It was the late Tip O’Neil, long-time Speaker of the House, that said all politics are local.  The most local political organization that exists is at the precinct level.

Democrats and Republicans have Precinct officials.  Those precinct committeemen and committeewomen  are elected to those positions.

A local conservative PAC is crying foul because their loyalty to the Republican Party is being questioned.

The Fiscal Conservatives of Hamilton County is a Political Action Committee (PAC) aimed at electing candidates the PAC defines as conservative.  Many of the people serving on the board of this PAC are also Republican precinct-level officials.

The PAC issued a news release Monday saying that four of the PAC board members received a notification from State Senator Victoria Sparks, Secretary of the 5th District Republican Central Committee, which asserts the four are being charged with “not being in good standing” with the Republican Party. 

The four Republican precinct-level officials receiving this notice are Gregg Feigh of Carmel, Lee Clark of Noblesville, David Giffel of Fishers and the PAC President Bill Smythe of Fishers.

This is just the start of the process of determining whether the four PAC board members will be removed from their precinct positions for being part of a PAC that endorsed Independent and Democratic candidates on the recently-held local elections.  Will the local Republican Party back down and allow the four to keep their precinct jobs?  Time will tell.