2009 ELECTION RESULTS: or MY CONDOLENCES TO NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, I TRULY MOURN OUR LOSS
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
It was a stunning close-call for Bill Thompson. If indeed it was a close call. The rumor is that he ‘almost’ made it as the next mayor of New York. In fact, the margins are so close - mere 4% difference, he may well actually be the next mayor of New York. Because of this, I’m holding out for absentee ballots and the military votes. Actually, I think we should both demand a recount (with federal surveillance over the process), and give us an update of how many of the absentee ballots, military ballots and affidavits were for Bill Thompson or Bloomberg. You know, you can't trust the Republicans. Honest and fairplay is definitely not part of their bailey-wick. In fact, I don't think it's even included in their vocabulary.
I was a little non-plussed that Bill Thompson gave his concession speech so early, because, as with Al Gore v. George Bush, it turned out that the counts were called in and victory awarded to Bush prematurely. You all remember this, right? Gore had to rescind his concession to let the process proceed. I'm a believer in it ain't over til it's over; and without those additional votes, it just ain't over.
Call me a dreamer and an optimist, but I still hold out for the outside chance, that phenom that lets you know that let’s you know that miracles do still happen.
In the interim, let’s keep our focus on how we got that close, and what we’ve learned on the way. If we are discontented with the past performance of Mayor Bloomberg, I’m sure that that has not changed, and unless we have a plan B, we are likely to suffer more of the same over the next four years.
So how do we deal with this issue going into 2010? One we have to make sure that the city council speaker is someone who really understands the needs of the constituency and is someone we can trust. Therefore, I’m suggesting, recommending and demanding that either Tish James or Al Vann become the Speaker for the City Council. No more rubber stamping there. No more budgetary boondoggles where our council members are brow beaten by a mean spirited Quinn-like creature.
The next thing is for the different communities to form their own organizations centered around the issues that most affect them, and make sure they pack the community board hearings, Borough hall, and other areas where people are charged with dealing with the community, but turn out to be less that rubber stamps themselves; or just plain clueless and disorganized.
I’ve visited a few Community Board headquarters and some are junky, with papers, cardboard boxes and discards all over the place. The people running them are just bodies occupying spaces, not pro-active individuals doing what is necessary to enhance the community. I recommend a shake-up and a revamping of the community boards; and a blue-print for excellence by which the revamped community boards have to comport themselves by.
In the interim, or simultaneously, we should make a comprehensive list of the issues and concerns and the atrocities we’ve suffered under Bloomberg, with the pledge that he no longer gets to continue in that mode. Now that may mean a body of community activists, it may mean having bull dog lawyers; it may mean developing a relationship with Attorney General Eric Holder’s office to keep these concerns before them, and not buried under the Bloomberg boondoggle.
That’s not easy when you’re trying to figure out where your next job is going to come from, how to pay the rent, whether or not your children are getting good educations; but if we don’t what’s already bad under Bloomberg is guaranteed to get worse.
Now for my New Jersey friends, I really feel sad for you. You’ve got a prosecutor/persecutor for a governor. Been there, done that. Maybe you’ll catch a break like we did and he has to step down before he can do too much damage.
For those of you who have the audacity, temerity and the gall to try to blame Obama for this situation, for those of you who said that we “Black people didn’t elect Obama president, white people did “ as though to say he has no clout, and them to criticize him because he didn’t lead a parade for Bill Thompson in NYC, my response is to say get a grip! And do it fast.
Of course we as Black people didn’t elect Obama by ourselves, but neither did white people. It was a joint effort! This is the United States of America. We still only have one vote, and all the efforts on President Obama’s part, and he did come out for Bill and Corzine. But this is a local election, and the responsibility still boils down to us -- to each individual whose job it was to get inside those booths and pull the lever for them. For those of you who made these critical statements, you need to take those 4 fingers and point them back at yourselves. You also need to renew your dedication to support Obama and those who work with him for you. It means we have to develop a mentality of self-empowerment, rather than constantly griping about who does or does not support us.
Thank God there were not enough of you to stop the march on Selma, AL, or the Montgomery bus boycott; or the March on Washington, or the Million Man March. I guess some of your tribe was around when we were going door to door trying to get Blacks the right to vote in the 60’s. With those kinds of mentalities, I guess thank goodness there were enough of us to counteract some of those invectives I’ve been hearing.
There’s nothing worse than a negative minded Black person, bad mouthing other Black people who are trying to help, under the guise of “telling it like it is” or “keeping it real;” instead of putting the positive spin on it to begin the paradigm shift we need to go forward, not dwell on backward. My problem with "keeping it real" is that we often keep it real negative, keep it real ugly, keep it real stupid. What we don't seem to want to do is to create a new reality. A paradigm shift. Those of us who claim to have ascended from Kings and Queens, have to stop thinking and acting like slaves, puppets, and victims. There has to be some Blackbone in there somewhere, or else our ancestors would all have perished on those ships. It's time to go and reclaim our DNA.
That said, we’ve got Obama, let’s maximize that as much as possible. We came within 4% of defeating Mike Bloomberg; I say let’s get our legal team to make sure the votes were accurately counted; that the absentee ballots and military votes have not been counted; and like Al Franken, don’t concede until they are.
In fact, I think Bill Thompson’s concession must be conditional on what those numbers show, and proof that the machinery used to count the votes were fully functioning, with no glitches.
So while I mourn our loss, I’m optimistic about our future if we continue to pull together, not apart; if we continue to turn to each other, not on each other; if we continue to have each other’s back, not ride each other’s back or play back stabbers.
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
Gloria Dulan-Wilson Blog/ ECLECTICALLY BLACK NEWS
For Eclectic Black People
VIP: Views . Interests . Perspectives
Showing posts with label 2009 Elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2009 Elections. Show all posts
11.05.2009
11.03.2009
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION
CAN WE MAKE HISTORY AGAIN? YES WE CAN!!
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
For those of you who have had some moments of trepidation as to whether Bill Thompson can win the election, allow me to remind you and assure you that BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION.
Now why is that? Is it because he has some magic powers? Yes, it’s the magic of believing that New Yorkers deserve the best across the board. It’s the magic of not just pretending to understand the middle class, but to be a part of the middle class and under stand and support it’s aspirations and concerns. It’s the magic of being able to speak to people on their level without a speech writer having to put the information together for him. It’s the magic of having risen in the ranks of public servantship and not losing sight of what is needed regardless of where and when he enters.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION Is it because he has tons and tons of money and can buy all the votes he want; advertise anywhere he wishes, buy lies to evade the truth? Definitely not the case. In fact, the soul of New York cannot be bought or sold. It has to be won. The unvarnished, unfiltered truth is that despite hardships, despite Democrat or Republican in the state capital or in Gracie Mansion, Bill Thompson has always delivered and made New York City his priority. He has been an exemplary Comptroller, instrumental in holding the line in terms of budgetary and cost overruns despite Bloomberg.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: Is it because he can buy votes? No, and neither can anyone else. Votes are given in support of an individual who is giving you the best each and every day, despite the challenges and obstacles. Bill Thompson has never tried to rest on his laurels or reputation.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: Because at the end of the day, when his opponents pulled every trick in the book, told all the lies; distorted all the truth; blocked all the media information, twittered their last invective twitter;
at the end of the day New Yorkers took their own personal inventory. Are they actually better off after 8 years of Bloomberg? And the overwhelming answer is NO!
Despite the glitter, despite the promises -- which have largely gone undelivered; despite the cast of characters who back him (do you really trust someone that is backed by Rudy Giuliani?) Do you really want someone who thinks the Public Advocate should be vacated and let the News media be the critic of last resort for the city? Do you really want to back someone who wants to bring people in from other countries to do the work in New York, while our city, which has been blessed by having the largest immigrant population is now struggling to provide decent jobs for them as well as for “native” New Yorkers. Where the jobs are being privatized as opposed to being distributed to people who are already here.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: Each and every time Bill Thompson has run for office of any kind, people look at his actions, accomplishments, sincerity, integrity, strength of character, and in their heart of hearts, know they must follow their conscience and act on their best interests. New Yorkers know sincerity, integrity, dedication, determination and the truth when they see it. And it shines through Bill Thompson.
New York has been entangled by slick words, distortions, lies, deceit, veiled threats on the part of the Bloomberg doom berg machine. It’s these same distortions that have brought our city to the brink of financial and social disaster, depression, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of the people.
Bill Thompson is devoted to developing New York City’s assets for all New Yorkers, not just for a hand picked few. Bill Thompson has always stood for transparency, making sure that he gives New Yorkers what they need as well as what they want. Bill Thompson’s track record has always been that of success and progressiveness. However, rather than leaving people behind, or segregating people from the benefits of a greater New York City, he practices the policy and politics of inclusion -- not exclusion.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: because people can see into the heart of the man. People SERVANT LEADER who will do more for all New Yorkers in the next four years than Bloomberg has done with his millions in the past eight years. If Bloomberg was going to develop affordable homes it would have already been done. Instead he focused on stadiums, glass building, bulldozing neighborhoods, walking over the wishes and autonomy of New Yorkers by disenfranchising them through the dismantling of term limits, and the violation of tax exempt funds to build properties that are of no benefit to the people who are most in need.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: Though he faced what appears to be insurmountable odds, he stands steadfast and looks the problem in the face, and works to provide a viable solution that is beneficial to all concerned He has never rolled over or abandoned his constituents, or put the interests of one over that of another.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: because he’d diligent, dedicated, caring compassionate on the one hand; tough, focused, and vigilant on the other. Through all his roles in the City of New York he has never stooped to abuse of power, which usurps the rights of New Yorkers on Main Street in order to curry the favor of those on Wall Street. He has never insulted the intelligence of New Yorkers.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: And New Yorkers have never lost with Bill Thompson, no matter what his current role or responsibility. His track record has always been that of success.
SO LET’S MAKE SURE THAT BILL THOMPSON WINS THIS ELECTION: It’s the most important one of all. New Yorkers must vote for Bill because he puts New Yorkers first. We are his number one priority. We must turn out in record numbers as we did for President Obama, because we recognize the truth when we hear it, when we see it. It’s time for a change.
IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE, IT’S TIME FOR NEW LEADERSHIP, IT’S TIME FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT. IT’S TIME TO ELECT BILL THOMPSON MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY. CAN WE MAKE HISTORY AGAIN? YES WE CAN!!
VOTE NOVEMBER 3RD 2009.
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
CAN WE MAKE HISTORY AGAIN? YES WE CAN!!
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
For those of you who have had some moments of trepidation as to whether Bill Thompson can win the election, allow me to remind you and assure you that BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION.
Now why is that? Is it because he has some magic powers? Yes, it’s the magic of believing that New Yorkers deserve the best across the board. It’s the magic of not just pretending to understand the middle class, but to be a part of the middle class and under stand and support it’s aspirations and concerns. It’s the magic of being able to speak to people on their level without a speech writer having to put the information together for him. It’s the magic of having risen in the ranks of public servantship and not losing sight of what is needed regardless of where and when he enters.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION Is it because he has tons and tons of money and can buy all the votes he want; advertise anywhere he wishes, buy lies to evade the truth? Definitely not the case. In fact, the soul of New York cannot be bought or sold. It has to be won. The unvarnished, unfiltered truth is that despite hardships, despite Democrat or Republican in the state capital or in Gracie Mansion, Bill Thompson has always delivered and made New York City his priority. He has been an exemplary Comptroller, instrumental in holding the line in terms of budgetary and cost overruns despite Bloomberg.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: Is it because he can buy votes? No, and neither can anyone else. Votes are given in support of an individual who is giving you the best each and every day, despite the challenges and obstacles. Bill Thompson has never tried to rest on his laurels or reputation.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: Because at the end of the day, when his opponents pulled every trick in the book, told all the lies; distorted all the truth; blocked all the media information, twittered their last invective twitter;
at the end of the day New Yorkers took their own personal inventory. Are they actually better off after 8 years of Bloomberg? And the overwhelming answer is NO!
Despite the glitter, despite the promises -- which have largely gone undelivered; despite the cast of characters who back him (do you really trust someone that is backed by Rudy Giuliani?) Do you really want someone who thinks the Public Advocate should be vacated and let the News media be the critic of last resort for the city? Do you really want to back someone who wants to bring people in from other countries to do the work in New York, while our city, which has been blessed by having the largest immigrant population is now struggling to provide decent jobs for them as well as for “native” New Yorkers. Where the jobs are being privatized as opposed to being distributed to people who are already here.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: Each and every time Bill Thompson has run for office of any kind, people look at his actions, accomplishments, sincerity, integrity, strength of character, and in their heart of hearts, know they must follow their conscience and act on their best interests. New Yorkers know sincerity, integrity, dedication, determination and the truth when they see it. And it shines through Bill Thompson.
New York has been entangled by slick words, distortions, lies, deceit, veiled threats on the part of the Bloomberg doom berg machine. It’s these same distortions that have brought our city to the brink of financial and social disaster, depression, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of the people.
Bill Thompson is devoted to developing New York City’s assets for all New Yorkers, not just for a hand picked few. Bill Thompson has always stood for transparency, making sure that he gives New Yorkers what they need as well as what they want. Bill Thompson’s track record has always been that of success and progressiveness. However, rather than leaving people behind, or segregating people from the benefits of a greater New York City, he practices the policy and politics of inclusion -- not exclusion.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: because people can see into the heart of the man. People SERVANT LEADER who will do more for all New Yorkers in the next four years than Bloomberg has done with his millions in the past eight years. If Bloomberg was going to develop affordable homes it would have already been done. Instead he focused on stadiums, glass building, bulldozing neighborhoods, walking over the wishes and autonomy of New Yorkers by disenfranchising them through the dismantling of term limits, and the violation of tax exempt funds to build properties that are of no benefit to the people who are most in need.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: Though he faced what appears to be insurmountable odds, he stands steadfast and looks the problem in the face, and works to provide a viable solution that is beneficial to all concerned He has never rolled over or abandoned his constituents, or put the interests of one over that of another.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: because he’d diligent, dedicated, caring compassionate on the one hand; tough, focused, and vigilant on the other. Through all his roles in the City of New York he has never stooped to abuse of power, which usurps the rights of New Yorkers on Main Street in order to curry the favor of those on Wall Street. He has never insulted the intelligence of New Yorkers.
BILL THOMPSON HAS NEVER LOST AN ELECTION: And New Yorkers have never lost with Bill Thompson, no matter what his current role or responsibility. His track record has always been that of success.
SO LET’S MAKE SURE THAT BILL THOMPSON WINS THIS ELECTION: It’s the most important one of all. New Yorkers must vote for Bill because he puts New Yorkers first. We are his number one priority. We must turn out in record numbers as we did for President Obama, because we recognize the truth when we hear it, when we see it. It’s time for a change.
IT’S TIME FOR A CHANGE, IT’S TIME FOR NEW LEADERSHIP, IT’S TIME FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT. IT’S TIME TO ELECT BILL THOMPSON MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY. CAN WE MAKE HISTORY AGAIN? YES WE CAN!!
VOTE NOVEMBER 3RD 2009.
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
GLORIA DULAN-WILSON EIGHT IS ENOUGH SERIES
READ EIGHT IS ENOUGH Eight PART SERIES
EIGHT REAL REASONS WHY BILL THOMPSON MUST BE ELECTED MAYOR TO SAVE THE SOUL OF NEW YORK AND WHY WE CANNOT AFFORD BLOOMBERG EVER AGAIN!
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
Stop what you're doing, and listen very, very carefully to what I'm about to say...
As a Black Journalist and a holder of public trust I just wrote a piece of undeniable "TRUTH" that is unlike anything out there in the mainstream media. I urge you to read the "Eight Is Enough' Series before you go to the polls on November 3rd 2009.
This is a must-read eight part article series. Everyone who cares about New York City and the future of our politics should read this series!
But Don't Simply Take My Word for it. Listen to What One of My Reader's Had to Say...
FROM ZACH HUSSER:
Dear Sister Wilson,
This compilation of information about what Bloomberg, Giuliani, and Pataki have done to "every day Voting Citizens" in New York City is the most researched and thoroughly written article about the politics of New York City, thus New York State, that I have ever read!
READ 'Eight Is Enough' NOW!
'Eight Is Enough' Part 1
'Eight Is Enough' Part II
'Eight Is Enough' Part III
'Eight Is Enough' Part IV
'Eight Is Enough' Part V
'Eight Is Enough' Part VI
'Eight Is Enough' Part VII
'Eight Is Enough' Part VIII
I ask you to email a copy to at least 10 friends, associates, relatives, supporters of Bill Thompson, those who are on the fence to get out and VOTE Today.
Bill Thompson Endorsed By President Obama "Our great city comptroller, our candidate for mayor, my friend Billy Thompson is in the house." - President Obama, 10/20/2009
Check Out: New Yorkers For Bill Thompson 2009
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
"Send This Gloria Dulan-Wilson Blog To A Friend NOW!"
11.02.2009
RE-ELECT JON CORZINE THE BEST GOVERNOR NEW JERSEY'S HAD IN 20 YEARS
JON CORZINE BEST GOVERNOR JERSEY HAS HAD IN 20 YEARS
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
To our neighbors across the Hudson in the great Garden State of New Jersey: Don’t believe the hype. Jon Corzine is the best Governor you’ve ever had. Stay out of the Bushes. Making Chris Christie governor would be like shooting yourself in the foot.
In supporting Jon Corzine, President Barack Obama made a personal appearance in Hackensack, NJ on October 21, and stated: "What we need are leaders that are committed to moving this country forward, moving this state forward, That's the kind of leader Jon Corzine is. That's why he deserves another four years."
It’s interesting how the Republican grist mill continues to distort the truth in order to entice people into their lair. I have been watching with interest the mounting distortions of late in the media against Governor Jon Corzine, in an effort to make Chris Christie -- a BUSH REPUBLICAN -- look like some kind of “saint”.
Christie was appointed Attorney General by George Bush even though he had no prosecutorial experience, or background in criminal justice. During his tenure,
Christie gave a $52 million no-bid government contract to the firms of former US attorney general John Ashcroft, his former boss at the Justice Department, without competitive bidding; as well as no-bid contracts went to attorney John Inglesino, a friend, adviser and campaign donor; and former U.S. Attorney David Kelley, a former colleague, from 2002 to 2008.
The contracts awarded by Christie’s represent a direct conflict of interest for him because of his close connections to the men who stood to profit from the awards: his former boss, a former colleague and a political ally. It is a practice that became more common under President George W. Bush’s administration. Christie, a 2001 Bush appointee, approved a total of seven deferred prosecution agreements in seven years as New Jersey’s U.S. attorney
US attorney general David Kelley he investigated Christie’s younger brother, Todd, on stock fraud charges for cheating customers for financial gain, but ultimately did not prosecute him. 20 other traders wsere also accused by the SEC along with Todd. They were found guilty, he was not. Kelley was later awarded the contract as monitor but said it had nothing to do with the previous case - really??!!
New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman Joseph Cryan said : "Chris Christie wants us to believe that in a country with more than one million lawyers, the one most qualified to receive this no-bid work is the same one who let his brother off the hook for stock fraud. I think the people of New Jersey are smarter than that."
So let me go on the record and say that making Christie governor would be the biggest mistake New Jersey can make.
An online publication entitled EmptyWheel recently posted an article pointing out how Christie was using his ties as Attorney General illegitimately to cast aspersions on Jon Corzine, and make the public think that he and his supporters were doing something illegal: “Chris Christie’s ongoing ties with his old friends at the US Attorney’s office just got much worse. First we learned that Chris Christie gave a highly inappropriate loan to one of his Assistant US Attorneys, Michele Brown, when he was her boss. Given his seeming magical coordination of campaign events with high profile busts by his former office, that "ongoing financial relationship" is highly suspect.”
They further stated that the Department of Justice’s Office of Public Responsibility is already investigating whether acting US Attorney Ralph Marra made inappropriate politicized comments when he announced the politicos, rabbis, and kidney busts in July, 2009” At that time Stephen Dwek, a developer-turned-snitch brought down mayors, rabbis and dozens of others in a stunning probe of money laundering, bribery - and trafficking in black-market kidneys and fake Gucci bags. Hundreds of federal agents on both sides of the Hudson River - in Brooklyn and Jersey - raided the homes of 44 suspects targeted in the two-year probe, collaring high-ranking politicians and trusted religious leaders.
The spectacle of the alleged perpetrators being led into federal court with shackles on their wrists and ankles, was graphically displayed in the media. Bail was set as high as $3 million. “Aside from the wide-ranging political ramifications of the arrests in Jersey - shocking even in the ethics-challenged Garden State - the takedowns of five rabbis left Jewish communities in Deal, N.J. and Brooklyn reeling.” But, the timing of the whole incident, and the fact that nothing material ever came of the highly touted take downs, makes it look even more like what it really is: a political ploy to defame Corzine by the Christie Camp. It’s a classic Macchiaveli ploy called the “big lie” where the bigger, the more audacious lie, the more difficult it is to disprove it, the more the person tries to disprove it, the more the public becomes convinced that it must be true.
In other words, there’s already growing evidence that Chris Christie is mobilizing ongoing relationships with friends at the US Attorney’s office to help his campaign against Governor Corzine.
FactChecker, another online publication called Christie "The Bush Attorney General." According to New Jersey’s Election Law Enforcement Commission records, Stern, Kilcullen, Inglesino and their wives, have contributed nearly $24,000 to Christie’s 2009 bid for governor. Christie has agreed to participate in the state’s public financing system, which matches $2 for every $1 donated, tripling the amount donated from the firm’s principals. Christie has been accused of pay-to-play, or awarding government contracts for campaign donations.
Christie is intentionally using his office to benefit Republicans and damage Democrats. The overall net effect of his actions, according to BluePages.com, is that “Christie is such an unthinking partisan that his style and work naturally lead him to situations and actions that have partisan outcomes. His slanted investigation record over the past two years, selective commenting on cases, or his dropping what appears to be an unnecessary subpoena in last year's Senate race have been designed to help Republicans and hurt Democrats. He runs his US Attorney office in a way that has a partisan effect on New Jersey, and New Jersey can expect more of the same if he becomes governor.
Senator Jon Corzine ran for Governor on the heels of a very tempestuous year, which saw the death of the first Black mayor of Jersey City, Glenn D. Cunningham, and the stepping down of Jim McGreevey after having announced that he was a “gay American”. Corzine has done a great job in trying to bring honor and respect back to back to New Jersey. Even to the extent to risking his life -- nearly losing it -- at a time of possible racial crisis at Princeton University. Despite his injuries he bounced back stronger than ever.
QUOTE: "By making the right decisions now, New Jersey can and will emerge from this national economic crisis stronger, sooner and more prosperous."
New Jersey has always had some of the highest taxes in the tri-state area. It did not start with Corzine, but long before he moved from the realm of businessman to gubernatorial candidate. In fact under Christine Todd Whitman taxes increased exponentially, while services to all but the most affluent areas, decreased considerably. Chris Christie, who tries to point fingers of blame at Corzine also admitted that he would not be able to reduce taxes immediately.
Now, I’m not speaking as a total outsider, but as one who lived in New Jersey for quite some time, having served under Glenn D. Cunningham, Jersey City’s first Black mayor. The previous mayor, Schundler, a Republican neglected the inner city, with most of the profits and benefits going to outside investors, principally from New York. The schools, homes and other institutions at that time were going begging. People were largely ignored unless they had major bank.
It was at that time that I met Senator Jon Corzine, who supported Cunningham in his bid for mayor. Corzine had not at that time expressed any aspirations to run for governor. His main concern was that New Jersey, and by extension Jersey City, was being grossly shortchanged by the current political regime -- which was then under former governor Christie Todd Whitman. Do you remember the “egg” fiasco under Christie Todd Whitman, where she decreed that a restauranteur could be arrested if eggs weren’t cooked to a certain kind of “doneness”? Those people who liked their eggs “over easy or sunny side up” were suddenly being criminalized. Who do you think was behind the enforcement of those insipid rules? The education take over of low performing schools happened under the Republican’s watch because they were not supporting, repairing or funding the urban schools, while simultaneously requiring schools to accomplish certain goals.
Then New Jersey caught a break when she stepped down to head up the EPA under the Bush administration. Codey who appointed acting governor, was a considerable improvement over Whitman. Christie, however, managed to fly low under the radar in terms of his activities. That he was appointed to the position by Bush in 2006 to be US Attorney General from New Jersey, ought to give Jerseyans considerable pause as to whether or not they are opening themselves up to more pervasive regressive and repressive Bush-type mismanagement under Christie.
New Jersey definitely went into a tail spin under McGreevey. Definitely a low point in the history of NJ politics Had Corzine not been elected governor, and worked diligently to stem the tide of the Bush era errors, and simultaneously reverse the damage done by McGreevey, New Jersey would be in even worse straits. Remember the economic downturn happened on Bush’s watch, and Corzine had to balance budgets as much as possible, without totally devastating the state. That is an acomplishment not to be taken lightly.
Now that Obama is president, and the opportunities are flowing to New Jersey, Christie will be more instrumental in siphoning off funds and contracts for his cronies, thus putting middle class and working class families in last place again. Look at what’s happened already. -- not at the commercials on TV. I.e., don’t believe the hype. The truth is that Christie will reverse the good that’s already been done and make the Bush years look like walk in the park.
Property taxes in New Jersey have been out of control for at least 40 years. An issue neither Corzine or Christie are going to be able to resolve without some serious reforms. Reforms that are more likely to be implemented in a Corzine administration, than under Christie.
The parable of don’t change horses in the middle of the stream applies here. Corzine has led New Jersey through it’s worst economic downturn in modern history. Now that things are finally making a turn around under President Barack Obama, is definitely not the time to hand it off to a Bush Republican bent on undermining progress.
And a word of caution in reference to Chris Daggett, who appears to also be running for Governor. Be careful of setting up the “Nader Effect“. Just in case you’ve forgotten the debacle of 2000, when Al Gore “lost” to George Bush, because Ralph Nader, who didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning, stubbornly refused step out of the running as a “Green Party” candidate. Chris Daggett could be considered New Jersey’s “Nader.” With the margin between Corzine and Christie so close, Daggett could drain needed votes from people who mistakenly think they are sending a signal with a protest vote. This really isn’t the time. Corzine needs a big turnout by minorities, women and urbanites — reliable Democratic constituencies in this Democratic-leaning state.
When you go to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, please remember that the people who led New Jersey, as well as the entire United States, to the brink of disaster, the same people who caused people internationally to look up on the US as a bully, the same people who lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction, the same people who left all the children behind under their “no child left behind legislation; the same people who took the jobs out of the community and sent them overseas, are the same people who are backing Chris Christie. They are paying for his distorted ads.
As I stated in the beginning, I am saying again JON CORZINE IS THE BEST GOVERNOR NEW JERSEY HAS HAD FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
You owe it to yourselves and the rest of the country to re-elect JON CORZINE GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY.
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
RE-ELECT JON CORZINE THE BEST GOVERNOR NEW JERSEY'S HAD IN 20 YEARS
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
To our neighbors across the Hudson in the great Garden State of New Jersey: Don’t believe the hype. Jon Corzine is the best Governor you’ve ever had. Stay out of the Bushes. Making Chris Christie governor would be like shooting yourself in the foot.
In supporting Jon Corzine, President Barack Obama made a personal appearance in Hackensack, NJ on October 21, and stated: "What we need are leaders that are committed to moving this country forward, moving this state forward, That's the kind of leader Jon Corzine is. That's why he deserves another four years."
It’s interesting how the Republican grist mill continues to distort the truth in order to entice people into their lair. I have been watching with interest the mounting distortions of late in the media against Governor Jon Corzine, in an effort to make Chris Christie -- a BUSH REPUBLICAN -- look like some kind of “saint”.
Christie was appointed Attorney General by George Bush even though he had no prosecutorial experience, or background in criminal justice. During his tenure,
Christie gave a $52 million no-bid government contract to the firms of former US attorney general John Ashcroft, his former boss at the Justice Department, without competitive bidding; as well as no-bid contracts went to attorney John Inglesino, a friend, adviser and campaign donor; and former U.S. Attorney David Kelley, a former colleague, from 2002 to 2008.
The contracts awarded by Christie’s represent a direct conflict of interest for him because of his close connections to the men who stood to profit from the awards: his former boss, a former colleague and a political ally. It is a practice that became more common under President George W. Bush’s administration. Christie, a 2001 Bush appointee, approved a total of seven deferred prosecution agreements in seven years as New Jersey’s U.S. attorney
US attorney general David Kelley he investigated Christie’s younger brother, Todd, on stock fraud charges for cheating customers for financial gain, but ultimately did not prosecute him. 20 other traders wsere also accused by the SEC along with Todd. They were found guilty, he was not. Kelley was later awarded the contract as monitor but said it had nothing to do with the previous case - really??!!
New Jersey Democratic State Committee Chairman Joseph Cryan said : "Chris Christie wants us to believe that in a country with more than one million lawyers, the one most qualified to receive this no-bid work is the same one who let his brother off the hook for stock fraud. I think the people of New Jersey are smarter than that."
So let me go on the record and say that making Christie governor would be the biggest mistake New Jersey can make.
An online publication entitled EmptyWheel recently posted an article pointing out how Christie was using his ties as Attorney General illegitimately to cast aspersions on Jon Corzine, and make the public think that he and his supporters were doing something illegal: “Chris Christie’s ongoing ties with his old friends at the US Attorney’s office just got much worse. First we learned that Chris Christie gave a highly inappropriate loan to one of his Assistant US Attorneys, Michele Brown, when he was her boss. Given his seeming magical coordination of campaign events with high profile busts by his former office, that "ongoing financial relationship" is highly suspect.”
They further stated that the Department of Justice’s Office of Public Responsibility is already investigating whether acting US Attorney Ralph Marra made inappropriate politicized comments when he announced the politicos, rabbis, and kidney busts in July, 2009” At that time Stephen Dwek, a developer-turned-snitch brought down mayors, rabbis and dozens of others in a stunning probe of money laundering, bribery - and trafficking in black-market kidneys and fake Gucci bags. Hundreds of federal agents on both sides of the Hudson River - in Brooklyn and Jersey - raided the homes of 44 suspects targeted in the two-year probe, collaring high-ranking politicians and trusted religious leaders.
The spectacle of the alleged perpetrators being led into federal court with shackles on their wrists and ankles, was graphically displayed in the media. Bail was set as high as $3 million. “Aside from the wide-ranging political ramifications of the arrests in Jersey - shocking even in the ethics-challenged Garden State - the takedowns of five rabbis left Jewish communities in Deal, N.J. and Brooklyn reeling.” But, the timing of the whole incident, and the fact that nothing material ever came of the highly touted take downs, makes it look even more like what it really is: a political ploy to defame Corzine by the Christie Camp. It’s a classic Macchiaveli ploy called the “big lie” where the bigger, the more audacious lie, the more difficult it is to disprove it, the more the person tries to disprove it, the more the public becomes convinced that it must be true.
In other words, there’s already growing evidence that Chris Christie is mobilizing ongoing relationships with friends at the US Attorney’s office to help his campaign against Governor Corzine.
FactChecker, another online publication called Christie "The Bush Attorney General." According to New Jersey’s Election Law Enforcement Commission records, Stern, Kilcullen, Inglesino and their wives, have contributed nearly $24,000 to Christie’s 2009 bid for governor. Christie has agreed to participate in the state’s public financing system, which matches $2 for every $1 donated, tripling the amount donated from the firm’s principals. Christie has been accused of pay-to-play, or awarding government contracts for campaign donations.
Christie is intentionally using his office to benefit Republicans and damage Democrats. The overall net effect of his actions, according to BluePages.com, is that “Christie is such an unthinking partisan that his style and work naturally lead him to situations and actions that have partisan outcomes. His slanted investigation record over the past two years, selective commenting on cases, or his dropping what appears to be an unnecessary subpoena in last year's Senate race have been designed to help Republicans and hurt Democrats. He runs his US Attorney office in a way that has a partisan effect on New Jersey, and New Jersey can expect more of the same if he becomes governor.
Senator Jon Corzine ran for Governor on the heels of a very tempestuous year, which saw the death of the first Black mayor of Jersey City, Glenn D. Cunningham, and the stepping down of Jim McGreevey after having announced that he was a “gay American”. Corzine has done a great job in trying to bring honor and respect back to back to New Jersey. Even to the extent to risking his life -- nearly losing it -- at a time of possible racial crisis at Princeton University. Despite his injuries he bounced back stronger than ever.
QUOTE: "By making the right decisions now, New Jersey can and will emerge from this national economic crisis stronger, sooner and more prosperous."
New Jersey has always had some of the highest taxes in the tri-state area. It did not start with Corzine, but long before he moved from the realm of businessman to gubernatorial candidate. In fact under Christine Todd Whitman taxes increased exponentially, while services to all but the most affluent areas, decreased considerably. Chris Christie, who tries to point fingers of blame at Corzine also admitted that he would not be able to reduce taxes immediately.
Now, I’m not speaking as a total outsider, but as one who lived in New Jersey for quite some time, having served under Glenn D. Cunningham, Jersey City’s first Black mayor. The previous mayor, Schundler, a Republican neglected the inner city, with most of the profits and benefits going to outside investors, principally from New York. The schools, homes and other institutions at that time were going begging. People were largely ignored unless they had major bank.
It was at that time that I met Senator Jon Corzine, who supported Cunningham in his bid for mayor. Corzine had not at that time expressed any aspirations to run for governor. His main concern was that New Jersey, and by extension Jersey City, was being grossly shortchanged by the current political regime -- which was then under former governor Christie Todd Whitman. Do you remember the “egg” fiasco under Christie Todd Whitman, where she decreed that a restauranteur could be arrested if eggs weren’t cooked to a certain kind of “doneness”? Those people who liked their eggs “over easy or sunny side up” were suddenly being criminalized. Who do you think was behind the enforcement of those insipid rules? The education take over of low performing schools happened under the Republican’s watch because they were not supporting, repairing or funding the urban schools, while simultaneously requiring schools to accomplish certain goals.
Then New Jersey caught a break when she stepped down to head up the EPA under the Bush administration. Codey who appointed acting governor, was a considerable improvement over Whitman. Christie, however, managed to fly low under the radar in terms of his activities. That he was appointed to the position by Bush in 2006 to be US Attorney General from New Jersey, ought to give Jerseyans considerable pause as to whether or not they are opening themselves up to more pervasive regressive and repressive Bush-type mismanagement under Christie.
New Jersey definitely went into a tail spin under McGreevey. Definitely a low point in the history of NJ politics Had Corzine not been elected governor, and worked diligently to stem the tide of the Bush era errors, and simultaneously reverse the damage done by McGreevey, New Jersey would be in even worse straits. Remember the economic downturn happened on Bush’s watch, and Corzine had to balance budgets as much as possible, without totally devastating the state. That is an acomplishment not to be taken lightly.
Now that Obama is president, and the opportunities are flowing to New Jersey, Christie will be more instrumental in siphoning off funds and contracts for his cronies, thus putting middle class and working class families in last place again. Look at what’s happened already. -- not at the commercials on TV. I.e., don’t believe the hype. The truth is that Christie will reverse the good that’s already been done and make the Bush years look like walk in the park.
Property taxes in New Jersey have been out of control for at least 40 years. An issue neither Corzine or Christie are going to be able to resolve without some serious reforms. Reforms that are more likely to be implemented in a Corzine administration, than under Christie.
The parable of don’t change horses in the middle of the stream applies here. Corzine has led New Jersey through it’s worst economic downturn in modern history. Now that things are finally making a turn around under President Barack Obama, is definitely not the time to hand it off to a Bush Republican bent on undermining progress.
And a word of caution in reference to Chris Daggett, who appears to also be running for Governor. Be careful of setting up the “Nader Effect“. Just in case you’ve forgotten the debacle of 2000, when Al Gore “lost” to George Bush, because Ralph Nader, who didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning, stubbornly refused step out of the running as a “Green Party” candidate. Chris Daggett could be considered New Jersey’s “Nader.” With the margin between Corzine and Christie so close, Daggett could drain needed votes from people who mistakenly think they are sending a signal with a protest vote. This really isn’t the time. Corzine needs a big turnout by minorities, women and urbanites — reliable Democratic constituencies in this Democratic-leaning state.
When you go to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, please remember that the people who led New Jersey, as well as the entire United States, to the brink of disaster, the same people who caused people internationally to look up on the US as a bully, the same people who lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction, the same people who left all the children behind under their “no child left behind legislation; the same people who took the jobs out of the community and sent them overseas, are the same people who are backing Chris Christie. They are paying for his distorted ads.
As I stated in the beginning, I am saying again JON CORZINE IS THE BEST GOVERNOR NEW JERSEY HAS HAD FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
You owe it to yourselves and the rest of the country to re-elect JON CORZINE GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY.
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
RE-ELECT JON CORZINE THE BEST GOVERNOR NEW JERSEY'S HAD IN 20 YEARS
BLAME BLOOMBERG - 'Eight Is Enough' Part VIII
Have fun with this one -- use your
imagination and become the spoken
word artist in you as you recite this!
BLAME BLOOMBERG
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
(rap and rhyme)
You say Wall Street just fell on you?
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg!
And Main Street just got bulldozed too?
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
Your job is gone, your apartment too?
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
You can’t afford to pay the rent?
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
You work all day but can’t save a cent!
Don’t blame Bill blame Bloomberg.
Your water and electricity’s high?
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
And public jobs are privatized?
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
.
Wall Street exec screw up but are still hired
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
They get millions in bonuses while you get fired.
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Times, Post, Fox Five TV the truth they hoard
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Cause Rupert Murdock’s on Bloomberg’s board
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
So you won’t ever know what’s really happened
Til it’s too late and you’ve been ripped off and flattened
Housing costs are too damned high!
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Banks ignore you, foreclosures make you cry.
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
You and your family are on the street
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
You can’t buy food, can’t make ends meet.
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
NEW YORKERS SAID 8 IS ENOUGH!!
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Bloomberg ignored you and said that’s tough!
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
If he gets re-elected
And the middleclass keeps being neglected,
Walked on, pushed out, disrespected, on the shelf
Don’t blame Bill, blame YOURSELF
Bill Thompson gave you a better plan
For middle class and working families he stands
Can he save New Yorkers?
If we elect him, Yes he can!
You say you live on the Upper East Side?
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
You feel you’ve been taken for a ride?
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Your quality of living has started to slide
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
You’re doing menial jobs that insult your pride
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
High test scores don’t prove good education
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Our kids can’t meet the world competition
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
They need substance, not just form
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Or mediocrity becomes the norm
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Harlem is where you used to stay
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Til they took the affordable apartments away
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
For a Harlem studio $750 Grand you’ll pay
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Or ride the homeless bus to no where -- one way
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
He’s building overpriced high rises of glass
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Destroying beautiful buildings with all the class
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
The Yankees Stadium got reconstruction
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
While the surrounding neighbors face destruction
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
If you can’t get from here to there
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg,
‘Cause they keep raising the transit fare.
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg.
You just can’t afford four more years
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
Because you’ll be shedding more than tears
Don’t blame Bill, blame Bloomberg
I don’t have to be a wise sooth sayer
To say you’ll need more than a prayer
If you re-elect Mike Bloomberg mayor
Don’t blame Bill, BLAME YOURSELF!
Bill Thompson gave you a better plan
For middle class and working families he stands
He can save New Yorkers from this man
Let’s elect him so he can!
And get rid of Bloomberg
No matter how much he spends his money
Your chances of getting any are slim and none-y
Your eyes may shine and your teeth may grit
But not one program will you get
His promises turn out to be vapid lies
This my warning word to the wise
It’s clear that we’ve each only got one vote
If you blow this that’s all she wrote
New York can do better without Bloomberg.
We’re coming to the end of this little ditty
I wrote it because I love New York City
For a mayor who cares vote for Bill Thompson
He’ll save New York and get the job done
And once again make New York Number One
Or perish as fools under Bloomberg.
VOTE BILL THOMPSON FOR MAYOR 2009
AND EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT FINE.
BLAME BLOOMBERG - 'Eight Is Enough' Part VIII
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
10.26.2009
WE EACH HAVE THE POWER OF ONE VOTE
WE EACH HAVE THE POWER OF ONE VOTE - EIGHT IS ENOUGH PART VI
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
It all begins with the power of One. Each of us has the power to change the world. Each of us can join with the other millions of people who reside here in New York to begin to be the change we want to see.
We each have one vote, and though Bloomberg may have spent millions on this campaign, it all boils down to the fact the each of us has one vote, and we still get to go into the polls, pull the lever one person at a time.
We all know a lie when we hear one. We’ve heard many over the past few weeks, months and years that we’ve been dealing with the incumbent mayor, Mike Bloomberg. If you were to set up a balance scale with all that he has done to help New York on the left side, and the weight of all that he has done to hurt New York on the right side, the scales would tip so far to the right they’d break the supports.
It really doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out. The rich got richer, the middle class became poor and disenfranchised, and the poor got poorer. But wait, the scales began to tip even more, because the rich suddenly became poor, the middle class became homeless, and the poor got put on a bus and told to scram.
Bill Thompson has worked diligently in his role as Comptroller to stem the tide of the draconian increases proposed by the mayor to balance the budget on our backs. The utilities and water bills in New York have increased 98%. In fact the water bills were increased twice in the same year. Our transit fares have been increased twice in two years, with threats of cutbacks zoned fares, and all the kinds of increments that will dig even further into our pockets.
We cannot afford 4 more years of Bloomberg! Bill Thompson has done much to help the middle and lower class, often having to reverse allocations made by the mayor that would have damaged us even more.
Who has cost us the most over the last eight years? Bloomberg. He has taken our tax exempt funds and underwritten projects such as the rebuilding of Yankee Stadium, while affordable housing went twisting in the wind. How much would have gone down the drain had he been able to get away with the Jets Stadium on the west side fiasco? Can you live in a stadium? Can you live in the overpriced buildings that have replaced whole communities in Brooklyn and Manhattan that now stand empty gathering dust?
Bill Thompson, as comptroller has diligently worked to provide alternatives to Bloomberg’s insensitivity to the plight of New Yorkers.
How many families have to be uprooted in Brooklyn to build an Atlantic Yards Stadium for the Nets, with the empty promise of jobs (most of which will be menial and meaningless); under the guise of improving a community -- despite the fact that the community is consistently against it.
How many city jobs have to be replaced by privatization to figure out that New Yorkers are being supplanted.
No one is surprised that the Police Union is supporting Bloomberg. They supported Giuliani -- and the dictatorship continues.
It is no surprise that Bloomberg dangles his wealth in front of New Yorkers in an effort to entice them into selling their rights and principles as citizens. It’s nothing new. It’s a practice that has endured for quite some time now. It’s the carrot and the stick; bait and switch, sleight of hand that’s been going on for at least the last eight (8) years. It’s the concept that if he dangles enough money, people with be hypnotized by it, will feel that they are powerless against it and will succumb to it without even trying.
But New Yorkers are made of sterner stuff. The power of ONE has been what has made us the great city we are. No dictator can long run (ruin) New York.
Eight is enough! It is the signal that it is time for a paradigm shift. Time for a change for the better.
Bill Thompson stands for all New Yorkers. Time to take a stand to would be dictators who think they are more important than the rights and wishes of the people.
Make Bill Thompson the next Mayor of New York and let’s get back to the business of being a city for all New Yorkers.
Bill Thompson the right choice for Mayor of New York City.
WE EACH HAVE THE POWER OF ONE VOTE - EIGHT IS ENOUGH PART VI. Stay Tune For Part VII 'Eight Is Enough'
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
It all begins with the power of One. Each of us has the power to change the world. Each of us can join with the other millions of people who reside here in New York to begin to be the change we want to see.
We each have one vote, and though Bloomberg may have spent millions on this campaign, it all boils down to the fact the each of us has one vote, and we still get to go into the polls, pull the lever one person at a time.
We all know a lie when we hear one. We’ve heard many over the past few weeks, months and years that we’ve been dealing with the incumbent mayor, Mike Bloomberg. If you were to set up a balance scale with all that he has done to help New York on the left side, and the weight of all that he has done to hurt New York on the right side, the scales would tip so far to the right they’d break the supports.
It really doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure it out. The rich got richer, the middle class became poor and disenfranchised, and the poor got poorer. But wait, the scales began to tip even more, because the rich suddenly became poor, the middle class became homeless, and the poor got put on a bus and told to scram.
Bill Thompson has worked diligently in his role as Comptroller to stem the tide of the draconian increases proposed by the mayor to balance the budget on our backs. The utilities and water bills in New York have increased 98%. In fact the water bills were increased twice in the same year. Our transit fares have been increased twice in two years, with threats of cutbacks zoned fares, and all the kinds of increments that will dig even further into our pockets.
We cannot afford 4 more years of Bloomberg! Bill Thompson has done much to help the middle and lower class, often having to reverse allocations made by the mayor that would have damaged us even more.
Who has cost us the most over the last eight years? Bloomberg. He has taken our tax exempt funds and underwritten projects such as the rebuilding of Yankee Stadium, while affordable housing went twisting in the wind. How much would have gone down the drain had he been able to get away with the Jets Stadium on the west side fiasco? Can you live in a stadium? Can you live in the overpriced buildings that have replaced whole communities in Brooklyn and Manhattan that now stand empty gathering dust?
Bill Thompson, as comptroller has diligently worked to provide alternatives to Bloomberg’s insensitivity to the plight of New Yorkers.
How many families have to be uprooted in Brooklyn to build an Atlantic Yards Stadium for the Nets, with the empty promise of jobs (most of which will be menial and meaningless); under the guise of improving a community -- despite the fact that the community is consistently against it.
How many city jobs have to be replaced by privatization to figure out that New Yorkers are being supplanted.
No one is surprised that the Police Union is supporting Bloomberg. They supported Giuliani -- and the dictatorship continues.
It is no surprise that Bloomberg dangles his wealth in front of New Yorkers in an effort to entice them into selling their rights and principles as citizens. It’s nothing new. It’s a practice that has endured for quite some time now. It’s the carrot and the stick; bait and switch, sleight of hand that’s been going on for at least the last eight (8) years. It’s the concept that if he dangles enough money, people with be hypnotized by it, will feel that they are powerless against it and will succumb to it without even trying.
But New Yorkers are made of sterner stuff. The power of ONE has been what has made us the great city we are. No dictator can long run (ruin) New York.
Eight is enough! It is the signal that it is time for a paradigm shift. Time for a change for the better.
Bill Thompson stands for all New Yorkers. Time to take a stand to would be dictators who think they are more important than the rights and wishes of the people.
Make Bill Thompson the next Mayor of New York and let’s get back to the business of being a city for all New Yorkers.
Bill Thompson the right choice for Mayor of New York City.
WE EACH HAVE THE POWER OF ONE VOTE - EIGHT IS ENOUGH PART VI. Stay Tune For Part VII 'Eight Is Enough'
Stay Blessed and Eclectically Black,
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)