Bill Stanley Running For RPV Chair, Jeff Frederick To Be Executive Director?
By Jason Kenney | Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 | PoliticsFranklin County GOP Chairman Bill Stanley, who also represented former Chairman Jeff Frederick at the April SCC impeachment meeting, has filed his intention to run for Chairman of the Republican Party Of Virginia at the convention later this month.
Reliable sources say that former Communication Director Gerry Scimeca has said that Jeff Frederick will serve as Stanley’s Executive Director, though whether or not that is on record is TBD.
Morgan Griffith’s staff is also said to be assisting Bill Stanley’s run.
UPDATE 4:22pm: Gerry Scimeca denies in the comments (and corrects his name – sorry, Gerry). Bill Stanley is being reached for comment.
UPDATE 6:50pm: A statement from Bill Stanley:
I understand that there have been reports that if I am elected Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, that I will make Jeff Frederick the Executive Director. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
First, I have never considered such an option, nor have I been asked to; Jeff is pursuing new endeavors, and I could not imagine a scenario in which he would even consider wanting and/or applying for the position.
Second, I believe that this is putting the cart way before the horse, as I am merely running for the position of Chairman at this time.
UPDATE 10:22am 5/7: 7th CD Chairman Linwood Cobb comments below:
He never said he would not offer Frederick the position.
UPDATE 1102am 5/7: Bill Stanley sent out an email announcement last night. Full text available after the cut.Bill Stanley’s email:
Since its founding 155 years ago, the Republican Party has amassed an impressive record of accomplishment. Republicans are bound together not by self-interest or convenience, but by the conservative principles and traditional values that have made America the greatest nation in world history. Throughout our party’s history, those core beliefs have always been driven and guided by our rank-and-file, the volunteers, activists and members who comprise our grassroots.
Recent electoral setbacks have caused some to question our party’s ability to succeed in the future. Disappointment has wrought doubt, and doubt has led to finger-pointing. Some have suggested that the core beliefs that underpin our party have become outmoded and obsolete. Others appear to suggest we adopt in part the tenets of the other party. But, those who would trade principle for political success damage the public’s faith in representative democracy and undermine the Republican Party.
Because Republicans love America, we must not abandon or discount the core beliefs that are essential to the future success and prosperity of our nation. Conservative principles that require an adherence to fiscal responsibility and limited government will never be outmoded. Traditional values that respect the foundations of Western Civilization and faith in God will never be obsolete.
If Republicans are going to win elections, we must have the confidence of our convictions and a willingness to promote them at every level of government. And, we cannot abandon those convictions simply because they are unfashionable among those who enjoy an elite status in American society.
People do not hold conservative principles and believe in traditional values because they are fashionable. They adhere to their core convictions because they are proven, having served mankind well for thousands of years and being a way of life for a majority of our countrymen.
Now, our party is facing a challenging electoral environment. Republicans can only return to majority status by connecting our beliefs to the way people live their own lives, insisting that government reflect the values of those it is entrusted to serve.
The Republican Party of Virginia can only succeed if it wholeheartedly embraces the core beliefs of its volunteers, activists and members. Those who comprise our grassroots are proud of their beliefs, confident in their convictions, and unafraid of the future. They deserve a party that reflects and represents them, promoting their principles and values to the entire Commonwealth.
To advance these core convictions and to return control of our party to its grassroots, I am announcing today my candidacy for Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.
As Chairman, I offer you, our party faithful, energy, experience, and leadership. It is your party. I will be your chairman.Our party must be driven and guided from the grassroots up and not the top down. While we must give all those who work on our party’s behalf their due, the Republican Party must not permit the judgment of the few to instruct or override the will of the many. The position of Chairman must be elected, not anointed.
The task ahead will not be easy. It will require a Chairman with a fresh perspective, one untainted by past battles, biases or affiliations. It will also require that Chairman be fully prepared for and able to fulfill the obligations of the enormous job ahead.
Although our ideas and principles offer a better future for our nation and our commonwealth, our opponents have surpassed us in applying modern technology and marketing techniques to gain an advantage. As a member of the generation that has developed and embraced this technology, I will ensure the Republican Party of Virginia marshals the tools that are now essential for victory.
My agenda is simple and straightforward, focusing on the fundamentals of grassroots party building. It puts the Republican Party of Virginia firmly in the hands of you, our volunteers, activists, and members, which is the only way to grow the Party and ensure that our nominees – from local office all the way to statewide candidates – win elections.
As Chairman, I pledge that:
· RPV will serve and answer to the Party’s activist and volunteer base.
· RPV will provide the grassroots organizational structure necessary to help elect its nominees to office at every level of government.
· RPV will never be conformed to the image of any single candidate, campaign, or elected public official. Candidates, campaigns, and elected public officials come and go, but the Party has a responsibility to endure, reflecting the values and principles of its activist and volunteer base.
· RPV will ensure that Republican nomination contests are fair, open and properly conducted. RPV will never take sides or demonstrate a preference in any party nomination contests.
· RPV will reflect the values and principles of its conservative base, and will never shrink from, apologize for, discount, or diminish their positions on any given issue.
· RPV will focus its efforts on training our activists and volunteers at the Unit level, building the structure that will both foster and elect conservative candidates.
· RPV will fully incorporate the latest available technology, providing an effective and modern structure of communications with both the activist base and the public.
· RPV will never become a captive of the consulting class, but instead employ conservative management principles – competitive bidding, lean structure, customer service orientation – to ensure the Party is being both responsive to its base and responsible with contributions from its donors.
If I am elected by you, my fellow delegates, on May 30, this simple agenda – along with the voices and principles of our activists – will guide and direct my term as Chairman.
If you share my vision of a Republican Party of Virginia that is inseparable and indistinguishable from the grassroots it must represent, join with me in this campaign. With your support, we can steer our party – and its conservative principles and traditional values – on a course to victory.
Bill Stanley
Franklin County Republican Chairman
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Jason Kenney has blogged at J’s Notes since 2001, is the director of RedStormPAC providing online fundraising for Republican candidates in Virginia, and co-founder of K6 Consulting. He is a graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University and resides in Richmond, Virginia.
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47 Responses to "Bill Stanley Running For RPV Chair, Jeff Frederick To Be Executive Director?"
If true, then this is selfishness on a stick.
Wow will it ever end. Jfred has no shame.
I wouldn’t jump to conclusions that Frederick will have any role in a Stanley run RPV. This is a simple and unfounded rumor at this moment. I mean read the post “reliable sources say that someone says that frederick will do something.”
Hearsay upon hearsay upon conjecture.
Straight from the mouth of Gerry Smieca to RPV staff, Aaron. Sounds pretty damn direct to me.
So someone hearing someone tell someone that someone might do something?
All i am saying is that until we hear something further we shouldn’t just assume that Frederick will have a role.
So Aaron, you’re saying Gerry lied? Ouch…
Yes, this is totally untrue. Confirmed by people working on the Stanley campaign. Do some research next time Shaun.
Amazing how sunlight disinfects, isn’t it?
So is Gerry lying or under the wrong impression?
Aaron, if you know someone at the Stanley campaign that’d like to make a statement I’ll gladly post an update.
Nope, 100% not true. Would be nice if someone called me first before posting this stuff… and also spelled my name right.
It would appear the reliable sources were not so much. Will the title be updated?
Thanks Mr. Scimeca.
100% true, Gerry. Now if you spoke out of turn or out of place, we’d sure like to hear that… but don’t call people we both know liars on your account.
I thought Frederick was CEO of his own incredibly successful IT company??? Why would he want such a lowly job as ED of RPV? A step down from the vaunted Chairman position?
Go Bill Stanley!
Bill Stanley is a principled conservative who be would a great leader of the RPV. He brings great experience and recent success in Franklin County to the table, something that is greatly needed. Losing this state again to the Dems would be a disaster.
Your source is mistaken. I could have told you that had I been contacted. Thanks.
He never said he would not offer Frederick the position.
Franklin county reflects the entire state of Virginia how???
He said “nothing could be farther from the truth.” in regards to making J Fred ED. I think that means he wont appoint him, and i take people at their word and the word of others close to the situation.
I think it is time we all move on from the Frederick era and put this behind us. I will have to learn more about Stanley, but right now all i hear has been positive.
And just what does Morgan Griffith again have to say in the running of RPV. Morgan can’t you just be satisfied with being Majority leader… or do you want the be Minority leader.
[...] like we will have a contest for the RPV Chair. H/T to Bearing Drift here. Just because no one from Jeff Frederick’s family plans to run for office this year [...]
What is the problem with Morgan Griffith taking a side? McDonnell took a side.
But as yet I haven’t really seen Morgan Griffith take a side here, other than in the original post which has already had questionable information so I’ll wait to see what Mr. Griffith has to say.
Are some of you folks just upset the hand-picked Interim Chairman may not have an easy ride?
I would think competition is a good thing.
Lee,
Franklin County truly represents Virginia, a Virginia of hard working, independent, and caring people who have worked hard to keep this state as red as possible.
Franklin county is one of the most conservative areas (and if you are posting on this blog i hope you are conservative), the area raises a ton of money for candidates, they turn out and vote for what they believe in. Bill Stanley has been instrumental in raising money and getting out the vote in this area and all across Virginia.
If you dont think Franklin County represents conservative Virginia values you are sorely mistaken.
It is just as representative as Louisa County which is where Pat Mullins is from.
In my opinion Mullins is not representative of Louisa County. He is perhaps fondly remembered from the NoVa folks I guess. I do not know about his past record in the party in NoVa. Would seem irrelevant since it was so long ago but….
I know that the Louisa County paper stated that the local membership grew from “around 20″ to 80 or something like that. “Around 20″? Don’t they know exactly? Seems it would be pretty simple to accurately count the membership. And how many members took a hike?
Of Course the paper also quoted Mullins as saying he may not run if he was opposed. The paper also said he was not campaigning. That was funny.
Look I am a Republican… I have many conservative thoughts and some centrist ones too (I might have had a liberal thought once but I think it was gas from bad taco bell). Franklin county is a easy vote for our party I want someone who’s been in the heavy Democrat areas and who is competent (JFred failed that last test miserably) to lead our party. Pat has built up the party in the area’s we need to build the party in. Results do matter.
So Lee, you are pulling for Mullins because he is from Louisa and those votes are more important or greater than Franklin?
I don’t know the ins and outs of NoVa but am I wrong that Frederick actually won his delegate race in a Democratic district?
I don’t know Frederick and I don’t know Stanley. I do know Mullins. He has seized his opportunity in my opinion.
Is it even remotely possible that our party appreciate competition from within. At least the chance of respecting candidates who throw their hat in the ring because they care and think they have something to offer or possibly that they believe they could do the job better than the other person. That can’t be an insane belief can it?
I don’t know Pat or Bill beyond introductions and both have been very professional and courteous. I was not happy with the “powers” of our party appointing someone for this position when we are having an election in less than four weeks from the time Pat was appointed. I don’t see the reasoning for that at all and it looks very suspicious at the very least.
And Linwood, your comments are of concern. “He never said he would not offer Frederick the position,” what is your motivation as 7th District Chairman for this statement?
If Pat Mullins is elected Chairman on May 30 or Bill Stanley for that matter, i will gladly support them as our Chairman, but let’s get to that moment first and maybe we can each sit back and let these two gentleman explain to us in their own words why they should lead our party as Chairman of RPV.
Where is Franklin County?
Three different names that have commented on here supporting Bill Stanley have used the same IP address.
Not meant to be a knock on Stanley, but please don’t start astroturfing this.
Ultimately, the election of Bill Stanley will do wonders. Electing Pat Mullins will continue to give us the old, damaging ideas that have put our great party into decline. Some fresher ideas backed by an experienced representative from Franklin County is just what we need. Bill Stanley will do great things for the RPV.
Finally we will have a competent candidate for the grassroots and not some appointed chair.
I just moved to VA from DC because I can no longer let my conscience nor my constitution be trampled upon. I had the pleasure of meeting our future RPV Chair and he is exactly what our sovereign commonwealth needs and deserves!
“Where is Franklin County?” -Dorothy….it’s located at the end of a glorious rainbow created from the vapors of the many backyard distilleries located in the county.
I believe Bill Stanley has the energy and intelligence to get us back on track. Being from outside the Richmond area will bring a fresh perspective to the Commonwealth.
Bill Stanley is a man of honor and class. He would be a breath of fresh air for the Republican party. In Bill I trust.
I support Bill Stanley for RVP chair. He is bright, competent, extremely talented, and a true patriot. He will uphold the conservative values that we cherish in this great state.
J. Kenney,
Could you please go ahead and call out the repeat commenters with different names by identifying the comments and the IP address, if the comments from 12:41-2:06 are a continuation of the same.
RL – The lastest comments are not and while some seem to be out of state IPs, all seem to represent real people so there is no need to call them out.
I welcome them and any new readers to Bearing Drift. Please feel free to add your thoughts to the conversations.
Stanley seems to be an OK guy with a very very short resume in the GOP who is being used by Scimeca who has a very long history. Funny thing about that, the people who hired Scimeca years ago now want nothing to do with him. This seems like Scimeca is Frederick’s guy trying to get back onto the RPV payroll. Scimeca was supposed to be the communications guy at RPV, his reward for being a campaign guy for Frederick, but he never was able to really communicate with the press effectively I have heard. So he hired a young lady to help him and fired her within a short time. What kind of an interview did he give her if she had no ability to do the job he hired her for ? Did Scimeca ever get a real interview by Frederick and was his real talent just being Jeff’s guy costing the grass roots 60 K or so ? Was it Scimeca who arranged to have Mrs. Fredericks campaign video shot with RPV resources a clear violation of policy ?
Seems the other person behind this crazy campaign is Morgan F Griffith’s hack Jeff Ryer. Ryer is not trusted by many I hear after some of his past actions back a few years ago and I doubt Bill Stanley knows what a lizard Ryer has been to other Republicans.
So it seems a good guy is being led down a path by two lizards. They slide around doing sleazy things behind the scenes and go into hiding when the bright lights come on. Let the light shine in !
Everything that was wrong with Frederick is exhibited in the email Stanley has written here. More pandering to the “activists” and setting up the strawman arguments against the ‘consultant’ class. More instigation of fights between the moderates and conservatives, and no call for party unity.
We’ve already been down that route. It was a bad idea then and it’s a bad idea now. Pat Mullins set the right tone in his statements. The last thing we need is to put a newer Jeff Frederick with even less experience, if that’s possible, at the helm of the RPV.
NotGerryScimeca is wallowing in the slime pool. Baseless accusation and innuendo. Ryer has done more to help build the VAGOP than the money sucking whores you represent. Ryer is widely trusted by officials across the state. The difference between Ryer and scum like you is that he has a back bone and is will to fight for what he believes in.
Wow, a friend of mine received a fundraising letter already from RPV Interim Chairman Mullins’ campaign.
I also see that Bill Stanley has a website up and running. Looks good.
I am supporting Pat Mullins for Chairman because he has a proven track record of success in two very different areas. We need someone with great experience who can “hit the ground running.” With the November 3rd elections coming up rapidly, it is imperative that our RPV Chair be someone who has shown leadership ability, fundraising capability and the skills to bring us back together to sweep the elections in just 6 short months. Take the time to read up on Pat…he has been there and done that and has a bright red T-shirt (with an elephant on it) to prove it! He has my support and my prayers…and I will be telling all my GOP friends to consider him!
Jim Hewitt
Portsmouth Republican Party – Vice-Chairman
I had a very good conversation with Pat Mullins recently and I am very unsure about whom to support for party chair at the convention. That said, these continuing lies and attacks on Jeff do little to woo a Frederick supporter. While those in the know would understand how it would easy to misconstrue something Gerry might have said in that direction, it still far from the truth to say Frederick will be ed under Stanley. Let’s stop taking pot shots at Frederick, and if Jason wanted to truly admit he misconstrued something Gerry said he should edit the entire post.
All that and I may still be voting for Mullins.
Mr Ghost,
If you think Ryer “is widely trusted by officials across the state”, maybe you need to check with some of those he threw under the bus a few years ago to save his own skin. Remember the phone thing. Ever wonder why Ryer got off clean when others didn’t? Maybe because they trusted him then and they surely don’t trust him now.
He is a lizard who runs whenever the sunlight shines.
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Jeff Ryer is not a lizard.
I have only recently gotten interested in politics on the state level. I have been told that the old guard on the board wants to control everything, is this true. If this is true maybe it’s time for a change on the board. How does this happen? We loose when we fight amongst ourselves and there seem to be a lot of that.
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