A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
—James 1: 8
Below is a comparison of the words of George Park 2011 versus the deeds of George Park 2015; unless otherwise noted. The 2011 quotes are all from George or Aaron Park as cited from the RightOnDaily blog.
Now quotes are from complaints filed against the Park brothers that will be heard at the May 30, 2015 CRA Board meeting.
Then
04-20-2011
George Park as Credentials Committee Chair
But let’s set the record straight about some things.
Like most political conventions there was a Credentials Committee appointed by the President and confirmed by the Board. The job of a Credentials Committee is to make sure the people presented to be delegates are properly accredited as Delegates for CRA’s convention and no one is going to “stuff the ballot box” by getting more people into the convention who are not proper Delegates.
The Chairman of the Credentials Committee George Park…
Mr. Park then turned to CRA’s then Membership Secretary Peggy Mew and asked her to send to the Credentials Committee a copy of these Unit’s rosters and their bylaws. This was to check and make sure the member lists were proper and more importantly that the Delegates (and Alternates if needed) were proper members of the Unit they were to represent. Also that if the Unit required an election of Delegates and that one was held (obviously to be determined by telephone conversations with the Unit Presidents).
Both prior to the convention and at the convention itself, Ms. Peggy Mew refused to give ANY of this information to the Credentials Committee. She offered no information whatsoever to the Credentials Committee to do its job
Now
George Park as Membership Secretary
George Park began his attack on the Credentials Committee on March 2, 2015, after the first preliminary (draft) Credential Committee Report was adopted because it included Nevada County. The Conference Call and work of this committee was to be confidential (George Park was not a member of this committee). George Park immediately withdrew the committee’s access to records and information for all Units.
On March 10, 2015 George Park sent out an email to CRA (complete list not known) stating that records requests by anyone other than him should be ignored.
On March 10, 2015 George Park sent out a re-election email regarding his tenure of securing records and protecting private information
On March 11, 2015 Aaron Park sent in an email requesting the removal of the Credentials Committee Chair Alice Khosravy stating that there was an attempt to de-credential the Placer County Republican Assembly. No such discussion about Placer had occurred. Aaron Park later recanted his story after the convention.
On March 12, 2015 committee member Jim Shoemaker filed a complaint against George Park to former President Briscoe for refusing to grant access to the Unit records in order for the committee to complete its task and to insure that we conduct fair and honest elections. No action taken by former President Briscoe.
Credentials Committee record requests were never answered.
Tim Thiesen
CRA VP – Central Valley
Former Chairman CRA Charter Review Committee
Member 2015 CRA Convention Credentials Committee
Then
O4-08-2011
George Park as Credentials Committee Chair
“No wonder they don’t want the credentials committee to see the unit rosters!”
Now
George Park as Membership Secretary
The Membership Secretary has no authority to withhold requested documents, including the complete membership list in electronic form, from any board member and especially Vice Presidents and our Credentials committee.
Jim Shoemaker
CRA Vice President
President, San Joaquin Republican Assembly
Then
04-08-2011
George Park as Credentials Committee Chair
The Credentials Committee’s function is to certify to the convention that all delegates and alternates are properly credentialed as delegates to the CRA convention. Part of that process is verifying unit membership. The membership rosters were requested multiple times from Membership Secretary Peggy Mew, so that the Credentials Committee could review them for purposes of delegate and alternate verification. Peggy flatly refused to send the membership lists and related data, even though she could site no section of the bylaws giving her the authority to deny the release of the requested data to the committee.
Ms. Mew has consistently refused to give the Credentials Committee the information that we need to complete the job that we have been tasked with under the CRA bylaws. This leaves the Credentials Committee without the information needed to certify that the delegates and alternates submitted are in good order and have complied with the CRA bylaws. The Committee has requested and is now receiving unit rosters from each unit directly in order to accomplish our mission.
George E Park, Jr.
CRA Vice President – Candidate for Membership Secretary
Now
George Park as Membership Secretary
The membership secretary has overstepped his authority in the credentialing process and failed to provide the credentials committee with the necessary documents to perform their duties in determining appropriate delegates to the convention and their ability to provide candidates with the documents they have a right to have in advance of the convention in a timely manner.
Jim Shoemaker
Then
George Park as Credentials Committee Chair
03-31-2011
No wonder no one wants the membership rosters to be reviewed by CRA board members. And no wonder why those involved in this unethical activity are trying to stop our efforts to expose this the attempted hijacking of the CRA in 2011.
Now
George Park as Membership Secretary
I want to center my Complaint as it relates to my position as a member of the 2015 Convention Credentials Committee, and the continued and blatant overreach by George Park and Aaron Park beyond their duties as CRA Officers.
Tim Thiesen
CRA VP – Central Valley
Former Chairman CRA Charter Review Committee
Member 2015 CRA Convention Credentials Committee
Then
Candidate for Re-election as Membership Secretary, George Park
03-10-2015
Protecting the privacy of your units’ membership records – many of you have expressed concern over your rosters being distributed in even a limited manner.
I have listened and have protected your records! I am willing to stake my reelection on protecting the privacy of your personal membership information.
George Park from email to CRA Board
Now
In two posts on April 17, 2015 titled CRA Coup Attempt Part 4 and The CRA Coup Part 5 by Aaron Park on his blog Right on Daily, he publicly disclosed membership records from the Santa Clarita Valley RA and the Ventura RA, including the personal checks of five Ventura members. Although the account numbers were partially blacked out, the numbers were still discernible. Besides the personal checks, the records disclosed on the internet included fourteen membership applications and two membership submission forms with the personal information of thirty members.
This was a breach of our members’ personally identifiable information (PII). Membership Secretary Park violated his fiduciary duty to protect the membership records of the CRA by distributing these records to an unknown distribution list and providing these same records to Vice President Park to post on his blog, making the records available to anyone with access to the internet. In their unbridled attempt to smear their political opponents, the Parks have made these members vulnerable to identity theft.
Carl Brickey
Senate District 6 Director
California Republican Assembly