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Time to decide. F.O.P Election 2007

Submitted by a concerned lodge member

For the first time since merging the City and County Lodges there is a challenger in the top positions of the Lodge that the members can vote for. For the first time you will be able to make a decision on who you believe will be the best person to lead the Lodge forward. Choose wisely.

Bill Keeling ran unopposed in 2005 and he has run the Lodge for the past 2 years… he ran it alright, right into the ground. He is making roll calls and passing out his manifesto of accomplishments which are ludicrous at best.

His first act as President was to eliminate the voice of the Officers/Members in the Lodge by eliminating the web site. He felt that if he went in and held Jerry's hand that the world would be a happy place again. Dreams die hard don't they? Even after public meetings where the Mayor's attitude towards the police is evident the current president still won't call him out.

He thought that by eliminating the RCFOP web site. that he would cure many of his problems, as you can see, he was wrong.

Bill Keeling spent approximately $9000 of the Lodge's money to replace the original lodge web site., the Kentucky C.O.P.S web site. and the Blue Knights Ch 7 web site. I encourage you to visit these web sites and decide for yourself if it was money well spent.

Let's get back to the election.

President Keeling is going around roll calls and dropping off a manifesto of lies and deceit, labeled: "FIRST TERM ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF PRESIDENT BILL KEELING".

I have never seen a bigger pack of lies and half truths in my entire life. Apparently in his crusade for truth, justice and the American way he also took the time out of his busy schedule to single handedly run the Lodge. Nowhere in his rambling diatribe of deceit does he credit any other Lodge members with anything. His ego wouldn't allow it. He had to take credit for everything.

He is now playing damage control for his obvious mistake in creating this spurious document. When he makes roll calls now and he is challenged about anything in his pamphlet he tells them "The Board of directors made that decision." You can't have it both ways Bill.

His 4 page document of dubious integrity is no more believable than the National Enquirer. If you have a copy of it and happen to have a certain question, feel free to post it here. It will be answered.

Related News: A letter from financial secretary Denis Spalding concerning the 2007 F.O.P election (Adobe PDF)

Here are your candidates:

President

Bill Keeling

John McGuire

Vice-President

Larry Priddy

Jay Scott

Secretary

John Pugh

John Keeling

Second Vice President

Lonnie Gullion

Yolanda Baker

Financial Secretary

Brad Woolridge

Dale Liechty

Lodge Trustee (4 positions)

Dale Lankford

Gary Simkins

Jason Schweitzer

James Embry

Ed Davis

The purpose of this article is not to tell you who to vote for; however it is here to tell you that it would be a mistake to elect Bill Keeling for a second term. Everyone else can stand on their own merit.

Finally if none of the above story convinced you then I want you to think about something. The entire Executive Board with the exception of the treasurer is up for grabs with no incumbent running. WHY??

I think I would be asking the former Executive Board members why they are not running for re-election.

Why is the current Vice President seeking to unseat the current president if everything is running smoothly?

On Tuesday November 20th vote for John McGuire for President!