Log Cabin facing money woes: Gay GOP group at least $100,000 in debt

[Newsjock]

Source: Washington Blade

The Log Cabin Republicans, hampered by lackluster 2008 fundraising, is facing financial difficulties and ended the year at least $100,000 in debt, according to Patrick Sammon, the organization’s president, who spoke to the Blade Friday.

Sammon said he expects the organization to have around $100,000 in debt or “maybe a little more,” adding that the figure is made up of consolidated debt.

“It’s not like we’re not paying the rent or not paying the phone bill or anything like that,” he said. “We’re current on the bills that we owe, but we do have some debt that’s consolidated.”

... Sammon said the organization has left some open positions unfilled to keep expenses down. Log Cabin currently has two full-time staffers and one part-time staffer, which is three fewer than what it had just one year ago, he said.


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[ForPeace]

1. Maybe they can get a bail-out :)

Maybe they can get a bail-out :)

[gratuitous]

2. Larry Craig behind on paying his dues?

I don't see any brighter prospects for these quislings in 2009. Maybe it's time to disband and re-form as "Chickens for Col. Sanders."

[Doctor_J]

3. WTF kind of self-loathing must a gay have to be a Repuke?

man, that is truly messed up

[mrreowwr_kittty]

15. 27% of gay Americans saw fit to vote for McCain/Palin

I find it interesting that in all the dialogue about Prop8 and minority communities that fact has not been mentioned.

[Realityhack]

16. That is an interesting stat.

I wonder how many voted pro prop 8.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

17. I would hope none but who knows since they were willing to vote for McCain. nt

[Ian David]

4. You'd think Gay Republicans would have as good a shot at success as Jews for Jesus. n/t

[asthmaticeog]

5. The Ku Klux Klan's Jewish auxiliary is facing similar difficulties.

[JayMusgrove]

7. Thanks for the laugh! That's a riot! n/t

[KamaAina]

6. Great Scott! That works out to almost....

$100,000 per member! :P

[No Elephants]

8. I thought they required celibacy. I was wrong. They support equal

rights for GLBT.

http://online.logcabin.org/about/

Still, they are Republicans. Fatal flaw, IMO>

[Libertas1776]

9. Gay Republican...

now thats what I call an oxymoron.

[Betty]

10. I would just say plain old moron.

that's what I would say.

[Doctor_J]

18. Per Harvey Fierstein, they're "mentally retarded or something"

;-)

[struggle4progress]

11. "We're gays, and we support gay-bashing rightwing wackos. So send us money!"

:shrug: wonder why that isn't working as a fundraising appeal

[Burma Jones]

12. As Tom Tomorrow observed almost ten years ago........

[snooper2]

13. You catch this part

:rofl:

"He also said the number of sustained donors, or people who give at least $100 to Log Cabin, has jumped from 40 to 100 since he took over the organization."

:rofl:

[santamargarita]

14. How about a bake sale?

[Doctor Cynic]

19. In other news, the Israel Branch of the Aryan Nations is a million Sheckels in debt.

[NickB79]

20. "Has left some open positions unfilled"

Must....not....laugh.....