Despite promises that fundraising was on schedule and would not be a problem for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, the host committee ultimately ended up about $12.5 million short of its contractually obligated fundraising. The $12.5 million is equal to about a third of the $36.6 million the host committee agreed to raise. [...]
Parker resigns but stays on as NCDP Chairman
The saga at NC Democratic Party took another strange turn on Saturday. Embattled Chairman David Parker submitted his resignation to the Democratic Party State Executive Committee, only to have the committee refuse to accept it. The move was widely seen as being engineered by David Parker himself. Mr. Parker has been under fire for his [...]
