Dan Ahlers quits SDDP job, accuses Chair Jennifer Slaight-Hansen of hostile work environment, violating FEC rules

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WOW. Here’s a major bomb dropping about the new Democrat Party Chair Jennifer Slaight-Hansen.

In a story breaking on the Dakota Scout, after barely lasting 60 days, South Dakota Democrat Party Executive Director Dan Ahlers has apparently resigned, citing that the SDDP is hostile work environment, and that Democrat Party Chair Jennifer Slaight-Hansen is not very nice to her colleagues:

And his decision to step down from the position stems from what he said was mismanagement of the party by South Dakota Democratic Party Chairwoman Jennifer Slaight-Hansen, including allegations of a hostile work environment and violating campaign finance and party bylaws.

“When I try to advise the chair on these matters, she becomes angry and reminds me that I work for her,” Ahlers wrote in an email Friday to the party’s State Central Committee members informing them of his resignation.

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Ahlers alleges that Slaight-Hansen, elected chair of the party in February, uses “demeaning and foul language” when dealing with party staff.

Read the entire story here (Subscription required).

Do you think it’s because Dan Ahlers was a middle-aged white man?  Just asking.

13 thoughts on “Dan Ahlers quits SDDP job, accuses Chair Jennifer Slaight-Hansen of hostile work environment, violating FEC rules”

  1. Dan seemed like a reasonably good hire for them, so I guess it’s no surprise that they quickly ran him out.

  4. there’s nothing more universal and bipartisan than having a bad boss. or being a jerk employee since i don’t know all the facts.

  5. JSH has been a dumpster fire for years. She took over the Brown county dems when they were in their peak and quickly lost every race to the brown county gop. She pushed people out. She pushed people away. It became an elitist organization. I used to volunteer until she made it clear I wasn’t needed so I went to the gop booth because they welcomed me in.

    1. I believe the little propaganda minister Herr shortyberger played a significant role in these events, too.

      1. The death of the Brown Co Dems was long before CAH came along he just took it off life support. It started the night Daschle lost to Thune. I remember that night very well…I went to the court house with Dana, who was chair at the time and the Daschle people looked like someone had just kicked their puppy. After that, when Jason took over, he recruited good, grassroots style candidates to run for local offices and before too long, it was red. Char continued what Jason had started and now Katie runs a well oiled machine…lets hope it stays that way and we keep the fringe right GOPs out. Fringe right, will be the death of the GOP in this state

  6. And now that Sioux Falls paper is reporting Mr. Nesiba and some other fellow are going to oust this young lady because she won’t resign.

    BuWAHAHAhahaha

    grudznick has to type that here as it would really irk the fellows on the out-of-state name-caller blog. Irk them bad.

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