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Video: Rev Billy visits the Board of Elections

Posted on August 24, 2009 by kwilder

As previously reported here, Reverend Billy Talen filed more than twice the amount of signatures required to run for Mayor of NYC on the Green Party line. Below is a video of the actual filing of the petitions. It is funny, I recognized the inside of the NYC BOE, where I went once to get […]

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Sad news…

Posted on August 24, 2009 by kwilder

A message from George Mann of George & Julius: Julius Margolin, 1916-2009 — One Last Cheer… Hello all you beautiful people: I’ve known for some time that I would have to type this message, and I will try to be brief. Our friend Julius Margolin: a child of the Depression; an organizer and member of […]

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The Reverend Billy is on the Ballot for Mayor of NYC!

Posted on August 24, 2009 by iwilder

From the L Magazine: Well I’ll be damned, the Reverend Billy is on the ballot (pending certification… but he should be fine with over 18,000 signatures). The world’s favorite anti-consumer preacher is set to officially jump into the grueling race for mayor of New York City, and I for one couldn’t be happier. While his […]

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An environmental dance performance at SUNY Oswego

Posted on August 22, 2009 by kwilder

Kimberly writes: Don Hassig–a green activist, who enjoys celebrating nature through poetry, art and dance–will be performing an environmental dance at the State University of New York, Oswego on Monday, August 24, 2009. I have known Don Hassig for many years. I think of Don as a citizen, philosopher-scientist for environmental health. He has a […]

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LI Wins Video Contest and Immigration Reform Blog Series

Posted on August 20, 2009 by iwilder

Hi everyone- Earlier this month, we learned that Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy doesn’t take immigration issues seriously, after he cracked a joke about deporting kitchen workers during a Bay Shore roast.  Levy’s spokesman dismissed the fury over the county executive’s comments, saying that advocates were being too politically correct, but last Saturday, we saw […]

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Is Working Families the Rent Is Too Damn Low Party?*

Posted on August 19, 2009 by iwilder

Erratic Reported Rent Payments From WFP Mark Last Decade Average of just $1,486 per month for offices, one check for rent written to “401 K PMTs” The Working Families Party may have worked on behalf of New Yorkers struggling to make ends meet while dealing with the city’s famously high rents, but the party has […]

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New Yorkers Inching Toward Revolt

Posted on August 18, 2009 by kwilder

Love that headline! Anyone ready to start planning an independent or third party run for State Senate or State Assembly? The time is ripe! – KW (excerpt from) Elizabeth Benjamin’s Daily Politics blog at The Daily News Q Poll: New Yorkers Inching Toward Revolt August 18, 2009 Today’s Q poll finds a whopping 77 percent […]

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For the politically curious in NY: Tues. Aug. 18th is a big day!

Posted on August 17, 2009 by kwilder

KW: For potential candidates in New York State, tomorrow, Tuesday, August 18, 2009, is the last day to file in person (or mail) an “independent nominating petition” to run for office in November. That would mean anyone who was running on an alternative, “made-up”, or third party (without automatic ballot status) line has that due […]

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Wired: Diebold Quietly Patches Security Flaw in Vote Counting Software

Posted on August 13, 2009 by iwilder

Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold, has patched a serious security weakness in its election tabulation software used in the majority of states, according to a lab that tested the new version and a federal commission that certified it. The flaw in the tabulation software was discovered by Wired.com earlier this year, and involved the program’s […]

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No clear line between Corporation and Working Families Party

Posted on August 12, 2009 by iwilder

Kevin Finnegan, the lawyer who set up the secretive company called Data and Field Services which is owned by the Working Families Party, appeared on WNYC Tuesday to respond to City Hall’s extensive investigative report about the depth of connections between the non-profit party and for-profit company, admitting during the interview that as for the line between WFP and DFS, “there’s no firewalls.”

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Working Families Party private corporation skirts NYC Campaign Finance Laws

Posted on August 10, 2009 by iwilder

Six Council Campaigns, de Blasio Campaign, Discovered Using Working Families Staff, Resources In Test Of City Finance Limits Inner workings of secretive WFP for-profit company and multiple candidates’ operations revealed A complicated web of coordinated activities, shared resources and staff, and quiet money transfers between the Working Families Party, a secretive private company called Data […]

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Sat Aug 8th: Rev Billy Block Party in NYC!

Posted on August 7, 2009 by kwilder

KW: For the “Summer Streets” program, New York City will shut down certain streets to car traffic. Reverend Billy and his crew have made a party out of it. I wrote about the link at Independent Political Report: here. Wanna go to the city tomorrow and party with Reverend Billy and the petitioners? Here is […]

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Rev. Billy gets awesome media coverage: NY Press

Posted on July 28, 2009 by kwilder

Update: Also, an awesome story with several photos (including Joan Baez) at Time Out New York: here. KW writes: NY Press has an excellent and detailed post-event story about the July 27th Reverend Billy Talen for Mayor fundraiser. The article includes political commentary and musical reviews. Interestingly, NY Press tagged the story as “theater” and […]

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NY State Senator Craig Johnson tapped for MTA panel

Posted on July 20, 2009 by kwilder

Hat/tip to The Time Union/Capitol Confidential blog for the story (excerpt from) Newsday Sen. Craig Johnson tapped for MTA panel by James T. Madore / July 18, 2009 ALBANY – State Sen. Craig Johnson of Port Washington is poised to join a powerful board that oversees building projects by the Long Island Rail Road, New […]

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