Presidential Candidate Wayne Messam Missed Payroll for Campaign Team, Ex-Staffer Says

[demmiblue]

Despite stiff competition, Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam announced last month he was entering the already crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates. So far, his campaign events have been sparsely attended, and he's raised only a sliver of what his competitors have. But for some reason, national media is treating his presidential bid seriously — Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight says it's "keeping an eye" on him, and last week, CBS News invited him to an on-air interview.

According to a recently departed staffer, however, the campaign is in chaos behind the scenes. The staffer, whose credentials were verified by New Times but who declined to be named, says Messam's team didn't receive paychecks Monday. As a result, multiple campaign employees resigned this week, according to the source.

Screenshots of an email detailing the meltdown were sent to New Times Thursday. With the subject line "Notification of hold on paychecks," the message apologizes for the failure to pay, a problem attributed to Messam's wife, Angela. The email, which was forwarded to the entire campaign team Monday night, appears to have come from someone in charge of payroll.

"Regretfully, I think it is only fair to inform you that Angela Messam, wife of Wayne Messam, has consolidated all of the financial and banking assets of the campaign under her exclusive control and is currently refusing to issue paychecks to staff," the email states. "You are all great, hardworking, talented professionals who deserve to be paid for your hard work."

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miramar-mayor-wayne-messams-presidential-campaign-in-chaos-11150790

[MH1]

1. Wow.

I have no idea who he is, but would be surprised if he brought anything new and positive that another candidate doesn't have.

Not being able to manage staff and pay staff would seem to be a fatal flaw, though.

[rogue emissary]

4. Biggest idea he is running on is national student debt forgiveness.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Gonna be a yoooge success like Trump - cheating his employees out of their wages.

[irisblue]

3. I'd heard a radio interview with him.

source--https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/04/09/wayne-messam-2020-presidential-election-florida
You can hear it there.

He sounded promising.