There was only one choice to make this past weekend, who should replace Jesse, yet for some reason the slate was switched up last minute, disrespecting the process that happened last summer, when there was an open discussion of who would be best to run for officers of the Union for the next three years, as stated in the
CORE by-Laws.
If the name Jackson Potter is familiar, he was the Chief of Staff for Karen Lewis and was the Mastermind behind getting CORE elected back in 2010. He's neither a newcomer to CTU politics nor a new person running for election. He was slated to be VP with Karen Lewis, except he was removed from the ballot due to ineligibility issues back in 2010.
The last-minute change has many people thinking that Jesse would lose to Members First at the top of the ticket. Scuttlebutt says this gives a sense of freshness for those that don't remember CTU history and free media coverage for CTU leadership.
The other concern union members have, especially inside the CORE caucus, is about the slating process and the correct procedures to replace Jesse Sharkey.
The only position that should have been changed was Jesse's position, but now it seems like Jackson Potter is somehow in the mix. Why didn't CORE just replace Jesse with another white man on top of the ticket? Seems dubious, at least if not a last-minute acceptance, that Jesse could not help CORE win in the May 20, 2022 union elections
For what just happened in the CORE Caucus this weekend, this should have been the order of operations:
1) Jesse officially dropping out to vacate the Position
2) Stacy needed to drop out to vacate her VP Position
3) Stacy had to have been nominated for the President Position
4) Jackson should have been nominated for VP Position
That's the order of operation. In each part of that order, other people could have wanted to be nominated for a position. There should have been debates about each office at each step of the process, even the stepping down part, should have had a discussion and a vote to accept the dropping out. Especially for Stacy, since she switched to run for another office. It also calls into question the legitimacy of the process since Stacy was nominated and Slated for VP. How could she go against the wishes and the governance of the CORE slating process?
It was was pointed out last week that this was a slap in the face for CORE members and contiuues to be …
Sharkey slaps Rank-and-File in the Face
The Officer slate for CORE was worked out last summer and has many people questioning the motives of Jesse Sharkey's last-minute departure from CTU leadership that was decided back in August 2021.
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