Dean Campaign Lays Off About 12 Staffers

[bicentennial_baby]

PHOENIX - Howard Dean's presidential campaign, which has severely cut back on spending, has laid off more than a dozen staffers who worked at headquarters and out in the field, aides said Monday night.


Campaign manager Roy Neel said some of those who were let go had worked on projects either at campaign headquarters in Burlington, Vt., or in Iowa and New Hampshire and were no longer needed.


Neel described the layoffs as routine, but word of them came just days after Dean brought the former aide to Al Gore in last week as part of a staff shake-up to watch the budget and help turn around the former Vermont governor's struggling bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The campaign has pulled its advertising from several states to save money and had asked staffers to defer paychecks. The payroll freeze was lifted Monday.


"Every campaign, once they finish a cycle or run of primaries essentially downsizes related to the staff that is working in those states, and the same thing even working in headquarters," Neel said in an interview Monday night. "None of our layoffs are anything other than work-related or function-related."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040203/ap_on_el_pr/dean&cid=694&ncid=716

[ProudToBeLiberal]

1. makes sense to me

people who worked in new hampshire and iowa don't need to work there

[Straight Shooter]

2. At least they're smart enough to describe it as layoffs

This way the media won't be accusing the horrible Dr. Dean of firing all those people who worked their hearts out for him. Bad bad Dean.
/sarcasm off

[revcarol]

3. On NPR today, they said that his staff are being "asked"

to work two weeks without pay.

Hey, Dean, didn't you ever read in your Bible that a laborer is worthy of his hire? Guess that was in the testament that he didn't read.

[janx]

4. The freeze was lifted. They got paid today. n/t

[Tweed]

6. Links?

[slinkerwink]

8. http://blog.deanforamerica.com

scroll down to roy neel's post.

[slinkerwink]

7. his staffers just got paid today.....

:nopity:

[janx]

5. Thanks for posting this, BB--

:hi:

It finally puts the media spin in perspective.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. No problem!

I know how ya feel, trust me! :hi: Good Luck tommorrow!

[janx]

10. You too. Watch what happens in the Western states.

And remember that this primary process has really only just begun.

[Bucky]

11. If only he'd spend just $39mil in IA and NH instead of $40mil...

Ah well, hindsight is 20/20 even if you didn't hear me telling you beforehand about this guy. I admire his stand on appeasing Republicans, like his message, love his people, respect his record... But dammit he called my Democratic candidate a Republican, twice. He owes Clark an apology no matter who we nominate.