John Faso Press Release

posted by Campaign Wire
Fri, 04/28/2006 - 12:48pm

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WHAT IS A 50 YEAR-OLD CONGRESSMAN DOING AT A FRAT PARTY AT 1 AM? ANSWER: NOT DRAFTING LEGISLATION

posted by Campaign Wire
Fri, 04/28/2006 - 11:44am

Letter to William Weld

posted by Campaign Wire
Fri, 04/28/2006 - 11:10am

For Immediate Release
Contact: Lowell Conrad 585-243-2665

April 28, 2006
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The Honorable William Weld
355 Lexington Avenue
Suite 1001
New York, NY 10017

Dear Governor Weld:

As County Chairs of the New York State Republican Committee, we are
very concerned about your willingness to solicit and accept the
endorsement of the Libertarian party for your campaign for Governor.

While you may receive some short-term benefit from obtaining a second
line on November's general election ballot, you potentially could
create serious political problems for each and every Republican

SPITZER 2006: ELIOT SPITZER SPEAKS ABOUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN

posted by Campaign Wire
Fri, 04/28/2006 - 9:58am

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Brooklyn's 43rd Assembly District : Run Jesse Run!!

posted by Rock Hackshaw
Fri, 04/28/2006 - 9:38am

Rock Hermon Hackshaw

We all know what happened to Clarence Norman recently, so there is no need to rehash old history, but there are a few things about Clarence's old seat (43rdAD), that many of you probably don't know. For example, many Caribbean-American political activists have felt for quite some time now, that this seat is ripe for Caribbean-American representation. The population here is heavily Caribbean-American. Ask Allan Campbell, Maurice Gumbs, Gail Yvette Davis, Sheila-Foster-Wai, Ed Roberts and others of that ilk. Shoot, you can even ask Una Clarke.

Back in the 80's, Clarence Norman beat back a few challenges from islanders. In 1984 he faced two, Carl Roberts and Maurice Gumbs. Two years later, Gumbs backed off to let Roberts tackle Norman. It didn't matter, Clarence held serve. Then there was a lull on the front, until Joan Gill stepped forward to challenge Clarence. Joan was born and bred in Brooklyn, just as James Davis was. She tackled Clarence twice; in 1992 and 1996. I managed her last campaign, and found out for the

Hakeem Jeffries and the Limits of Gutter Politics

posted by Gatemouth
Thu, 04/27/2006 - 9:26pm

Sometimes the one way to make everyone angry is to take the most sensible position. Take Atlantic Yards. The arena would provide Brooklyn a real public benefit, and whatever one thinks about the adequacy of the percentage of “affordable” housing in the project, I defy anyone to find any developer who’s ever done any better. Yards opponents say they aren’t against an arena, they just think the Yards (easily accessible to half the City’s subway lines, as well as many bus transfer points), is an inferior location compared to putting an arena in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (a mass transit desert located in a flood zone). And they are all for development of the Yards (a deep hole in the ground, whose conversion costs have scared away nearly everyone), but just oppose any plan likely to be viable there. But the Yards plan’s opponents are fundamentally right that the Ratner plan proposed for development is just too damned big, and that the only response Yards plan supporters have given to questions concerning how we will evolve solutions to the seemingly insoluble problems the project presents is “if you build it, they will come”. Pardon my skepticism.

Categories: atlantic_yards hakeem_jeffries ratner roger_green

MEDIA ALERT: Eliot Spitzer Delivers Policy Address, Buffalo, Friday, April 28th

posted by Campaign Wire
Thu, 04/27/2006 - 4:15pm

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Does The Way We Vote Promote Gang Involvement?

posted by Saquan Jones
Thu, 04/27/2006 - 3:38pm

As I campaign to become the Assemblyperson for Brooklyn’s 43^rd district one of the first questions I am asked is, "Who are you with? Who is backing you?" Most of the time, I am being asked by a parent and he/she is asking this question in front of their child and as I ponder the answer to this question, I imagine what a child has to go through when he or she is in the school cafeteria and trying to make new friends. I contemplate the pressure he/she is under to find someone to be affiliated with in order to be accepted. I also realize that sub-consciously by asking this question in front of their child, the parent is instilling a sense of “needing to belong” in order to be successful. What if no one is backing me, what if I am not with anyone? Does that mean I am not just as capable of doing a great job? What about if that child told his peers in the cafeteria, “I am not with anyone?” Does this mean that that child would not be the greatest friend anyone can ever have?