Sounds like fun. I do know Roy Hastick, Adolphe, Eugene, and Wellington Sharpe are not running.

I know Zenobia and Jesse. The rest... Who are these no ones and who gives a damns. Wow I guess you can add three more losers the list. Larry, Moe, and Curly respectively.

Reading the other blog on the daily politics yesterday even though Jesse Hamilton is known some what based on the comments he is not liked to much.

Will it be like who wants to be a millionaire? You are the weakest link goodbye!!! Well with all these candidates they are a lot of weak links. I would suspect after all the fun of petitions and other things going on only 10 people might show up.

That still leaves about six to seven weak links.

Watch your back McNally they are coming!!!!

Let's draft Chris Owens. He will make the best choice for this seat.

I am officially dropping out of the race!!!!

[Ed. note]: Nice try, but this should be taken as a bit of disinformation.

With all that is going on in this where does the current congressman and the next congressman stand in this race? Major and Yvette that is.

All these cheap shots at Jesse. We can all assume its from someone who is fearful of Jesse. Jesse is a 20 year union man, works for NYC, is an attorney and has a wife and 2 children. How about we elect someone who represents family and hard work. He went to Law school at night and also has an MBA also at night while working a full time job.

So before you start taking cheap shots at Jesse, tell us your street cred?

Oh and BTW, Jesses mother and Grandmother ar from Barbados and his mother-in-law and father-in-law are Jamaican.

The machine is always at work. Let's make sure they take another lost in this one too. Jesse is real close to the machine. I see him Musa Moore talking a lot. Yes the same Musa he beat just a couple of weeks ago. So I guess all is well in in the Machine Civil War.

How about let not draft Chris and give the candidates who actually want a run a chance. I am glad to hear there will be a forum, this will weed out some of the pretenders and allow us to see which of the candidates are knowledgeable on the issues. As far as Yvette, she is in a bit of a pickle isn’t she? I mean she is now being put in the position where she is going to endorse someone who may very well outperform here (she authored one bill the “potty bill”) in the Council and pose a great threat for her come re-election. Several people who I speak to in the community state that they believe that Yvette will be as ineffective in Congress as she was in the City Council and as a result will be in "the race of her life come re-election".

Yvette and her crew must be looking at the list of contenders trying to figure out NOT which one of the candidates will best serve the community BUT which of these candidates will most serve the CLARKS. The thought of endorsing and assisting someone who could take her daughters job must scare poor Una to death. After all Major Owens helped Una get to power and she later gave him one hell of a run, as did her daughter who also worked for major (so did Tracy Boyland for that matter). The community shouldn’t be concerned with who Yvette chooses, they should be cautious of that person for the reasons stated above.

street cred? Machine talk... here we go again?

Anyone who lives in Central Brookly and is active in community politics and cares about where they live will always have the soft aroma and whiff of the Clarence Machine. There is no way around this elephant in the room. Even Spitzer has the aroma. Is Spitzer a Machine Pol?

It just simply not possible to be involved in this area of Brooklyn and not have contacts and connections with Norman and Company, who spent over 20 years in power as well as Rev. Pastor Norman, father, who is still a powerhouse and operative.

Labels matter to a certain point but when do labels end and affiliations begin? Its a slippery slope to play 6 degrees in politics.

Some of us have met Wellington Sharpe. He ran against the corrupt Diane Gordon for AD40 (and should have won if voters were paying attention IMO) He came to at least one dfnyc meetup during that campaign, and seems very knowledgeable on local politics.

As I stated elsewhere, I do not think Jesse Hamilton should be running since he hasn't even taken office for the post to which he was just elected. His election would cause a vacancy in his current (well future I guess) office that the Brooklyn Machine would fill by appointment. There are plenty of other viable candidates without creating an unnecessary vacancy. Electing Hamiltion here is addition by subtraction.

Wellington is not running. He has said it several times. I do agree about Jesse though. He needs to end this campaign and focus on a seat he just won does not have yet and needs to do some work first.

As for Yvette, who cares
Submitted by bklyndem1040 (not verified) on Thu, 2006-12-07 16:25.

Yvette and her crew must be looking at the list of contenders trying to figure out NOT which one of the candidates will best serve the community BUT which of these candidates will most serve the CLARKS. The thought of endorsing and assisting someone who could take her daughters job must scare poor Una to death. After all Major Owens helped Una get to power and she later gave him one hell of a run, as did her daughter who also worked for major (so did Tracy Boyland for that matter). The community shouldn’t be concerned with who Yvette chooses, they should be cautious of that person for the reasons stated above.

Bklyndem1040, you are 100% correct. We need a candidate that will serve the community and not the Clarkes. The chain has to be broken. The community is filled with several flavors not just one particular one. We need fresh new blood that no one has in their pocket. Let us show the Clarkes where the real power lies and that is among the people. Let us be caustious yes and give Una (THE GREAT PRETENDER) one hell of a run now and at re-election time.

Let the games begin baby!

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Well I agree with most of the comments about the overall race. The target is on McNally's back and Jesse's as well.

Another machine victory would be great. we fake a drop out by Jesse and bam get the troops out there. Even though Clarence may be gone Jesse is still there. He did great work for Clarence in our political club.

The race to replace Yvette is on and we have as many opinions as we have candidates. Like the candidates, some opinions are good and some bad. Here goes mine.

Jesse Hamilton is the only candidate with a election record. That will work against him because few of the others have done anything. He is squeaky clean. Hamilton is a District Leader but he was not elected with the "machines" blessings. He has no endorsements from Clarence club or the current Kings County machine. I'll bet he nor any candidate will turn down their support in this crazy race.

Joel Toney is without a real strong personality but he did work at the UN -- so I am told. He is a nice guy. Could find no dirt on him. I hear he is Una's pick.

Zenobia McNally has run against Yvette before. She is squeaky clean. She is supported by the Owens clan. She speaks well, doesn't have a lot of experience in the community and I'll bet she has a college degree.

Ricky Tullock, from Community Board 17 does have a track record. He has the distinction of being one of the most divisive members of the community board, many credit him with creating such dissention that the Community board accomplished nothing for the better part of a year. He is a well spoken hothead with a personal agenda to match. This guys a waste. He says he is backed by Yvette and Una's political club. No word from the Clarke's on that one.

Anthony Alexis was part of the old Norman-Boyland machinery as a staffer to Councilwoman Tracy Boyland. He was also President of Rhoda Jacobs political club - although Rhoda isn't endorsing him. If anyone is the machine candidate it will be Anthony Alexis -- they know him and trust him. It appears that Clarence's handpicked successor Carim Kamara is backing Anthony.

I like Jesse out of those listed above. The rest of the field is lackluster but if they pickup any momentum all comments and info would be appreciated.

I am laughing at the last comment. .... I like Jesse for the race. I like... Please. You missed the fact he is part of the machine... The END. Lackluster? really. Wow you are to bias for me..... on the note...McNally for City Council... ok if not her then maybe my uncle. He lives out of the district like most of the candidates.

If Mcnally has no experience in the community that is a plus. Those who have had experience if they have not done anything yet will not do anything now. Who do you pick the one with the long resume filled with BS who is set in their ways, or the one with less experience who is willing to learn and open to real ideas for the betterment of a community. All the names stated above except McNally with all their experience and years of service they claim to have put into the community have never had the guts to challenge Yvette Clarke while she was in office.

McNally has what these candidates do not have and that is a clean record, and she is not in anyones pocket. We need a representative who is not owned by anyone in order for change to occur in our community. Hamilton, Toney, Tullock, and Alexis can not bring upon that change.

What about the issues? The goals and priorities of the candidates? As someone who has recently stumbled upon this site, I'm surprised that none of the comments seem to address any actual issues.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear about this upcoming event. Do members of the public have to RSVP or only the candidates?