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How a Handful of Democratic Scandals Become Cover for Hundreds of Republican Scandals
So here I am taking a break from some pretty heavy efforts to head off an imminent return of Bush-republicans to office to comment on the most recent, and extremely predictable, scandal here in NY State.
As I scan most of the country, including NY State, I see a Republican Party awash in corruption, scandals, racism and intolerance. When Carl "Horse Sex" Paladino and Christine "Mouse Brain" O'Donnell are your poster children, you have serious problems and whatever happens November 2nd, the bulk of the Republican Party candidates this year are either scandals in progress or scandals waiting to happen. And the thing is this has been the case now for more than a decade and it was these scandals that led to Republicans taking such a beating throughout the country in 2006 and 2008 and I believe will deliver them a beating again soon. It seems corrupt Republicans cannot or will not learn their lesson. (for a nice rundown on Republican Corruption, visit the good folks at Liberals Like Christ).
Unfortunately, here in NY State it seems Democrats and other leftists also have trouble learning the same lesson. read more »
Bill's Back
According to Bill DeBlasio's campaign, the board of elections has voted to reinstate him onto the ballot. It seems his sloppy campaign's mistake isn't going to cost him his candidacy. Of course I predicted he'd make it back on the ballot, so I am not surprised, nor do I necessarily think his campaign's sloppiness in counting should have kept him off the ballot. Still, I wonder if he had less money and wasn't the establishment candidate if he'd have had such an easy time getting absolution for his minor violation of New York's insanely complicated election laws.
I should note that according to the Daily News, a recent poll shows DeBlasio trailing badly in the Public Advocate's race. Mark Green comes in first, Norman Siegel second, and Bill DeBlasio third. I guess voters are figuring out that Bill is not really an advocate for anyone except himself and developers. I saw that last night in Park Slope where a local neighborhood between 4th and 5th Ave blames Bill DeBlasio for their many developer-caused woes.
Park Slope Developers Gone Wild: Lessons from Conservatives (UPDATED)
Tonight Joy and I (with Jacob in tow) made our way to a protest against a developer who seems to want special treatment in the Park Slope area near 4th Ave. This is not far from where we lived, so, despite not knowing alot about the issue, we went. (Updated to Josh Skaller's public statement on the issue):
Statement from City Council Candidate Josh Skaller
(D-39th District) Regarding the Requested Zoning Variance at 580 Carroll Street"The entire process of development in our city has fallen apart. New York City has to grow, we all know that - but it has to grow in a way that works for communities. The current process is a rubber stamp for well-connected developers that goes on behind closed doors, with the community on the outside looking in.
"The City's Board of Standards and Appeals - also known as the BSA - should be part of the solution. Instead, it's a big part of the problem. The BSA often takes action on developments that disregard the interests of communities - and behooves the interests of developers. And that's what gets us to where we are today. read more »
Aubertine out (House), DeBlasio (Public Advocate)
The upcoming primaries won't turn out to have quite the contenders we expected, I guess.
All by email, thanks to the senders:
Darrel Aubertine will not run for the House expected to be vacated when John McHugh, which should make the Senate Democrats rather happy; I'm pretty sure the Democrats would have lost a special election, after that fiasco in the Senate that shall not be mentioned.
This is Aubertine's full statement, again via email:
“There has been a lot of speculation as to whether I would run in a special election for the 23rd Congressional District.
“My priority must continue to be the work I have started in the state Senate, representing Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties. My commitment is to the people of the 48th Senate District and has been all along. Before I could even consider the possibility of serving another eight counties, I had a duty to finish out this year’s session.
"This seat in Congress belongs to the people who live in these 11 counties, not any elected official or political party.
“Unfortunately, the National Republican Party has viewed the seat differently. National Republicans have demonstrated their belief that party registration matters more than the issues by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to attack and vilify me. They never mentioned the important issues we care about here in the 23rd, whether it’s our military and Fort Drum, border security and international trade, agriculture, energy and the economy of the future, or rural healthcare.
“It’s no small wonder why the Washington Republicans are going extinct, and contributors should question why the money they’ve given was squandered here for no good reason at all.
“I support the process that the Democratic Party has put in place to come up with a candidate to run for the expected vacancy in the 23rd Congressional District. I’m certain the 11 county chairs involved in the process will continue to move toward finding a qualified candidate who understands the issues here and will embark on an honest campaign that puts people before politics.”
Winner: the Senate Democrats
And in the upcoming municipal election, source: Liz Benjamin, Bill de Blasio got kicked off the ballot for the Public Advocates race
New York's infamously archaic and exacting petition rules have claimed another victim - this time in the form of would-be public advocate, Councilman Bill de Blasio.
De Blasio's campaign attorney Henry Berger confirmed that his client had run afoul of the requirement regarding the "curing" of petition cover sheets, which gives candidates one shot - and one shot only - at fixing initial errors.
One false move - a misplaced numeral or missing period - and you're dead, which is why campaigns spend so much money on election attorneys. [...]
Winner, unclear, probably rival Mark Green, who leads in the polls. read more »
Aubertine out (House), DeBlasio (Public Advocate)
The upcoming primaries won't turn out to have quite the contenders we expected, I guess.
All by email, thanks to the senders:
Darrel Aubertine will not run for the House expected to be vacated when John McHugh, which should make the Senate Democrats rather happy; I'm pretty sure the Democrats would have lost a special election, after that fiasco in the Senate that shall not be mentioned.
This is Aubertine's full statement, again via email:
“There has been a lot of speculation as to whether I would run in a special election for the 23rd Congressional District.
“My priority must continue to be the work I have started in the state Senate, representing Oswego, Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties. My commitment is to the people of the 48th Senate District and has been all along. Before I could even consider the possibility of serving another eight counties, I had a duty to finish out this year’s session.
"This seat in Congress belongs to the people who live in these 11 counties, not any elected official or political party.
“Unfortunately, the National Republican Party has viewed the seat differently. National Republicans have demonstrated their belief that party registration matters more than the issues by spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to attack and vilify me. They never mentioned the important issues we care about here in the 23rd, whether it’s our military and Fort Drum, border security and international trade, agriculture, energy and the economy of the future, or rural healthcare.
“It’s no small wonder why the Washington Republicans are going extinct, and contributors should question why the money they’ve given was squandered here for no good reason at all.
“I support the process that the Democratic Party has put in place to come up with a candidate to run for the expected vacancy in the 23rd Congressional District. I’m certain the 11 county chairs involved in the process will continue to move toward finding a qualified candidate who understands the issues here and will embark on an honest campaign that puts people before politics.”
Winner: the Senate Democrats
And in the upcoming municipal election, source: Liz Benjamin, Bill de Blasio got kicked off the ballot for the Public Advocates race
New York's infamously archaic and exacting petition rules have claimed another victim - this time in the form of would-be public advocate, Councilman Bill de Blasio.
De Blasio's campaign attorney Henry Berger confirmed that his client had run afoul of the requirement regarding the "curing" of petition cover sheets, which gives candidates one shot - and one shot only - at fixing initial errors.
One false move - a misplaced numeral or missing period - and you're dead, which is why campaigns spend so much money on election attorneys. [...]
Winner, unclear, probably rival Mark Green, who leads in the polls. read more »
