might be a good question to ask, too. Here's my post to the thread in LBN relating to this:
A slow news day.
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The ad appears on page 39 of the Gabber, a free weekly newspaper in Pinellas.
The $175 ad buried in a tabloid known mostly for club listings
"An outrage," said Pinellas Republican chairman *Paul Bedinghaus.
It was written by Ken Steinke, 75, president of the St. Petersburg Democratic Club, who has a history of political zealotry. He was arrested in 1993 for throwing Republican campaign signs off an overpass.
Gabber publisher Ken Reichart never dreamed his 13,000-circulation publication would get such publicity.
"It must be a slow news day."
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/04/14/Southpinellas/Political_ad_helps_Gu.... Yep, nothing else going on at all.
No wonder this received so much attention.
:snort:
*Paul Bedinghaus
09/25/02
Then, in July, when Todd's 24-year-old daughter Tiffany decided to run for the seat, Bedinghaus specifically rejected Todd, saying "I think obviously on the part of the governor and the part of many Republicans, there is a desire to play an important role in making history by electing the first African-American ever to the School Board in Pinellas County."
Two months later, Bedinghaus apparently has lost his desire to make history. Starling finished third in the Sept. 10 primary (the Times, incidentally, recommended Starling). Child care administrator Mary Brown made it to the runoff with Todd. Brown, 66, is an experienced civic and education activist whose credentials dwarf those of Todd. She also happens to be black. But now Bedinghaus says he will support Todd in November. Further, he has the cheek to question the motivations of Brown's supporters. "That just proves to me it's not that they want a minority on the School Board," he said. "It's about selfishness and power."
Makes you wonder what he'd say his own motivations are.
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/25/Opinion/Bedinghaus__tune_soun.shtml -----
10/23/02
The Pinellas County School Board's District 4 election race slipped out of the Republican Party's control long before the September primary.That came as a shock to local Republicans. After all, their campaign strategy seemed foolproof: When Tom Todd died last October and left a vacancy on the school board, Gov. Jeb Bush appointed 38-year-old Janice Starling, a daycare center owner with a background in education. The Republicans wanted to position her to be the first African-American elected to the school board.
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The Republicans believed an incumbent Starling was a shoo-in for the District 4 seat. But on Sept. 10, Starling duplicated Stith's fate.
The hints of problems were evident long before that.
The first came from Mary Brown, who had narrowly lost a school board race against Nancy Bostock in 1998. Brown had told Pinellas Republican Chairman Paul Bedinghaus that she wouldn't run for the seat if the GOP gave an African-American the gubernatorial appointment. Brown, an African-American and Democrat, later changed her mind and announced her candidacy against Starling.
"She was instrumental in defeating an African-American school board member," Bedinghaus says of Brown. "I find it hypocritical that she now wants help to put an African-American on the school board."
http://www.weeklyplanet.com/2002-10-23/news_feature_.html -----
12/31/02
"I am running for chairman because I'm committed to winning elections for our Republicans," Bedinghaus said.
>snip<
As a boy, he said, "I can remember during the Vietnam War . . . watching the protesters, thinking that their approach was un-American and that they should be more supportive of the president during wartime. And to this day I feel strongly about that."
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/12/31/TampaBay/Local_GOP_leader_aims.shtml -----
01/04/04
The new emphasis on local grass roots organizing has an added benefit for Republicans: It is further energizing local activists for the campaign. "The importance of grass roots coming from the (Republican National Committee) and the Bush campaign nationally is very motivating to us locally," Pinellas Republican Chairman Paul Bedinghaus said. "Sometimes in the past, people who do grass roots felt like second fiddle to the money raisers. That is definitely not the case now." The campaign is not merely encouraging grass roots supporters to work for Bush; it's checking up on them, too. Each volunteer who commits to a certain task, be it courting Hispanic voters or registering people to the campaign Web site, must account for the goal. Someone who commits to getting 10 pro-Bush letters published in the newspaper, for example, will have to produce copies of the published letters. There are perks to the job. Volunteer team leaders who accomplish tasks earn "GOPoints," which can be cashed in for merchandise ranging from canvas tote bags to folding chairs.
http://www.seminoledemocrats.com/page.asp?PageId=145 Wonder how many GOPoints this little ditty was worth, hey?
Yep, slow news day.......
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=484657&mesg_id=484988argh. The portions I marked with bold script didn't transfer.
Am I going to get a warning for posting this to 2 running threads?
Apologies to the mods, but I think this may be worth further consideration.
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