A Response to Sunshine
State News Article - "Miami-Dade
GOP Chair Nelson Diaz to Ron Paulers: I'm No Liberal, Let's Work Together"
The South Florida TEA Party Blog has written a number of
articles regarding the Miami GOP and its new chair, Mr. Nelson
Diaz. We want to offer a congratulations to Mr. Diaz for making a public appeal
to Party faithful that have expressed reservations about the future of the
Miami GOP.
As a voice for our TEA Party brothers and sisters in South
Florida, I would like to present three questions that answered
satisfactorily should make every conservative in Miami stand
in line to join Republican electoral efforts with Mr. Diaz at the lead.
The greatest concern that Republicans have about Mr. Diaz is regarding his impartiality to serve as Chair while working as a professional lobbyist. His explanation of his campaign contribution
to DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman-Shultz indicates that his employer and his clients can exercise influence over him that may cause a conflict of interest
between his professional and Party duties.
Keep in mind, a professional lobbyist serving as the head of
a political party can be an effective coordinator with Republican elected
officials far better than the average citizen because of their professional
experience. A Republican stronghold county like Miami-Dade would have a lot to gain from a lobbyist who knows and has worked with every elected Republican in the area.
1) How much will Mr. Diaz's employment as a professional
lobbyist affect his impartiality to be an effective "Republican
Leader"?
Mr. Diaz does not have an easy job as a lobbyist. Lobbyists provide a service that removes government impediments to growing
businesses, pressures public officials into sending tax payers their expected
public services and when these efforts fail even inviting electoral challenge
to those non-responsive, public officials. Lobbying is part of the American
political tradition as the application of the basic right of petition and
redress and as such the lobbyist's work is a public service.