Bennett has a track record of running organizations into the ground

September 17, 2008

Siobhan “Sam” Bennett has once again raised questions about the viability of her Congressional campaign with the departure of her most recent campaign manager, Kathryn Seck.  Seck was either Bennett’s second or third campaign manager. (Walter Ludwig, a Washington DC-based political consultant had been acting as a top Bennett aide in 2007.)

Bennett has a long history of mismanagement, incompetence and of leaving bad feelings among those associated with her,” noted Congressman Dent.

For example, Bennett’s website says that she saved Mayfair in Allentown while serving as the festival’s director.  However, newspaper reports show that by the time she skipped out of that job she left an organization teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, mired in debt and facing numerous lawsuits from vendors Bennett failed to pay. She was also involved in a controversial firing during her time as Director of Mayfair.

Her political campaigns have been no less disorganized. Bennett’s two failed mayoral campaigns were characterized by her constant inaccurate statements, negativity and personal attacks.  A Morning Call columnist on August 23rd of this year wrote that her congressional campaign was “. . . driving down BS Boulevard” with regards to factual accuracy.

Her most recent work with the non-profit group Properties of Merit has created controversy through Bennett’s salary grab – a maneuver so blatant that it would make the corporate CEO’s she rails against blush.

Congressman Dent wished Kathryn Seck well in whatever her new endeavor may be.  “While Bennett and Ms. Seck have parted ways, the truth is that campaign doesn’t need a new manager, it needs a new candidate."