NYC Mayor Race Count Down: Day 5 - Jo Coskie Independence Party Rally for Adolfo Carrion - Teachers for Carrion!

Queens Executive Member of the NYC Independence Party, retired teacher, Jo Coskie speaks about her organizing Teachers for Carrion.

"Mr. Carrion is passionate about improving our schools, recognizes the need to empower teachers, and has a visionary plan. Last month at a press conference on the steps of City Hall, he unveiled a bold comprehensive policy to transform our schools. Adolfo would place our schools at the center of the community to maximize their use. In addition, recognizing that after school development is a key to unlocking our young people's potential, Adolfo has made it a central component of his plan. I could go on. He has the best educational platform of any candidate. It's no wonder Bill de Blasio doesn't want to debate him!"

[Video by Coco Cheung]

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

OPEN PRIMARIES

• MS: Littleton denies harassing voters (By William Browning, Greenwood Commonwealth)
  
• Broken system must be fixed (San Bernardino Sun)
  

NEW YORK POLITICS/INDEPENDENCE PARTY

• Beyond black and white: Obama-Bloomberg alliance signals a less tribal time in city politics (Erroll Lewis, NY Daily News)
  
• Cities Cry Foul on Stimulus Cash - Several Mayors Challenge the Way Governors Are Doling Out Project Funds (By SUZANNE SATALINE, Wall Street Journal Online)
  
• Weiner will decide on mayoral run by month's end (By Jason Fink, amNY)
  
• DOWNSTATE Candidates stepping up for Southampton supervisor race (Rick Brand, Newsday)
  
• Is President Obama Going to Stay Out of the NYC Mayor's Race? (Political Punch, ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper)
  
• Albany Panel Signals It Won’t Give the Mayor Carte Blanche on Schools (By JENNIFER MEDINA, NY Times)
  
• Silver backs mayor’s school control (By Josh Rogers, Downtown Express)
  

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

California considers a constitutional convention -- can open primaries save this state? Dan Walters thinks a convention might be the only way out of this mess...

NY Gov. Patterson has his hands full with the appointment of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill Hillary's US Senate seat. Ahhh, the mysterious ways of New York state politics! The media seem to agree that Gillibrand has appeal to critical independent voters.... and here's a pack of politicians and pundits trying to figure out cross-endorsement in New York state...

Most people think that the teachers union is more interested in maintaining teachers' jobs than in the quality of education. (Rasmussen Reports) You gotta wonder why there's a difference....