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New Yorkers Help Shape The Democratic Party's Platform for Change
[Ed. Note: for residents of parts of the world other than The Rock, please go here to attend your own platform session. The Queens session is today, Manhattan tomorrow, Brooklyn on July 29th, and you're well advised to RSVP]
This was sent to be by a friend who was a Green until Barack talked her into being a Dem again. Steve Harrison is attending...Mike McMahon is blowing it off (in the Recchia tradition?). Barack Obama's campaign in Staten Island:
Staten Island for Barack Newsletter
July 21, 2008
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Help SHAPE The Democratic Party's Platform for Change: Come To Staten Island For Obama's Platform for Change WITH Congressional Candidates Open House on Thursday, July 24th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
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Traditionally, the platform of a political party is written by paid professionals and then presented to the American people. This year, this is going to change. As the presumptive nominee, Senator Obama is now the leader of the Democratic Party, and he has asked for OUR input as to creating a platform for the Party. On Thursday, July 24th, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Staten Island for Obama is hosting a SHAPE The Democratic Party's Platform for Change/Meet the Congressional Candidates Reception and Open House.Steve Harrison. Mike McMahon. You've heard their names, you've read about their positions. Both candidates have been invited to join us for this important forum that will decide the future of the Democratic Party. Now you can meet them and ask the questions YOU want answered (Mike McMahon is unable to attend but will either send a representative or provide a written statement).
This event will be held at Teri's Staten Island HQ, located at 6 Plank Road in Bull's Head, Staten Island from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 24th. Please JOIN US as we discuss how Barack Obama and his campaign can move country forward and discover how we can move our Congressional District to the final Democratic Congressional District in New York City by talking to the Democratic candidates themselves. Please R.S.V.P. at Platform for Change WITH Congressional Candidates, or by contacting Chris McCreight at chris@brooklynforbarack.org, (773) 771-6369.
Please join us as we learn more about our future representatives and create the platform that will be presented at the Democratic Convention in August. A few participants may even be invited to appear and testify at the National Hearing and at the Convention! We can write the next chapter in the history of not only the Democratic Party, but of OUR 13th Congressional District.
change starts at home
Will things really change? Closer to home (46th AD) reformer Jeannie May is challenging "establishment" (the nicest description I could come up with, inncumbent for District Leader. Unlike her opponent, Jeannie ( a nurse) doesn't take her marching orders from anyone and has nothing to gain from the position. Now her opponent has challenged her petitions. Another great day for reform in Brooklyn.
Jeannie May reformer? Answer NO
The idea that Candidate for District Leader Jeannie May does not take orders from anyone is ridiculous. Joanne Seminara (60 AD District Leader) is the person who is pulling the stings of Jeannie May's Candidacy(just look at the people who are collecting her signatures for her all Seminara people and those who are not where probably paid) I did not know reformers believed in buying elections (Jeannie May is no reformer). Joannes style is collecting barley enough signatures to make the ballot(she has no real supporters) so Dilia Schack contesting JMs signatures is no surprise. IF you do not collect the necessary signatures then you have not right to be on the ballot (Any reformer will tell you that you must follow the law) I don't know what you mean by writing that Jeannie May "has nothing to gain from the position she absolutely does being a district leader allows you to build a base for a race in the future and if you remember 2006 when May announced she was a candidate for State Senate and then State Assembly she is obviously looking for a paid political job in politics. I am not saying that the system does not need some changes but you are taking a huge step down by supporting the Seminara/May team for Brooklyn. They are much worse the status quo.
Jeannie May
I've known Jeannie May for about 3 years and find her to be a capable dedicated Democrat. Jeannie, like many of us, is sick and tired to the machine politics of Brooklyn and decided to run against Delia Schack because of this. Jeannie enlisted friends to help her gather signatures and did a lot herself (at a DFNYC Meeting 2 of our members live in Jeannie's neighborhood - 1 in her building - and even remarked at how hard Jeannie was working gathering signatures. Jeannie is fighting AGAINST election buying which is the hallmark of the Delia/Vito Lopez elections. For Delia Schack to contest Jeannie's signatures shows that she's afraid of the competition. As for Joanne Seminara, she happens to be a long time friend of Jeannie's and if she did help (which I'm not aware of and in fact someone told me no she didn't) she did it out of friendship, not for any other reason. Jeannie is a reformer using her own money and small donations to run her campaign. District 46 would be a heck of a lot better with someone like Jeannie May as District Leader rather than what's currently there.