A.G. Gancarski
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 feel empowered to speak “truth to power.”
King, a current committeewoman from Duval County who is also an active candidate for party chair now that Sen. Audrey Gibson is relinquishing the gavel, asserts that she saw through Bittel’s act — and that’s why she mounted her longshot bid for the top job in the FDP.
“I did my research on Bittel and took a measure of his character. He did not have the qualities I could support to lead any organization in which I had a say. I felt so strongly about it,” King wrote on Facebook Sunday.
“I ran myself,” King reminds.
“Some of the folks on the State Committee are more concerned about you and reforming our political culture than what office or job we might get because of the special election caused by his resignation,” King added.
“We are ready to listen to you and to support you. We are in awe of your bravery,” King continued, discussing this “watershed moment in our culture” as “not just another bump in the road that can be swept under the rug with a simple apology.”
“This is a failure of leadership on so many levels. We must truly learn from this or we will fail again. ALWAYS speak truth to power,” King added.
King is one of the more prominent Democrats in Jacksonville.
In 2015, she ran a competitive campaign for Jacksonville City Council in a deep red district, amassing key endorsements and fundraising along the way.
She was also Chair of the Jacksonville Planning Commission until Mayor Lenny Curry removed her, for what some claimed were partisan reasons.
She also handled a regional leadership position in the primary campaign of Hillary Clinton.
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Christopher M. Kennard
November 20, 2017 at 8:01 am
Truth to power, a Democratic activist asserts!
The Democratic Party has long been held in sway by the rivers of corrupt campaign cash and secret slush funds directed toward elected politicians of both major political parties, the Democrat and Republican Party and those paid “inner core” of party politicos who run the “political policy machines” that bounce many American voters back and forth like chattel, who have little to no say unless they sever the glittering bonds of gold and break free.
Independent Senator Bernie Sanders did it, just to show everyone else how to run an independent political campaign based upon a candidate’s personal, professional and political integrity, a stellar campaign platform and an honest individual who is running for elected public office to serve the American people, and not to become a millionaire by dipping into the public till funded by our taxes generated by the hard earned money that we pay as American citizens.
Many involved voters did the same as I did; I went and re-filed as an Independent after the 2016 elections when it became so obvious that both major political parties were fielding and funding mostly worthless candidates for public office who were also “bought and sold” by the corrupt element of the 1% mega-wealthy whose corrosive money in government keep the rest of us poor while they become ever more rich, living off the backs of the American working class of folks.
Time for a change, and you cannot do it taking the polluted cash for those who seek to “own” you and the rest of the country. If Bernie Sanders elects to campaign again on cleaning up the corruption of the Democratic Party and be elected as President of the United States, I will re-join the Democratic Party in a heart beat to continue the work I have done over fifty years in the political area to make America an “honest” country, serving it’s people well and a positive contributing force in the international political arena for the good of the world.
Truth to power through a people’s peaceful “political revolution” based upon Love, community, and the realization we have enough resources to take care of all . . . everyone, not just the super-wealthy few.
Again, it is time for such a change to occur, and we, the American voters, have the power in our hands through our directed, collective vote to implement and enjoy the benefits of such positive change in the world today.
Jim Johnson
November 26, 2017 at 9:08 am
Lisa King is not going to appeal to the Dems’ base. Not a very smart move to elect her chair. I don’t see in her an ability to mobilize voters.
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