Randy Voepel is the first area Republican Assemblymember to answer SD Rostra’s Facebook-posted query from this morning, which asked legislators for a public position on whether Chad Mayes should continue as GOP Assembly Leader.
“Based on my own feelings regarding the future direction of our caucus,” said Voepel, “as well as the wishes of our local and state Republicans, I am supporting and urging a change in leadership.”
Rostra thanks Voepel for the timeliness of his response. We’ll see if there are others. To be fair, this weekend marks the end of Summer recess, so Members of the Assembly may be focused on wrapping up vacations and heading back to Sacto.
Yet, legislators would have to be alone on a desert isle to not know Mayes has been under attack the last few weeks since voting against the majority of his caucus’ wishes on Cap and Trade.
Republican activists deserve to know if their legislators are willing to go public about their feelings on keeping or ousting Mayes as leader. The Assembly GOP Caucus could meet as early as Monday on that question.
Last night the board of the California Republican Party voted 13-7-1 in support of Harmeet Dhillon’s resolution, as follows…
“Given the uproar over recent decisions and actions by Assembly Republican leader Chad Mayes and the fact that those decisions and actions have acted to divide the California Republican Party, the Board of Directors of the CAGOP urges Leader Mayes to resign his leadership position immediately, and if he fails to do so, urges the members of the Republican Assembly Caucus to select a new leader at the earliest opportunity.”
To ensure all have a chance to see and answer the Rostra question, here it is…
Is any San Diego area Republican Assemblymember willing to go on record about where they stand on Chad Mayes continuing as leader? — Even if it’s an undecided?
Those “tagged” on Facebook include Assemblymembers Marie Waldron, Rocky Chávez, Brian Maienschein, and Voepel.