Exposing Colorado GOP’s Political Good Deeds and Misdeeds 

Discover factual and detailed personally written accounts of the Colorado GOP’s political good deeds and misdeeds. Akin to pre-World War I muckrakers, we strive to expose corruption, scandals, and wrongdoings of the members of the local GOP leadership while also highlighting the positive political activities that emerge from the Republican Party in Colorado.

On January 20 we will inaugurate a new President and usher in a new administration. In advance of that day the political pundits are making a heyday out of the foibles and missteps of President Joe Biden. That is all well and good but, in the meantime, we should be looking more locally at our own party and the State GOP Chairman, Dave Williams, his foibles and missteps. While we will feel the impact of the changes that we will see in D. C. it is the impact of our local party that has an immediate and detrimental effect on us Coloradans.

Dave was elected nearly two years ago by the Colorado State Central Committee (CRC), and since then, he has been actively working to dismantle the Party. The CRC is composed of county officers and bonus members elected in their counties in February, Republican statewide elected officials, U.S. senators, members of Congress, state legislators, district attorneys, members of the state board of education, and members of the University of Colorado board of regents. These individuals will convene in March to elect new State CRC officers.

For the past two years, Dave has employed what many describe as Soviet-style tactics to maintain his and his chosen allies’ grip on power. In 2023, he attempted to change the bylaws in a way that would have effectively stolen the votes of any CRC members who did not attend his meetings, automatically counting their missing votes as yes. Thankfully, this misguided effort failed. This year, he has called a special meeting to try to eliminate the votes of Republican elected officials on the CRC, proposing that each group have a representative vote instead of each individual having a vote. During his tenure, he has used party funds to support his unsuccessful Congressional campaign and to file high-profile, pointless lawsuits aimed at pushing his misguided policy changes. He has sent out messages criticizing our elected officials, the LGBTQ community, and other prominent Republicans. During the 2024 election, instead of supporting Republican candidates, he sent out messages criticizing many of them. At a time when Republican candidates are desperately seeking votes, Dave attempted to prevent the largest voting bloc, Unaffiliated (UAF) voters, from participating in our primary elections. Although I don’t like the idea of UAF voters participating in our Primaries, they were given that right and telling them now that we don’t want their participation in the Primary but want their vote in the General election seems like a really dumb idea, Dave! He repeatedly criticizes what he calls “the establishment,” “the donor class,” and the “never-Trumpers,” implying that anyone opposed to his tactics is bad and needs to go. His committees and appointees include unsavory individuals. Yes, piece by piece, Dave is destroying our Party.

Of course, these tactics all end up in the news. Is it any wonder there has been a mass departure of high-profile Republicans from the Party during his leadership? Those who leave the party cite a range of reasons, from ideological differences to disillusionment with the current leadership. I think, in large part, it’s simple embarrassment to be associated with Dave and his ilk.

Regardless of the explanation, this exodus has significant implications for the Republican Party. Firstly, as members leave, the party risks losing a critical mass of voters who were instrumental in past elections. This erosion of support could have a detrimental impact on the party’s ability to compete in future elections. In fact, the Republican Party, under Daves’ leadership runs the risk of becoming a minor party. Secondly, as the more moderate members leave the party those remaining become more uniformly conservative further alienating the middle of the road voter and reducing the party’s appeal to a broader electorate. When the people with the experience, wisdom, and, yes, money feel marginalized with voices that are no longer heard, they leave.

In March, the Central Committee of Colorado will have the opportunity to elect new leadership. Currently, two candidates, Brita Horn and Kevin McCarney, have announced their intention to run for Chair. Both of them would bring wisdom and integrity to the role. I urge those with a vote to take inspiration from the recent Presidential election and choose new leadership that is not associated with the current regime. It’s time to steer the party in a new direction and right the ship Dave is about to sink!

~Silence Dobetter

“Dave Williams and his crew are at it again. They have proposed 6 bylaw amendments to be voted on at the January 30 state central committee meeting. These amendments are dangerous and deserve to be studied carefully! When you do I think you will agree they all deserve a resounding NO!

In a recent article published in Unite-Colorado, Analysis of Proposed Colorado GOP Bylaw Amendments, CJ Gruber calls these amendments “A Dangerous Shift Toward Centralized Control and Weakening Democratic Principles”. He analyzes each amendment and gives his conclusion using terms like “loss of representation, concentration of power, retaliatory.” His verdict on each is the same: BAD Direction.

I am concerned that these frightening amendments go beyond the weakening of democratic principles. I recently read about the early stages of fascism and three of their founding principles included the suppression of opposition, the concentration of power and the subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the organization. Don’t these amendments sound very similar? Is this really the direction you want to party to go?

Please read the entire article here: https://unite-colorado.com/home/f/analysis-of-proposed-colorado-gop-bylaw-amendments. There is a link embedded in the article that will also take you to the amendments as proposed. If you are a bonus member, elected official, or officer and have a vote at this meeting, please vote NO!

Early next year, our party will have its organizational meetings. These meetings always occur in odd numbered years. In even numbered years, the caucus and assemblies are conducted. Each county party must conduct its meeting between Feb 1 – Feb 15. The state party must conduct its meeting between Feb 15 – Apr 1. The purpose of organizational meetings is to elect new Party leadership (chair, vice-chair and secretary).

The people who vote at these meetings are called the Central Committee. What constitutes a central committee is stipulated in Colorado state statute. At the county level, the committee consists of the precinct committeepersons, district captains and co-captains (sometimes referred to as division leaders), county party officers, elected county officials, state senators and representatives, US senators and representatives, elected state public officials, and the district attorney, who are Republicans residing within the county. At the state level, the central committee consists of Republican chairpersons and vice chairpersons of county party central committees, elected US senators and representatives, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, members of the board of regents, members of the state board of education, state senators, and state representatives, bonus members elected at their county level, and any additional members as provided for by the state central committee bylaws.

The leadership elected at these meetings serves two-year terms. Some county bylaws limit the number of terms an officer can serve. Other counties do not have any term limits. Both have positives and negatives. If the leadership (either county or state) is top-notch, party building, Republican candidate supporting people, and neutral through the primary election, no term limits are a good thing. However, if the leadership is low-performing, chases Republicans away from the party, tries to pick their own candidates in the primary, and is just plain all-around destructive to our Republican values and principles, then term limits are a good thing.

The bottom line is that the organizational meetings are an opportunity to change the course of our party going forward. If your county officers are builders or destroyers—it’s up to the central committee to continue the good or get rid of the bad. It’s up to them.

As we get closer to February, we will address some of the good, bad and the ugly. Stay tuned.

“Dave Williams is our secret weapon,” explained Democrat consultant Ted Trimpa, @TedTrimpa, advisor to Governor Jared Polis and staunch Democrat, in a recent post on X.

I couldn’t agree more. For some time now, I have thought that the best thing that’s ever happened to the Colorado Democrats was the election of Dave Williams to the position of Chair of the State Republican Party. No, you did not read this wrong. Dave Williams, registered Republican, former State Representative, and Chairman of the State Republican Party, is the Democrats’ best friend. He and his merry band of misfits have done more to destroy the GOP in Colorado than the Democrats could possibly do for themselves.

The quote above, followed by an article by Jimmy Sengenberger, explains but a soupcon of Dave’s misdeeds. It doesn’t go into the negative influence he has had on County Party Chairs. How he has been at the side of every County Party Chair who would allow him to guide and direct their behavior. Encouraging them to throw precinct leaders and long-time volunteers out of their central committee. Banning them from being precinct leaders and censoring elected officials! Even taking over the leadership of commissioner, senate, and house districts. I’ll allow you to read for yourselves: https://x.com/news9mm/status/1869109821645210098?s=46.