Independents turn out for Adolfo Carrion! ABC - shame on you!

A few snippets from the street before ABC's "debate" excluding NYC Mayoral Independence Party candidate Adolfo Carrion.

The government is shut down, 40% of Americans are independent, and the "fourth estate" has become inert -- and anti-democratic. Well, how about that!?

 

 

 

 Stay tuned! More to come!

Memorial Day Weekend with NYC Mayoral Candidate Adolfo Carrion

Queens Independence Party on the trail in Jackson Heights with Adolfo Carrion for Mayor

Queens Executive Committee member Josephine Coskie (left) and Vice Chair Bryan Puertas on the street with Independence Party candidate for New York City Mayor, on the ballot in November 2013, in Jackson Heights, Queens. Memorial Weekend, Sunday May 16.

Off to a great start in Queens!!

NYC Mayor 2013 Race Begins

NEW YORK

• Three-Way Race Creates Excitement In Special Election - Candidates Compete for Darryl Towns’ Seat (By Harold Egeln, Brooklyn Daily Eagle) A recent WNYC Radio report commented on the upcoming special election for the 54th Assembly District race between Rafael Espinal, endorsed by two political parties and favored by another; Jesus Gonzalez, a Working Families Party candidate backed by north Brooklyn reformers; and Deidre Towns of the Towns political family.
• Ray Kelly, Police Commissioner: Mayor Of New York In 2013? (Huffington Post) Kelly, an independent who would probably run as a Republican, was chosen by 23 percent, including 17 percent among Democrats, when the independent poll asked New York City voters who they most want to see elected mayor in 2013.
• July 27, 2011 - Kelly Top Of The Heap For New York City Mayor, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Bloomberg Inches Back To A Positive Approval (Quinnipiac University) "Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has never given the faintest hint that he'd like to move from Police Headquarters across the street to City Hall, but New York seems to like the idea of Kelly for mayor," said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

North Carolina Independent Redistricting, Oregon Independent Party, New York 2013 Mayoral

NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING
When Politicians Draw Their Own Districts, Voters Lose (Damon Circosta, executive director of the N.C. Center for Voter Education, The Pilot - Southern Pines NC) As a testament to the widespread support for an independent redistricting commission, a broad coalition of organizations has recently formed North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform. These groups come from across the political spectrum, including the conservative John Locke Foundation and progressive NC Policy Watch, but they are all dedicated to ensuring the redistricting process is open, fair and includes significant public input. Ultimately, the responsibility for redistricting should rest with an independent body, not the state legislature.

OREGON INDEPENDENT PARTY THREATENED
Editorial: What’s next, word police? (Democrat Herald) A bill under consideration in Salem and scheduled for a hearing this afternoon, HB 2442, would prohibit the use of the word “independent” in the name of any political party. The sponsors of this little bit of nonsense seem to have gone to the “Alice in Wonderland Institute of Politics,” where they teach you to change reality by changing what things are called.

NEW YORK
Manhattan Borough President Contenders Eye 2013 Race (By Jon Lentz, City Hall News) If Stringer runs to succeed Michael Bloomberg as expected, he will be one of a long line of borough presidents in Manhattan who have gone on to run for mayor. David Dinkins and Robert Wagner both were elected mayor after serving in the role.