The Gateway (“I Call My Baby Pussy” Edition)

DATELINE: Lewes, Delaware 

DeBlasio sensibly thinks bike paths should be subject to the same sort of public comment and community input as other land use decisions.

The Bike Lobby goes nuts.

I respect their fears here. After all, if a mayoral candidate is allowed to suggest such things without having his ethics questioned, it is only a matter of time before we slide down the slippery slope and the fascist auto-thugs demand we stop at red-lights and stop signs.

And from there it is only a step to the final solution De Blasio’s bike warpath www.nypost.com    

 

 

 

There’s apparently a real estate shortage in southern Queens. Ruben Wills, James Sanders, A Campaign Office, And a Non-Profit | City & State www.cityandstateny.com    

 

 

 

Is this the biggest lie David Storobin's told since claiming he was a devout Jew claiming he was a “devout” Jew?–reasonable people may disagree, but I couldn't possibly comment. Israeli official and visitors never heard of rule 'requiring' Brooklyn pol to wear an IDF uniform |. www.capitalnewyork.com   

 

 

 

Another dumb reporter not aware that district numbers change

John Murphy (yes, the current one's dad) Vito Fossella & Michael Grimm are a sad record for any district (sort of like being represented in the State Senate by Israel Ruiz, Efran Gonzalez and Pedro Espada), but don't these people have enough problems without saddling them with Bert Podell, who spent his entire time in Congress serving a district which sometimes (but not always) adjoined John Murphy's and never included an inch of Staten Island?

And yes, technically Grimm does today represent a tiny bit of Podell's old district, but by that standard, if he's re-elected under his new lines, we could then saddle the poor folks on The Rock with the Weiner scandal as well. NY District Plagued With Scandal abcnews.go.com    

 

 

 

The trip was to the holy land, but these Republicans thought that meant ass-holey. GOP scolded after drinking, nudity in Israel – Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan dyn.politico.com    

 

 

 

This is ridiculous.

If rape were really a form of birth control, Todd Akin would take a much stronger stance against it. Candidate's Comments on Rape Draw Criticism thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com    

 

 

 

Artur Davis explained. Three Maps That Explain the Artur Davis Switch www.slate.com    

 

 

 

I'm going to avoid the overwhelming temptation to take advantage of the punning opportunities afforded by a Pussy Riot trapped in a glass box, and just note that the Separation of Church and State has never felt better (even better than a Pussy Riot).

Will we being hearing a comment from Putin loving David Storobin (and none of that "what has this to do with being s State Senator?" crap when you just did a panderschlep to do some weenie-wagging on the Syrian Border).  Caption Contest: Pussy Riot Trapped in a Glass Box www.slate.com  

A musical interlude in the honor of the ladies: I CALL MY BABY PUSSY (live 1972) – Funkadelic    

 

 

 

Sad to think that by the time I received recognition receive recognition  from someone with the stature of the Village Voice I would be running a better news operation than they would. Village Voice on the Verge of Demise? | Bowery Boogie www.boweryboogie.com    

 

 

 

I love Chris Bragg, who will be sorely missed, and out of respect for him and his legacy of great stories (and numerous Gatemouth links), I'm going to withhold further comment about his unfathomable dismissal–But it's taking all my strength to do so. Colin Campbell likes this. City & State Lays Off Chris Bragg politicker.com   

 

 

 

Before I leave the topic of Chris Bragg, let me administer a small love tap.

The McManus Club is the "only Citywide political club"?

Huh?

Bragg did post a correction from my email noting what that the Stonewall Democrats could qualify (they may be LGTB, but they are citywide)–and so could DFNYC.

He did not note that several other groups of that nature could also qualify. But, more importantly, he missed the real point of my email:

"…actually McManus is really a club mostly based in Dick Gottfried’s AD (and arguably a bit of Rosenthal's) –the idea it is citywide is something of a fantasy–even if it has membership outside its catchment area from old Irish sentimentalists." Only Citywide Political Club Backs Espaillat | City & State www.cityandstateny.com    

 

 

 

From time to time I've drawn some heat for questioning the "reform" credentials of City and State's new Editor Morgan Pehme, which I've done in some detail.  

One point of special controversy is that I wrote how, when Vito Lopez was seeking to elect his Co-District Leader, Maritza Davilla, against Diana Reyna for City Council, Vito encouraged the “reform” candidacy of one Gerald Esposito, whose “reform” credentials included being President of an oldline Regular Democratic club and being District manager of a Regular Democratically controlled Community Board.

Pehme ran Esposito’s campaign, whose purpose seemed largely to attack Reyna and drive away votes from her to which Davilla would have no access anyway.

And it nearly worked.

During that that time, Pehme loudly denied all this, and to this day, his  friends defend him.

So it is instructive to note that the Regular slate running against the slate fielded by Reformer Lincoln Restler in his epic battle for re-election includes a slate of Lopez-supported Alternate Delegates to the Judicial Convention, and that that slate includes Gerald Esposito. Board of Elections in the City of New York – Candidates List vote.nyc.ny.us