Billy Corben Instagram – PART 1 (OF 2): After doing my due diligence this past week, I quickly discovered that @MiamiDadeDems is the kind of organization I’d make a documentary about — not one I’d lead.
Leadership has acted in bad faith and their misconduct is antithetical to our stated values as Democrats. They canceled our in-person Chair Candidate Forum, made it Zoom only, locked out the public and press, banned recording of the event, and scheduled elections in a deliberate effort to disenfranchise our members and minimize turnout.
I was the only candidate who presented a realistic and comprehensive plan for how to save our Party, so I’m happy to share it with all of you here (in two parts).
Dems have been a virtual nonentity in Florida for nearly a quarter century — and we’re desperately losing ground in Miami-Dade. One-party rule has allowed Republicans to run my homestate into the ground. We have better ideas, but we keep losing. We need to stop lying to ourselves, our donors, and voters and get real. We must better allocate our limited resources and focus on key campaigns, rack up some wins, rebuild confidence and regain relevance.
There are a lot of dedicated, hard-working Dems committed to reform, and doing what it takes to win elections, but we’ve been hijacked and held hostage by a consultant cartel — and complicit leadership — forcing status quo candidates down our throats. They only care about lining the pockets of their monopoly and, in the process, have run the Party right into the ground — for profit. They have perverted the very essence of what it means to be a Democrat.
We are trying to save our Party; they are trying to preserve a business model.
Until we’re willing to accept, confront, and remedy the reality of the unethical grifters in our midst, we will continue to lose elections. @nikkifriedfl | Posted on 26/Apr/2024 19:47:12
