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We’ve learned a lot in the past few months about Larry Stickney, the campaign manager for Protect Marriage Washington. This is the misnamed group trying to repeal of Washington’s Domestic Partnership Expansion Law of 2009 via Referendum 71.
Since a lot of what we know about this anti-family activist is scattered across newspaper articles, blog posts and public documents, I thought it worthwhile to begin assembling it in one place, in the form of a link library. Items are categorized according to my opinion – your mileage may vary. Be sure to bookmark this page because I will update it as new information becomes available. Similar reviews of Mr. Stickney’s colleagues at Protect Marriage Washington will be forthcoming.
Professional History
1. Listed campaign failures as accomplishments on online resume.
2. Managed the 1999 anti-choice I-694 campaign which Washington voters roundly rejected.
3. Managed John Koster’s 2000 Congressional bid, which Koster lost to the pro-LGBT Democrat Rick Larsen (D-WA02) who still holds the congressional seat almost 10 years later.
Managing the Anti-Domestic Partnership Campaign
Media Savvy
1. Unprepared to deal with press during major political event.
2. Failed to capitalize on free press promotion during major political event.
3. Imprudently derided the media.
4. Failed to meet own deadline for press release.
5. Cultivated baseless impression that non-Seattle media oppose domestic partnerships.
Financial Management Skills
1. Admitted spending scarce donor money on pointless attack ads against pro-equality legislators in electorally secure seats.
Corporate Management Skills
1. Failed to achieve consensus with and cooperation of natural allies.
3. Allowed Gary Randall to misdirect campaign donations into the PAC of his Oregon-based organization rather than into the dedicated referendum PAC, even after the fundraising widget on the campaign web site finally became functional.
4. Failed to organize major campaign endorser Joseph Backholm to promote the referendum on Backholm’s weekly radio broadcast.
5. Failed to keep campaign website current.
6. Lost control of organization as major co-sponsor Gary Randall confusingly set up parallel web site and continued to misdirect donations into the PAC of his Oregon-based organization, which is not the official referendum PAC. Failed to explain confusing development to supporters.
Honesty and Truthfulness
1. Misrepresented the truth repeatedly about pending legislation and existing law.
2. Ran deceptive t.v. ads which claimed that the domestic partnership expansion bill would “redefine marriage” and lead to “teaching that gay marriage is normal and healthy in public schools.”
3. Obfuscated differences between referenda and initiatives allegedly to avoid admitting why an initiative to completely repeal all domestic partnerships would be unpalletable to Washington voters. (see item 2 on linked page)
4. Failed to inform supporters of severe time constraints on and higher signature requirements for referenda this year. (see item 2 on linked page)
5. Ignored the fact that the Washington State Supreme Court has already ruled that the state DOMA law is constitutional. (see item 3 on linked page)
6. Admited a reliance on voter confusion to win his campaign. (see item 5 on linked page)
7. Perpetrated untruthful feel-good claptrap when saying that a referendum would not take anything away from anyone. (see item 7 on linked page)
8. Paded endorsement list with multiple entries, one-person “organizations”, tiny fringe groups and individuals who have publicly trashed the referendum campaign.
Follow-through
1. Failed to meet own deadline for press release.
2. Failed to fulfill promises to supporters repeatedly.
Knowledgability
1. Pretended that the Washington State Supreme Court hasn’t already ruled that the state DOMA is constitutional. (see item 3 on linked page)
2. Demonstrated ignorance of the 1st Amendment repeatedly. (see item 4 on linked page)
3. Demonstrated ignorance of the chronology of Washington state lawmaking. (see item 4 on linked page)
4. Confused “liberty” and “tyranny” (see final item on linked page).
5. Showed understanding that voters are increasingly pro-equality. (see item 8 on linked page)
Judgment
1. Promoted on campaign web page an allegedly delusional zealot sure to offend the average voter.
2. Went live with a non-functional donor web page.
3. Embarrassed the campaign by featuring a Twitter account on the campaign web page that Board members and major endorsers never bothered to subscribe to.
4. Wasted precious petition time by waiting the maximal time possible before challenging the referendum ballot language.
5. Displayed gross incompetence by dropping the challenge to the referendum ballot language before the challenge process was complete.
6. Admited vested interest in volunteers remaining unemployed “during these rough economic times”. (see item 9 on linked page)
7. Ran a referendum campaign to repeal a law supported by a super-majority of voters, making it a “goldmine” for membership-building for the pro-equality organization Equal Rights Washington.
8. Included three problematic legislators on his organization’s board. Rep. Shea is divorced, Sen Swecker promoted state subsidies for radical-right fringe organizations he belongs to and Rep. McCune is viewed by reasonable people to be zany.
9. Distracted himself from job at hand with concurrent high-paying political job working for John Koster.
Personal History
1. Married thrice, divorced twice.
2. Served with a restraining order after allegations of wife battering.
Quotes
1. Marriage equality “will demolish the historical understanding and definition of marriage as that of uniting a man and a woman for life.”
2. ”[T]he happiness and well-being of both the parents and the children are best served by the family unit.”
3. “[Estranged wife No. 2, Cheryl] was born with a silver spoon and is very feminist in her outlook and has been depressed for years with her lot in life (raising children, married to a middle class working man etc..), and subsequently lacks respect and is very rebellious towards me and refuses to give me the authority and support I, as a the father of our two small children need to run a functional household.” –L. Stickney in response to a request for restraining order served him by the Superior Court of Washington.
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Related Stories
Pam’s House Blend and Washblog by Lurleen
* Would You Give Larry Stickney Your Money?
* The Washington Hate Coalition: What a Bunch of Whiners
* Ten Rationalizations for Running a Doomed Referendum Against Domestic Partnerships
* Larry Stickney’s Referendum off to a Bumbling Start
* Larry Stickney’s Referendum 71 Has No Support from its Natural Allies
* Protect Marriage Washington Pads its Endorsement List
* Bat. Shit. Crazy.
* Washington Newspapers: Domestic Partnerships Good, Ref 71 Bad
* A Simple Question for Gary Randall & Larry Stickney
* Still Waiting for an Answer, Fellas
* Nobody Can Hear Larry Stickney Tweet
* I Did Not See This Coming
* Rinky-Dink Minister Count Upped to Five!
* Not Good for Donor Morale
* Larry Stickney, Always a Beat Behind
* A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand
* Are Gary Randall and Larry Stickney Capable of Keeping a Promise?
* The Gary and Larry Chronicles: Numerical Update Edition
* Protect Marriage Washington’s BWAKing Points
The Stranger by Dominic Holden
* Last Gasp
* Heavy-Handed
* Know Thy Enemy
The Stranger blog by Dominic Holden or Dan Savage
* Stickney to Attempt Repealing Domestic Partnership Bill
* Just One Day
* Governor’s Inaction Stalls Homophobic Referendum
* “This is Probably Our Opponents Worst Nightmare”
* Three Lawmakers Join Anti-Gay Campaign
* Gregoire Speaks
* Time Running Out For Bigots
* Heavy Handed
* Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
* Their Own Worst Enemies
* Who’s Going to Challenge Referendum 71
* Stickney Withdraws Lawsuit
* The People I’m Persecuting Are So MEAN!
* Have You Seen It?
12 Comments
This man desperately needs a blowjobI think that’s really at the core of it. By the looks of him, he probably hasn’t gotten laid in years, and all this hate against gay families, its just a subconscious, “If I can’t get any, neither can you”.
He really should look into porn. The man is simply backed up, spermwise, and needs to let it out a little. If he can’t get anyone else to help him out with that, then he should take matters into his own hands. Or in his own hand.
Let’s send him some porn to help him out. Everyone, if you can get his email addy and publish it here, I’d suggest everyone send this man your porn collection, just fill that email inbox of his with images of every kinda kink and fancy you can imagine.
Would be a tragedy if he couldn’t get to his more business oriented emails because his inbox was clogged with…de-clogging materials… so to speak.
I know a lot of people who would find him attractiveSorry, but the “He’s fat, therefore he probably hasn’t gotten laid in years” is a bit offensive. Otherwise, I agree with your assessment.
That is quite the curriculum vitae, isn’t itThanks for the work you’ve been putting into this, Lurleen.
Let’s not.Let’s keep the focus on Larry, his total lack of moral authority and his inability to run a winning campaign.
Did I say fat?I don’t think I did. Look at that entry I typed, and see if you can find any indication that his weight is the reason why he isn’t getting laid. I don’t think its in there. No, you assumed that his weight is the reason why I said he is unattractive. That’s what you wnated me to say. It is not what I said however.
What’s offensive to me is when people start putting words into my mouth. Maybe you should take those words back, and then think about what insecurity you have that would make you see what isn’t there.
Decline2SignEmails promoting Decline2Sign have reached even MY inbox. I’m not remotely close to Washington and mine came from an old paramour who now lives in Idaho.
Y’all must be doing something right.
You were judging him by his looksAnd, based on his looks, making a judgement about how recently he had (or didn’t have) sex.
You see what you want to seeI’ll just let the readers decide for themselves. If they can look at what I wrote and see some sort of fatophobia’ then fine. I don’t personally, and I think you’re projecting a few insecurities you have about your own weight onto me.
I’ll let our audience decide what meaning they see in it. If they think I was attacking fat people, then I’m sure they’ll let me know that. If they think you’re overreacting, they might let you know that too. I don’t see anything I should have to defend or apologize for, because I never said anything about what you’re freaking out over. If you want to get all defensive and paranoid, then that’s on you.
Yeah, you meant that he’s ugly because he’s fat.You know it, we know it, and it’s weird that you’re pretending not to fat-hate by twice accusing someone of being insecure about their weight. Because apparently only a fat man would call you on your fat-hate. And a fat man would have to be insecure, wouldn’t he? Because he’s fat, right?
What could you personally find unattractive about Larry’s appearance? His clothes, his haircut, his features, his age, his race, his height? Maybe, but you meant he’s unattractive because he’s fat.
And, by the way: besides Techbear’s friends, Larry’s three wives and who knows how many of his girlfriends would apparently disagree with you. So your comments were not only gratuitous, they were inaccurate.
Beyond all this, Lurleen just put together an amazing post that obviously took a lot of work and going this far off-topic is disrespectful to both the author and the audience.
Cosign!Lurleen, you’ve done some fantastic work here!
Truly impressive work, Lurleen.
anti-resumeThis is what one might call an anti-resume. The research needed to compile it was impressive. Let’s hope it gets him all the non-jobs for which he has ample non-qualifications.
Rick Cabral