Cleveland DUers, pls tell me about Shontel Brown, she has annoyed The Plain Dealer

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source-https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2021/02/shontel-brown-must-resign-as-cuyahoga-county-democratic-party-chair.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true

title-Shontel Brown must resign as Cuyahoga County Democratic Party chair


byline-Editorial Board, cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer



snip-"The Democratic Party wields enormous political power in Cuyahoga County, often deciding elections with its endorsements, when voters go armed into polling places with the party card of preferred candidates. But Shontel Brown, as chair of the county party, and buttressed by a leadership group loyal to her, exercises even greater power to pick intraparty winners and losers.

By controlling the party’s apparatus, Brown and her leadership team have the biggest say in which candidates get the backing, the money, the time and the endorsements of local labor and elected officials. They can influence, as well, who has the biggest “ins” with precinct clubs and other voter groups."


snip"One need look no further than Jane Timken’s prompt action, in stepping down as chair of the Ohio Republican Party before announcing her bid for the Senate seat Rob Portman is vacating, to see why this conflict is a no-brainer. Timken understood that holding the state’s top party role while seeking to become the party’s Senate nominee was a clear conflict of interest."

snip-"About our editorials: Editorials express the view of the editorial board of cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer -- the senior leadership and editorial-writing staff. As is traditional, editorials are unsigned and intended to be seen as the voice of the news organization."

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