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MYD Itself, NewsSeptember 30, 2009 10:51am

Let’s Go Win This Thing

In the season finale of West Wing, when the Democratic Nominee for president is finally decided and giving his acceptance speech, Alan Alda’s character, the Republican Nominee Arnie Vinnick, stands up and exclaims “Ok, let’s go win this thing.” We’re certainly not supporting Republican candidates, but the Democratic Nominees for City Comptroller and Public Advocate have finally been decided. John Liu narrowly defeated David Yassky for the NYC Comptroller nomination 56% to 44% and Bill DeBlasio trounced Mark Green for the Public Advocate nomination 63% to 37%. Only about 200k New Yorkers voted in the runoff. So what now? All of these long and hard fought campaigns deserve praise. They contributed to the democratic process by providing options and helped … More >>

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Learn SomethingJuly 27, 2009 3:42pm

What Is A Comptroller?

I would wager many MYDers are in the same boat as the many young New Yorkers featured at the beginning of this video.  Important note! Our posting of this video is NOT an endorsement of David Yassky’s candidacy for City Comptroller. MYD is an official part of the Democratic party and cannot endorse candidates in contested primaries. But in the interest of full disclosure, David, a City Councilman for Brooklyn, attended our barbeque earlier this summer. We bump into him quite frequently at many events geared towards the young and politically active, like the New Leaders Council, and we also saw him at the Brooklyn Pride Parade. 

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