Just to follow up on this story out of Florida, the new chair of the Flordia Democratic Party admitted yesterday that the “financial condition of our party is poor”:
.@FlaDems have reinstated health insurance for the party's staff, retroactively, but "the financial condition of our party is poor," Chair Manny A. Diaz tells staff Tues. night, via @ScottFist.https://t.co/q8yu8bIthf #FlaPol pic.twitter.com/Y5RMjC7Ptz
— Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) February 3, 2021
And he’s committed to “lowering our overhead”:
It took an entire twitterstorm and several press articles before he acknowledged the concern staff were raising.
PS: "Operational dysfunction" and "lowering our overhead" is dogwhistle for "terminating unionized hardworking loyal staff is the way I play this game" @Manny_A_Diaz pic.twitter.com/87WbajmQL1
— FDP Staff Union (@FDPUnion) February 3, 2021
Sorry, that’s not how it works. You must provide free health care to everyone and a minimum wage of $15 per hour:
I’m sorry, but the party of #FightFor15 and #UniversalHealthCare and every other infliction of financial burden on the private sector, consequences be damned, stopped paying for its employees’ health care because times got hard? https://t.co/KdASeBpDsL
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) February 3, 2021
The union that represents the party wants Diaz to raise some more money to pay staffers, too:
Let's do the math:
Reports of staff insurance cancellations published one day ago.
It took @Manny_A_Diaz 1 day to raise funds to pay the $500k premium.
He's been @FlaDems chair for nearly a month.
He could have also raised funds every day for salaries of staff he terminated.
— FDP Staff Union (@FDPUnion) February 3, 2021
News flash @Manny_A_Diaz: That's what a party chair does. S/he sits at call time all day, every day, and raises money. We take it you knew that when you signed up for the job… right?
— FDP Staff Union (@FDPUnion) February 3, 2021
And Dems in the Sunshine State are pretty pissed at how this state of affairs came to be:
Past @FlaDems leaders have left us a mess & it’s absolutely shameful.
How do you not prioritize the health & well-being of party staff & allow their health coverage to drop? How much $ was spent on consultants that could have been spent on our people? https://t.co/AITbz6BTgE
— Rep. Anna V. Eskamani ? (@AnnaForFlorida) February 2, 2021
Lock them up?
.@TerrieRizzo and @FlaDems leaders who allowed this to happen should be charged with crimes. https://t.co/4GNm3RVzzO
— David Quiñones (@David_Quinones) February 2, 2021
It’s time for “reboot” they say:
I thought we inherited a mess in 2005. We couldn't even get a credit card – but at least they had paid the health insurance.
The upside: the FDP has needed a reboot. A strong organizing party is vital to any success we have in the future. Now is the chance to get it right.
— Steve Schale ?? (@steveschale) February 2, 2021
Good luck with that.
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Related:
CONFIRMED: The health insurance policy for the Florida Democratic Party DID lapse leaving one person with $50K in medical bills https://t.co/7psFt1BbIO
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 2, 2021
WELP! It looks like the Florida Democratic Party is going to need another PPP loan https://t.co/yXFcb3jAE5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 1, 2021
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