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Senate Candidate Didi Barrett Sprints to the Finish Line

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Senate Candidate Didi Barrett Sprints to the Finish Line

 

By Michael Boyajian

 

State Senate candidate Didi Barrett is sprinting to the finish line on Tuesday in her gallant Mid Hudson Valley race.  She kicks off the final drive of her campaign with an event at the Chill Wine Bar Thursday in Beacon hosted by noted community activist Mara Farrell.  Mara is the founder of the prestigious Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot to whom Didi has pledged her support.  The Fishkill Supply Depot is the largest extant burial ground of Revolutionary War soldiers in the nation and is threatened by developers yet has received scant interest from her opponent Senator Stephen Saland.

In Defense of Jimmy McMillan

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DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL (4/21/2000):EMBARRASSED AFTER GETTING caught trying to run a rigged presidential primary, New York's Republican leaders have suddenly become converts to the cause of ballot reform. Better late than never – but they still are falling short of a fully democratic process….While they're at it, they also should reform the ballot-access rules for all the other races in the state. Aside from the presidential primary, New York's ballot rules, designed to help those favored by party bosses, are among the most unfair in the nation.

Primary elections must be as open as possible – to all candidates.  

Dark Horse Alyssa Kogon Set To Strike Victory

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Dark Horse Alyssa Kogon Set to Strike Victory

 

By Michael Boyajian

 

Dark horse state assembly candidate Alyssa Kogon is ready to strike victory as her Republican opponent the incumbent Joel Miller begins to melt down.  Miller seemed to be a candidate with something to worry about recently as he went from a self assured campaigner to one who may be taking too aggressive a tact against his opponent reformer Alyssa Kogon.

The Gateway (Access Makes The Heart Grow Fonder Edition)

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"Access" is what lobbyists say they peddle when questioned about the propriety of their activities, but the term often has meaning far more elastic than its dictionary definition.

But, in the case of DiNapoli, it appears that "access", in the dictionary sense, was all they got. Those who paid lobbyists (whether they were registered as such or not) good money for "access" to DiNapoli seem mostly to have been scammed.

I'm not sure exactly what the scandal is supposed to be here, though it is a little distressing that the State Comptroller had so much "access" to give. Tom DiNapoli's Appointment Logs: He's Just Too Nice a Guy blogs.villagevoice.com

　

How to Vote for Cuomo and How to Vote Against Him (Gubernatorial Endorsement, Part Two)

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Although I’ve endorsed Andrew Cuomo for Governor, as the only real option for grown-ups, I think this is one of those elections where casting a protest vote is not an unreasonable option.

Barring an epidemic outbreak of mental retardation crossed with xenophobia, there is no chance that Carl Paladino is going to be elected Governor. This means can cast a symbolic n vote for someone else with a clear conscience, if one does it carefully.

If there were a preferable candidate on the ballot I might cast such a vote myself.

An Offer You Can’t Refuse (Gubernatorial Endorsement; Part One)

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Since its inception in 2006, this department has never been noted for its love for the Cuomo family, starting with the paterfamilias:

“Mario's WORDS were certainly more progressive than Spitzer's; Mario's DEEDS (to the extent he ever did anything but blame his complete lack of accomplishments on a Republican Senate he refused to expend any of his political capital, monetary or otherwise, on trying to alter for the better) may not so qualify.”

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