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City Pages
March 21, 2006
Mike Mosedale
At conservative think tank, staffers stand up for ex-boss, get canned
...In its 15 years, the center [of the American Experiment]--whose staff, directors, and donors have made up a virtual who's who of Republican politics in Minnesota--has managed to maintain a stately public posture. At its biannual fundraisers (up to $2,500 a plate for a spot at the "chairman's table"), the organization has lured big-name speakers like George H.W. Bush, Ken Starr, and Henry Kissinger. In between, the center's staff and fellows have produced a stodgy quarterly, cranked out numerous public-policy papers, and penned newspaper op-eds by the gross. Throughout it all, the organization has deftly avoided the sort of public squabbles and infighting that might stain its reputation.
Until February 20, that is.
That's when the center's board of directors voted to oust Annette Meeks, a longtime Republican Party activist (and former Newt Gingrich aide) who had served as the organization's CEO and president for the past 20 months. Viewed in isolation, the incident--though unexpected--wouldn't merit much notice. Then Mitch Pearlstein, who had been "kicked upstairs" and given the title of president emeritus when Meeks was moved into the center's top spot, was tapped as her replacement.
But the real stunner came when five center employees--half the staff--signed a letter protesting the decision to can Meeks. According to several well-placed sources contacted by City Pages, four of the signatories were summarily fired in the wake of their display of loyalty to the ex-boss; the other departed staffer, former GOP executive director Corey Miltimore, probably would have been dismissed too had he not already resigned in disgust.
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Center of the American Experiment
Center of the American Experiment
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