Bice: Board fires two leaders of the 2020 DNC Host Committee

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The two leaders of Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention are out.

Late Tuesday, the board for the Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee terminated President Liz Gilbert and her chief of staff, Adam Alonso.

The move comes just days after current and former staffers asserted that the pair helped foster a toxic work environment. A group of senior women staffers recently wrote an unsigned letter complaining of being "bullied and intimidated" by Alonso — something they said Gilbert did nothing to stop.

"Every employee has a right to feel respected in their workplace," said a one-page statement from the board.

"Based on the information we have learned to date, we believe the work environment did not meet the ideals and expectations of the Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee Board of Directors. Accordingly, Liz Gilbert and Adam Alonso are no longer employed by the organization, effective immediately."

I met with the Chair of the Host Committee early on, and never felt they had their act together.

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1. That sends a message.

Hope other entities are watching an paying attention.

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2. The question is why the message needed to be sent.

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3. So true.

Some people just need to be adjusted to reality.

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4. Some people let power go to their heads.

With budgets in the tens of millions of dollars, that is easy.

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5. Yupper!

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6. Please oh please dem party, don't screw up the convention.

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7. Seriously, between the Iowa debacle and these types of stories...

I'm not getting a warm fuzzy.

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8. Hey, it's not like the fate of our republic is at stake....

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9. Exactly. To the point I'm actually considering...

Bloomberg. He might be the candidate who can fight at gutter level against Fat Nixon without getting too dirty. I'm not sensing that any of our candidates understand that they need to go for the jugular.