tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post4098299861857742700..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Is It Racism To Blast Jesse Hamilton For Joining the IDC?Clarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-17656026087721582852018-01-29T11:18:42.305-05:002018-01-29T11:18:42.305-05:00Just to name one progressive issue, senators and r...Just to name one progressive issue, senators and reps from our district should be kicking and screaming for early voting. It took me 1:45 to vote in the last presidential election. But guess what? Not on the republican agenda, so it’ll never reach the floor. Infuriating. Good for Diana Richardson for managing to be polite and stay away from the IDC issue - I don’t think I could do the same.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-77754733341160163502018-01-28T13:05:52.625-05:002018-01-28T13:05:52.625-05:00If Jesse Hamilton really wanted what's best fo...If Jesse Hamilton really wanted what's best for our district do you think he'd have ruined our chances for a talented, progressive, unbought City Council rep like Brian Cunningham by inserting his protegee into the mix? That move convinced me that he wants what's best for Jesse, all the way down the line. He'd just better not mess with my Assembywoman, or he will get what's coming to him!babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365488181982105888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-52574144751624225602018-01-28T13:02:32.579-05:002018-01-28T13:02:32.579-05:00The IDC made me angry but his shenanigans w Pia Ra...The IDC made me angry but his shenanigans w Pia Raymond insuring another round of Mathieu Eugene have made me determined never to vote for him again even if he does return to the fold.babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365488181982105888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-76012296832588997972018-01-28T12:48:10.998-05:002018-01-28T12:48:10.998-05:00The article is crap, and Kings County Politics is ...The article is crap, and Kings County Politics is a known Jesse Hamilton and IDC organ. Of course Brad Lander attacked Jesse Hamilton over Jeff Klein - most of his City Council constituents live in the 20th State Senate District, which is Hamilton's. We may not be able to do anything about Klein, but we can, and should, get rid of Hamilton.<br /><br />The website noidcnys.org has a great summary of all the progressive legislation (including Universal Health Care) that passed the Assembly in the past year but got turned down in the Senate - thanks to IDC votes.babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365488181982105888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-3676947763886183192018-01-24T17:37:06.026-05:002018-01-24T17:37:06.026-05:00I read the piece in full, and I found it appalling...I read the piece in full, and I found it appalling. The anti-IDC activists have by no means limited themselves to trying to unseat IDC members of color. They are very active in trying to get rid of all IDC members. The Brooklyn based groups, understandably, are focused on Brooklyn, which means Hamilton. Also, very closely related, there is an extremely active group to defeat Simcha Felder, who caucuses with the Republicans. The Brooklyn based groups that are working on defeating both Hamilton and Felder (who is white) have one goal in mind: getting progressive legislation through the state senate. And, of course, the person who is running against Hamilton is black as well. So, there is no effort to try to get rid of black representation of our area. It is true that the groups that formed from Get Organized BK are predominantly white, but there are many people of color who are very active in the movement to get rid of the IDC. I don't like the vitriol from the anti-IDC groups that equate the IDC with Trump support, but I find the rhetoric from the Hamilton campaign even more repugnant. Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196123341244460625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-56237702359276400712018-01-24T16:59:11.220-05:002018-01-24T16:59:11.220-05:00De Blasio never attacked Klein?
http://www.crains...De Blasio never attacked Klein?<br /><br />http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20171229/POLITICS/171229929/mayor-bill-de-blasio-savages-renegade-democratic-state-sen-jeffrey-klein<br /><br />DBD ripped Klein a new one on WNYC. It took me a whole 15 seconds to find this story.<br /><br />If this author is seeking credibility, he'll have to publish somewhere other than KCP. I don't have time to find all of the other factual errors in this piece (I suspect that there are MANY), and I assume that KCP didn't even try.<br />Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.com