Helm Is OutEd Helm (see photo), the now former chair of the Pinellas County Democratic Executive Committee (DEC) was voted out on Wednesday, December 13. He was replaced by teacher Toni Molinario.
Helm, a former mayoral candidate in St. Petersburg, was popular among progressives. However, as chair, he had difficulty navigating the waters. A PAC managed by his wife was accused of campaign finance violations, the state party withheld funds from the Pinellas DEC after Helm was accused of improperly taking sides in Democratic primaries, and candidates and elected officials visibly gave Helm and the DEC a wide berth.
"History tells us that a house divided against itself cannot stand," Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch told the attendees. "Elected officials have avoided the DEC because of its circus atmosphere. The current leadership has fractured us, divided us. It is time for a change."
posted by Campaign Manager @ 1:24:00 PM
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http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/15/Southpinellas/Party_rejects__style_.shtml
This article shows Helms for the failure that he was.
Does anybody know anything about the new chair?
For the love of all that's holy: if you're gonna write about the guy and claim you know so much about it, his name is Helm. Not Helms.
Idiot.
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I'll go ahead and leave the "idiot" part alone, but thank you for bringing those spelling mistakes in the post to my attention.
I believe I have fixed those misspellings in the post. My apologies to Mr. Helm for misspelling him name.
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