Panio in Trouble?
Could RoseMarie Panio’s days as leader of the Westchester Republican Party be numbered?
While Panio still maintains she has no intention of stepping down, a motion calling for her resignation was made at last night’s meeting of the county GOP’s Executive Committee. It was floated by Cortlandt Republican Chairman Daniel Sadofsky.
The measure was not seconded at the meeting and it never came up for a vote. But it does seem to reflect a movement within the party for new leadership. A recent item on this blog that stated Panio’s intention to stick around as party leader has so far garnered more than 40 comments from angry Republicans calling for a change at the top.
“I can understand how people feel,” Panio said today. “They are disappointed, as am I.”
Panio, though, still believes she is helping the party and said there’s little benefit to her stepping down before her term expires in September.
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Rosemarie Panio is wearing blinders..”she is dissapointed”
what about the republican ticket…
who put John Faso over the top at the convention
Westchester…since when is westchester a pro life
right wing republican county..the vacuum created
at the top of the ticket and the maneuvering with
mike long that made john the joke spencer the
republican nominee was a disgrace…even back in the
days of ed michalean and tony colavita we nominated
mainstream candidates, from lew lehrman, to andy o’rourke
but rosemarie made her deal with the devil
including julio cavallo and zehey jeries from yonkers
she sealed her fate..now we need a no nonsense
articulate and progressive leader that is not
simply a rehash of the old guard….rosemary
had her chance to be a stablizing voice, instead
she chose to cave in…and must shoulder the
blame for the spano loss. because a vacuum at the
top was created from jeanine running for the senate
(the brain child of kieran mahoney which should have
been stopped) to nominating a parochial former
assemblyman and lobbyist, john faso who not only
was pro-life in a pro-choice state but who
voted against things like equal pay for women
shame on you rosemary..now you can leave
There are fine replacements Legislator Jim Maisano-Richard Hoffman- Mayor Joe Delfino- Tony Colavita .ITS TIME FOR CHANGE PANIO = DISASTER FOR THE GOP.
Rosemary is a nice lady, but she really needs to put the best interests of the party before her own. She is incapable of providing the leadership necessary to rebuild the party. She cannot raise money (I understand the party only has a few thousand dollars left in account), she cannot locate impressive, competent candidates and has absolutely failed to build any grassroots organization. This party is in crisis and needs dramatic reform. Rosemary, please step down.
We should nominate Mike Spano or Ursula Lamotte for chair. They would make dynamic candidates and are proven winners.
mike edelman was the mouthpiece for the pirro’s because jeanine pirro gave him a sweetheart deal. edelman plays no role in the gop. edelman is not a district leader and holds no capacity in the gop. edelman’s only involvement in the gop is to make a profit on its candidates. the first start in building the gop is for edelman to resign from news12 and the party spokeperson should be rob astorino-george oros or dee barbato.
you accuse mike edelman of getting a “sweatheart” deal
you want to spell out what you think that is because
as far a I know mike never received a dime from the
pirros or anyone connected to them..he has defended jeanine
and al out of friendship and they and everyone else knows
it…besides wasn’t jeanine the republican candidate for attorney general this year..so shouldn’ta repubublican commentator defend her candidacy..Edelman is not stepping
down any time soon..and news 12 picks its own commentators
You will note he is no longer introduced as having any
relationship with the party and those you have mentioned
are ineligibile to appear on tv becuase they are now or
will be soon candidates for office…sorry you don’t like
mike, but apparently the public loves him…because unlike
some of you he doesn’t defend the indefensible..the two
leaders rosemary panio and zhey jeries have taken the party
into the back rooms..they are the ones that will resign
re gop commentsw about mike edelman.
mike has been a republican since 1964…he has run campaigns
for only republicans for over 30 years includinng..carl vergari for da 4 times, martinelli for mayor 5 times,
20-30 republican judicial campaings.campaings for the us congress..and most notably he won against 100,000 vote
democratic edge the 2005 campaign for Janet DiFiore now
the only county wide republican standing…He has a 95%
winning record..He Has neve handled a democrat altough
it was offerred on more than on occasion..
He appears regularly all over the nation on WABC and WCBS
radio affiliates as a republican consultant on national
issues…He is quoted frequently in the New York times
the daiy news, the new york post, and the journal news
as well as the new York Magazine, and Long Island Newsday
In fact he has more claim to being a true republican
commnetator than anyone else I can think of in this county
I guess that is why news 12 likes him..and as an aside
he is also entertaining..that’s why I won’t miss newsmakers
when he is on…