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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Taking Back NY, One Billboard At A Time
While MYDers were busy planting trees on Saturday, artists fanned out across the city to take on their own urban beautification project and simultaneously protest the thousands of (illegal!) billboards that invade our vision and mindspace every day. Click photo, read story:
Tagged art, billboards
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Republican Ideologues > Swine Flu
As swine flu infiltrates out borders, it would seem pretty darn important that we have strong and solid leadership in place to lead the country through this growing epidemic and the myriad of other public health issues we face. But Senate Republicans are keeping President Obama’s appointment to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the department containing the CDC) from being confirmed because of ideology: Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security had to announce the “public health emergency” at the White House press briefing today. Why? Because the GOP is filibustering the nomination of Kathleen Sebelius… And because Sebelius has not yet been confirmed by the Senate, the CDC does not yet have a director. In fact, the Acting … More >>
A Dollar A Day To Make Norm Go Away
MYD got an email last week from Senate Guru about the Senate race in Minnesota. A bit of background: You’ve no doubt heard the news stories surrounding the U.S. Senate seat from Minnesota. Republican Norm Coleman is playing the role of the sore loser, continuing his endless appeals in order to prevent Democratic Senator-elect Al Franken from being seated… Several Minnesota newspapers that endorsed Coleman have even urged him to abandon his fruitless appeals… Meanwhile, Washington D.C. Republicans continue to fund Coleman’s lawyers as they believe it is in their interest to keep Al Franken out of the Senate. Now, the progressive netroots have come up with a creative incentive that kills two birds with one stone. NormDollar (which has … More >>
Tagged al franken, minnesota, netroots, norm coleman
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Pawns In A Game: Bloomberg Toys With The MTA And Riders
Displaying the fascination that the press holds for our city’s larger than life mayor, the NY Times published a story specifically about what Bloomberg is NOT doing about the transit current crisis: Mr. Bloomberg has played a low-key role in trying to marshal Republican support for the plan. “Very minimal,” John McArdle, a top aide to Senator Dean G. Skelos, the minority leader and a Long Island Republican, said of the mayor’s efforts in reaching out to Republicans on the issue. The article makes clear that Bloomberg’s lack of initiative is NOT because he doesn’t have the clout: Mr. Bloomberg is in a unique position to exert influence among Republicans, considering that he has given more than $1 million to … More >>
Tagged bloomberg, mta
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SCOTT MURPHY WINS IN NY20!!!
Breaking news from TPM via TAP: The NY-20 special election is now officially over. GOP candidate Jim Tedisco, who trailed by 401 votes as of yesterday’s vote count, has called Democrat Scott Murphy to concede, according to Murphy spokesman Ryan Rudominer. A HUGE congrats to Congressman-Elect Scott Murphy! And to the MYDers who helped make this win possible. From the Prez Al Benninghoff, who was so excited he started writing a blog post (but I beat him to it!): MYD played a pivotal role in this election. I’d like to personally thank all of you who donated your time, your money, and your resources. It was all worth it. I said early on that the margins would be so close … More >>
Photo of the Week: Aww Yeah…
Brooklyn’s Homage shows its support during these tough ecomonic times. [Join MYD's Economic Committee here.]
