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Hispanic lawmakers unhappy with Charlotte contracts
03 Aug 2012 20:59 #1
by otisptoadwater
By ANNA PALMER | 8/3/12 1:20 PM EDT
Hispanic lawmakers are peeved at the Democratic National Convention Committee for not hiring more Latino-owned businesses for next month’s convention.
Upset over the lack of contracts, Hispanic lawmakers exchanged heated words Wednesday with a top DNCC official in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. Afterward, Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) suggested that DNCC Chief Executive Steve Kerrigan should be fired if things don’t improve.
If the situation isn’t rectified, “there will be a recommendation that the person who is in charge will not be in charge,” Baca told POLITICO.
The DNCC says it’s made minority contracting a big priority for the Charlotte, N.C., convention, but Hispanic lawmakers believe there should be more Latino-owned businesses getting a cut of the money. It’s unclear how many contracts the DNCC has awarded to minorities because the committee doesn’t publicly release that information.
“Our concern is that we think the numbers could be better,” Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas), the Congressional Hispanic Caucus chairman, told POLITICO. “We just want to make sure they are aggressively pursuing the goals that we understood were set.”
Gonzalez said they want Kerrigan to “show us what they will be able to accomplish between now and the next five weeks.”
Gonzalez said they always knew it would be an uphill battle to get Latin
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79355.html#ixzz22Xfr57hm
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By ANNA PALMER | 8/3/12 1:20 PM EDT
Hispanic lawmakers are peeved at the Democratic National Convention Committee for not hiring more Latino-owned businesses for next month’s convention.
Upset over the lack of contracts, Hispanic lawmakers exchanged heated words Wednesday with a top DNCC official in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. Afterward, Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) suggested that DNCC Chief Executive Steve Kerrigan should be fired if things don’t improve.
If the situation isn’t rectified, “there will be a recommendation that the person who is in charge will not be in charge,” Baca told POLITICO.
The DNCC says it’s made minority contracting a big priority for the Charlotte, N.C., convention, but Hispanic lawmakers believe there should be more Latino-owned businesses getting a cut of the money. It’s unclear how many contracts the DNCC has awarded to minorities because the committee doesn’t publicly release that information.
“Our concern is that we think the numbers could be better,” Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas), the Congressional Hispanic Caucus chairman, told POLITICO. “We just want to make sure they are aggressively pursuing the goals that we understood were set.”
Gonzalez said they want Kerrigan to “show us what they will be able to accomplish between now and the next five weeks.”
Gonzalez said they always knew it would be an uphill battle to get Latin
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79355.html#ixzz22Xfr57hm
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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