What Happened to Delegate Impallaria?

"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.