Progressive Democrat Issue 215
This week my attention was dominated by a long-expected fiasco with a local club I am involved with. Goes to show even Democrats can be seriously messed up. Then again, this same supposedly "reform" and "progressive" club previously endorsed two pretty shady charachers about a month ago. For my Brooklyn readers, the scoop on one of these shady politicians, David Yassky, can be found here.
If any of my readers out there want to help reform Democratic politics in NYC, I ask your help in supporting the following four candidates. If you can help, it would be GREATLY appreciated. All four have a tough battle against sleazy people to win the primary.
Josh Skaller: a good friend of mine running for City Council. Josh is a strong environmentalist and has worked on the local Howard Dean and Barack Obama campaigns. His main opponents are heavily supported by corporate interests. One of them is anti-Israel, and the other is anti-choice. Skaller, despite not taking any corporate donations, is doing well in fundraising and can be considered one of the two frontrunners in the race. I will be working very hard for Josh, and I hope some of my readers will send him some money to help us along.
Norman Siegel: another friend, this time running for the citywide office of Public Advocate. With 40 years of impressive civil rights legal work under his belt, including as a former head of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Norm is an ideal candidate for Public Advocate. Of course most of his opponents are corporate funded because corporations want a Corporate Advocate, not a Public Advocate. Norm is so scrupulous I once heard him turn down a ride from another candidate because it would require he report it as an in kind donation! That is an almost unheard of level of integrity. You can read about his long record of public advocacy on his website. I think you will agree he is one of the best candidates to come around in a long time and deserving of our support. If you can help out, please give a contribution.
John Liu: John Liu is running for Comptroller, the position that keeps track of the city's money. He is one of only two candidates in the race who actually has accounting and regulatory experience. The other two candidates (including that shady David Yassky I mentioned earlier) have no monetary experience whatsoever and are merely developer-supported shills. If Liu wins he will be the first Asian-American to win citywide office in NYC. This has generated some excitement, including from Asian-American politicians like Mike Honda from California, who has endorsed him. I have met Liu a few times and, in fact, was the very first person to officially endorse him for Comptroller. I think both John Liu and David Weprin (the other candidate in the race who has accounting/regulatory experience) would be good Comptrollers. I chose Liu because he is the more progressive of the two and the more dynamic candidate. Please help us elect a progressive, qualified Comptroller and elect the first Asian-American to win citywide office in NYC.
Finally, I want to mention another friend running for City Council, this time in my own district: Jo Anne Simon. Jo Anne is nationally known as an advocate for the disabled. Her main opponent is a developer-supported protege of the local corrupt Party Boss, so Jo Anne is our best shot at preventing a takeover of the district by the local machine. Which is a constant battle reformers like joy and I have here in Brooklyn. Please help us keep corruption at bay in NYC.
If you can choose one or two of these candidates to support, it would be GREATLY appreciated.
As for other news in the nation, given my current obsession with local politics, you may be more up to date than I am!
Here is this week's newsletter:
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Action Alert: Stay Involved!
Urge Obama to Support Action on Climate Change
Action Alert: Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma
NYC Focus: Superfund Gowanus
Brooklyn, NY Focus
Rochester, NY Focus
Queens, NY Focus
Bronx, NY Focus
NEW YORK STATE FOCUS
May 30: Inland Empire, CA Campaign Training
Silicon Valley, CA Focus
Orange County, CA Focus
San Diego, CA Focus
CALIFORNIA FOCUS
Georgia Wind and Solar Energy
GEORGIA FOCUS
Houston/Harris County, TX Focus
Austin/Travis County, TX Focus
Dallas County, TX Focus
TEXAS FOCUS
Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello
VIRGINIA FOCUS
M Powering Madison, WI
WISCONSIN FOCUS
NJ-5: Retire Garrett
June 6: Newark, NJ Campaign Training
NEW JERSEY FOCUS
Progressive Wins in Pennsylvania
PENNSYLVANIA FOCUS
ARIZONA FOCUS
MICHIGAN FOCUS
COLORADO FOCUS
ILLINOIS FOCUS
Alex Sink for Florida
FLORIDA FOCUS
NEVADA FOCUS
WASHINGTON STATE
IOWA FOCUS
June 6: Charlotte, NC Campaign Training
NORTH CAROLINA FOCUS
If any of my readers out there want to help reform Democratic politics in NYC, I ask your help in supporting the following four candidates. If you can help, it would be GREATLY appreciated. All four have a tough battle against sleazy people to win the primary.
Josh Skaller: a good friend of mine running for City Council. Josh is a strong environmentalist and has worked on the local Howard Dean and Barack Obama campaigns. His main opponents are heavily supported by corporate interests. One of them is anti-Israel, and the other is anti-choice. Skaller, despite not taking any corporate donations, is doing well in fundraising and can be considered one of the two frontrunners in the race. I will be working very hard for Josh, and I hope some of my readers will send him some money to help us along.
Norman Siegel: another friend, this time running for the citywide office of Public Advocate. With 40 years of impressive civil rights legal work under his belt, including as a former head of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Norm is an ideal candidate for Public Advocate. Of course most of his opponents are corporate funded because corporations want a Corporate Advocate, not a Public Advocate. Norm is so scrupulous I once heard him turn down a ride from another candidate because it would require he report it as an in kind donation! That is an almost unheard of level of integrity. You can read about his long record of public advocacy on his website. I think you will agree he is one of the best candidates to come around in a long time and deserving of our support. If you can help out, please give a contribution.
John Liu: John Liu is running for Comptroller, the position that keeps track of the city's money. He is one of only two candidates in the race who actually has accounting and regulatory experience. The other two candidates (including that shady David Yassky I mentioned earlier) have no monetary experience whatsoever and are merely developer-supported shills. If Liu wins he will be the first Asian-American to win citywide office in NYC. This has generated some excitement, including from Asian-American politicians like Mike Honda from California, who has endorsed him. I have met Liu a few times and, in fact, was the very first person to officially endorse him for Comptroller. I think both John Liu and David Weprin (the other candidate in the race who has accounting/regulatory experience) would be good Comptrollers. I chose Liu because he is the more progressive of the two and the more dynamic candidate. Please help us elect a progressive, qualified Comptroller and elect the first Asian-American to win citywide office in NYC.
Finally, I want to mention another friend running for City Council, this time in my own district: Jo Anne Simon. Jo Anne is nationally known as an advocate for the disabled. Her main opponent is a developer-supported protege of the local corrupt Party Boss, so Jo Anne is our best shot at preventing a takeover of the district by the local machine. Which is a constant battle reformers like joy and I have here in Brooklyn. Please help us keep corruption at bay in NYC.
If you can choose one or two of these candidates to support, it would be GREATLY appreciated.
As for other news in the nation, given my current obsession with local politics, you may be more up to date than I am!
Here is this week's newsletter:
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Action Alert: Stay Involved!
Urge Obama to Support Action on Climate Change
Action Alert: Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma
NYC Focus: Superfund Gowanus
Brooklyn, NY Focus
Rochester, NY Focus
Queens, NY Focus
Bronx, NY Focus
NEW YORK STATE FOCUS
May 30: Inland Empire, CA Campaign Training
Silicon Valley, CA Focus
Orange County, CA Focus
San Diego, CA Focus
CALIFORNIA FOCUS
Georgia Wind and Solar Energy
GEORGIA FOCUS
Houston/Harris County, TX Focus
Austin/Travis County, TX Focus
Dallas County, TX Focus
TEXAS FOCUS
Virginia Congressman Tom Perriello
VIRGINIA FOCUS
M Powering Madison, WI
WISCONSIN FOCUS
NJ-5: Retire Garrett
June 6: Newark, NJ Campaign Training
NEW JERSEY FOCUS
Progressive Wins in Pennsylvania
PENNSYLVANIA FOCUS
ARIZONA FOCUS
MICHIGAN FOCUS
COLORADO FOCUS
ILLINOIS FOCUS
Alex Sink for Florida
FLORIDA FOCUS
NEVADA FOCUS
WASHINGTON STATE
IOWA FOCUS
June 6: Charlotte, NC Campaign Training
NORTH CAROLINA FOCUS
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