State GOP chair resigns

Sun-Sentinel reports the state Republican Party chairman, David Bitner, is resigning because he has Lou Gehrig’s disease.

“Something I would never allow to happen on my watch is for the future of the RPOF to be called into question,” Bitner wrote in a letter announcing his decision. “So, today, after talking with my wife, my friends, and trusted advisers, I have decided to resign my position as Chairman effective Friday, September 23.”

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