NEW tonight: Tom Mountain's resigned as MassGOP vice chair to "focus on an effort to clear my name" after a "blog post" he called "scurrilous" & "demeaning"
He's "retained legal counsel" & says matter's "rendered me incapable of serving as an effective officer" of party #mapoli
Tom Mountain's resignation comes the night before the MassGOP Executive Committee was planning to meeting to discuss "allegations involving the Vice Chairman" and "recommendations of actions to be taken," according to an agenda obtained by POLITICO #mapoli
Mountain statement: "During the past few months of turmoil at the MassGOP, I've consistently said that incapable officers should step aside. Regardless of the truth about what happened, this blog post, and the conspiracy behind it, has rendered me incapable of serving" #mapoli
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