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Showing posts with label The Great Reno Quake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Great Reno Quake. Show all posts
The Seismic Window of May 4-11, 2008 is based upon the New Moon of May 5th, and the very close perigee just 15 hours later. This Perigean Spring tide is one of only four this year and the Golden Gate maximum daily range in tides will be twice normal (8.6 ft. on May 7). I am 80% confident that one or more quakes will hit during this window with the following parameters:
(1) 3.5-6.5M within 140 miles (2 degrees) of Mt. Diablo (37.9N; 121.9W).
(2) 3.5-6.5M within 140 miles of Los Angeles (34.0N; 118.0W).
(3) 3.3-6.3M with an epicentral address of Washington or Oregon.
(4) 7.0+M major event globally, most likely within the Pacific Ring of Fire, where 80% of the world’s strongest quakes occur annually. (Currently we have had 5 of the expected 16.)
Walking out of our favorite sports book in Reno, we ran into 45. He was coming into the Peppermill Hotel and Casino to address the Nevada Republican State Convention. We were tempted to ask him how he liked Utah's chances in the NBA Playoffs - but we just got out a feeble "Hey dude, you look a lot like Mitt Romney."
Mitt (or as we like to call him, 45) was there to address the Republican State Convention on behalf of John McCain. Mitt won the most delegates but because he is out of the race the Convention was just supposed to be an endorsement of Senator McCain. But after Doctor Ron Paul showed up, the trouble started. The delegates burnt the script and took over. 45 left before the fracas started. The Reno Gazette Journal reported:
After a super-majority of Ron Paul supporters captured control of the Republican state convention Saturday, state party officials abruptly canceled the event without electing delegates to the national convention.
Before the revolution, Governor Jim Gibbons addressed the convention. He has made the move back to his house in Reno, moving out of his official residence in Carson City. Apparently the Governors Mansion is not big enough for him and his wife Dawn. We suggest the state moves Dawn into an apartment and then board up the Mansion as a budget saving measure.
What are the plans now? From GOP State Convention Chairman Bob Beers:
This delay (of probably more than a week) will give the nomination committee time to produce a comprehensive list of national delegate candidates
The same credentialed delegates who attended the meeting in Reno, and only those credentialed delegates, will be called back to order and quickly vote for the remaining 22 national delegates.
The re-convening will be held in Las Vegas, so that those who already paid to fly across the state once won’t have to do that again this year.
The elections committee can come up with a system to rapidly and transparently count the ballots under the watch of all concerned parties
We will finish up whatever few minor agenda items remain and adjourn the convention so we can move forward together to elect common sense, limited government, pro liberty Republicans up and down the ballot.
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Update:
Chairman Sue Lowden's Statement on 2008 Nevada Republican Party Convention:
I would like to thank you and everyone who attended last weekend’s Republican State Convention in Reno. We had a record turnout and we are pleased that so many Nevada Republicans chose to participate.
Unfortunately, we had to recess the convention without completing all of our work. This was done due to a rule change that took place early in the morning – which caused the convention process to take far longer than expected. Over 200 individuals’ names were submitted to the Nominations Committee for consideration to be selected as delegates to the National Convention. Once voting was opened to the floor, another 187 names were submitted. Although some names may have been duplicates, our Nevada Republican Party By-Laws allow delegates the opportunity to speak on their own behalf. Therefore, the process would have lasted well into the evening and perhaps early into Sunday morning. In addition, individual ballots for those names would have to be printed. Therefore, it was evident a recess was in the best interest of the State Convention and its attendees. This was done primarily due to time restraints and the fact that our contract with the Peppermill for the convention hall had expired.
Aside from delegate selection, I am proud to say that we completed all other convention business. We passed rules, bylaws, credentials, and adopted a State Platform which we hope all Nevada Republicans can be proud of. However, delegates still need to be selected to the national convention and we look forward to doing so in the very near future.
Currently the Nevada Republican Party is working hard to find the best possible way to complete our convention business with the selection of delegates to the National Convention. We will work from within our existing By-Laws, which state that the remaining business must be conducted in Washoe County. It is our sincere hope that once we determine the best way to complete our business for the 2008 State Convention, we will have maximum participation and the process will have taken its course in a fair and respectable manner.
Rest assured that once we determine the process by which we can complete our business, all delegates will be notified directly. We would like to thank everyone for their patience during this time.
Sincerely,
Sue Lowden Chairman
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ClarkCounty Republican Party
Las Vegas, Nevada
Chairman's Message
My FellowClarkCounty Republicans;
Thank you for indulging me in this special message.I have just returned from the Nevada Republican Convention in Reno, and as a result of the events that unfolded there on Saturday, I was urged by many of you to write this message.The purpose is to inform you of what happened, but more importantly, communicate how we go forward as a unified Republican Party.
First, a little background.As you may know by now, the State Convention was recessed at approximately 6 p.m., after much work had been done but before we were able to finish all of GOP convention business.The reason for the temporary recess, which I have now confirmed with the State Republican Party Leadership, was due to the expiration of the contract with the hosting casino for the convention room space.The contract indicated that the room had been reserved until 5 p.m., and as there was still many hours of work that needed to be done, the decision was made by the State Party Leadership to recess the meeting to another time.As a result we failed to elect delegates to the national convention.
This action has left many delegates disappointed and angry.Some have suggested nefarious ulterior motives for the sudden halt to the convention.For example, some have claimed that it was an attempt by the Party Leadership to circumvent the will of the "Ron Paul" Republicans at the convention.Yet it was precisely our Party's leader, Sue Lowden, who brought Dr. Paul to speak at the convention.I, too, am disappointed today, as I am now seeing and hearing the emotional finger-pointing that is causing division and ill-will amongst our ranks, and that appears to be choking the life out of the party.Because of this, I write to you today and ask earnestly that you remain calm and unified while we await the decision by the State Party Leadership on how we will go forward and complete the work of the State Convention.
I realize the difficulty in requesting that you stand-by for further instructions, but that is precisely what I am asking you to do, because it is what we need to do for now.We need to stand-by, yet desperately need to stand unified and strong.I ask that you squelch any desire you may have to blame, impugn, or attack other, fellow Republicans.We cannot defeat the Democrats in November unless we are all working together with one, unified message.
Whatever problems we have right now, we will get through them, but we must endeavor to persevere.Keep focused on the fact that, we, as a united Republican Party are able to agree on many, if not most things, and those agreements are far more important than all of our differences.No small proof of this fact is more evident than our ability to agree on twenty (20) hugely important planks of our State Party's platform this weekend.
I promise you that, as quickly as information about how and where we will resume the state convention is passed on to me, I will communicate it to you.Please, stand strong, and stand unified as Republicans.
Who is this Mike Weber guy? Seems all factions like him for his fairness and knowledge of parliamentary procedure:
Interview with Mike Weber on what really happened at the 2008 Nevada State Republican Convention (our prediction - this guy will be in Carson City filing for an assembly seat soon):
Why would you be a delegate to the Nevada State Republican Convention? Delegate JR Stephens gives his opinion:
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