"The chieftain chosen to be the friend of the people becomes the enemy of the people;" G. K. Chesterton
After
the 2008 Congressional Campaign, Maryland's GOP allowed their Annapolis
office to be used for a meeting of the Republican Liberty Caucus. This
was a formation meeting, and we had a guest speaker. It was the first
time I heard State Delegate Rick Impallaria, who encouraged our
participation and activism in the political process. He spoke about our
constitution and our liberties.
Weeks later, I spent a
day in Annapolis visiting delegates. I was attempting to get
co-signers onto an Honest Money Resolution, which Impallaria helped
introduce. He knew that we were far from the monetary system our
founders had described. He was not just talk. He was action!
When
a Carroll County group brought Sheriff Mack to Maryland, Impallaria's
office was the "go-to" contact, to obtain a box full of Maryland State
Constitutions to distribute. Additionally, Delegate Rick's appearance
at the Maryland March for Life, had embedded in my mind, the label of
"patriot".
But now, what happened to Delegate
Impallaria? His support of HB 1513, which would empower the Delegates
in Harford County to secure a position on the Harford County GOP Central Committee,
while prohibiting candidates for the Central Committee, from running for
any other office, is not the action of a patriot. HB 1513 will also
allow the Delegate Central Committee members to remove elected Harford
County Central Committee members. Unbelievable! Is this the same guy?
What happened to encouragement to activism and participation in the
political process? I guess Annapolis does change people. I liked the
former Delegate Impallaria better.
