Chairman Urquhart’s Weekly Appearance

  What might have been the last appearance of Glen Urquhart as the Sussex County GOP Chairman, on the Bill Colley Show, on WGMD was another moment to remember.

   I came in around the middle of the weekly appearance just as the Chairman was talking about the number of state employees (I wonder why?)

   There was a mention of his “POSSIBLE” run for the sixth state senatorial district. He then took some time to discuss his vision of how to move the state forward. And to be fair the things he was talking about could be applied broadly, to be seen as the vision of the GOP in general. But since Mr. Urquhart announced during another of his weekly appearances on WGMD his intentions to run for the sixth, it is hard to not see it as a candidate taking advantage of some free airtime.

 First let me say that Bill Colley is free to run his show as he sees fit. He can front for whoever he chooses.

  I rarely call in during these appearances. However this week I felt the need to speak out.

  The thing that pushed me to call in was another caller. It would seem that this other caller felt much as I did, that Mr. Urquhart sounded more like a candidate then a chairman. The lady called in and stated that she had been listening to the show. She then asked about how the air time was being paid for, then asked about there being another GOP candidate and whether he would be afforded the same courtesy.

  The answer first came from the host Bill Colley, he stated  that it was his show and that he could have any guest on that he chose. True that. He then said that he hadn’t been contacted by the other possible candidate, wonder why?. Mr. Urquhart then chimed in saying that as far as he knew, no one had filed.

  At no time did either Mr. Urquhart or Mr. Colley name Ernie Lopez as the other candidate. They did however mention the Democrat candidate Andy Staton, by name, as a candidate for the sixth.

  It was at this point that I felt the need to call in. The host picked up my call and identified me as an active member of Mr. Urquhart’s committee. I began my call by thanking the host and by addressing Mr. Urquhart as Mr. Chairman. I then said that I wanted to help the caller who had asked about another candidate by letting her know that his name was Ernie Lopez. I then asked the Chairman if he felt that it was appropriate to be on air representing himself as the chairman, yet sounding and acting more like a candidate. I also asked if it was the sign of a good chairman to be asked about a possible candidate, and to not give the name of the possible candidate. A chairman should be supporting all candidates, that is unless said candidate is going to be your opponent of course.

 I have made my views well-known on this topic, both here and to Mr. Urquhart personally. I do feel that this is the best demonstration of the problem of having a sitting chairman who is clearly also a candidate.

  Let me back up for a moment. I did not actually get an answer from the chairman, Mr. Colley jumped in with a question about whether I was supporting Ernie Lopez, more on this later. I then got more of what the other caller had gotten, that being, that no one had actually filed so there were no real candidates as of yet.

  I wonder if Mr. Colley gets irony? He had opened his show talking about a list of possible candidates here in Delaware from the GOP. He was lamenting the lack of a single candidate from Sussex. Could that be because our chairman was not completely focussed on recruiting candidates? That is except for one!

  I just cannot believe that this keeps going on and on. I know I cannot be the only person who has made this point directly to Mr. Urquhart.  A chairman must be willing to support all candidates, damn wasn’t this why we had the showdown with Tom Ross  in Georgetown? We were so pissed off because we felt that Tom Ross hadn’t given his full support of a GOP candidate. Well we have to ask, has Mr. Urquhart given his full support to potential candidates? I have to say no.

 

 

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