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Working Families — Brooklynian

Working Families

metulj
metulj
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Anyone a member? I know Tish James runs on the ticket. I, as a New York newcomer, am intrigued by fusion voting. You have never been sickened until you look at a ballot and everyone on the fucker is a Republican, whether they admit it or not. Nothing like Southern politics. So what gives?

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  • livetotravel
    livetotravel
    Fusion? The only fusion I know of is their devilish over-dependence on Dennis Rivera, who would sell his soul for a few concessions. And they do back Republicans in Suffolk, Nassau and Westchester.

    Also, ask Dan Cantor where the WFP plank on women's rights is.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    1. People in PH need to know that the Working Families Party was founded in part by ACORN, a community activist group that passionately supports Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project.

    Bertha Lewis is a co-chair of the Working Families Party and executive director of ACORN in NYC. Here she is kissing Mike Bloomberg on May 19, 2005, after Bloomberg signed the "Memorandum of Understanding" that gave Ratner's Atlantic Yards project the green light to proceed (image courtesy of The Brooklyn Papers):

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    Bertha Lewis's reaction to the anti-Bruce Ratner crowd was published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and preserved for posterity in The Brooklynite:

    "'...It is because of race and class that whenever you have a small group of white liberals running and screaming about something, people think its important ... "

    "They don't give a damn about people of color. All they care about is preserving their little Prospect Heights community."

    2. Three years ago, I gave a canvasser $20 so she would leave my doorstep. Now I can't get off their telemarketing list.
  • dope on the slope
    dope on the slope
    The only fusion I know of is their devilish over-dependence on Dennis Rivera, who would sell his soul for a few concessions.
    I donated to $200 to WFP last year because I thought that my dollars would go to work repealing drug laws, working to raise the minimum wage and improve schools.

    My second worst political decision ever.
  • metulj
    metulj
    Dope on the Slope wrote:
    The only fusion I know of is their devilish over-dependence on Dennis Rivera, who would sell his soul for a few concessions.
    I donated to $200 to WFP last year because I thought that my dollars would go to work repealing drug laws, working to raise the minimum wage and improve schools.

    My second worst political decision ever.
    You voted for Victor Ashe? Just kidding.

    I have ulterior motives outside of looking for a political party to piss money into. So the contention is that they are pro-arena. I guess I would be interested in know what, if any, formal third political parties are against the arena as part of their platforms?

    I had an idea last night while listening to a coupe of Manhattan friends complain about various things so "terribly wrong" in their nabe (Tin Pan Alley 28th Street). If you want to stop any potential takings for quasi-public use, you need to enlist the help of upstate Republicans who are vehemently against this practice. If you read Kelo closely, the trick is to change state law to narrowly define "public use." It is happening all over the West and South.

    Now, there is no way in hell I would ever give money to a Republican, even if he or she were running for trash commissioner, but it seems that using these third party mechanisms here in New York could be a method to get a limiting legislation on eminent domain in place. Sorry to hear that WFP is on the team for the arena and all the McJobs that will come with it.
  • easternpkwy
    easternpkwy

    Subject: try batson

    i know we've mentioned this in other strings on this forum, but if you want an anti-eminent domain candidate, look no further than Bill Batson - running for Roger Green's seat in 57th Assembly District.

    http://www.batsonforbrooklyn.com/index.html

    Check him out - this is the type of new thinking, and community-based (as opposed to party based) politician we need in Albany...
  • drano
    drano
    Strangely enough, although I work and have a family, I don't find that WFP has much that appeals to me. It kinda sucks, because I saw the name of the party, and I was like, "That's me/us! I'm that guy! Finally a political party for me, a person who works! And has a family!" Unfortunately, it was just a bunch of claptrap. Ah, well.
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