Email to Chairman Weber

𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐂𝐑𝐏 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

As you may know, Chairman Mark Weber represented Lexington county at the SCGOP Executive Committee meeting regarding Pickens.

The spirit and wording of his report indicated he was acting as a friend to Pickens by proposing an amendment to allow Pickens County to resume as a party without redoing their ReOrg.

However, a report I received yesterday indicated that he proposed the amendment, only to 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐝 it later. Mark made no such mention of rescinding anything, so I have written him requesting clarification.

Ultimately, all that Mark accomplished was adding a censure of the former Pickens chairman to the horrendous penalty of disbanding the Pickens County Republican Party.

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Mark,

I’m writing to follow up on the report we received at our last county meeting regarding the Pickens situation.

In your report, you stated that you offered an amendment that (1) included censure of the former Pickens County Chair and (2) would allow Pickens to resume as a county party without redoing their ReOrg and convention. You explained that after a recess, your secondary amendment ultimately did not pass.

However, new information has come to my attention. I received a report that after the break, you RESCINDED your secondary amendment altogether:

“𝐌𝐫. 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬' 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐂𝐆𝐎𝐏 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬' 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐟 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭.”

The Pickens EC has confirmed this account to me in direct conversation. If this is accurate, it appears to differ from the version you shared with our members.

For the sake of transparency and accuracy, could you please clarify:

1. Did you in fact rescind your amendment after the break?

2. If so, what were the circumstances surrounding that decision?

3. Why was this not clearly communicated in your report to our county?

Our members deserve clear and honest updates from leadership, especially on matters as consequential as this. Clarifying this discrepancy would help ensure confidence moving forward.

Sincerely,

Sarah Grace Allen