Chairman WHO For The Dem Party of Georgia???
by Deep Throat
The Democratic Party of Georgia will elect a new State Chair on January 27 in Atlanta.
Mike Berlon, Gwinnett County Chair, has been running for months. Two other candidates, Jane Kidd, and the Rev. Jim Nelson, have been joined by a recent third, Carol Jackson.
All four candidates spoke at a large Democratic meeting held in Gainesville on Saturday morning. Large is not meant to describe the room. At least 75 people attended, mostly voting members of the State Committee from 22 counties. Very impressive for Gainesville, a Saturday morning, and an event without free food or booze.
All four candidates for chair appeared and made the usual speeches along with 9 other candidates or their representatives.
Given the turnout for an unpaid position with little power, rumors have been flying. The most nasty rumor seems to be that Mike Berlon and his county party are not in compliance with the State By-laws.
Rumors are that Mike Berlon has been delaying that election while cobbling together a coalition of the YDG, Labor, and ex-insiders. Not only has Mike the Candidate not held the election, he hasn’t held any monthly meetings, either.
No one asked him about this on Saturday, but given Mike’s public statements about grassroots, importance of each county, and his take on the Party’s alleged Atlanta First, Last, and Only Policy, who can take him seriously?
Currently Mike Berlon has a website that lists over 80 active supporters.
How many of those supporters will vote for Berlon when they learn he is squashing an entire county organization, thumbing his nose at rules, and daring someone to at the State level to confront him?
Is Mike Berlon the next iteration of Bobby Kahn and his Atlanta Cabal?
PV Note: The aforementioned info was sent to us from our pal Deep Throat. To us, it sounds like the heads of the Mike Berlon and the GOP’s Anthony-Scott Hobbs could be switched with each other, and no one would ever be the wiser. 😉
January 9th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
What election is he delaying?
The State Chair Election or the local county level elections that were set for December?
Has he delayed the January 27th date for electing the State officers to get more support?
pssst, can we really swap these two guys? I’ll kick in a candidate to be named later.
January 10th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
[…] The Political Vine has an interesting post about the race to replace Bobby Kahn at the Georgia Democratic Party: Given the turnout for an unpaid position with little power, rumors have been flying. The most nasty rumor seems to be that Mike Berlon and his county party are not in compliance with the State By-laws. […]