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Republican Party Of Florida Tells Rupert Tarsey To Stop Emailing Members

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The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) wants controversial Broward Republican Rupert Tarsey to stop sending official looking emails to members of the Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC). In an email to Tarsey’s attorney, the RPOF said they find Tarsey’s emails “especially concerning.” RPOF General Counsel Ben Gibson refers to “copies of emails sent by Mr. Tarsey that appear on its face to constitute official communications from BREC, when in fact, they are not. These emails have been sent to the BREC list serve, contain the official BREC logo, and state that they are sent “On behalf of Broward GOP.”

Gibson tells Tarsey the BREC logo, insigina and email list are property of BREC and “are to be only used for official communications from the BREC.”

In plain English, Gibson writes, “This means that without the proper authorization, a communication should not utilize BREC resources including the BREC email list-serve or official BREC logos and markers, and should clearly indicate whom the communication is from.” Gibson warns, “In no way should the communication cause confusion among BREC members about whether or not it is coming officially from the BREC.”

According to the RPOF, only the Chairman, a majority of the board or a vote by the BREC can authorize an email. Would State Committeeman Richard DeNapoli and Treasurer Kevin Moot vote with Tarsey to send an email?

TARSEY SELECTIVELY EMAILING BREC MEMBERS?

The confusion over emails began last month when Secretary Rupert Tarsey planned an illgeal meeting at Deicke Auditorium. According to sources, Tarsey hopes to become the next Chairman of BREC. Former Chairman Rico Petrocelli reserved the Plantation meeting space even though the BREC membership was told there was no September meeting. At the venue, allies of Tarsey were telling members to ignore an RPOF ruling which declared the meeting as illegal. One ally even claimed the email from RPOF Parliamentarian was “fake news.”

Despite the RPOF ruling, Tarsey presided over the proceedings which included petition signing. The petition signing table was manned by Rupert Tarsey’s mother, Patrice Tarsey.

In an email sent over the weekend, Rupert Tarsey announced yet another special meeting to vote on the removal of Chairman Robert Sutton.

Besides delusions of grandeur, Tarsey is apparently upset that news of his 2007 arrest for the attempted first degree murder of a female classmate has made international headlines. Tarsey has repeatedly blamed Sutton and this reporter for telling members how he beat a female classmate more than 40 times with a claw hammer. In 2010, Tarsey would plead no contest to one count of aggravated assault with deadly weapon.

In his email, Tarsey tells BREC members to “ignore” any texts, emails or phone calls which say the meeting is canceled. Tarsey wrote, “Chairman Sutton has no authority to cancel this meeting.” Tarsey urges BREC members to “immediately report any instances of intimidation.”

Even though Tarsey was told his position was no vacant, he signed the email, “BREC Secretary Rupert Tarsey.”

Will rank and file BREC members listen to the RPOF again? Will Rupert Tarsey and his allies do anything to gain control of BREC? Do people feel safe attending a meeting lead by Tarsey?

Republican Party of Florida Ruling: NO BREC MEETING TONIGHT, RUPERT TARSEY ACTED OUTSIDE HIS AUTHORITY

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The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) has ruled there is no “legal meeting” of the Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC) tonight in Plantation. At the August BREC meeting, Vice-Chair Celeste Ellich announced there would be no September meeting due to the Reagan Day Dinner. Over 200 guests attended the dinner this past Saturday in Oakland Park.

Just days after the August meeting, BREC secretary Rupert Tarsey and his “ally” Richard DeNapoli plotted to remove Chairman Bob Sutton. Tarsey, DeNapoli and treasurer Kevin Moot used a vote of no confidence and a motion filed by Joe Kaufman as a pretext to call for a meeting in September. Tarsey and his allies repeatedly claimed Sutton and Ellich had no authority to stop a September vote on Sutton’s removal. Multiple sources tell REDBROWARD that Tarsey and his allies hoped to remove Sutton and replace him with Tarsey during an October election.

Plans changed over the Labor Day weekend when Rupert Tarsey’s criminal past made international headlines. In May 2007, Tarsey, then known as Rupert Ditsworth, attacked a female classmate at the exclusive Harvard-Westlake school in Beverly Hills, California. According to the victim, Tarsey struck her forty times with a claw hammer. When the hammer broke, Tarsey choked her. The seventeen year-old Tarsey was charged, as an adult, with attempted first degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to publshed reports, a plea deal was struck. Tarsey received six years probabtion as well as a prolonged stay in a mental health facility.

After news of the attack broke in the Sunshine State News and the London Daily Mail, Rupert Tarsey claimed he acted in self-defense. In an email, “Tarsey also wrote, using capital letters, that ‘EVEN THOUGH I WAS ACTING IN SELF DEFENSE I STILL REGRET WHAT HAPPENED AND FEEL THAT MY ACTIONS WERE UNCALLED FOR.’” Tarsey made the shocking claim his victim was bigger than him.

In the Sun-Sentinel, Richard DeNapoli defended Tarsey. DeNapoli said, “There is a concept I see at work here of ‘Hey, you’re guilty until you’re proven innocent,’ which is contrary to American jurisprudence.”

RPOF RULES AGAINST THE TARSEY/DENAPOLI MEETING

In a Sunday email, the RPOF Parliamentarian ruled, “The so-called meeting of the BREC announced for Monday 9/25/17 is not a legal meeting and no Republican business can be transacted. The Secretary acted outside the authority of his office in issuing a Call.” Since the Vice Chair announced there would be no meeting in September during the August meeting, the Parliamentarian states any meeting in September would have to be a “special meeting.”

According to the RPOF ruling, a special meeting “may be called by the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman or by a petition of 20% of the membership.” The RPOF states, Tarsey “has no authority, unless the offices of Chairman and Vice Chairman are vacant as defined in the Constitution, to call a meeting.”

Late Sunday night, Joe Kaufman withdrew his motion to remove Chairman Sutton. Despite the illegality of the meeting and the lack of a motion, REDBROWARD has learned Tarsey and DeNapoli still plan to gather at Deicke Auditorium on Monday evening. BREC sources tell REDBROWARD that the City of Plantation, which owns Deicke Auditorium, has been told there is no BREC meeting Monday night. Additionally, BREC told the City it would not be held liable for any costs, fees or losses caused by an illegal gathering.

On Monday, City of Plantation officials confirmed there is no meeting scheduled for Monday night at Deicke Auditorium.

Since Sutton and Ellich will not be in Plantation, Rupert Tarsey would preside over the illegal meeting.

A source claims Tarsey hopes to circulate a petition at the illegal meeting calling for a mid-October meeting to remove Sutton.

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