Strib: The party's 15-member executive board voted 8-7 to give Jennifer Carnahan a severance of three months salary, roughly $38,000, to leave her role as she faced a no-confidence vote amid scandal.
She wanted to keep the cash cow and the three-legged stool to keep milking. If three months = $38,000 than the annual salary going to her and Hagedorn was four times that, or $152,000. No wonder she tried to hang onto the job, that and for love and affection toward coworkers?
She was not worth it. Do you figure they likely changed her network access code, got back keys, and gave her a box of opportunity? Not likely that callous. But decisive.
Gotta ask: Did she have to accept a non-disclosure - non-disparagement agreement to get the severance bucks?
Bigger questions left hanging: Will there still be that audit; and was she given an assurance that audit results would not subject her to any claw-back? Did she exit with tail coverage, i.e., ongoing errors and omissions insurance paid by the Party, or will she have to pay her own way, that way?
Remember, there remain all those harassment claims. Litigation for damages could ensue, and Carnahan could be a named individual defendant along with the H.R. head honcho. What happens now to the claimants, that remains a question, as well as what remediation will be planned and implemented to reduce likelihood of recurrence?
Biggest question: Who'll be the new boss, how soon, and how chosen?
Almost as big a question: Is the party broke, in debt, or holding a positive funds balance?
Aplikowski for the new chair? You beat the champ to be the champ?
Open question for all readers: Would you ever consider voting for Hagedorn after all this stuff loaded the fan?