GOP slate highlights dire straits of party

politwriter wrote:

In my Chicago Ward (50th) There are 7,000+ Democrat primary voters and 368 Republican primary voters. Yet there are 3 candidates on the ballot for the essentially meaningless office of GOP Ward Committeeman.
Why? To compete for the "honor" of having a meaningless title on a business card and for the ability to go to GOP County Central Committee meetings and engage in meaningless squabbles with other do-nothing Committeemen.
The Democrat Committeeman/Alderman appoints all of the Republican election judges in the Ward, due to the inactivity of the Republican Committeeman, of 20 years, who until recently didn't even have contact information listed in the phonebook or on the GOP county website.
There is no GOP headquarters, and hasn't been a party meeting or mailing to voters in decades.
North Shore suburban GOP Committeemen actually cut deals with Democrat office holders to ensure that they will be unopposed by a Republican candidate, in return for some little scraps from the table.
Until McKenna, and Elizabeth Gorman of the County GOP understand that party success begins from the ground up, the essential irrelevance of the IL GOP will continue and further erode.
Millions are spent by mega-bucks statewide candidates on ego-gratifying advertising, yet not a farthing filters down to grass roots party development.
I look forward to relocating to Georgia where my conservative vote and energy will actually count for something.