Last night at our LCYD meeting (1st & 3rd Monday of each month) we were lucky enough to hear from current Leon County DEC State Committeeman and DNC member Jon Ausman and his wife Donna Ausman (see picture) who both addressed our meeting. Jon is one of two democratic leaders pursing the Chairmanship of the Leon County DEC.
In today's Tallahassee Democrat the feature front page story (linked in title bar) is on the DEC's upcoming Chair election. This is obviously going to be an interesting process and the LCYDs will try to keep you updated of any news.
The other person pursing the Leon DEC Chair position is Rick Minor, who also is the immediate Past President of the LCYDs. Rick will be addressing our group at our next meeting, on the 3rd Monday of November.
interested parties are welcome to attend.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Leon DEC Chair Elections
Posted by LCYD at 3:53 PM
Labels: jon ausman, Leon County Democratic Executive Committee, Leon County Young Democrats, Rick Minor
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I believe that Rod Smith is the strongest chance we have for electing a Democrat as governor. I encourage you to post something about him. He is a great person and a champion for people's rights. Thanks
You can't really consider returning Ausman to the chair. He is hated throughout Florida. He backed Maddox for Governor. Dump him.
Ausman's time has past. Thank you for playing, here's your parting gift.
Is he about the party or about himself? Get that answer before you vote for him.
Ausman is a snake and I would hate to see anyone vote for him. This post disgusts me as does the photo!
If you think we should reward people who leak internal party information to the media, then you should support Jon Ausman.
From the few political web logs that I've read it always seems the anonymous writers are the most upset. Is this because they are frustrated about not being able to create a blogger account or something?
If so, Blogger.com should make it easier to sign up, because it seems to frustrate many people.
It is easier to post as anonymous than the other options for a one-time post on this blog. What has Jon Ausman done for the state of Florida? Did he get Jeb Bush elected? How about Rudy Maloy? Ed Dupuy states that Jon Ausman is the secret weapon of mass destruction for the Leon County Democratic party. What did Dupuy mean by that remark? One can only wonder.
If Ausman is running on his track record, his ENTIRE
record should be up for discussion. The Times article
below regards Ausman’s last campaign as a complete and
utter disaster for the Democrats.
As mentioned below, Jon Ausman’s campaign lost every
single precinct last month, and he lost the
African-American vote by a 9-to-1 margin in some
areas. He even lost the candidate’s own precinct!
Said Democratic Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch
about the election: "Worst case, we may have done some
real damage to the support of the core constituency of
the Democratic Party, and we have to repair the
damage."
Unfortunately, Jon Ausman just can't cut it in today’s
races. He isn’t able to compete with today’s
Republicans. Maybe that’s why during the last few
years, despite his involvement in leadership roles on
the DEC, more and more Republicans are getting elected
in Leon County. It’s hard to see how he could lead
the DEC to success when his own track record suggests
otherwise.
The Ledger
Published Sunday, November 27, 2005
St. Pete Mayor Becomes GOP Campaign Star
Adam C. Smith
I ran into St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker a couple
days after his overwhelming re-election victory. He
was just finishing up a phone call with former
Pinellas County Commissioner Steve Seibert, executive
director of the Century Commission, a newly created
panel charged with advising state leaders on how to
improve growth management.
Gov. Jeb Bush this summer tapped Baker as chairman of
the commission, a plum opportunity for someone to
raise his statewide profile.
I couldn't help but wonder: If the choice Floridians
face for governor next year is between Democratic U.S.
Rep. Jim Davis, D-Tampa, and Republican Attorney
General Charlie Crist, R-St. Petersburg, how much will
Baker, an ardent Republican, really be pulling for his
friend Crist?
After all, Baker, 49, in this month's city election
established himself as a Republican star and obvious
future contender for governor. Two terms in the
governor's mansion for Crist (or his Republican
opponent, state Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher)
could leave Baker without a clear political platform
after his second term ends in four years. Three years
out of the political spotlight can snuff even the
brightest political star.
Think it's a stretch to elevate Baker to gubernatorial
material?
Show me another Republican politician who is a deeply
religious social conservative, a tax cutter and an
unabashed supporter of the Bushes who can win 70
percent of the vote in a majority-Democratic city and
nine out of 10 AfricanAmerican voters.
Democrats have long talked up Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio as
one of their future leaders.
She has little to tout after two years in office,
though, while Baker has proved to be a machine for
ambitious ideas and tangible results.
If Karl Rove could clone Rick Baker for races across
the country, he really would guarantee a Republican
majority for the next generation.
These are tough days for Republicans nationally. More
than six in 10 voters believe the country is heading
in the wrong direction with the GOP controlling
Congress and the White House.
Most voters no longer see the president as honest or
trustworthy. Public support for the war in Iraq is
gone, gas prices are still high, the president's
agenda is shot and Washington pundits are debating
whether Bush adviser Karl Rove should step aside.
But in the biggest swing-voter region of America's
biggest battleground state, Republican stalwart Rick
Baker won more than seven in 10 votes in a
Democrat-dominated city.
"Republicans around the country should go to school on
what happened in this election," said Adam Goodman,
Baker's chief political adviser. "St. Petersburg has
become a laboratory for politics and policies that
work."
Especially in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the
lesson is that competence matters.
Performance trumps partisanship may be the lesson for
candidates campaigning in 2006.
"I'm a registered Democrat, and I'm looking for the
best candidate and the person who will represent my
interests," the Rev. Louis Murphy, of Mt. Zion
Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in St.
Petersburg, said of his support for Baker.
"I don't think people are as much diehard partisans
today," he said. "They're looking for someone who is
concerned about what they're concerned about. The
message to Democrats and Republicans is that that
people are looking for good leadership, for good
representation."
Virginia is as red a state as they come. But
Democratic Gov. Mark Warner turned around a fiscal
mess, and in this month's election helped usher in
Democrat Tim Kaine as his successor.
Kaine proved to be that rare Democrat who can come
across as sincere touting his own faith (Catholic),
while explaining his opposition to the death penalty
in a conservative state.
But while Democrats gloated about the long-term
implications of Kaine's success in red-state Virginia,
they showed in St. Petersburg their knack for
embracing failure.
Democrat Ed Helm tried to turn the nonpartisan mayor's
race into a Democrat vs. Republican contest, and in
the process may have done more damage to Pinellas
Democrats than any Republican could have.
Baker made revitalizing predominantly black
neighborhoods his top priority, and African-American
leaders backed him enthusiastically.
Helm wanted to castigate any Democrat who backed
Baker, and his cause was aided by his campaign
manager, Jon Ausman, a Florida representative to the
Democratic National Committee with a financial stake
in Helm's fundraising success.
Remarkably, in the final days of the campaign, the
Democratic National Committee publicly embraced Helm
in a way most Democratic candidates rarely see. This
at a time when virtually all locally elected Democrats
had distanced themselves from Helm and most observers
wondered whether Helm might crack 40 percent support.
He didn't.
"Best case, we wasted a lot of energy and potential
good will," said Democratic Pinellas County
Commissioner Ken Welch, a leading contender for St.
Petersburg mayor in 2009.
"Worst case, we may have done some real damage to the
support of the core constituency of the Democratic
Party, and we have to repair the damage."
Helm and other Democratic leaders had denounced Welch
for backing Baker.
The electoral maps the St. Petersburg Times ran after
the election said it all. The stark color contrasts
reflecting deep divisions in the city were gone as
Baker swept every precinct.
He won heavily black Midtown neighborhoods by 9-to-1
ratios. He won more than six in 10 votes in Helm's own
Pinellas Point precinct.
Baker, of course, is brushing off speculation about
his political future, but not exactly discouraging it
either. People for years have talked about him as a
potential successor for U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young,
R-St. Petersburg, but Baker has acknowledged executive
positions hold more appeal to him.
"I want to enjoy the next four years and work on the
next four years," he said. "No matter what I do after
this, I won't enjoy it as much as I do now."
Adam C. Smith writes for The St. Petersburg Times
and here the cheat is with his wife:
This man goes beyond being your average cheat. He is an emotional sadist for who duplicity in relationships is an ongoing thrill. I was the recipient of continual lies that spanned five years and included his producing a forged divorce decree. His lies led to my sustaining significant injuries (that are still having an impact on my mobility) when I had an accident while at a cabin resort with him, a place I would never have set eyes on had I not been led to believe that he and I were in a monagamus relationship. This compulsive liar even had the gall and audacity to cohabitate with me, and introduce me as his fiancee in the same town he and wife of 25 years live in. In addition he asked me to list him as the sole beneficary on a large life insurance policy. This request was based on the fact that we were to be married a month later. He didn't limit himself to me either, is my understanding that there were at least two others during the time he was involved with me. Steer clear of this cad, he has zero remorse about what he says or does and in all likelihood greatly enjoys the drama he creates for the women he decieves.
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