Nevada's chapter of the Young Republicans has basically imploded, leaving its chairman with up to $25,000 in personal debt and allegations that he mishandled money.
All but three people have resigned from the statewide group, but the fallout could prove increasingly embarrassing to the entire state Republican Party.
Today, the chairman of the group, Reno resident Nathan Taylor, plans to hold a press conference attacking three of the state's party leaders -- Sen. John Ensign, Rep. Jim Gibbons and Rep. Jon Porter.
Taylor argues that the state's Republican delegation should have helped him fund the national Young Republican convention held last week at Mandalay Bay.
"I've got bills at the hotel I can't pay," said Taylor, a 29-year-old political science senior at UNR who said he had to quit his food service job and drop classes to plan the convention.
Taylor estimates that the convention, attended by about 600 people from around the nation, is at least $10,000 -- and up to $25,000 -- in the red.
As the chairman, he said he'll personally have to cough up the cash.
Somebody (Jesus' General maybe) should get in touch with him. I am sure he supports the war, and I under the army has some nice signing bonuses.
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Monday, March 07, 2005
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Complaint dropped against GOP operative
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RENO — A criminal complaint has been dropped against a state Young Republicans member accused of embezzling registration fees for an upcoming GOP convention.
Joe Brezny, Nevada’s national committeeman for Young Republicans, said he asked Reno police to drop the complaint against Nathan Taylor after determining the charges were groundless.
“We’re trying to set the record straight,” Brezny said.
Taylor, 29, a senior at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, accepted the apology.
“I am disappointed it got to the press, but I’ve forgiven those groups for what they did,” Taylor said.
Taylor also won back his job as chairman of the Young Republican National Convention, scheduled July 6-10 at Mandalay Bay. He was removed from the post last month.
In a complaint filed with police Feb. 14, Brezny alleged Taylor used registration fees and donations for personal use such as bar tabs and credit card debts.
In a letter to police, Arjun Dhingra, state Young Republicans chair, said about $25,000 received from 200 people around the country was missing.
Taylor said he produced documents to show he didn’t do anything wrong. He said the bar tabs involved dinners he bought for volunteers of the convention’s committee.
During police questioning, Taylor produced an August 2004 letter that granted him the authority to organize, arrange and sign contracts for the event.
After discovery of the letter, Brezny told police to drop the investigation.
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