Hispanic lawmakers to #DNC2012: Award more convention biz to Latinos, or else

It is to laugh, my dear readers:

Hispanic lawmakers are peeved at theΒ Democratic National ConventionΒ Committee for not hiring more Latino-owned businesses for next month’s convention.

Upset over the lack of contracts, Hispanic lawmakers exchanged heated words Wednesday with a top DNCC official in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. Afterward, Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif., suggested that DNCC Chief Executive Steve Kerrigan should be fired if things don’t improve.

If the situation isn’t rectified, β€œthere will be a recommendation that the person who is in charge will not be in charge,” Baca told Politico.

The DNCC says it’s made minority contracting a big priority for the Charlotte convention, but Hispanic lawmakers believe there should be more Latino-owned businesses getting a cut of the money. It’s unclear how many contracts the DNCC has awarded to minorities because the committee doesn’t publicly release that information.

β€œOur concern is that we think the numbers could be better,” Rep. Charles Gonzalez, D-Texas, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus chairman, told Politico. β€œWe just want to make sure they are aggressively pursuing the goals that we understood were set.”

Gonzalez said they want Kerrigan to β€œshow us what they will be able to accomplish between now and the next five weeks.”

Too bad these time-wasters in Congress don’t get that instead of handwringing over “minority-based contracts” at a political convention, they should be focused on working with the GOP on REAL solutions that would impact business owners in a positive way, which would pave the road to job creation for ALL Americans, no matter your race, sex, or whatever! Β I know this and I’m not even in Congress. Why they heck don’t they?? Β :-w

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