Tag: Stephen Bittel

Joe HendersonNovember 20, 2017
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Sleazy politicians are nothing new and stupidity has no party affiliation. From the infamous dalliances of Alexander Hamilton with Maria Reynolds,  to John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton, and now to the seemingly ceaseless string of headlines we see about sexual misdeeds and judgment lapses from members of both major parties, we know the moral high ground is often the size […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2017
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In the aftermath of Stephen Bittel‘s resignation as chair of the Florida Democratic Party and president Sally Boynton Brown‘s apologetics, one former candidate for chair has a message for those who “told the truth about” Bittel. That message, from Lisa King of Jacksonville: that the FDP has suffered from a “failure of leadership” and that women must […]

Mitch PerryNovember 20, 2017
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Alan Clendenin will not run in the race to succeed Stephen Bittel as chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, the Hillsborough Democrat confirmed to Florida Politics on Monday. Bittel stepped down Friday following a POLITICO Florida report of anonymous allegations of sexually charged, inappropriate behavior. He made his announcement after all four Democratic Party gubernatorial nominees called […]

Ana CeballosNovember 19, 2017
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As Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel resigns in disgrace, the state party’s president, Sally Boynton Brown, came short of defending his inappropriate behavior toward women by saying she never experienced it and that she was “heartbroken” women did not feel comfortable coming to her with complaints. But two former staffers, who asked Florida Politics […]

Ana CeballosNovember 17, 2017
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Allison Tant, the former Florida Democratic Party chairwoman, said Friday that out of “moral necessity” Stephen Bittel, the current party chairman criticized for creating a hostile work environment for women, should step down. Tant said that since she left, and Bittel took over in January, at least seven women — who are in their 20s […]

Scott PowersNovember 17, 2017
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In the wake of reports that Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel created a hostile work environment for woman, all four leading Democratic candidates for governor — Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, and Winter Park businessman Chris King — swiftly called for his resignation Friday. Gillum […]

Mitch PerryNovember 17, 2017
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Janet Cruz was one of the first Democrats to respond on Friday to a POLITICO Florida report that Florida Democratic Party chairman Stephen Bittel has created a hostile workplace environment for women through constant inappropriate comments and suggestions. “I’ve spent a lot of time with Stephen Bittel. He’s always been kind and respectful to me,” the Democratic House Minority […]

Ana CeballosNovember 17, 2017
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Florida Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel has been accused of creating a hostile workplace environment for women by making constant inappropriate comments and suggestion, according to six unnamed women who talked to POLITICO Florida. While the women told POLITICO that they were never inappropriately touched, they said Bittel’s  suggestive remarks, invitations to go on his […]


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