'Alt Media' Cited By McLain, For Party Problems

​Pat Campbell interviewed embattled OKGOP chairman, David McLain, about the financial turmoil of the party. ​

State Chairman McLain says;

• that Vice Chair, Mike Turner broke the rules by not dealing privately with disputes, & must resign. 
• utilities were never threatened at the state office.
• fundraising is about the same or better than previous administrations.
• he's done 50-70 hours a week at no pay or gasoline reimbursement.
• "Our books are wide open. Anyone can come into this office, look at the books, do what they need to do."
• 'alt metia' are the 'profiteers' who are among us.
• all the party financial records are open to the public.
• that unnamed 'alt media' want to control the chairman's office and the legislature.
• he wants to expose the alt media, but refuses to name anyone.
• a state executive committee meeting will be called very soon.

State Vice Chair, Mike Turner says;

• McLain has not kept his spending subject to a budget set by the Budget committee & State Committee.
• The RNC has wired an emergency $20,000 cash infusion into the state office, as a result of the media interview he did, earlier in the week.
• Until the party's state committee passes a budget to reign in spending, the reliable party benefactors are hesitant to give beyond the several thousands they have already donated.
• McLain has not followed through on his word in several direct commitments that the two have agreed upon.
• He went directly to members of the state central committee in August, to address the concerns over failures by McLain.

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Our take...

 Neither narrative seems to give a full picture of the current financial health of the party. 
  McLain's press release of last night only mentions the $20k in a party bank acct. Today he said; "All bill are paid". But later in the interview he said that; "in 30-45 days we will be out of debt.". So which is it?
 Turner did not indicate a $20k bank asset. When I mentioned it to him last night, he said that it "was a wired bailout from the RNC which just came in after his media interviews were done.".
​  It seems like a good time for a "Gary Jones Audit".

Listen to the radio interview with Pat Campbell, of KFAQ Radio