OFFICIAL DEMAND LETTER

 April 24, 2023

To: Chair, MassGOP And Republican State Committee

Greetings, Mrs. Carnevale and members of the State Committee. Massachusetts law requires that before a minority of the members of an organization may assert rights on behalf of the whole, they must make a demand for action upon the decision-makers of the committee.

This demand letter hereby serves notice that the minority of the committee believes that the interests of the State Republican Party require the continuation and vigorous prosecution of the pending suit in relation to the Treasurer, Patrick Crowley.

Among other concerning allegations, beyond the intentional interference, is the evidence the Party’s officers, its Treasurer in particular, hampered the Party’s mission and hamstrung fundraising and mismanaged its finances. Getting to the bottom of this matter is necessary for the Party to move forward into the future. Indeed, lawsuits are the process for seeking truth and settling disputes.

The underlying reason why case law allows for derivative suits to proceed is circumstances as presented in the matter at hand where the directors, and officers of the committee are not acting in the best interests of the organization. The law requires that, before the Committee preempts a derivative suit it must be able to articulate a good business reason and a sound policy judgment, for its decision to end the litigation.

We make this statement after having reviewed the report by the independent counsel Chair Carnevale hired to review the matter. We cannot conceive of a sound business reason that the MassGOP should not vindicate its name and absolve itself of financial misconduct. Clearly Chair Carnevale and the press agree that the financial situation of the Party is of critical importance given the number of recent news stories about the dire straits in which the Party finds itself.

At root of the financial woes of the MassGOP are two problems, (1) an organized effort to disrupt party operations and divert fundraising into other political entities such as PACs beholden not to ideals but to external special interests. (2) financial mismanagement by the Treasurer. There is no justification and it cannot possibly be in the best interests of the Party to fail to rectify, and hold accountable those responsible for the root cause of the current financial problems. Attempting to move forward while ignoring the issue, as Chair Carnevale proposes, runs the risk that the Party would become completely irrelevant to political discourse in the future.

By this demand letter we serve notice that we will intervene and continue prosecution of the suit against Mr. Crowley and his associates, unless the Committee itself vigorously prosecutes the action.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dennis Galvin

First Middlesex

Kathy Lynch

First Middlesex

Sue Dunnell

Middlesex & Worcester

Steve Fruzzetti

Norfolk, Bristol & Plymouth

Todd Taylor

Middlesex & Suffolk

Regina Taylor

Middlesex & Suffolk

Jay McMahon

Plymouth & Barnstable

Tony Ventresca

Fourth Middlesex

 

Evelyn Curley

Second Essex & Middlesex

Brendon O’Connell

Second Suffolk

 

John Umina

Second Suffolk and Middlesex

Paul Ronukaitus

First Suffolk and Middlesex

 

Geoff Diehl

Second Plymouth and Bristol

KathyJo Boss

Second Plymouth and Bristol

 

Amanda Orlando

First Essex & Middlesex

Marie Bergeron

Hampden

 

Robert Auferio

Fifth Middlesex

Lynne Roberts

Norfolk & Suffolk

 

Marty Lamb

Second Middlesex & Norfolk

Aaron Packard

Worcester & Middlesex

 

Maria Collins

First Plymouth & Bristol

Rich Baker

First Essex & Middlesex

 

Jim Dixon

hird Middlesex

Steve Zykofsky

Third Essex

 

Joyce Kelly

First Suffolk and Middlesex

Jim Lyons

Former MassGOP Chair

Susan Huffman

First Middlesex & Norfolk

Maureen Maloney

Worcester & Norfolk

 

Deb Martell

First Hampden & Hampshire

 

Brian Genest

Second Essex & Middlesex