Media, Media, On the Wall, Who Is the Most Independent of Them All?

Adolfo Carrion, the Independence Party candidate for NYC Mayor, was a guest last weekend on PIX11 (one of my favorite channels for news). See this sharp and intelligent roundtable interview below.

Next up: 

Tune in to NY1 The Call at 9:00pm tonight! Get Adolfo's take on the most recent debate as he answers questions from New Yorkers. Drop them a line at thecall@ny1.com or call in 212-ny1-talk if you have a question for Adolfo.

What: Adolfo on NY1 The Call
When: 9:00pm-10:00pm Tonight
Where: Tune in on NY1, Channel 1 or watch online here.

Contact NY1 The Call through email, thecall@ny1.com,  tweet to @NY1thecall or call in 212-ny1-talk. 


Most media covering this mayoral race are connecting phrases in like "Carrion has 2% support in the polls" and "is not permitted to join the three official mayoral debates"

Ex. "Independent mayoral candidate Adolfo Carrion Jr. was left out of the recent mayoral debates for not meeting the polling requirement. He only received two percent in the polls."

PIX11 says: "For many years Adolfo Carrion was viewed as the Latino community's best hope for winning city office. Running as the nominee of the Independence Party, Carrion has 2% support in the polls and is not permitted to join the three official mayoral debates."

Translation: "Adolfo Carrion should have stayed a Democrat and helped the Democratic Party corral the Latino vote to put the Democratic candidate in office. Since he became an independent, he is excommunicated from NYC politics!"

And yet, as David Chen so eloquently put it in his prescient February New York Times article Adolfo Carrion is not deterred.

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Charter Revision Commission: Nonpartisan Elections? Harry Kresky Sees a New Opening

Partisan gridlock... Political corruption.... Scandal...  Can a nonpartisan election system help?



NYC Independence Party attorney Harry Kresky attended the Baruch College forum on Charter Revision last month and raised the issue of nonpartisan elections as an issue that the Mayor appointed commission might want to take up.

Since then, the Commission has been constituted and City Council isn't happy about it...

NYC CHARTER REVISION

• Mayor taps CUNY head to chair commission on charter revision (BY ADAM LISBERG, DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF)
• Island has just 1 representative on panel to revise City Charter (SI Advance, By Tom Wrobleski)
• Two Bronxites Named to City Charter Revision Commission (Bronx News Network)
• Bloomberg taps Marty's chief of staff for charter commission (By RICH CALDER, NY Post)
• Mike names reform panel for term limits (By DAVID SEIFMAN, NY Post)
• Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Charter Revision Commission has a bit of Brooklyn moxie. (YourNabe Brooklyn Hts)
• Goldstein: Charter change proposals will be on November ballot (BY ELIZABETH BENJAMIN, Daily News/Daily Politics)
• RPA's Hope Cohen to serve on NYC Charter Revision Commission (Regional Plan Association)
• County Clerk Stephen Fiala to sit on charter commission charged with complete review of city government (By Peter N. Spencer, SI Advance)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

CATCHING UP:
I was out of town this past weekend, visiting my daughter Lucy in Pittsburgh (if you dare, you can see a video of our trip to the Andy Warhol Museum there....)

Rich Winger, Ballot Access News, notes that On November 1, the Federal Election Commission certified John Edwards’ eligibility for primary season matching funds. The FEC had already certified John McCain and Tom Tancredo. In recent past presidential election years, various minor party candidates were among to first to qualify for primary season matching funds. For example, in the presidential election of 1992, Lenora Fulani was the first person certified for primary season matching funds. Minor party members who received primary season matching funds in the past, in addition to Fulani, have been Sonia Johnson, John Hagelin, Ralph Nader, and Pat Buchanan. This year, no minor party member likely to have the capacity and the willingness to qualify for primary season matching funds has even announced for president.

Rock Hackshaw thinks Dr. Lenora Fulani may have a point here regarding the shutdown by the Dems of debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in New York City.... (Room 8 )

While independents in New Hampshire are noted here in "Kucinich At 7% In New Hampshire!!!" Quotes Jacqueline Salit, CUIP(by parmenides08 - MyDD) * ABOVE ARTICLE ALSO LINKED HERE-Kucinich at 7% in New Hampshire - Daily Kos (ProgressNowAction)

Other articles of interest here:

• Clinton doesn't appeal to independent voters (Des Moines Register Story Chat)
• Hate-free election is unfolding-Voters become more powerful (By John Laird, Columbian)
• Wooing the ‘indies’ (Town Hall)
• Bloomberg Presidential Speculation Gets a Boost (NY Sun)
• Voters irked by candidate's 2 a.m. call (Albany Times Union)

Also, I hear there was an interview on NY1 of New York City Independence Party leader Dr. Fred Newman and postmodern psychologist Ken Gergen from Swarthmore by Dominic Carter and Rita Nissan, which NY1 (owned and operated by Time Warner -- it's a local news channel on cable in New York City) seems to have exercised their better judgement by not posting.... Apparently Dominic screamed in a froth "Answer the question! Answer the question! Yes or no!" when Newman said that therapy patients should be allowed their constitutional right to participate in policial campaigns. Dominic wanted to know who Dr. Newman sleeps with... Here for a rendition of Sex and Politics...

Well, we could guess who Dominic is sleeping with -- the Dems..... Yuck.....