county Republicans think the time is right to have an all-out battle for the soul of the Prince William County Republican Committee. You have to admit that if it needs to be done, when the county democrats are in at least a leadership […]
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