From Grafton Township Republican Party Chairman Orville Brettman to GOP Precinct Committeepersons:
Wednesday’s Republican election
The hour is nearly at hand when the choice of leadership for our Party will be made and we will set the course for the next two years.
It is about this very important choice that I reach out to you today.
Two years ago my name appeared on the ballot for the position which our Chairman Jeff Thorsen now holds.
I can say to you today that I am confident that Chairman Thorsen has done a job as Party Chairman as good or better than any effort I may have brought forward to that office.
After having sat at his side and worked with him for two years as Grafton Township Republican Party Chairman, I am certain of this.
Chairman Thorsen effectively united the Republican Party in McHenry County after a vigorous and sometimes hotly contested primary election, and went on to help elect Republicans throughout a newly apportioned County where the County Board districts had been radically changed.
He has brought young blood into the Party, and grown the Party in areas of the Party where is was hurting.
Jeff Thorsen’s record of community and public service is almost without peer.
Jeff was on the Board of Directors with the Salvation Army for 25 years, Executive VP for Horizons for the Blind for 23 years, Crystal Lake City Council from 1999-2015 and the McHenry County Board from 2015-2022 and has nearly 30 years’ experience within the party.
Jeff’s plan for the future of the Republican Party is to continue to win elections, to further build and strengthen the Party and to recruit more new blood and younger faces into the Party.
His opponent however when asked at a Monday night meeting of ‘We the People’ for his six month plan should he win was quoted as saying “he would paint the office, and fix the toilet”.
This response is not totally unexpected from a gentleman with zero political experience; on the other hand perhaps it was an attempt at jest when the Country is sinking into socialism.
Either way we must come together and re-elect Jeff Thorsen as Chairman of the Republican Party in McHenry County.
We have no time for on-the-job training in the highest Party office in the County.
Thank you for your consideration, and I hope for your vote in this critical Party election Wednesday night at 6 pm at the old VFW in Woodstock.