According to a tweet by @timothypeck:
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Following - Buncombe GOP chairman Timothy Johnson will step down, retains NC chairmanship. Robert Malt promoted.#mxnow3 minutes ago from web
More details will be released as they become available.
**2.40pm** The Mountain Xpress has a story on Dr Johnson, a part of which, I've excerpted below:Johnson's swift rise to prominence began with his election as chair of the Buncombe County Republican Party in 2008. And last month, he swept to victory in the statewide race, collecting 731 votes to Sawyer's 556 from the more than 1,600 delegates gathered in Raleigh. (The remaining delegates either supported other candidates or weren't present for the vote.)
Bolstered by that strong endorsement, Johnson has promised a new direction: improving his party's image, reaching out to new demographic groups, and ending the factionalism that has split the GOP at both the local and state levels.
But he clearly has his work cut out for him. In the 2008 elections, Republicans took a thrashing at all levels. And meanwhile, controversy rages over issues raised during this year's state campaign: a 1996 domestic-violence conviction in Ohio, and questions concerning the legitimacy of Johnson's claimed 2000 doctorate degree.
Critics within the party have decried Johnson's behavior as deceptive. Shortly after news of Johnson's conviction broke, 11th Congressional District GOP Chair Stephen Duncan said he felt "like we were so deceived" because Johnson hadn't come forward earlier.
But other party officials and activists have leaped to Johnson's defense, sometimes ferociously, saying he's brought new energy to the local GOP following a period of infighting.
"He was like a breath of fresh air," Carolina Stompers founder Chad Nesbitt said of Johnson in a piece on the conservative activist group's Web site hailing his election. "Johnson was motivated, inspirational and brought in young, talented people to make some big changes that needed to be made."
Both before and since Johnson's election, the clashes have been bitter, with both sides lobbing videos and blog posts and the Stompers filing a complaint with the State Board of Elections. Amid the furor, Johnson recently agreed to be interviewed by Xpress. But he declined to address those controversies, emphasizing, "I'm not going to focus on the past — I think everyone should understand that."
Source: Mountain Xpress
**3.59pm**
The story is not true, according to Dr. Tim Johnson...
TimothyFJohnson @timothypeck Really! When did I announce this to you or anyone else?
**5.55pm**
@timothypeck has deleted the tweet instead of owning up to a mistake. I have resurrected the tweet from the memory hole and am posting an image of it here to preserve it...
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9 comments :
I thought Johnson was the NCGOP Vicechair, not Chair as Tim Peck reports.
Am I missing something?
Scarlet, I think Tim was over eager and left out a few key strokes in his haste to get the story out.
Now, if we can get rid of Don Yelton and the Goober with the big camera, the BCGOP would start doing better.
My aunt said that the Buncombe GOP is a disaster.
Goober. I know the guy you are talking about. I quit going to the meetings because of him.
Yes, Johnson's position is vice-chair, not chair.
No, I did not tweet in haste. I just got the title wrong at the time. I have since removed the tweet due to confidentiality. Out of respect, this blog should do the same.
You broke confidentiality by posting to a public network, Tim.
Keep it up, Thunder Pig.
So, you admit that you got the title wrong...but not the essence of the tweet?
That makes this an even bigger story if you are privy to advance info on the plans of the Chairman of the Buncombe County Republican Party since to my knowledge you aren't even a Republican, nor serve on a Republican Party Committees.
Moral of this story is "Think before you Tweet"
What about all the people who Retweeted your tweet, and those who Retweeted the Retweeters?
I think it is hardly fair to ask Thunderpig to redact history.
Thou dost protest too much.
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