[candidate-development] [statecom-discuss] Link to the Minority Opinion

[Mike Heichman]

John,

You are being hostile and disrespectful.

I am not attempting to pester or harangue anyone.

I'm sure that the co-chairs are busy and agree that their time is 
valuable. That's also true for those of us who aren't co-chairs.

I don't have a mistress and your comment is sexist.

I don't know what bad choice that I made.

Your comments are not helpful for those of us who want to come up with a 
resolution to the conflict.

That is not your intention.

Once again, you attack those who disagree with you and attempt to 
cultivate favor with those who you consider your ally. However, when 
they disagree with you, you will turn on them. I have seen that 
repeatedly in our relationship and with your relationship with others.

Mike Heichman








John Walsh wrote:

> Mike,
> Why do you continue to pester Merelice?
> And for whom do you do it?
> Our co-chairs are busy, and I am afraid we have reached the point 
> where your service to your mistress has deprived you of all credibility.
>
> The GRP is moving on - and you have made your choice,  a bad one.
> Please stop haranguing our co-chairs.  
> john walsh 
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Mike Heichman wrote:
>
>> Hi Merelice,
>>
>> I find the tone of your letter to be hostile and disrespectful.
>>
>> In terms of your attempts to place candidates on your ballot before the 
>> December 6 deadline, I have always been understanding and supportive. 
>> You and Nat had just been elected co-chairs at the end of August. CDLC 
>> was not meeting and you were relying on Elie Yarden, who did the bulk of 
>> the work in making contact with the potential candidates. The state 
>> legislature had changed the rules and suddenly you lost an entire month 
>> and had to make decisons before December 6. While I agree with Dan M.'s 
>> point that you should have consulted with Adcom when you had encoutered 
>> difficulties, I do not believe that you, Nat and Elie had done nothing 
>> short of your best efforts to comply with the decisions of the Stte 
>> Committee and the August Convention.
>>
>> My understanding is that on December 6 that you only had on hand all of 
>> the documents from Dr. Mesplay.
>>
>> I have never made a proposal that said that we should deny delegates to 
>> everyone who had not complied with all the requrements by December 6! 
>> The two proposals submitted yesterday say nothing about December 6. Your 
>> e-mail proposal of February 7 said nothing about December 6. Etc.
>>
>> Why do you continue bring up December 6? I believe that you are 
>> attempting to distract everyone from the real issues.
>>
>> I have not deliberately intended to misinform anyone. The authors of the 
>> "Minority Report" have attempted to present our viewpoint. The title, 
>> "Minority Report" by definition acknowledges that there are different 
>> perspectives.
>>
>> In terms of your statement that "only a few people have refused to 
>> accept and are now fomenting unnecessary dissension", that is an insult 
>> to the members of our party (currently 16 members). The authors of the 
>> "Minority Report" believe that something serious has gone wrong and we 
>> are seeking a just remedy. If that is a crime, why does our party exist?
>>
>> You are the co-chair of our party. Why can't you tolerate dissent?
>>
>> You were very upset that the letter from Kat Swift ( a member of our 
>> party who is seeking the Green Party's nomination and has complied with 
>> all of the requirements) was publicized by Larry Elly. You made it clear 
>> that you would have preferred to have kept that secret. Kat Swift is a 
>> party that so far has been harmed by the actions of the leadership of 
>> the GRP. She has a right to file a complaint and seek redress of her 
>> grievance. She is seeking a just remedy.
>>
>> I have never attempted to impose any remedy. I have always said that I 
>> want to seek a just remedy and have reached out to other members who are 
>> part of the leadership of the party in search of a remedy.
>>
>> Using the term "pious" to describe my behavior is disrespectful.
>>
>> Mike Heichman
>>
>> Merelice wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/8/08, Mike Heichman <mikeheichman at verizon.net 
>>> <mailto:mikeheichman at verizon.net>> wrote:
>>> .....
>>>
>>>
>>>> 1. Why are you targeting Congresswoman McKinney in your remarks?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> And why do you continue to ignore the fact that if all the candidates
>>> were required to fulfill your interpretation of the rules (an
>>> interpretation not shared by those who have been most actively
>>> involved in these deliberations), Cynthia McKinney also would not have
>>> been on the ballot? As of the deadline, she had not announced her
>>> intention to seek the nomination. So you can offer only two choices by
>>> your set of standards.
>>>
>>> I do not question the motives of the growing list of signatories. I
>>> seriously question the misinformation they have been fed that leads
>>> them to think they are supporting an effort based on principle. You
>>> cannot deny that they have heard only your side of the story and do
>>> not have first-hand knowledge of all the debate and discussions that
>>> have led to the conclusions of the majority, conclusions that only a
>>> few people have refused to accept and are now fomenting unnecessary
>>> dissension.
>>>
>>> Furthermore, the misinformation has now been fed to and used by a
>>> candidate to level charges in a formal complaint against the Elections
>>> Division of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, as well as against
>>> party volunteers!
>>>
>>> Given that long history, why should anyone trust your pious offer to
>>> seek resolutions?
>>>
>>> Merelice
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