Friday, January 15, 2016

Anti-Sanders Bias From SJC DEC Leadership?

Still waiting for an answer from our St. Johns County Democratic Headquarters: will it remain a de facto HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON HQ, or will it provide Bernie Sanders literature, buttons and bumper stickers? Enough dodgy chauvinism biased pro-HRC malarkey.

-----Original Message-----
From: easlavin
To: ntoensmann ; muffitoo ; WMCCORMICK41 ; jmoe01
Sent: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 4:48 pm
Subject: Re: SJC DEC MUST DISTRIBUTE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN MATERIAL -- FDP BYLAWS FORBID ILLEGAL DE FACTO ENDORSEMENTS BY DEC

Is there Sanders literature, buttons, bumper stickers, etc. at SJC DEC HQ yet?

-----Original Message-----
From: easlavin
To: ntoensmann ; muffitoo ; WMCCORMICK41 ; jmoe01
Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2015 10:42 am
Subject: Re: SJC DEC MUST DISTRIBUTE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN MATERIAL -- FDP BYLAWS FORBID ILLEGAL DE FACTO ENDORSEMENTS BY DEC

Please respond. Thanks to The New York Times, the whole world is watching St. Johns County. Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: easlavin
To: ntoensmann ; muffitoo ; WMCCORMICK41 ; jmoe01
Sent: Sat, Jul 4, 2015 5:13 pm
Subject: SJC DEC MUST DISTRIBUTE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN MATERIAL -- FDP BYLAWS FORBID ILLEGAL DE FACTO ENDORSEMENTS BY DEC

Dear St. Johns County Democratic Executive Committee:
1. The St. Johns County Democratic Executive Committee's refusal and failure to distribute Bernie Sanders' literature, campaign signs, buttons and stickers is an ultra vires Act, in violation of our Florida Democratic Party Bylaws, Article I, Section 3 (as amended in 2012), limiting DEC's ability to endorse candidates.
2. SJC DEC discriminatorily advertises the availability of Hillary Rodham Clinton literature, signs, buttons and stickers but is insouciant to the request for equal access to two-term United States Senator Bernie Sanders' campaign material (please see below).
http://www.browardhispanics.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/7_15_2012_FDP_BYLAWS.pdf
3. Please cease and desist from all illegal discrimination against Senator Sanders in violation of FDP Bylaws and the reasonable expectations of probity.
4. Please distribute literature, buttons, stickers and signs from announced Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders from this day forward.
5. I have shared copies of this e-mail with attorneys Patrick Canan, Mark Herron and Barry Richard and (through Mr. Richard), with his spouse, FDP Chair Alison Tant.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this urgent matter.
Happy Independence Day!
Cordially,
Ed Slavin
www.cleanupcityofstaugustine.blogspot.com
904-377-4998

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Slavin
To: Nell Toensmann
Sent: Fri, Jul 3, 2015 2:45 pm
Subject: Re: Bernie Sanders buttons, stickers and literature at SJC DEC HQ

You have HRC stuff and y'all are all pushing her, correct?

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 3, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Nell Toensmann < ntoensmann@yahoo.com> wrote:

Ed,
If you are interested in a supply of Bernie Sanders items, then I suggest that you order them online from his campaign. At the moment, they are not available at the office and will not be available before this evening.

As the campaigns progress, we will identify the Democratic candidates that will have an impact at the local and national level in the Presidential campaign and eventually provide material for these candidates. There is a question of how much we have to pay for these items, if we order directly from the campaigns. If so, we would not be able to resell the products here because of the price we would have to ask. If we move forward with obtaining campaign material for the various candidates, it will have to be at a price that is reasonable for the public, as well as the Democratic Party.

Nell Toensmann
Chair, St. Johns Democratic Party
904-825-2336 (office)
904-484-4960 (cell)
ntoensmann@yahoo.com

From: "easlavin@aol.com"
To: NTOENSMANN@YAHOO.COM; muffitoo@att.net
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2015 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Bernie Sanders buttons, stickers and literature at SJC DEC HQ

Please respond. Tonight is First Friday arts walk -- please have an ample supply of Bernie Sanders buttons, stickers and literature available. Thank you again.

-----Original Message-----
From: easlavin < easlavin@aol.com>
To: NTOENSMANN < NTOENSMANN@YAHOO.COM>; muffitoo < muffitoo@att.net>
Sent: Sat, Jun 27, 2015 5:57 pm
Subject: Re: Bernie Sanders buttons, stickers and literature at SJC DEC HQ

Please respond. Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: easlavin < easlavin@aol.com>
To: NTOENSMANN < NTOENSMANN@YAHOO.COM>; muffitoo < muffitoo@att.net>
Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2015 2:17 pm
Subject: Re: Bernie Sanders buttons, stickers and literature at SJC DEC HQ

Please respond. Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: easlavin < easlavin@aol.com>
To: NTOENSMANN < NTOENSMANN@YAHOO.COM>; muffitoo < muffitoo@att.net>
Sent: Thu, Jun 25, 2015 11:31 pm
Subject: Bernie Sanders buttons, stickers and literature at SJC DEC HQ

What is available? Thank you!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks a whole lot, SJC DEC HQ mistress.

No valid reason exists for your delinquent actions by purposely excluding Bernie Sanders and keeping support of him by SJC residents a secret.

I hope Mr. Slavin reports you to the Sanders campaign and anyone else he can think of. YOU cannot take away OUR choices!

Anonymous said...

Look, the St. John's Democrat Party has made it very clear: This is a Bernie-free zone. As you can see on their web site, not a single item featuring Bernie Sanders is listed. http://www.stjohnsdemocraticparty.org/merchandise.html