11. Here is their website, looks legit, hate to see this
http://www.stpetedems.org/html_pages/officers.html
Shirer thinks Ken Steinke, a former chairman of the Pinellas Democratic Party, is responsible, as does Cheryl Long, the Pinellas Democratic chairwoman, who said Steinke acknowledged to her that he orchestrated the maneuver.
Steinke, however, declined to comment.
Dirty tricks are us apparently.
11. Here is their website, looks legit, hate to see this
http://www.stpetedems.org/html_pages/officers.html
Several points of clarification: You identify Ken Steinke as a "high-ranking" member of the Pinellas Democratic Party. Steinke is a committeeman, one of some 200, holds no county or state party office and is neither chair of a county party committee nor a member of one. Fifteen years ago he was party chair and in the 2000 election for party chair, he was soundly defeated.
In fact, Steinke was dropped from the Pinellas Democratic rolls in 2000 for non-attendance. His application for reinstatement was approved but not before objections based on Steinke's longstanding conduct.
Steinke sounds like a truly charming individual.