I have already endorsed Andrew Rasiej in a speech I gave about him at City Hall.

This is another campaign that became heated if only for the fundamental rift in the grassroots as to what the role of the public advocate should be. Let's call them the civiroots. The civiroots support Siegel do so because he is an astounding legal force in the city and his profile could not have risen higher after his defense of protesters during the RNC. This side of the grassroots want a defense attorney.

On the other side of the grassroots people are looking for a candidate that understands that government has to be fundamentally changed, to the core, through the way they practice government on a daily basis. The techroots look at the internet as the roadmap to a new democracy. Those who support Rasiej believe like me that this is where the political beef is right here, right now. For New York City, the most important city in the United States to fall behind in the uses of technolgical innovations in government is a sign more of the state of our democracy than the incompetence of bureaucrats. That's why changing how people interact with the NYC government should be the #1 priority of not just New Yorkers but all Americans as well.

That's why I am voting for Andrew Rasiej.