Per the Tampa Bay Times, a move is afoot to remove House Democratic Leader designee Darryl Rouson. If you are unfamiliar with the latest concerns about Rouson info is here and here. Have your say in the poll below and feel free to leave thoughts in the comments section.
Have your say: Should House Democratic Leader Designee Darryl Rouson go?
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Rouson does need to go but so does Tant. Perhaps if she wasn’t allowing the corrupt Ulvert to run everything things could be worked out. The fact that Rouson isn’t going to let Ulvert be the vendor designate for House Victory pisses him off.
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Back when Scott Maddox was in charge, both the house and senate were separate from the Party bc the leaders didn’t agree with Maddox’s choices of consultants and his use of caucus funds for FDP purposes. I think that Rouson was irresponsible in creating this fund without the approval of the majority of the caucus members but the idea of the separate account isn’t a new thing and possibly was the right move. Man, Tant and Co. have really made the biggest mess out of the Party. Arceneaux is a little tyrant. Please let’s do what we started with Alan Clendenen and get a new Chair and clean house at the FDP…top to bottom. Its not too late.
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Alan is also a joke. Clean house up and down…start with DWS
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I agree with Wes and Hillary that the bigger issues here are harder to spot but need addressing with the disaster that is going on at the FDP…but the reality is that Tant has been a disaster from day one that started because the stupid sheep of committee men and women who switched their votes from Alan Clendenin who rightfully would have cleaned out the scum and rats of Christian Ukvert and Scott Arceneux out of the disasterous losses they have orchestrated for the majority of us registered Democrats. Those two idiots found their puppet in Allison Tant who never set foot in a local DEC and became Chair of Leon County overnight. Then simultaneously strong armed Debbie Wasserman Shuktz and Sen Bill Nelson’s staff to also bully these DEC committeemen and women to vote for Tant…all over two monkies who were scared of loosing their jibs and who should have lost their jobs long ago .
So the three Stooges, Tant, Ulvert and Arcenesux, give us their first blockbuster disaster…the great Democratic CFO candidate that will run the finances of the State of Florida…who has filed for bankruptcies several times and who can’t balance his own checkbook!!
That disaster lasted 72 hours before the candidate who signed up quit…but the stench of the dead rat still remains…and we Democrats are stuck with the cleanup.
So, after all that, the question remains, did Rousoun do wrong and should he and HIS staff go?
Well what Rousoun did WAS wrong…and he knew better. He has a scumbag advisor too in former fellow Republican operative and consultant in Barry Edwards with a sordid past. And Barry staffed House Victory with his completely unqualified and inexperienced “consultant buddies” in Chris Mitchell and his former business partner Nick Janousky and together they have scammed tens of thousands of dollars out of a broke Democratic Party according to FDP finance reports at the Division of Elections.
Thus the real reason for opening the seoerate formally banned and illegal Leadership “Slush” Fund emerges…the two fighting forces within the Democratic Party…Rousoun, Edwards and Mitchell didn’t want Tant, Ulvert and Arceneaux to have any control or access to House Victory and their money and who they hire and pay like Nick Janousky (isn’t that what Jim Greer in in jail for doing with the Repiblicans?…)
Well round one in the fight…ring…proves that old adage that whoever controls the checkbook…controls the power! And Tant(trum) with the puppet string pullers Ulvert and Arceneaux laughing right behind her) finds her (their) excuse to exert her power over who signs the checks.
And therefore “Boss Hog” Tant(rum), with her two Stooges “Curley and Moe”
I mean Ulvert and Arceneaux go and the entire House Victory staff….wow that’ll show you whose boss!!
Sadly caught up in this stupid mess is the longest serving good (a rarity) loyal servant if the State Democratic Party, Jeff Ryan, who was head of the fundraising arm of House Victory.
As a subplot here, Rousoun won his leadership position vote by the skin if his teeth (like Tant(rum) did hers) and the sub “Jesters” here are Edwards and Mitchell for Rousoun and Ulvert and Arceneaux (and Tant(rum)) for Mia Jones (who can’t raise miney and couldn’t fight her way our of a oaper bag) for Minority Leader.
So in summary, if Darryl Rousoun goes…and that’s a a real possibility if there is a recall election for Democratic Minority Leader..then Allisin Tant(rum) DEFINATELY MUST GO TOO!!!
And we can bring Alan Clendenin back to be a real Chair who has vowed to clean house of the loosing scum, rats and loosing consultants at the FDP and start over with a clean slate and get our party back with new leaders to defend the seats we have and win some seats that we have a shot at winning….starting with a new Democratic Governor at the head of the ticket!!
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Spot on!
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Guys I have voted “yes” to remove Rouson and feel he is a disaster. But the problem here is the factionalism. Tant, Ulvert and the consultants Kartik and Trotter previously always take veiled shots at HAVE TO GO ALSO.
Rouson is scum and his baggage and idiotic behavior including this committee have given Tant and her allies a stick to hit all of Clendenin’s people with. If Alan were smart at this point he would clearly come out and say Rouson has made countless mistakes and needs to go but Tant was dead wrong in how she has handled everything for six months. Announce now he is seeking a recall of Tant and will run again if she is recalled.
We have two “leaders” Tant and Rouson both completely unqualified to do the jobs they were selected to do, encouraged by territorial, petty, know-nothing hanger ons like Ulvert and Mitchell/Edwards and thus we have a disaster.
Neither had covered themselves in glory as Kartik’s initial post said. BOTH are dead wrong. BOTH have violated the trust of the party. Just because they are on opposite sides does not mean we need to take one side or another. Get rid of both. We need to burn this house down to save it. That is if it can be saved. The Democratic Party is such a total #%%#^#%@!!$!@%^!
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Both Tant and Rouson should go and both sides need to suck it up and work together. We lose almost every election yet still find ways to fight among each other and protect turf which really means nothing.
GROW UP PEOPLE!
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Both party chair and Darryl should go. This is an epic disaster on all levels.
The Tampa Bay Times gave Tant loser of the week. They really should’ve given it to both of them.
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So tired of this BS!!
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Make that PETTY BS!!
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