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Hofstra Debate: Link to full video, PLUS other great video and interesting news

Posted on October 19, 2010 by kwilder

Watch the Debate!
You can find the full video of the 2010  Hofstra, NY Governor Debate at YNN: here.
(Thanks to Chris Garvey for the link.)
[And, another, back up link on NY1: here]

Jimmy McMillan Creates A Stir!
An interesting update is that Yahoo has put Rent-Is-2-Damn-High candidate Jimmy McMillan on their front page. He did capture the audience’s attention. And, now he is creating a national buzz. Congrats to McMillan for bringing people’s attention to people who can’t even pay their rent. The story and video at Yahoo: here. And, a video montage of McMillan’s performance at the readmore/bottom of this post.

Go Green Party!
The Green Party Governor candidate, Howie Hawkins, articulated his vision well in his closing remarks. Video below.

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Henrietta the site of third-party gubernatorial candidate debate 10/22/10 – RocNow.com

Posted on October 19, 2010 by iwilder

A debate featuring three third-party gubernatorial candidates will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in Henrietta, and the public is welcome to attend.

The two-hour debate will be moderated by long-time Henrietta residents, Dr. Robert and Cynthia Goldstein, and will include Warren Redlich of the Libertarian Party, Howie Hawkins of the Green Party, and Kristin Davis of the Anti-Prohibition Party.

via Henrietta the site of third-party gubernatorial candidate debate – RocNow.com.

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Green Party New York: Debate: Hawkins Calls for Green Jobs, Single Payer Health Care for All

Posted on October 19, 2010 by iwilder

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said tonight at the first Gubernatorial debate that state must focus more on providing jobs to all New Yorkers while protecting the environment and providing a quality education. (View the debate at News12.com)

Hawkins also said that he hoped that this would be the first of several debates involving all the candidates. Hawkins has agreed to participate in upcoming debates in Syracuse and Rochester, and we welcome the opportunity to participate in a proposed Oct. 28 debate in Buffalo.

Hawkins’ Green New Deal echoes former New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s call for a bill of economic rights which included the right to a living wage jobs, education and health care for all Americans. Hawkins supports a state single payer health care system similar to Medicare that saves New Yorkers an estimated $28 billion annually by 2019 according to a recent state study.

via Green Party New York » Blog Archive » Debate: Hawkins Calls for Green Jobs, Single Payer Health Care for All.

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Hofstra Debate: Mainstream coverage ignores Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins

Posted on October 19, 2010 by kwilder

[For fuller comments on the Governor Debate, see onthewilderside eyewitness account: here.]

I went to the NY Governor Debate at Hofstra tonight. Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor of New York, did pretty good.

It is curious to me why Howie Hawkins has been so overlooked in the main stream media reviews of the debate.

Some cases in point: Read more »

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Hofstra Debate: Notes from an eyewitness…

Posted on October 19, 2010 by kwilder

Kimberly and Ian Wilder at the Hofstra debate 10/18/2010

Kimberly writes:

So, I was able to attend the debate as a friend of the Green Party. I was sitting in the special seating on the ground floor. Though, in the last row (right in front of the stand for the still photographers.)

Some impressions:

It was all very exciting. The moderators were Doug Geed and Joye Brown. Ms. Brown received an extra measure of applause – I think because she is a very progressive-minded columnist. Both moderators did an excellent job.

Even the order that the candidates sat was interesting and seemed noteworthy. The order on stage was:

Paladino – McMillan – Cuomo – Barron – Hawkins – Kristin Davis – Redlich
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4 LI Counties worst hit with foreclosures, Suffolk #1

Posted on October 18, 2010 by iwilder
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New York State Banking Department Issues Second Report on Pre-Foreclosures Notices
134,000 Notices Sent to NY Homeowners Warning of Possible Foreclosure

The New York State Banking Department today announced that more than 76,744 90-day pre-foreclosure notices were sent to New York homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments since May 31, 2010. A total of 134,000 pre-foreclosure notices have been sent since data collection began on Feb. 13, 2010.

On Aug. 6, 2010, the Banking Department launched an online system, making it easier for lenders, assignees and mortgage servicers to file information pertaining to pre-foreclosure notices with the Department. This, along with the addition of about 200 more mortgage loan servicers to the system, led to an increase in the volume of filings submitted to the Banking Department each week.

The four counties with the highest total number of pre-foreclosure filings on owner-occupied, 1-to-4 family properties in the state remained the same as in the last report issued on June 10, 2010. Suffolk County topped the list with cumulative total of 19,880 pre-foreclosure notices followed by Queens with 15,184, Nassau with 13,611, and Brooklyn with 11,037 from Feb. 13 to May 31, 2010. Westchester replaced Erie as the county with the fifth-highest cumulative total of 6,309 notices. A complete list of the ten counties with the greatest number of pre-foreclosure notices is available at http://www.banking.state.ny.us/pff101007.pdf.

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Possible debate happenings: Twinkling, waving fingers

Posted on October 18, 2010 by kwilder

[For fuller comments on the Governor Debate, see onthewilderside eyewitness account: here.]

KW: Thoughts and points of information on the
Hofstra, NY Governor Debate of 10/18/2010
(This is kind of a message in a bottle.
I am typing it at 3pm, and setting it to post after the debate starts…)

So, part of the audience instructions for this debate ask for the audience to be silent. I, personally, think that is somewhat patriarchal and unnecessarily hierarchical to demand silence. After all, it is bad enough that we only have a participatory democracy, so we just say YES or NO, and then one of these people pretends to represent us. At least, when the people we are testing out to represent us speak in public, we — the voters and citizens — should be able to express our concerns or affirmations. Though, as a guest of the event, I have decided to follow the rules.

Still…There are ways to cast ones vote for what is being said on the stage. Of course there is the exuberant smile, frown of disapproval, or worse, the shaking of the head in the negative. I imagine all of these signals will be used. Though, there is another signal that some folks in the audience may be able to fall back on. And, I am writing this post partly in case it is used to the confusion of the live and/or television audience.

It is a tradition used by activist people, studiers of nonviolent communications, greens, and Green Party members to use “The Twinkle”. I wonder if anyone will use it tonight? I will if someone says to end the wars! Read more »

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debate floor commentary on Kimberly’s Newsday Letter to the Editor

Posted on October 18, 2010 by iwilder

[For fuller comments on the Governor Debate, see onthewilderside eyewitness account: here.]

Lisa Tyson of the LIPC stopped by to compliment Kimberly on her Newsday Letter to the Editor about how Newsday Editorial on the Wyndanch school district was unfair. Lisa said she showed it around to community members in Wyandanch.

Also had a spotting of North Hempstead Supervisor/Hofstra alum Jon Kaiman. Maybe its just where we are sitting but we seem to be seeing a lot more prominent Democrats.

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Hofstra debate: more sightings

Posted on October 18, 2010 by iwilder

[For fuller comments on the Governor Debate, see onthewilderside eyewitness account: here.]

They are asking everyone to take their seats they can fill in the empty seats from the reserve.

There was spottings of former Nassau County executive Tom Souzzi, Suffolk Leg john Cooper, Nassau DA Kathleen rice, and the Suffolk Conservative Party chair.

Suffolk Leg Vivian Viloria-Fisher sked everyone to check out her victory gardens for Suffolk on facebook.

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Hofstra Debate: Report from the floor

Posted on October 18, 2010 by iwilder

The Snyders are feeling very excited and said you should “start them young” in politics.

We have seen Pat Friedman of Stop Trump on the Ocean, former Suffolk County Executive Pat Halpin, former LIPA chiefs Kevin Law and Richard Kessel.

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[For fuller comments on the Governor Debate, see onthewilderside eyewitness account: here.]

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We’re In!!! (Quick post from Hofstra debate)

Posted on October 18, 2010 by iwilder

[For fuller comments on the Governor Debate, see onthewilderside eyewitness account: here.]

After much ado about the tickets that we were not supposed to need, we are finally in.

Much to some our friend’s chagrin, as Green Party members, we are guests of the Hawkins campaign and are seated on the floor.

This might be our last post because the cell phone is supposed to be turned off at 630pm.

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Guv debate: Please comment here PLUS other places to comment and where to watch

Posted on October 18, 2010 by kwilder

Ian and I hope to be attending the NY Governor Debate at Hofstra this evening. If so, we will see if there is a way at intermission to give an update and/or we will post some thoughts afterward.

We do hope that the community of onthewilderside readers, politicos, third party supporters, and people who stumbled here searching for debate info may decide to have a dialogue in the comment section of this post. Most comments will appear right away. (Though, if your comment does not appear, apologies for our spam settings, and we will get stuff that looks good up as soon as possible.)

If you would like to join the official debate from the sponsors, News12 set up a discussion page on FaceBook: here.

Where do you go to watch the debate on TV? Read more »

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Third-party gubernatorial candidates push for ban on hydraulic fracturing | theithacajournal.com | The Ithaca Journal

Posted on October 18, 2010 by iwilder

While no major party gubernatorial candidates in either state have carried the banner for a hydraulic fracturing moratorium, both New York and Pennsylvania have fringe candidates who have made the fight against the natural gas drilling technique one of their top priorities.

New York Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins, a Syracuse resident and former Marine, is advocating for a permanent ban on hydrofracking.

“Some of the environmental groups and the industry itself say natural gas is the bridge to the future,” Hawkins said. “I think that bridge is out and I think that road goes right over a cliff.”

Hawkins, who previously has run for U.S. Senate and mayor of Syracuse, said the state should be investing resources in renewable energy, and that he has a “science-based, 10-year timeline” to convert the state to carbon-free energy.

via Third-party gubernatorial candidates push for ban on hydraulic fracturing | theithacajournal.com | The Ithaca Journal.

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Hawkins, Nader Fundraiser in Albany 10/20/10

Posted on October 18, 2010 by iwilder

 

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Join Ralph Nader and Howie Hawkins for a Green Party fundraiser Oct. 20th. Consumer advocate and former Green Party Presidential candidatel Ralph Nader will join current Green Party of New York Governor candidate Howie Hawkins in Albany on Wednesday October 20th from 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM at a fundraiser at My Linh restaurant, 272 Delaware Ave, Albany (next to the Spectrum Movie Theatre.)

There is a suggested donation of $25 payable to Hawkins 2010. For reservations, contact Peter LaVenia at mactyler42@yahoo. com or 463-8063. There will be a cash bar. Food may also be purchased.

Hawkins, the only union member running for statewide office, is calling for a Green New Deal to provide jobs to all New Yorkers and to make health care a right through a state single payer, Medicare for All program. By halting the rebate of the $16 billion stock transfer tax to Wall Street speculators and making the rich pay their fair share of taxes, Hawkins would createa $25 billion surplus to invest in jobs, a rapid transition to a carbon free economy, lower property taxes and education funding. Hawkins website is www.howiehawkins. org.

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