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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Drawing The Lines
“Nothing will produce Bad History more directly nor brutally, than drawing a Line.” –Thomas Pynchon – Mason & Dixon Right now, across the country, our two major political parties are gearing up for a once-a-decade war whose winner will control Congress for the next ten years, and possibly more… Democrats and Republicans collude to keep these skirmishes private so that they can maintain total control over the ultimate political weapon: the ability to directly determine the outcome of elections. Why bother stuffing ballots when they can just draw districts? A new film, Gerrymandering, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the process of how lines get drawn and fundamentally alter the fabric of our democracy. Here’s the trailer: Heather and Dan from … More >>
Andrew Cuomo Announces Run For Governor
Andrew Cuomo released a short video this morning announcing that he will run for Governor of New York. He also released a longer video, 21 min, which I embedded below. In that video he outlines a wide range of his policy positions. The NYTimes also has a great interactive feature called Perspectives on Andrew M. Cuomo, “where former colleagues, mentors and campaign challengers” speak about Cuomo’s “leadership style, accomplishments and temperament.” I also recently received a blast email from his campaign: Sadly, our state government has failed our people. It has been paralyzed all too often by partisan politics and corruption. We must change all that. It’s time to overhaul our government — clean it up, pare it down and … More >>
Tagged 2010 election, andrew cuomo, cuomo, governor, governor race, new york state, nys governor
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Charter School Supporters Turn Up The Heat In New York
You might recall seeing the commercial below being played repeatedly over the airwaves this past month. The ad’s originators, Education Reform Now is an advocacy group that is aligned with a long list of private philanthropists, parent organizations and hedge fund managers – all of which are directed by a determined leader in Joe Wilson of Democrats for Education reform. It’s the newest tactic in their plan to pressure state legislatures into making state law “charter-friendly” and position New York to be in the best possible position to receive funds in Round 2 of President Obama’s Race-to-the-Top Grant program. On the other side of the divide stands State teacher unions and public school system advocates. They argue that the incremental encroachment … More >>
Tagged Charter Schools, Democrats for Education Reform, education, ny state senate, nys assembly, Race to The Top, United Federation of Teachers
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County Committee Endorsement Day
The Day Every District Leader Waits For As the title implies, yesterday was the day that the Executive Board of the County Committee selected it’s endorsements for the New York State elections in November. Based on the transpirings, it is definitely, as one person in the hall put it, “the day that every district leader waits for.” Proceedings began at around 6:10 at 461 Park Ave S., the Party (AKA MYD) Headquarters, and were kicked off by the last forum for the only office not yet accounted for: Lt. Governor. Bill Samuels and Christopher St. Lawrence were both present to make remarks. Bill Samuels Bill Samuels first point was that the Lt. Governor’s race is inherently unfair since the nominee … More >>
Wanted: Community Service Director
MYD’s Community Service Director stepped down this week, and although we will miss him dearly we are starting our search for a new Community Service Director today! Official position description: e) The Community Services Director, who shall be responsible for assisting the Executive Board in coordinating with various volunteering opportunities and to connect MYD members with those opportunities. In other words, the CSD is responsible for one service event a month (generally keeping within a theme for the quarter, currently the theme is greening NYC). They are responsible to recruit, attend, document (via the gomyd blog) and follow-up with all service events. They are not in any way limited to 1 event a month, for example we participated in NY … More >>
Tagged community service, eboard
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The Braveheart of GOP Political Ads
Bragging about receiving illegal money on Facebook! h/t: Ben Smith
Tagged Alabama, Campaign Ad, GOP, Video
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