I recently posted endorsements and info on three key candidates running in the Sept. 13th primary/special elections. As a reminder, I am urging readers to vote for:

DAVID WEPRIN FOR CONGRESS
CHERYL GONZALES FOR KINGS COUNTY CIVIL COURT JUDGE
JESUS GONZALEZ FOR ASSEMBLY

For those who want to help stop a particularly horrible right wing extremist running for Congress, you can do phonebanking or canvassing for David Weprin for Congress at the following times and locations:

Brooklyn Phonebank for David Weprin:

Thursday September 1st, 6:30 - 9 PM
Location: TJ Democratic Club. 77 Conklin Ave Brooklyn NY (near the Canarsie/Rockaway Pkwy L station) RSVP/details: lauriewheelock@gmail.com

Brooklyn Canvasses for David Weprin:

Friday September 2nd, Two shifts: 1PM & 5PM
Locations: 1PM Mill Basin canvass from the TJ club (see above); 5PM meet at Key Food(Ave U & 66th) for visibility followed by Mill Basin canvass. RSVP/details: lauriewheelock@gmail.com

Sunday, September 4th, Two shifts: 1PM & 5PM

Locations: Mill Basin and lower part of district. RSVP/details: lauriewheelock@_at_gmail_dot_com

UPDATE: The following have endorsed David Weprin for Congress:

Governor Andrew Cuomo
United States Senator Charles Schumer
United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
NYC Comptroller John Liu
United Federation of Teachers (UFT)
NYS United Teachers (NYSUT)
NYS AFL-CIO
SEIU 32BJ
DC 37
PEF
Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City
Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn
The Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens

UPDATE: to answer some teabagger/Fox News lies that the Turner campaign have been circulating, let's review some basic economic facts:

Remember that the NUMBER ONE contribution to the current deficit is Bush's Billionaire Tax Cuts and Bush's illegal Iraq quagmire. Without those Republican failures our deficit would be far smaller. (let's see if I can embed graphs here)

Those are facts. Why teabaggers can't face up to facts is beyond me.

Let's try really looking at facts, if you are able to.

Job Growth is always better under Democrats than Republicans:

Growth in the stock market: Republican average (excluding Hoover, to be fair) is 4.3% growth...Democratic Average is 9.4%.

Note this: the BEST STOCK MARKET GROWTH has been under Clinton and Obama. The WORST stock market declines (excluding Hoover) were under Nixon and the younger Bush.

Average Growth in GDP: Again Democrats match or beat all Republicans

Average annual income grows for ALL AMERICANS under Democrats, while it mainly grows for the very rich under Republicans:

Even fiscal responsibility, that thing Republicans like to claim, is really a Democratic value as proven by the numbers:

Republicans do FAR more deficit spending that Democrats.

If you want job growth, fiscal responsibility and lower deficits, Democratic policies work far better than the failed trickle down foolishness of the Republicans.