Video of
Lori Sotelo, King County (WA) GOP Chair attempting to
shut down the 37th district caucus (
illegally) at Seattle's Dimmitt Middle School .... simply because Tamara Smilanich (a known Ron Paul supporter) had been
fairly and
legally elected as permanent caucus chair ....
rather than Lori's handpicked "establishment" choice.
Sotelo allegedly did this by calling the insurance company and asking them to revoke the insurance that the King County GOP had obtained for the event. Apparently Sotelo made a number of other attempts to shutdown the caucus, which were not caught on this particular video (....
but may have been on others .... )
The irony of the above was that after having initially notified potential attendees
before the event that there would be a "voluntary" $10 donation requested (
ostensibly to cover the insurance), the attendees found on arriving at the caucus Saturday morning that the fee was now
mandatory (without any
prior notification) ....
so, in reality, Sotelo (allegedly) cancelled the insurance the attendees themselves were paying for ....
She also allegedly attempted similar shenanigans at the caucus for 11th District, which she personally ran, and the 34th District ....
but the participants would have no part of it, and proceeded to caucus .... and shut out Mitt Romney from receiving any delegates or alternates whatsoever in both Districts ....
Despite Sotelo's corrupt attempts at disenfranchisement and subverting people's right to vote, the caucus for the 37th District maintained a quorum and concluded successfully ....
outdoors on a basketball court ....
BTW - Ms. Sotelo has also been to court recently ....
for alleged vote tampering in the King County straw poll ....
(Note: Sotelo appears on the right in the video)