A STATEMENT FROM POLK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CHAIRMAN JC MARTIN REGARDING SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE FORUMS AT RPOF CHARTERED REPUBLICAN CLUBS:
The Polk County Republican Party has endorsed candidates this year for the Polk County School Board. A non-republican member of the school board is demanding that she be allowed in Republican Party events promoting our endorsed candidates. I support our Republican Club Presidents that have made it clear that she will not be allowed to attend and disrupt our events.
Just like any organization, Republican Clubs have every right to promote and gather without any outsiders demanding entry. They are holding these events to promote the fact that the Republican Party has endorsed a slate of candidates because we’re sick of having a School Board that doesn’t represent the values and views of Polk County, the parents, and the voters at large. Today, the current School Board presides over a Polk County School System that has ZERO A-Rated High Schools. Yet, they mock concerned parents and grandparents that wish to call them to task for their failing policies. That’s why the Republican Party of Polk County has decided to take strong action to throw them all out.
Past years the Party rarely endorsed and candidates were often invited. Key word. Invited. No uninvited candidates will be allowed in our private events. Any persons that come to these events can expect to be trespassed. Now that the public sees clearly what a poor job our existing School Board is doing, they are trying to distract the issue by complaining they can’t impose themselves on groups that don’t want them at their events. If they were doing a good job, they would be welcome.