tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112129472024-03-07T19:06:48.702-05:00Working Families BlogWorking Families Blog is the official blog of New York Working Families, covering issues and politics important to the working families of New York.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger662125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-81760611021622966822009-05-21T17:39:00.002-04:002009-05-21T17:40:12.116-04:00This blog is no longer being maintainedPlease visit our new address: <a href="http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/blog">www.workingfamiliesparty.org/blog</a>.Charles Lenchnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04645695374046256494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-91149260158174193792007-07-17T13:36:00.000-04:002007-07-17T18:48:22.448-04:00Working Families Party 2007 EndorsementsHere's a roundup of the current Working Families Party Endorsements for the 2007 elections. More endorsements are coming, be sure to check back.<br /><ul><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-capital-district-chapter-2007.html">Capital District</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-central-new-york-chapter-2007.html">Central New York</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-fingerlakes-chapter-2007.html">Fingerlakes</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-herkimer-oneida-chapter-2007.html">Herkimer-Oneida</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-mid-hudson-valley-chapter-2007.html">Mid-Hudson Valley</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-nassau-district-chapter-2007.html">Nassau</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-north-country-chapter-2007.html">North Country</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-rockland-county-chapter-2007.html">Rockland County</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-southern-tier-chapter-2007.html">Southern Tier</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-staten-island-club-2007.html">Staten Island</a></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-suffolk-chapter-2007-endorsements.html">Suffolk</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-westchester-putnam-chapter-2007.html">Westchester-Putnam</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/wfp-western-new-york-chapter-2007.html">Western New York</a><br /></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-45703551081936404412007-07-17T12:31:00.000-04:002007-07-17T12:36:16.850-04:00WFP Staten Island Club 2007 EndorsementsThe Working Families Party Staten Island Club has endorsed Michael J. Ryan in his race for County of Richmond District Attorney. To get involved in this race, contact <a href="mailto:tmoore@votewfp.org">Theo Moore</a> at 718-222-3796.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-91444148902019071542007-07-17T12:27:00.000-04:002007-07-17T12:30:46.993-04:00WFP Western New York Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Western New York Chapter. The Western New York Chapter represents the counties of Cattaraugas, Chautauqua, Erie and Niagara. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:lpacheco@votewfp.org">Louisa Pacheco</a> at 716-697-7616.<br /><ul><li>City of Buffalo Comptroller<br>Andrew A. SanFilippo</li><br /><li>City of Buffalo Council Member Delaware District<br>Michael John LoCurto</li><br /><li>City of Buffalo Council Member Ellicott District<br>Bryon J. McIntyre</li><br /><li>City of Buffalo Council Member Niagara District<br>David A. Rivera</li><br /><li>City of Dunkirk Council Member<br>Bob T. George</li><br /><li>City of Elmira Council Member District 6<br>James E. Hare</li><br /><li>City of Elmira Mayor<br>John Tonello</li><br /><li>City of Jamestown Council Member At Large<br>Gregory Peter Rabb</li><br /><li>City of Jamestown Council Member Ward 1<br>Stephen F. Szwejbka</li><br /><li>City of Jamestown Council Member Ward 3<br>Michael Alexander Taylor</li><br /><li>City of Jamestown Council Member Ward 4<br>Vincent DeJoy III</li><br /><li>City of Jamestown Council Member Ward 5<br>Maria B. Jones</li><br /><li>City of Jamestown Council Member Ward 6<br>Paul D. Whitford</li><br /><li>City of Jamestown Mayor<br>Samuel Teresi</li><br /><li>City of Lackawanna City Court Judge (Ten Year Term)<br>Frederic Marrano</li><br /><li>City of Lackawanna Council President<br>Charles Jaworski</li><br /><li>City of Lackawanna Councilman 4th Ward<br>Joseph J. Schiavi</li><br /><li>City of Lackawanna Mayor<br>Norman L. Polanski Jr.</li><br /><li>City of Lockport Alderperson Ward 3<br>Flora M. McKenzie</li><br /><li>City of Lockport Alderperson Ward 4<br>Patrick W. Schrader Sr.</li><br /><li>City of Lockport Alderperson Ward 5<br>John Lombardi III</li><br /><li>City of Lockport Mayor<br>Michael William Tucker</li><br /><li>City of Lockport Treasurer<br>Michael E. White</li><br /><li>City of Niagara Falls City Court Judge<br>Robert Merino</li><br /><li>City of Niagara Falls Council Member<br>Nicholas Ligammari Jr.</li><br /><li>City of Niagara Falls Mayor<br>Paul A. Dyster</li><br /><li>City of North Tonawanda Alderperson<br>David J. Burgio Sr.</li><br /><li>City of North Tonawanda Alderperson District 9<br>Anthony J. DiBernardo</li><br /><li>City of North Tonawanda Council Member District 10<br>Kevin John Brick Jr.</li><br /><li>City of Tonawanda City Attorney<br>Ronald C. Trabucco</li><br /><li>City of Tonawanda City Treasurer<br>Joseph M. Hogenkamp</li><br /><li>City of Tonawanda Councilmember 1st Ward<br>Colleen R. Perkins</li><br /><li>City of Tonawanda Councilmember 2nd Ward<br>Gary C. Waterhouse</li><br /><li>City of Tonawanda Councilmember 3rd Ward<br>James P. Kossow</li><br /><li>City of Tonawanda Councilmember 4th Ward<br>Rick D. Davis Jr.</li><br /><li>City of Tonawanda President of the Common Council<br>Carleton R. Zeisz</li><br /><li>County of Cattaraugus County Legislator District 10<br>Linda L. Witte, John J. Padlo</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 1<br>Keith David Ahlstrom</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 10<br>Wally J. Huckno Sr.</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 11<br>Victoria Renee James</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 12<br>Charles Franklin Cornell</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 13<br>Tina Marie Hallquist</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 15<br>Maria M. Kindberg</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 16<br>James J. Ventura</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 18<br>Rudy Mueller</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 20<br>Elizabeth Marie Starks</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 21<br>C. Ronald Vahl</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 23<br>Thomas Dejoe</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 24<br>David F. Kleparek</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 25<br>Stephen W. Keefe</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 4<br>David Thomas Wilder</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 6<br>Rebecca White</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 8<br>Robert L. Anderson</li><br /><li>County of Chautauqua County Legislator District 9<br>Kenneth B. Brentley</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Clerk (To Fill Vacancy)<br>Kathy Courtney Hochul</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Court Judge<br>James McLeod</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Executive<br>James P. Keane</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 10th District<br>Michele M. Iannello</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 11th District<br>Lynn M. Marinelli</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 12th District<br>Robert B. Reynolds Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 13th District<br>Suzann M. Cushman</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 14th District<br>Thomas A. Loughran</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 15th District<br>Michael James Robitaille</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 1st District<br>Daniel M. Kozub</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 2nd District<br>Timothy M. Kennedy</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 3rd District<br>Barbara Miller-Williams</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 6th District<br>Maria R. Whyte</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 7th District<br>Betty Jean Grant</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 8th District<br>Deborah S. Kubiak</li><br /><li>County of Erie County Legislator 9th District<br>Timothy M. Wroblewski</li><br /><li>County of Niagara Clerk<br>Wayne F. Jagow Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Niagara Coroner<br>James M. Joyce</li><br /><li>County of Niagara Coroner Fourth District<br>Robert DuBois Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 1<br>Richard A. Marasco</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 10<br>Joseph Andrew Rich</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 11<br>Scott Andrew Schultz</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 12<br>Jerry Mosey</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 14<br>Kyle R Andrews</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 15<br>Harry James Apolito</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 16<br>William Keith McNall</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 18<br>Merrill S. Bender</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 2<br>Renae Kimble</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 3<br>Mario P. Tonellato</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 4<br>Dennis Virtuoso</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 5<br>Sean J. O'Connor</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 6<br>Robert Samuel LaBarbera</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 7<br>Roger Louis Chenez</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 8<br>Charles Joseph Naughton</li><br /><li>County of Niagara County Legislator District 9<br>Edward T. McDonald</li><br /><li>County of Niagara Family Court Judge<br>Linda M. DiPasquale</li><br /><li>Town of Alabama Highway Superintendent<br>Robert Kehlenbeck</li><br /><li>Town of Albion Supervisor<br>Judith Ann Koehler</li><br /><li>Town of Amherst Councilman<br>Mark A. Manna, Jerome D. Schad, Bill Kindel</li><br /><li>Town of Amherst Highway Superintendent<br>Robert Anderson</li><br /><li>Town of Amherst Town Justice<br>Geoffrey K. Klein</li><br /><li>Town of Aurora Councilman<br>Gregory Szematowicz</li><br /><li>Town of Aurora Supervisor<br>Allan A. Kasprzak</li><br /><li>Town of Boston Councilman<br>James E. Pluta, Cathy A. Maghran</li><br /><li>Town of Boston Town Clerk<br>David J. Shenk</li><br /><li>Town of Brant Councilman<br>Daniel B. Kujawinski</li><br /><li>Town of Brant Town Clerk<br>Diane M. Czyz</li><br /><li>Town of Brant Town Justice<br>Debra A. Ritz</li><br /><li>Town of Chautauqua Council Member<br>James V. Kurtz</li><br /><li>Town of Chautauqua Supervisor<br>Donald D. Emhardt</li><br /><li>Town of Cheektowaga Councilman<br>Richard James Maisano</li><br /><li>Town of Cheektowaga Town Justice<br>Thomas S. Kolbert</li><br /><li>Town of Clarence Councilman<br>Timothy B. Pazda</li><br /><li>Town of Clarence Supervisor<br>Scott A. Bylewski</li><br /><li>Town of Concord Councilman<br>Raymond R. Hubert, Mark I. Adamchick</li><br /><li>Town of Eden Assesor<br>Sharon A. Brockman</li><br /><li>Town of Eden Councilman<br>Glenn McLaughin</li><br /><li>Town of Eden Town Justice<br>Melissa L. Zittel</li><br /><li>Town of Ellery Supervisor<br>Patrick l. Lucariello</li><br /><li>Town of Elma Councilman<br>Michael J. Fanelli, John E. Dudek</li><br /><li>Town of Elma Supervisor<br>Donald E. Przybyl</li><br /><li>Town of Elma Town Justice<br>Joseph A. Sakowski</li><br /><li>Town of Evans Councilman<br>Thomas A. Partridge, Charles P. Militello</li><br /><li>Town of Evans Supervisor<br>Francis J. Pordum</li><br /><li>Town of Grand Island Clerk<br>Patricia A. Frentzel</li><br /><li>Town of Hamburg Councilman<br>Vincent R. Gugliuzza, Richard A. Smith</li><br /><li>Town of Hamburg Town Clerk<br>Catherine A. Rybczynski</li><br /><li>Town of Hanover Clerk<br>Janine L. Salzman</li><br /><li>Town of Hanover Council Member<br>Kevin K. O'Connell</li><br /><li>Town of Hanover Highway Superintendent<br>Gerald M. Olsen Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Hanover Supervisor<br>Dana Albert Tietz</li><br /><li>Town of Lancaster Councilman<br>Donna G. Stempniak</li><br /><li>Town of Lancaster Town Clerk<br>Johanna M. Coleman</li><br /><li>Town of Lancaster Town Justice<br>Mark A. Montour</li><br /><li>Town of Lewiston Board Member<br>Mark V. Sarro</li><br /><li>Town of Lewiston Council Member<br>Michael A. Johnson</li><br /><li>Town of Lewiston Supervisor<br>Ronald Robert Winkley</li><br /><li>Town of Lockport Council Member<br>Paul W. Siejak</li><br /><li>Town of Newfane Board Member<br>Michelle Joy Wheeler</li><br /><li>Town of Newstead Councilman<br>Justin M. Rooney, Cheryl M. Esposito</li><br /><li>Town of Newstead Supervisor<br>David L. Cummings</li><br /><li>Town of Newstead Town Justice<br>Richard C. Baran</li><br /><li>Town of Niagara Council Member<br>Robert E. Herman Sr., Robert Allen Clark</li><br /><li>Town of North Collins Town Clerk<br>Margaret J. Orrange</li><br /><li>Town of Orchard Park Councilman<br>Deborah L. Yeomans, Anne Marie C. McManus</li><br /><li>Town of Poland Highway Superintendent<br>Larry Ralph Mee</li><br /><li>Town of Pomfret Council Member<br>Michael C. Barris</li><br /><li>Town of Royalton Board Member<br>James G. Budde</li><br /><li>Town of Royalton Highway Superintendent<br>Carson James Kelley</li><br /><li>Town of Sardinia Councilman<br>Darren J. Farthing</li><br /><li>Town of Somerset Assesor<br>John Henry Keough</li><br /><li>Town of Somerset Council Member<br>Richard N. Ray Jr., Randall J Wayner</li><br /><li>Town of Somerset Receiver of Taxes<br>Ruth H. Wendler</li><br /><li>Town of Somerset Supervisor<br>John Edward Sweeney Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Tonawanda Councilman<br>Daniel J. Crangle</li><br /><li>Town of Tonawanda Supervisor<br>Anthony F. Caruana</li><br /><li>Town of Tonawanda Town Clerk<br>Melissa M. Brinson</li><br /><li>Town of Tonawanda Town Justice<br>John J. Flynn, J. Mark Gruber</li><br /><li>Town of West Seneca Councilman<br>Sheila M. Meegan, Dale F. Clarke</li><br /><li>Town of West Seneca Supervisor<br>Christina Wleklinski-Bove</li><br /><li>Town of Wheatfield Clerk<br>Mary Catherine Joyce</li><br /><li>Town of Wheatfield Council Member<br>Samuel Conti Jr.</li><br /><li>Village of Kenmore Mayor<br>Patrick Mang</li><br /><li>Village of Kenmore Trustee<br>R. Timothy McCarthy</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-69744337755546296362007-07-17T11:51:00.000-04:002007-07-17T11:53:57.518-04:00WFP Westchester-Putnam Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Westchester-Putnam Chapter. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:pwelsh10@hotmail.com">Pat Welsh</a> at 718-222-3796.<br /><ul><li>City of New Rochelle Council Member District 1<br>Susan I. Kettner</li><br /><li>City of New Rochelle Council Member District 2<br>Albert A. Tarantino Jr.</li><br /><li>City of New Rochelle Council Member District 3<br>James Count Stowe</li><br /><li>City of New Rochelle Council Member District 4<br>Roberto Lopez</li><br /><li>City of New Rochelle Council Member District 6<br>Marianne L. Sussman</li><br /><li>City of New Rochelle Mayor<br>Noam Bramson</li><br /><li>City of Peekskill Council Member<br>Patricia Riley, Joseph V. Schuder, Donald Francis Bennett Jr.</li><br /><li>City of Peekskill Mayor<br>Mary F. Foster</li><br /><li>City of White Plains Council Member<br>Dennis J. Power, Benjamin Boykin 2ND, Milagros Lecuona</li><br /><li>City of Yonkers City Court Judge<br>Mary Anne Scattaretico-Naber</li><br /><li>City of Yonkers Council Member District 1<br>Patricia D. McDow</li><br /><li>City of Yonkers Council Member District 5<br>Jodi Mosiello</li><br /><li>City of Yonkers Mayor<br>Dennis Michael Robertson</li><br /><li>County of Putnam County Legislator District 5<br>Gerard V. Furey</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Court Judge<br>James Hubert, Barbara Zambelli</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 10<br>Vito J. Pinto</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 12<br>Thomas J. Abinanti</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 14<br>Bernice Spreckman</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 16<br>Ken Jenkins</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 17<br>Jose I. Alvarado</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 2<br>Peter B. Harckham</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 3<br>John Nonna</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 4<br>Michael B. Kaplowitz</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 5<br>William J. Ryan</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 6<br>Martin L. Rogowsky</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 7<br>Judy Myers</li><br /><li>County of Westchester County Legislator District 9<br>William E. Burton</li><br /><li>County of Westchester Family Court Judge<br>Janet Jordan</li><br /><li>Town of Cortlandt Council Member<br>Richard H. Becker</li><br /><li>Town of Cortlandt Town Justice<br>Anthony M. Giordano</li><br /><li>Town of Greenburgh Council Member<br>Steven Bass, Sonja M. Brown</li><br /><li>Town of Greenburgh Supervisor<br>Suzanne Berger</li><br /><li>Town of Greenburgh Town Justice<br>Doris T. Friedman</li><br /><li>Town of Kent Council Member District 4<br>Joseph Andrew D'Ambrosio</li><br /><li>Town of Kent Council Member District 6<br>Paul Spiegel</li><br /><li>Town of Lewisboro Council Member<br>Daniel Xavier Welsh</li><br /><li>Town of Lewisboro Councilman District 6<br>Bruce Pavalow</li><br /><li>Town of Lewisboro Supervisor<br>Edward W. Brancati</li><br /><li>Town of North Castle Councilman<br>Kevin C. Eccleston</li><br /><li>Town of Ossining Council Member<br>Martha L. Dodge</li><br /><li>Town of Ossining Town Justice<br>Edwin S. Shapiro</li><br /><li>Town of Patterson Board Member<br>Patricia E. Ploeger</li><br /><li>Town of Patterson Town Justice<br>Scott Auster</li><br /><li>Town of Putnam Valley Supervisor<br>Wendy M. Whetsel</li><br /><li>Town of Rye Council Member<br>Michael J. Borrelli, Dominick Lagana</li><br /><li>Town of Rye Highway Superintendent<br>Vincent A. Sapione</li><br /><li>Town of Rye Receiver of Taxes<br>Nicholas C. Mecca</li><br /><li>Town of Rye Supervisor<br>Robert A. Morabito II</li><br /><li>Town of Rye Town Justice<br>Anthony M. Provenzano</li><br /><li>Town of Southeast Highway Superintendent At Large<br>Michael L Fila Sr.</li><br /><li>Town of Yorktown Council Member<br>Nicholas J. Bianco, James J. Martorano</li><br /><li>Town of Yorktown Supervisor<br>Donald Scott Peters</li><br /><li>Town of Yorktown Town Justice<br>Ilan D. Gilbert</li><br /><li>Town/Village of Harrison Clerk<br>Frank A. Acocella</li><br /><li>Town/Village of Harrison Council Member/Trustee<br>Robert C. Paladino, Patrick A. Vetere</li><br /><li>Town/Village of Harrison Mayor/Supervisor<br>Joan B. Walsh</li><br /><li>Town/Village of Harrison Town Justice<br>Ronald Bianchi, Marc Lust</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-16975061361437536552007-07-17T11:19:00.000-04:002007-07-17T11:23:11.776-04:00WFP Suffolk Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Suffolk Chapter. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:jberry@votewfp.org">Joe Berry</a> at 718-222-3796.<br /><ul><li>County of Suffolk County Executive<br>Steve Levy</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 11th Legislative District<br>Thomas Francis Barraga</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 12th Legislative District<br>John Michael Kennedy Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 14th Legislative District<br>Wayne R. Horsley</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 15th Legislative District<br>Elie Mystal</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 16th Legislative District<br>Steven H. Stern</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 17th Legislative District<br>Louis D'Amaro</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 18th Legislative District<br>Jon Cooper</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 1st Legislative District<br>No Endorsement aaendli<br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 2nd Legislative District<br>Jay H. Schneiderman</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 3rd Legislative District<br>Kate M. Browning</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 4th Legislative District<br>Brian J. Beedenbender</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 5th Legislative District<br>Vivian M. Viloria-Fisher</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 6th Legislative District<br>Bryan Lilly</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 7th Legislative District<br>No Endorsement aaendli<br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 8th Legislative District<br>William Lindsay</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk County Legislator 9th Legislative District<br>Ricardo Montano</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk District Court Judge 2nd District<br>No Endorsement aaendli<br /><li>County of Suffolk District Court Judge 6th District<br>William A. DeVore, Chris Ann Kelley</li><br /><li>County of Suffolk Family Court Judge<br>Theresa Whelan</li><br /><li>Town of Babylon Councilman<br>Jacqueline A. Gordon, Ellen T. McVeety</li><br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Council Member District 1<br>No Endorsement aaendli<br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Council Member District 2<br>Bill Shilling</li><br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Council Member District 3<br>Kevin L. Hyms</li><br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Council Member District 4<br>Constance M. Kepert</li><br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Council Member District 5<br>Jack N. Fath</li><br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Council Member District 6<br>Edward J. Hennessey</li><br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Highway Superintendent<br>John H. Rouse</li><br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Receiver of Taxes<br>Louis J. Marcoccia</li><br /><li>Town of Brookhaven Supervisor<br>Brian X. Foley</li><br /><li>Town of East Hampton Councilman<br>Bill Gardiner</li><br /><li>Town of East Hampton Supervisor<br>William J. Wilkinson</li><br /><li>Town of East Hampton Councilman<br>Peter J. Hammerle</li><br /><li>Town of East Hampton Supervisor<br>William J. Wilkinson</li><br /><li>Town of East Hampton Town Justice<br>Steven Tekulsky</li><br /><li>Town of Huntington Councilman<br>Susan A. Berland, Glenda D. Adams-Jackson</li><br /><li>Town of Islip Councilman<br>John H. Edwards, Gene Parrington</li><br /><li>Town of Islip Receiver of Taxes<br>Deborah L. Slinkosky</li><br /><li>Town of Islip Supervisor<br>Phil Nolan</li><br /><li>Town of Riverhead Assesor<br>Robert B. Gottschalk Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Riverhead Councilman<br>George M. Bartunek, Amy L. Csorny</li><br /><li>Town of Riverhead Highway Superintendent<br>George 'Gio' Woodson</li><br /><li>Town of Riverhead Receiver of Taxes<br>Michael K Roth</li><br /><li>Town of Riverhead Supervisor<br>Philip J. Cardinale</li><br /><li>Town of Riverhead Town Justice<br>Robert Lowery</li><br /><li>Town of Shelter Island Assesor<br>Albert F. Hammond</li><br /><li>Town of Shelter Island Councilman<br>Karen K. Moran, Glenn W. Waddington</li><br /><li>Town of Shelter Island Supervisor<br>James Dougherty</li><br /><li>Town of Smithtown Councilman<br>Thomas P. Cleere, Bruce Jay Ettenberg</li><br /><li>Town of Southampton Councilman<br>Sandra L. Dunn, Anna E. Throne-Holst</li><br /><li>Town of Southampton Receiver of Taxes<br>Bruce A. King</li><br /><li>Town of Southampton Supervisor<br>James S. Henry</li><br /><li>Town of Southampton Town Justice<br>Andrea H. Schiavoni</li><br /><li>Town of Southold Councilman<br>William P. Edwards, Daniel C. Ross</li><br /><li>Town of Southold Supervisor<br>No Endorsement aaendli<br /><li>Town of Southold Trustee<br>Bob Ghosio Jr.</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-73008512584224827362007-07-17T10:40:00.000-04:002007-07-17T10:59:45.658-04:00WFP Southern Tier Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Southern Tier Chapter. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:eileenh713@aol.com">Eileen Hamlin</a> at 607-775-1758.<br /><ul><li>City of Binghamton Council Member District 1<br>Bob Weslar</li><br /><li>City of Binghamton Council Member District 2<br>Martin J. Gerchman</li><br /><li>City of Binghamton Council Member District 6<br>Charles E. Kramer</li><br /><li>City of Binghamton Council Member District 8<br>Edward Collins</li><br /><li>City of Oneonta Alderperson District 4<br>Mike E. Lynch</li><br /><li>County of Broome County Court Judge<br>Joseph Cawley</li><br /><li>County of Otsego County Legislator District 7<br>Philip Anthony Durkin</li><br /><li>Town of Cherry Valley Council Member<br>Mark D. Cornwell</li><br /><li>Town of Vestal Supervisor<br>Barry L. Klipsch</li><br /><li>Village of Endicott Trustee<br>Frank J. Flint</li><br /><li>Village of Endicott Village Justice<br>Theo Totolis</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-73878453520362318102007-07-16T19:29:00.000-04:002007-07-16T20:09:22.026-04:00WFP Rockland County Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Rockland County Chapter. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:tom.stoner@verizon.net">Tom Stoner</a> at 504-220-3766.<br /><ul><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 1<br />John L. Kezek</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 10<br />Harriet D. Cornell</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 11<br />John J. Mangan Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 12<br />Withers Joseph Withers</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 14<br />Vijayendranath P. Pradhan</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 17<br />Connie L. Coker II</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 3<br />Jay Hood Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 4<br />Ilan S. Schoenberger</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 5<br />John Christos Fellas</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 6<br />Bruce M. Levine</li><br /><li>County of Rockland County Legislator District 8<br />William L. Darden</li><br /><li>County of Rockland District Attorney<br />Thomas Patrick Zugibe</li><br /><li>County of Rockland Sheriff<br />Tim O'Neill</li><br /><li>Town of Clarkstown Clerk<br />David S. Carlucci</li><br /><li>Town of Clarkstown Council Member<br />Shirley Lasker, Frank Borelli</li><br /><li>Town of Clarkstown Highway Superintendent<br />Bill McCue</li><br /><li>Town of Clarkstown Justice<br />Joel Flick</li><br /><li>Town of Clarkstown Supervisor<br />Alexander J. Gromack</li><br /><li>Town of Clarkstown Town Justice<br />Howard Gerber</li><br /><li>Town of Haverstraw Highway Superintendent<br />Frank H. Brooks</li><br /><li>Town of Haverstraw Supervisor<br />Howard T. Phillips Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Haverstraw Town Justice<br />Thomas Walsh II, Peter Branti Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Orangetown Council Member<br />Michael Maturo</li><br /><li>Town of Orangetown Judge<br />Paul Phinney III</li><br /><li>Town of Orangetown Supervisor<br />Thom Kleiner</li><br /><li>Town of Ramapo Council Member<br />Frances M. Hunter, Edward Friedman</li><br /><li>Town of Stony Point Clerk<br />Joan Skinner</li><br /><li>Village of Haverstraw Mayor<br />Michael F. Kohut</li><br /><li>Village of Haverstraw Trustee<br />Thomas L. Watson Jr., Rafael Bueno</li><br /><li>Village of Haverstraw Village Justice<br />Ronald De Caprio</li><br /><li>Village of West Haverstraw Mayor<br />Edward P. Zugibe Sr.</li><br /><li>Village of West Haverstraw Trustee<br />Joseph A. Denise Jr., Frances R. Nardi</li><br /><li>Village of West Haverstraw Village Justice<br />John Grant</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-70575096494531716902007-07-16T18:44:00.000-04:002007-07-16T18:48:46.930-04:00WFP North Country Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party North Country Chapter. The North Country Chapter represents the counties of Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Essex and Hamilton. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:arabb@votewfp.org">Alex Rabb</a> at 718-222-3796.<br /><ul><li>City of Plattsburgh Council Member Ward 1<br>Timothy R. Carpenter</li><br /><li>City of Plattsburgh Council Member Ward 2<br>Mike Kelly</li><br /><li>City of Plattsburgh Council Member Ward 6<br>Chris Jackson</li><br /><li>County of Clinton County Legislator District 5<br>Keith Marvin Defayette</li><br /><li>County of Clinton County Legislator District 9<br>John William Gallagher</li><br /><li>County of Clinton Treasurer<br>Kimberly Kleist</li><br /><li>County of Jefferson County Legislator District 11<br>Doris C. McLallen</li><br /><li>County of Jefferson County Legislator District 3<br>Dean T. Morrow</li><br /><li>County of Jefferson County Legislator District 5<br>Cindy McNultry Ross</li><br /><li>County of St. Lawrence Sheriff<br>Gus Burns</li><br /><li>Town of Beekmantown Council Member<br>Sharron Garden</li><br /><li>Town of Beekmantown Highway Superintendent<br>Samuel R. Dyer</li><br /><li>Town of Chazy Council Member<br>Christopher W Latremore</li><br /><li>Town of Macomb Town Justice<br>Lafayette Young Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Madrid Board Member<br>Bill Tyndall</li><br /><li>Town of Massena Council Member<br>John Martin Wicke</li><br /><li>Town of Morristown Board Member<br>Christopher B. T. Coffin</li><br /><li>Town of Plattsburgh Clerk<br>Amy Lynn Duquette</li><br /><li>Town of Plattsburgh Council Member<br>Tom Wood</li><br /><li>Town of Plattsburgh Supervisor<br>Bernard Charles Bassett</li><br /><li>Town of Plattsburgh Town Justice<br>Randa Buompensiero-Filion</li><br /><li>Town of Rutland Supervisor<br>Ronald H. Cole</li><br /><li>Town of Saranac Supervisor<br>Joe Gerardi</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-16535858082057582382007-07-16T17:50:00.000-04:002007-07-16T17:54:07.514-04:00WFP Nassau District Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Nassau Chapter. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:sdebesu@workingfamiliesparty.org">Saba Debesu</a> at 718-222-3796.<br /><ul><li>City of Long Beach Council Member<br />Robert Tepper, Gina T. Guma, Lawrence Benowitz</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Court Judge<br />John M. Galasso, Jerald S. Carter</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Court Judge<br />Norman St. George</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 1<br />Kevan Abrahams</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 10<br />Judi R. Bosworth</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 11<br />Wayne H. Wink Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 13<br />John Rossi</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 14<br />David L. Mejias</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 15<br />John Michael Clark</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 16<br />Judith A. Jacobs</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 17<br />Edward P. Mangano</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 18<br />Diane Yatauro</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 19<br />David W. Denenberg</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 2<br />Roger H. Corbin</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 3<br />Ali A. Mirza</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 4<br />Denise Ford</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 5<br />Joseph Kenneth Scannell</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 7<br />Jeffrey W. Toback</li><br /><li>County of Nassau County Legislator District 8<br />Michael Uhl</li><br /><li>County of Nassau District Court Judge 2nd District (Hempstead)<br />Robert Spergel</li><br /><li>County of Nassau District Court Judge 3rd District (North Hempstead)<br />Erica Prager, David Goodsell</li><br /><li>County of Nassau Family Court Judge<br />Edmund Dane, Amy Rood</li><br /><li>Town of Hempstead Clerk<br />Mark A. Bonilla</li><br /><li>Town of Hempstead Council Member District 2<br />N. Scott Banks</li><br /><li>Town of Hempstead Council Member District 5<br />Robert S. Young</li><br /><li>Town of Hempstead Receiver of Taxes<br />Donald X. Clavin Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of North Hempstead Clerk<br />Leslie C. Gross</li><br /><li>Town of North Hempstead Council Member District 2<br />Thomas Kennedy Dwyer</li><br /><li>Town of North Hempstead Council Member District 4<br />Maria-Christina Poons</li><br /><li>Town of North Hempstead Council Member District 6<br />Fred L. Pollack</li><br /><li>Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes<br />Rocco Iannarelli</li><br /><li>Town of North Hempstead Supervisor<br />Jon Kaiman</li><br /><li>Town of Oyster Bay Council Member<br />Anthony David Macagnone</li><br /><li>Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor<br />John Venditto</li><br /><li>Town of Oyster Bay Council Member<br />Keith Scalia</li><br /><li>Town of Oyster Bay Receiver of Taxes<br />Marie F. McCormack</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-23143290764766647622007-07-16T17:13:00.000-04:002007-07-16T17:17:12.228-04:00WFP Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter. The Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter represents the counties of Ulster, Dutchess, Orange and Sullivan. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:mathews.timothy@gmail.com">Tim Mathews</a> at 585-506-7745.<br /><ul><li>City of Beacon Council Member At Large<br />Lee Kyriacou</li><br /><li>City of Beacon Council Member Ward 2<br />Charles Patrick Kelly</li><br /><li>City of Beacon Council Member Ward 4<br />Sara Jane Pasti</li><br /><li>City of Beacon Mayor<br />Steve Keith Gold</li><br /><li>City of Kingston Alderperson Ward 2<br />Jennifer Ann Ringwood</li><br /><li>City of Kingston Alderperson Ward 3<br />Charles Landi</li><br /><li>City of Kingston Alderperson Ward 4<br />Matthew G. Ryan</li><br /><li>City of Kingston Alderperson Ward 5<br />Ann Marie DiBella</li><br /><li>City of Kingston Alderperson Ward 6<br />Robert W. Gillon</li><br /><li>City of Kingston Alderperson Ward 7<br />William P. Reynolds</li><br /><li>City of Kingston Alderperson Ward 8<br />Robert L. Senor</li><br /><li>City of Kingston Mayor<br />James M. Sottile</li><br /><li>City of Middletown Alderman 1st Ward<br />Maxine Leigh Meyer</li><br /><li>City of Newburgh Council Member<br />Marge Bell</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Member Ward 1<br />Thomas E. Parise</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Member Ward 2<br />Erik Haight</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Member Ward 3<br />Robert L. Mallory Jr.</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Member Ward 4<br />Brian Doyle</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Member Ward 5<br />Penny Lewis</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Member Ward 6<br />Mary S. Solomon</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Member Ward 7<br />Gwendolyn C Johnson</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Common Council Member Ward 8<br />Dennis G. Weinel</li><br /><li>City of Poughkeepsie Mayor<br />Fred Knapp</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess Clerk<br />Richard M. Anderson</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Executive<br />Joseph Ruggiero</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 11<br />Joel Tyner</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 13<br />William F. McCabe</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 14<br />Sandra Goldberg</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 15<br />Roger P. Higgins</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 18<br />Ronald S. Ray</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 19<br />Richard A. Hermans</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 2<br />Susan Tooker</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 20<br />Susan Goldstein</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 22<br />Matthew James Hanson</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 24<br />Peter G. Wassell</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 25<br />Margaret G. Fettes</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 4<br />Diane Nash</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 5<br />Richard F. Keller-Coffey</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 6<br />Frederick Bunnell</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 7<br />Dan Kuffner</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 8<br />Jane Smith</li><br /><li>County of Dutchess County Legislator District 9<br />Steve White</li><br /><li>County of Sullivan Clerk<br />Neil M. Gilberg</li><br /><li>County of Sullivan County Legislator District 1<br />Patrick Joseph Harrison</li><br /><li>County of Sullivan County Legislator District 2<br />Kathleen Mary LaBuda</li><br /><li>County of Sullivan County Legislator District 3<br />Elwin M. Wood</li><br /><li>County of Sullivan County Legislator District 6<br />Peter Frederick Gozza</li><br /><li>County of Sullivan County Legislator District 7<br />Mark J. Sherman</li><br /><li>County of Sullivan County Legislator District 9<br />Sam Wohl</li><br /><li>County of Sullivan Sullivan County Judge and Surrogate<br />Cindy Barber</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 10<br />Susan E. Zimet, Hector Samuel Rodriguez</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 12<br />David Donaldson</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 2<br />Donald J. Gregorius, Brian Shapiro</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 3<br />Robert S. Parete, Richard A. Parete, Peter George Kraft Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 4<br />Joshua Paul Boughton, Joseph P. Roberti Jr., Gary Bischoff, Bonni Nechemias</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 5<br />Brian B. Cahill</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 6<br />Jeanette Provenzano, Frank R. Dart</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 7<br />Sal Silvestro, Philip C. Terpening, Alan Lomita</li><br /><li>County of Ulster County Legislator District 8<br />Tracey Bartels, Tim Hunter</li><br /><li>County of Ulster District Attorney<br />Jonathan R. Sennett</li><br /><li>Town of Amenia Council Member<br />Glenn Caldarelli, Joel E. Pelkey</li><br /><li>Town of Amenia Supervisor<br />Wayne M. Euvrard</li><br /><li>Town of Bethel Council Member<br />Janet M. Scherf</li><br /><li>Town of Bethel Supervisor<br />Daniel Sturm</li><br /><li>Town of Blooming Grove Supervisor<br />Victor Quinton</li><br /><li>Town of Callicoon Board Member<br />Sonja Hedlund</li><br /><li>Town of Cornwall Supervisor<br />James Anthony Sollami</li><br /><li>Town of Deerpark Supervisor<br />Mark David House</li><br /><li>Town of East Fishkill Clerk<br />Lisa M. LaPine</li><br /><li>Town of East Fishkill Highway Superintendent<br />David Neil LaPine</li><br /><li>Town of Esopus Council Member<br />Stephanie R. Aivaz</li><br /><li>Town of Esopus Highway Superintendent<br />Michael Joseph Cafaldo Sr.</li><br /><li>Town of Esopus Receiver of Taxes<br />Susan M. Carnes</li><br /><li>Town of Esopus Supervisor<br />Deborah Silvestro</li><br /><li>Town of Esopus Town Justice<br />Sarah Rakov</li><br /><li>Town of Fallsburg Supervisor<br />Kenneth Michael DeMars</li><br /><li>Town of Fallsburg Town Council (Four Year Term)<br />Kevin Austin McDaniel, Ada E. Cole</li><br /><li>Town of Fallsburg Town Council (Unexpired Four Year Term)<br />Deborah Chandler</li><br /><li>Town of Fishkill Board Member<br />Patricia Susan Fleming</li><br /><li>Town of Fishkill Supervisor<br />David E. Eberle</li><br /><li>Town of Fishkill Town Justice<br />Linda Lebensold</li><br /><li>Town of Highland Council Member<br />Kenneth J. Byrne</li><br /><li>Town of Highland Council Member District 2<br />Paul Zimmermann</li><br /><li>Town of Hurley Supervisor<br />Michael C. Shultis</li><br /><li>Town of Hyde Park Council Member Ward 4<br />Rich Perkins</li><br /><li>Town of Hyde Park Town Justice<br />David Steinberg</li><br /><li>Town of Lloyd Supervisor<br />Joseph James Avampato Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Lumberland Board Member District 1<br />Keith Edward Gilmour</li><br /><li>Town of Lumberland Board Member District 2<br />Van B. Krzywicki</li><br /><li>Town of Mamakating Council Member<br />Richard Wayne Morris</li><br /><li>Town of Mamakating Supervisor<br />Robert Eugene Fiore</li><br /><li>Town of Marbletown Supervisor<br />Vincent C. Martello</li><br /><li>Town of Marlborough Council Member<br />Madeleine Myers-Stearns</li><br /><li>Town of Marlborough Supervisor<br />Alphonso Philip Lanzetta</li><br /><li>Town of Poughkeepsie Town Justice<br />Richard Wolf, David Sears</li><br /><li>Town of Red Hook Town Justice<br />Jonah Triebwasser</li><br /><li>Town of Rochester Council Member<br />Francis Gray, Donna-Marie Ragonese</li><br /><li>Town of Rochester Supervisor<br />Pam Duke</li><br /><li>Town of Rochester Town Justice<br />Paul Shaheen</li><br /><li>Town of Rosendale Supervisor<br />Patrick McDonough</li><br /><li>Town of Rosendale Town Justice<br />Robert Vosper Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Saugerties Board Member<br />Leeanne Thornton, Fred M. Costello Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Saugerties Supervisor<br />Gregory L. Helsmoortel</li><br /><li>Town of Stanford Council Member<br />Virginia Stern</li><br /><li>Town of Stanfordville Council Member<br />Johanna Shafer</li><br /><li>Town of Thompson Supervisor<br />Anthony P. Cellini</li><br /><li>Town of Ulster Highway Superintendent<br />James Corrigan</li><br /><li>Town of Ulster Supervisor<br />Nicky B. Woerner</li><br /><li>Town of Ulster Town Justice<br />Edward Aleo</li><br /><li>Town of Wallkill Council Member Ward 3<br />Kevin J. Mulqueen</li><br /><li>Town of Wallkill Council Member Ward 4<br />Nina Guenste</li><br /><li>Town of Wappinger Clerk<br />Chris Masterson</li><br /><li>Town of Wappinger Council Member Ward 3<br />Maureen McCarthy</li><br /><li>Town of Wappinger Council Member Ward 4<br />Joseph Patrick Paoloni</li><br /><li>Town of Woodstock Supervisor<br />Jeff Moran</li><br /><li>Town of Woodstock Town Justice<br />Franklyn J. Engel</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-43879168438648847212007-07-16T16:41:00.000-04:002007-07-16T16:44:54.734-04:00WFP Herkimer-Oneida Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Herkimer-Oneida Chapter. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:cwa1126@adelphia.net">Jim Curtacci</a> at 315-736-1126.<br /><ul><li>City of Rome Common Council Member Ward 3<br />Angela B. Petty</li><br /><li>City of Rome Common Council Member Ward 4<br />Ramona Luiere Smith</li><br /><li>City of Rome Common Council Member Ward 7<br />James R. Murphy</li><br /><li>City of Utica Common Council Member At Large<br />Lynne Mishalanie, Lorraine E. Arcuri, Frank Anthony Meola</li><br /><li>City of Utica Common Council Member District 2<br />James A. Zecca</li><br /><li>City of Utica Common Council Member District 5<br />Bill Phillips</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 1<br />Frank Puma</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 14<br />David Joesph Gordon</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 22<br />Shannon Lee Scott</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 23<br />Rose Ann Convertino</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 24<br />Emil R. Paparella</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 25<br />Larry R. Tanoury Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 26<br />Daniel N. LaBella</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 27<br />Vincent Peter Scalise</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 29<br />Patricia A. Hudak</li><br /><li>County of Oneida County Legislator District 7<br />Frank D. Tallarino</li><br /><li>County of Oneida District Attorney<br />Scott D. McNamara</li><br /><li>Town of Kirkland Council Member<br />Michael D. O'Neil</li><br /><li>Town of Kirkland Supervisor<br />Robert J. Meelan</li><br /><li>Town of Kirkland Town Justice<br />Stephen Samoyedny</li><br /><li>Town of Verona Supervisor<br />Darrell C. Curtis</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-43812615907789556272007-07-16T15:48:00.000-04:002007-07-16T15:49:19.312-04:00WFP Fingerlakes Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Fingerlakes Chapter. The Fingerlakes Chapter represents the counties of Monroe and Ontario. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:lknox@votewfp.org">Larry Knox</a> at 585-232-6980 ext 107.<br /><ul><li>City of Rochester School Commissioner<br />Vincent Rodney Felder</li><br /><li>City of Canandaigua Council Member Ward 4<br />Margery L. Anthony</li><br /><li>City of Canandaigua Mayor<br />Ellen M. Polimeni</li><br /><li>City of Geneva Council Member<br />Jacqueline A. Augustine, Rocco "Chip" Capraro</li><br /><li>City of Rochester Council Member Northeast District<br />Lovely Ann Warren</li><br /><li>City of Rochester Council Member Northwest District<br />Carla M. Palumbo</li><br /><li>City of Rochester Council Member South District<br />Adam Caesar McFadden</li><br /><li>City of Rochester School Commissioner<br />Willa W. Powell, Melisza Campos, Malik Evans</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Executive<br />Patrick Christopher</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Legislator District 1<br />Todd Dunn</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Legislator District 10<br />Ted Nixon</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Legislator District 11<br />Susan L. Davis</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Legislator District 17<br />Edward M. O'Brien</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Legislator District 26<br />Steve Eckel</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Legislator District 27<br />Willie Joe Lightfoot</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Legislator District 6, Four Year Term<br />Richard A. Beebe</li><br /><li>County of Monroe County Legislator District 8<br />Carmen Gumina</li><br /><li>County of Monroe Family Court Judge<br />Sidney Farber</li><br /><li>Town of Brighton Supervisor<br />Sandra L. Frankel</li><br /><li>Town of Brighton Town Justice<br />Karen Morris</li><br /><li>Town of Chili Supervisor<br />David J. Dunning</li><br /><li>Town of Clarkson Council Member<br />Sheldon Meyers IV</li><br /><li>Town of Gates Council Member<br />Mark A. McIntee</li><br /><li>Town of Gates Supervisor<br />Susan Irene Swanton</li><br /><li>Town of Greece Council Member Ward 2<br />Judy Mae Knights</li><br /><li>Town of Greece Council Member Ward 3<br />Maureen V. Dauphinee</li><br /><li>Town of Greece Council Member Ward 4<br />Gary Pudup</li><br /><li>Town of Irondequoit Council Member<br />Stephanie Aldersley, John Perticone</li><br /><li>Town of Irondequoit Supervisor<br />Mary Ellen Heyman</li><br /><li>Town of Irondequoit Town Justice<br />Edward Knaak Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Ogden Council Member<br />Anthony Leroy McCollough, Wayne McCrossen</li><br /><li>Town of Ogden Supervisor<br />Garry L. Cranker</li><br /><li>Town of Parma Town Justice<br />Harriet Zunno</li><br /><li>Town of Penfield Council Member<br />Elizabeth D. Andrzejewicz</li><br /><li>Town of Perinton Council Member<br />David A. Wolf</li><br /><li>Town of Riga Supervisor<br />Kenneth J. Kuter</li><br /><li>Village of East Rochester Mayor<br />Jason William Koon</li><br /><li>Village of East Rochester Trustee<br />Andrew Serrano, Herman L. Parson III</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-29972323704616629672007-07-16T15:09:00.000-04:002007-07-16T15:26:14.172-04:00WFP Central New York Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Central New York Chapter. The Central New York Chapter represents the counties of Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego and Tompkins. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:hpenney@workingfamiliesparty.org">Hilary Penney</a> at 315-424-1743 ext 146.<br /><ul><li>City of Syracuse City Auditor<br />Philip J. LaTessa</li><br /><li>City of Syracuse City Court Judge<br />Vanessa Bogan, James Cecile</li><br /><li>City of Syracuse Commissioner of Education<br />Ned Deuel, Nancy K. McCarty, Laurie J. Menkin, Calvin L. Corriders</li><br /><li>City of Syracuse Councilor At Large<br />Bill Ryan, Kathleen Joy</li><br /><li>City of Syracuse Councilor District 2<br />Patrick J. Hogan</li><br /><li>City of Syracuse Councilor District 3<br />John Ryan Mcmahon II</li><br /><li>City of Syracuse Councilor District 4<br />Thomas M. Seals</li><br /><li>City of Syracuse Councilor District 5<br />Lance Denno</li><br /><li>County of Cayuga District Attorney<br />Michael G Bass</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Executive<br />William B. Magnarelli</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 1<br />James Borchik</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 12<br />Victoria Lightcap</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 14<br />Gary Morris Sr.</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 16<br />Sam Laguzza</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 18<br />Monica Williams</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 2<br />Donald J. MacLaughlin</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 3<br />Brad Ward</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 4<br />David M. Stott</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 5<br />Phil Drury</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 6<br />Karen Hanford</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 7<br />Thomas C. Buckel Jr.</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 8<br />James Arthur Corbett</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga County Legislator District 9<br />Mark Stanczyk</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga District Attorney<br />Tina C. Bennet</li><br /><li>County of Onondaga Family Court Judge<br />Marc Waldauer</li><br /><li>Town of Cicero Clerk<br />David Christopher Olson</li><br /><li>Town of Cicero Council Member<br />Lynn Jennings, Jessica Zambrano</li><br /><li>Town of Cicero Supervisor<br />Chester A. Dudzinski Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of DeWitt Council Member<br />Vicki Baker</li><br /><li>Town of Dewitt Supervisor<br />Ed Michalenko</li><br /><li>Town of DeWitt Town Clerk<br />Barbara Klim</li><br /><li>Town of Liverpool Council Member<br />Thomas Stack</li><br /><li>Town of Onondaga Council Member<br />Brian David Madigan</li><br /><li>Town of Salina Council Member Ward 2<br />John R. Davies</li><br /><li>Town of Salina Council Member Ward 3<br />Chris Benz</li><br /><li>Town of Salina Council Member Ward 4<br />Sharon A. Jacquin</li><br /><li>Town of Salina Supervisor<br />Michael P. Giarrusso</li><br /><li>Town of Salina Town Justice<br />George Alessio Jr.</li><br /><li>Town of Skaneateles Council Member<br />Nancy Murray, Kathryn A. Carlson</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-374364763694451802007-07-13T13:26:00.000-04:002007-07-13T14:58:38.470-04:00WFP Endorses Ed Kosiur for the 105th ADThe Working Families Party endorses Ed Kosiur for the 105th Assembly seat, to be filled in a Special Election on July 31st.<br /><br />Ed Kosiur is a Schenectady County Legislator who has gotten the WFP endorsement in the past. Ed was instrumental in passing a resolution supporting Fair Share for Health Care in the County Legislature, and has been supportive of the Working Families Time to Care Act.<br /><br />There will be a July 31 Special Election to fill the Assembly seat in the 105th AD. The special election will fill the vacancy left by Paul Tonko, who has resigned to to take a position with New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-25529102745514579282007-07-10T16:05:00.000-04:002007-07-16T17:16:44.537-04:00WFP Capital District Chapter 2007 EndorsementsHere are the 2007 endorsements from the Working Families Party Capital District Chapter. The Capital District Chapter represents the counties of Albany, Columbia, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady. To get involved in these races, contact <a href="mailto:nickiw@votewfp.org">Nicki Weiner</a> at 518-445-0905.<br /><br />The Capital District Chapter's top priorities are two of its earliest endorsements, Mike Manning for Mayor of Watervliet and Ken Zalewski for Troy City Council. Manning, who was endorsed by the WFP in his 2005 run for City Council, has brought a lot of change to the City of Watervliet as a council member and will do even more as Mayor.<br /><br />Ken Zalewski, candidate for Troy City Council, will bring energy and vision to the City of Troy. The WFP, which is running Zalewski's field campaign, is excited about the work Zalewsi has been doing within the community, most recently as a visible proponent of the WFPs local efforts to bring integrity to City government in Troy.<br /><ul><li>City of Hudson Alderperson District 1, Second Ward<br />Lyle J. Shook Jr.</li><li>City of Hudson Supervisor 4th Ward<br />Staley B. Keith</li><li>City of Mechanicville Commissioner of Accounts<br />Stacie A. Salvi</li><li>City of Mechanicville Commissioner of Finance<br />Salvatore C. Izzo</li><li>City of Mechanicville Supervisor<br />Thomas Joseph Richardson</li><li>City of Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Accounts<br />John Paul Franck</li><li>City of Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Finance<br />M. Jane Weihe</li><li>City of Saratoga Springs Commissioner of Public Safety<br />Ronald J. Kim</li><li>City of Saratoga Springs Mayor<br />Valerie Keehn</li><li>City of Saratoga Springs Supervisor<br />Cheryl L. Keyrouze, Joanne Dittes Yepsen</li><li>City of Schenectady Council Member<br />Thomas Augustine Della Sala, Denise K. Brucker, Margaret C. King, Joseph L. Allen</li><li>City of Schenectady Mayor<br />Brian U. Stratton</li><li>City of Troy Council Member At Large<br />Marjorie Mahar DerGurahian, John F. Brown, Clement W. Campana</li><li>City of Troy Council Member District 1<br />Victor M. DeBonis</li><li>City of Troy Council Member District 2<br />Mary E. Sweeney</li><li>City of Troy Council Member District 3<br />Peter John Ryan Sr.</li><li>City of Troy Council Member District 4<br />William S. Dunne</li><li>City of Troy Council Member District 5<br />Kenneth J. Zalewski</li><li>City of Troy Council Member District 6<br />Gary L. Galuski</li><li>City of Troy Mayor<br />James J. Conroy</li><li>City of Watervliet Council Member<br />Charlie Diamond</li><li>City of Watervliet Mayor<br />Michael P. Manning</li><li>County of Albany County Comptroller<br />Patricia J. Slavick</li><li>County of Albany County Executive<br />Michael G. Breslin</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 1<br />George Infante</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 10<br />Daniel P. McCoy</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 11<br />Gary W. Domalewicz</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 13<br />William Mcneal Clay</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 14<br />Raymond F. Joyce III</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 15<br />Phillip G. Steck</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 17<br />Sean E. Ward</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 18<br />Shawn M. Morse</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 2<br />Lucille McKnight</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 20<br />Timothy D. Nichols</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 25<br />Ryan Vincent Horstmyer</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 26<br />Richard A. Gross</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 27<br />Richard P. Jacobson</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 30<br />Allen F. Maikels</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 31<br />William F. Aylward Jr.</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 36<br />Howard A. Shafer</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 39<br />Kevin G. Crosier</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 5<br />Norma Chapman</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 6<br />Christopher Thomas Burke</li><li>County of Albany County Legislator District 8<br />Doug Bullock</li><li>County of Columbia Coroner<br />George F. Davis</li><li>County of Columbia District Attorney<br />Eugene Keeler</li><li>County of Columbia Treasurer<br />Carol Gilbert-Sacks</li><li>County of Rensselaer District Attorney<br />Richard J. McNally</li><li>County of Saratoga Coroner<br />Matt Sousa</li><li>County of Schenectady County Legislator District 1<br />Vincent M. DiCerbo, Michael John Petta</li><li>County of Schenectady County Legislator District 2<br />Gary E. Hughes</li><li>County of Schenectady County Legislator District 3<br />William R. Chapman, Paul C. Webster III</li><li>County of Schenectady County Legislator District 4<br />Robert Joseph Godlewski, Anthony W. Jasenski Sr.</li><li>County of Washington Coroner<br />Sheela Joyce Martel</li><li>Town of Austerlitz Town Justice<br />Cheryl Roberts</li><li>Town of Ballston Council Member<br />George Seymour</li><li>Town of Ballston Supervisor<br />Patti Southworth</li><li>Town of Brunswick Clerk<br />Jean A Howard</li><li>Town of Brunswick Council Member<br />Susan Hoff Haynes, James J. Brearton</li><li>Town of Brunswick Supervisor<br />Vito Grasso</li><li>Town of Clifton Park Clerk<br />Theresa Izzo</li><li>Town of Clifton Park Council Member<br />Nancy Bellamy, Margaret Catellier</li><li>Town of Clifton Park Town and County Supervisor<br />Arthur Vandervoort</li><li>Town of Clifton Park Town Justice<br />Robert Rybak</li><li>Town of Colonie Council Member<br />Robert D. Becker</li><li>Town of Colonie Supervisor<br />Paula A. Mahan</li><li>Town of Copake Council Member<br />Carl Ritchie</li><li>Town of Copake Supervisor<br />Linda Sue Gabaccia</li><li>Town of Duanesburg Town Justice<br />Camille J. Siano Enders</li><li>Town of Glenville Town Justice<br />Carol M. Dillon</li><li>Town of Greenfield Board Member<br />Lisa M. Kosek</li><li>Town of Halfmoon Town Justice<br />Jeffrey Hartnett</li><li>Town of Hillsdale Town Justice<br />Russ Immarigeon</li><li>Town of Hoosick Council Member<br />Robert H. Ryan</li><li>Town of Hoosick Supervisor<br />Marilyn K. Douglas</li><li>Town of Johnsburg Council Member<br />Ronald G. Vanselow</li><li>Town of Kinderhook Board Member<br />Peter - Bujanow, Francis J. McKearin IV</li><li>Town of Kinderhook Clerk<br />Kimberly Ann Pinkowski</li><li>Town of Kinderhook Supervisor<br />Doug McGivney</li><li>Town of Malta Clerk<br />Cynthia C. Young</li><li>Town of Milton Board Member<br />Margaret Stevens</li><li>Town of Moreau Board Member<br />Gina Maria LeClair Jr.</li><li>Town of Moreau Supervisor<br />Preston Leroy Jenkins Jr.</li><li>Town of Nassau Council Member<br />Susan Hains, Fred Nuffer</li><li>Town of Nassau Supervisor<br />Michael I. Roland</li><li>Town of New Lebanon Town Justice<br />Darcy L. Poppey</li><li>Town of Niskayuna Clerk<br />Helen F. Kopke</li><li>Town of Niskayuna Council Member<br />Liz Orzel Kasper, Julie Bean McDonnell</li><li>Town of Niskayuna Justice<br />Stephen F. Swinton Jr.</li><li>Town of Niskayuna Supervisor<br />Joe Landry</li><li>Town of North Greenbush Council Member At Large<br />Josephine Ashworth, Brian Dwyer</li><li>Town of North Greenbush Highway Superintendent<br />Mark J. Premo Sr.</li><li>Town of Pittstown Town Justice<br />Paul Mac Naughton</li><li>Town of Princetown Council Member<br />Rose Norkus</li><li>Town of Rensselaerville Assesor<br />Jeffry Pine</li><li>Town of Rensselaerville Council Member<br />Gary Jon Chase Jr.</li><li>Town of Rensselaerville Council Member<br />Marie Dermody, Gary Jon Chase Jr.</li><li>Town of Rensselaerville Town Justice<br />Victor La Plante</li><li>Town of Rotterdam Council Member<br />Richard W. Leet, John M. Silva</li><li>Town of Rotterdam Supervisor<br />William J. Cooke</li><li>Town of Sand Lake Clerk<br />Christine Marie Kronau</li><li>Town of Sand Lake Council Member<br />Burton J. Rounds, Raymond C. Turner</li><li>Town of Sand Lake Receiver of Taxes<br />Barbara Ann Biittig</li><li>Town of Sand Lake Supervisor<br />William C. Reinhardt Sr.</li><li>Town of Stillwater Supervisor<br />J. Gregory Connors</li><li>Town of Stuyvesant Board Member<br />Rosalind Gumaer, Marilyn F. Burch</li><li>Town of Stuyvesant Supervisor<br />Lee Jamison</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-17357825767786517182007-07-09T15:58:00.000-04:002007-07-09T16:01:33.850-04:00More WFP at TPM CafeHere a crosspost of the third guest post on fusion at the <a href="http://tableforone.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/05/fusion_what_s_in_it_for_democrats">Talking Points Memo Cafe</a>:<br /><p><a href="http://tableforone.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/05/fusion_what_s_in_it_for_democrats" title="Fusion: What’s in it for Democrats?"></a></p><blockquote><p><a href="http://tableforone.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/05/fusion_what_s_in_it_for_democrats" title="Fusion: What’s in it for Democrats?">Fusion: What’s in it for Democrats?</a></p><p>In the first two posts, I tried to make the case for “fusion” voting as something that will really help liberals, progressives, labor, enviros, anti-poverty activists, climate change campaigners, you name it. Today I’ll try to make the case for fusion as a good reform that Democrats as a party should favor.</p> <p>But a quick reminder if you’re just joining: “fusion” is a simple election reform that allows voters to vote for a candidate on more than one party line.</p> <p>In New York, Governor Eliot Spitzer won last year running on both the Democratic and Working Families lines. The 155,000 New Yorkers who voted for him on the Working Families line were helping elect a Democrat and end 12 years of Republican misrule in Albany, but they were also helping to build an independent progressive third party and signal that they wanted the new governor to focus on the economic interests of working people – affordable health care, stronger unions, fairer taxes and support for working parents. One result – Gubernatorial support for a universal Paid Family Leave program.</p> <p>For progressives, fusion is a no-brainer. And it will be even more so in the – knock on wood! – coming era of Democratic dominance on a national level. We’ll be constantly faced with the choice of devoting our energy to supporting the Democrats or maintaining an independent presence to their left. <strong>Fusion lets us do both.</strong></p> <p>But what’s in it for the Democrats?</p><p>Fusion was once legal in all 50 states but is now banned in all but half a dozen. Why should legislators in Maine or Oregon or Colorado or New Mexico want re-legalize it?</p> <p>I don’t want to overclaim, but as it turns out, there are several good reasons for Democratic elected officials to favor the <strong>re-legalization of fusion voting</strong>. The impact of fusion is at the margins – even in New York, Working Families has never reached even 5 percent of the statewide vote (though we will soon!) But plenty of elections are decided by just a few percentage points. How can fusion move those critical last points to good, progressive Dems?</p> <p>First, by attracting independents and “Reagan” Democrats. They may not like the Democratic Party, but they like the idea of a third party that advocates for things like universal health care and higher wages. Second, by attracting “greens” and other progressives who want to “send a message” to the Democrats from the left without spoiling. Third, by bringing new voters into the political process. And fourth, by fostering creation of fusion parties like the WFP, which, if I can boast a moment, runs one of the best grassroots electoral operations in the country.</p> <p>I’m going to start by talking about the second piece – fusion as a tool for attracting progressives and solving the “spoiler” problem. Tomorrow I’ll turn to the even-more-important question of independents and new voters.<br /><strong><br />The left.</strong> Also known as solving the Nader problem. But actually, spoiling is a persistent problem, not a freak occurrence in 2000. . In New Mexico, the Green vote exceeded the Republicans’ margin of victory in the 1994 Governor’s race and again in a 1998 Congressional race. In the latter race, if even half the Green voters had supported the Dem, he would have won. More recently, several well-meaning but not very strategic Green candidates in Maine have enabled Republicans to win elections they would have almost certainly lost. (On the right, Libertarians have done the same thing to the advantage of Democrats, but in general spoiling is a much bigger problem for our side].)</p> <p>I hasten to say, I don’t especially blame Green (or Libertarian) voters. They’re doing what they’re supposed to do in a democracy – coming out and supporting the party they believe in. The problem is an electoral system that means their votes have the exact opposite effect of what they intended.</p> <p>With fusion, they would have another choice – support both their preferred party <strong>and</strong> a candidate who can actually win. Some voters will still choose to vote for the third-party candidate, of course, but most would prefer not to vote for a spoiler if there’s another way to support a progressive third party. That’s certainly the case in New York, where many Green Party voters have migrated to the Working Families Party, and in so doing are helping to “green up” the WFP’s identity. Most citizens prefer to cast a meaningful vote than a purely symbolic protest vote, if there’s a principled way to do it.</p> <p>It’s undeniable that if we’d had fusion and a Working Families-type party in Florida in 2000, we’d now be in the seventh year of a Gore presidency. That’s why important leaders of the Democratic Party – people like Chuck Schumer -- are active supporters of fusion. They don’t agree with us on everything– but they know that in the big fights we’re on the same side. And they know that an independent fusion party brings something they vitally need in close races – credibility with the small but active and energetic group of voters who want to send a message to the Democrats.</p> <p>Small, however, is a key word. I don’t mean to dismiss progressives – I’m one myself. But we aren’t where the big game is. That’s in the “center,” with swing voters, especially the “Reagan Democrats” (anyone ever hear of a Kerry Republican?), working-class voters who are with the Dems on economic issues but won’t vote for them because of their (real or perceived) stances on hot-button issues like gun control or prayer in schools. Fusion helps there too, and the potential gains are even bigger. So that will be the subject of my next post.</p></blockquote><p> </p>Join the discussion. Do you think we need a way to put pressure on Democrats while still electing them to office?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-82257414357875657102007-07-03T15:29:00.000-04:002007-07-03T15:35:38.683-04:00WFP at TPM Cafe: The Value of Independent OrganizationsHere's a crosspost of today's WFP guest post at the <a href="http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/02/spotlight_on_fusion_voting_the_lost_tool_of_american_democracy">Talking Points Memo Cafe</a>:<br /><blockquote><p><a href="http://tableforone.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/03/fusion_the_value_of_independent_organizations_or_because_the_angel_moroni_wont_be_back_anytime_soon" title="Fusion: The Value of Independent Organizations (Or, Because the Angel Moroni Won't be Back Anytime Soon)"></a></p><p><a href="http://tableforone.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/03/fusion_the_value_of_independent_organizations_or_because_the_angel_moroni_wont_be_back_anytime_soon" title="Fusion: The Value of Independent Organizations (Or, Because the Angel Moroni Won't be Back Anytime Soon)">Fusion: The Value of Independent Organizations (Or, Because the Angel Moroni Won't be Back Anytime Soon)</a></p><p>Yesterday <a href="http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/02/spotlight_on_fusion_voting_the_lost_tool_of_american_democracy">I wrote</a> about how fusion voting works in New York: </p> <p>By allowing voters to support a major party candidate on a minor-party line, fusion solves the “wasted vote” and “spoiler” dilemmas that otherwise plague third parties. There have been many fusion parties in our nation’s history – the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populist_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">Populists</a> being the most famous – but it can be used by left, right and center. Democracy means everyone gets to play. </p><p>For a progressive-minded party like New York’s <a href="http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/" target="_blank">Working Families</a>, we have almost always cross-endorsed (or “fused”) with Democrats, but occasionally we will endorse a decent Republican, run our own stand-alone WFP candidate against the major parties, or leave our line BLANK when there didn’t seem to be a good reason to endorse anyone. </p> <p>By delivering 8,000-plus votes for <a href="http://higgins.house.gov/" target="_blank">Brian Higgins</a> in his 2004 Congressional race, we were the margin that put another good Democrat (make that, Dem-WFP) in Congress. By delivering 155,000 votes for Eliot Spitzer for Governor, OK, we weren’t close to the margin of victory, but we did signal that a substantial fraction of the New York electorate expects real progress toward universal health care, public election financing, and universal paid family leave and sick days over the next four years. </p> <p>Great, that’s New York. Why should the rest of the country care? Here’s why. </p> <p><a href="http://www.nathannewman.org/" target="_blank">Nathan Newman</a>, a TPM regular and long time friend of the Working Families Party, has been predicting for some time that the election of a Democratic president will trigger a fracture of left blogistan and progressives generally. Barring a devastating ferret invasion or divine intervention by the angel <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Moroni" target="_blank">Moroni</a>, this prediction is very likely to be put to the test in January 2009. </p> <p>The lines of the split are already visible. On one side are those who see progressives as the loyal foot soldiers of elected Democrats. For them, the inevitable difficulties and disappointments of the coming Democratic era will be testimony to the inherent inertia of American politics and the tenacity of Republican dead-enders. Every setback will be a further argument for tighter discipline and a narrower focus on the achievable. </p> <p>On the other side are those for whom the program, not the party, is foremost. <strong>If, come year three of a Democratic administration, American troops are still in Iraq, millions of Americans still lack health coverage, and K Street is still thriving, it will be a sign to some that the strategy of supporting Democrats has failed</strong>. You can go through the exercise yourself of guessing who will fall on which side, but there’s no question there will be a split. </p> <p>In the classic tradition of practical politicians, I’d argue that both sides are right. </p> <p><a href="http://atrios.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Atrios</a>, who is as likely as anyone to bridge this divide, says “More and better Democrats”. That’s right. At the Federal level especially, the damage done by the Bush crowd is monumental and monumentally depressing, and the first rule is to get control and STOP. Of course, the more we elect “better” Democrats, not just more, the happier we’ll be. That means maintaining our independence, institutionally as well as intellectually, so we can insist in a meaningful way on what it means to be a good Democrat and get actually existing Democrats to come closer to this standard. </p> <p><strong>It’s not a new problem</strong>. It’s the same dilemma that faces any institutional actor whose heart still beats on the left – unions, immigrants, gays and lesbians, health care advocates, students, whoever. <u>As a practical matter, the more Democrats are in office, the more likely we are to get at least some piece of our agenda enacted</u>. At times, electing Democrats can be literally a matter of life or death. </p> <p>But on the other hand, the more firmly we bind ourselves to the Dems, the less leverage we have over them. The Democratic Party isn’t like Old Labour in the U.K.: unions and other organizations don’t have any direct role in governing it. (Actually, it isn’t really a party at all, but that’s a subject for another time.) Power means <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty" target="_blank"><strong>voice or exit</strong></a>; if we don’t have a voice we need the option to exit; but where, realistically, are disillusioned progressives to go? </p> <p>Not to third party candidates, that’s for sure. <strong>Under America’s winner-take-all electoral system, third-party politics is a chump’s game</strong>. Anything short of a plurality might as well be nothing. So at best you should have stayed home; at worst you accomplish the exact opposite of what you intended. (See Nader, R.) </p> <p>At the local level there are times and places when third party candidacies do make sense, but building them into a coherent movement is another story. Electing progressives in Democratic primaries is a much more promising approach, <strong>but it does nothing to build a lasting organization that can work 365 days a year to advance our issues in real-time</strong>. People who go this route become, for better or worse, part of the vague, amorphous milieu of Democratic politics. The Jesse Jackson campaign was the most exciting effort to build progressive power within the Democratic Party in the past generation, and left a positive institutional legacy – but it’s still just a legacy, and not an organization. Michael Harrington used to say that true leftists had to build organizations. He was right. </p> <p>We need a strategy that allows us to wholeheartedly work for “more and better Democrats” <strong>without simply being absorbed in the Democratic Party</strong>. And we need a strategy that lets us build our own distinct progressive institutions without losing sight of the need to exercise real power in the here and now. I DON’T claim that fusion is the ONLY approach that resolves this dilemma, but it’s certainly one of the most promising ones. </p> <p>Fusion allows progressives to actively, wholeheartedly campaign for good Democrats without giving up the idea of a distinct party for working people and their allies. In fact, progressive Democrats in New York – both elected officials and organizational leaders from labor and community and environmental groups – are our strongest allies, because we all want the state and nation to move in a better direction, and this is a uniquely potent tool for making that happen. </p> <p>Some readers don’t think the left needs its own independent political structure, supportive of but distinct from the Democrats. That’s a legitimate view, and if you’re in that camp, you don’t need fusion or the Working Families Party. </p> <p>But if you do think there’s a space for a political structure to prod the Democrats in a more progressive direction [think <a href="http://www.moveon.org/" target="_blank">MoveOn</a>], then fusion is the ticket. Our strategy, in fact, might be understood as providing a ballot line that could and hopefully will be the natural and happy home for MoveOn members, union members, <a href="http://www.acorn.org/" target="_blank">ACORN</a> members, <a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/" target="_blank">Sierra Club</a> members and so on and so forth. </p> <p>I don’t mean to be a bore, but third parties without fusion (remember – it was once legal in EVERY state) are just writing themselves out of politics. Run in a close election, and you spoil. Run in a safe Dem district, and you might as well run in the Democratic primary instead. And whatever the district, you’ll never recruit candidates to run year in, year out, which is what it takes to develop a reliable vote. Whatever you want to call the political orientation TPM readers share, there are a lot of us, but not a plurality. And 3 percent or 5 percent or even 10 percent just doesn’t allow you to accomplish anything under winner-take-all. </p> <p><strong>With fusion it’s a different story</strong>. The Working Families Party supports Democrats in close races – just ask the five Congressional Ds who owe their election in some measure to the votes they got on the WFP line – that’s the “more Democrats” part. But, unlike other organizations that support Democrats in particular races, every election under fusion is also a chance to enlarge the population of reliable progressive third-party voters. And we don't need to recruit candidates to run in each of the hundreds of districts we're present in each year. <u>Fusion is about the organization, not the individual candidate.</u> </p> <p>Without fusion, progressives have a stark choice. Support the Dem and forego the chance to develop an alternative political identity. Or run a third-party candidate and help send a Republican to Washington. With fusion, we get to have it both ways. <strong>We help elect the Democrat, but we also increase the pool of voters voting on the WFP line, giving us a credible threat to exit if the Dems don’t deliver</strong>. </p> <p>Good deal for progressives? Absolutely. But what’s in it for the Democrats? That’s the subject for my next post.</p></blockquote>What do you think? <a href="http://tableforone.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/03/fusion_the_value_of_independent_organizations_or_because_the_angel_moroni_wont_be_back_anytime_soon#comment">Head on over to TPM Cafe and be part of the debate.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-66854763791882273622007-07-02T18:26:00.000-04:002007-07-02T18:30:15.918-04:00WFP at TPM CafeAll week, Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor will be blogging at the <a href="http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/tableforone/2007/jul/02/spotlight_on_fusion_voting_the_lost_tool_of_american_democracy">Talking Points Memo Cafe</a>. Head on over and check it out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-60948679376556557082007-06-29T16:07:00.000-04:002007-06-29T16:10:37.182-04:00For Your Phone: Affordable Housing Ringtone<blockquote>"Starrett City and its 20,000 residents can't wait until the fall for the legislature to protect their homes. Their homes are set to be sold before the next session begins - and then they'll have nowhere to turn . . . We can't wait one minute longer. The Assembly has passed this important legislation, but we need the Senate and the Governor to put these bills on their agendas before they can become law. If Governor Spitzer and Senator Bruno do not act during this session, we will immediately lose 6,000 affordable apartments and thousands more in other Mitchell-Lama buildings . . . There are only two possibilities - either we pass these vital reforms, or thousands of the voters who believed we would change New York for the better will be pushed out of their homes."<br /><div style="text-align: right;">- Assemblyman Darryl C. Towns, chair of the Assembly's Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Caucus<br /></div></blockquote>The state legislative session ended with the Republican-controlled State Senate refusing to take action to protect affordable housing, even though thousands of units of affordable housing are going to be lost this summer without Senate action.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newyorkisourhome.org">New York Is Our Home</a> made a trip to Albany during the legislative session to demand that Governor Spitzer and Senate Majority Leader Bruno pass A795, the Save Starrett City bill, and A352. The Assembly Housing Committee and the Assembly Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Caucus joined with us. So what was our reception in the Senate?<br /><br />Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno flat out <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2007/06/shame_shame_on_bruno.html">refused to meet with us</a>.<br /><br />That's a disgrace. With rents the way they are, Joe Bruno and his Senate Republican majority ought to be ashamed. And we're going to make sure everyone knows it.<br /><br />First, <a href="http://www.newyorkisourhome.org/">tell your State Senators to pass affordable housing legislation.</a><br /><br />Then <a href="http://www.myxertones.com/ringtone:136069/">download the New York Is Our Home "Shame on Bruno" ringtone for your phone.</a><br /><br />When Bruno wouldn't meet with us in Albany, we protested outside of his office. Our chant then was "Shame on Bruno." Now we've turned that chant into a ringtone for your phone so <span style="font-weight: bold;">you</span> can put the pressure on. Here's the <a href="http://www.myxertones.com/ringtone:125751/">original ringtone</a> and the <a href="http://www.myxertones.com/ringtone:136069/">remix version</a>. When someone asks you what your ringtone is, explain how the Senate Republicans and Joe Bruno are getting rid of affordable housing through their inaction. If enough people download the ringtone then word will spread to your friends and to their friends, and we can reach enough people to force action to protect affordable housing.<br /><br />If you want to know more, here is a <a href="http://newyorkisourhome.blogspot.com/2007/03/mission-statement.html">detailed description of what New York Is Our Home stands for</a> and here is the <a href="http://newyorkisourhome.blogspot.com/2007/05/losing-ground.html">Losing Ground report that documents the housing affordability crisis</a>.<br /><br />One last thing: <a href="http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/add">if you're on MySpace, add the WFP as a friend.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-43523778696078339982007-06-29T12:54:00.000-04:002007-06-29T13:00:44.804-04:00Telecommunications Reform Act : Let's Get Moving<a href="http://www.thealbanyproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=928">The Albany Project</a> is leading an effort to get the <a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/05/high-speed-new-york.html">Telecommunications Reform Act</a> unstuck. While the bill didn't pass during the legislative session, the coalition supporting the bill wants to show Eliot Spitzer that this is a bill New Yorkers support so they can make another run at passage. More <a href="http://www.thealbanyproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=943">here</a>.<br /><br />Take a second to give the governor a call at 518-474-8390 and ask him to support Assemblymember Brodsky's Telecommunications Reform Act.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-23304523985526588732007-06-28T12:47:00.000-04:002007-06-28T12:51:19.500-04:00They Must Think We're StupidSometimes when I read the news, I have to wonder if I'm really supposed to fall for this. What's the this? Here's a sample:<br /><ol><li>Paris Hilton saying <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/27/paris.interview/index.html">she doesn't do drugs and hardly drinks</a>, after being released from jail for drunk driving.</li><li>Dick Cheney <a href="http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/06/its_just_a_little_surreal.html">claiming he's not part of the Executive Branch</a>, and so he can do whatever he wants with classified documents. The story unfolds <a href="http://time-blog.com/swampland/2007/06/dick_cheneys_napoleon_complex_1.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062602052.html?hpid=topnews">here</a> and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/washington/28cheney.html?_r=2&ref=washington&oref=slogin&oref=slogin">here</a>.<br /></li><li>Ann Coulter saying she <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/edwards-coulter/">hadn't said anything about John Edwards</a>, the day after saying she wished terrorists would kill him.</li></ol>Have I missed any? Which do you think is most ridiculous? Vote in the poll, or leave your nominations in the comments.<br /><br /><center><embed allowscriptaccess="never" saveembedtags="true" src="http://www.polldaddy.com/poll.swf" flashvars="p=60571" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="beta3" salign="tl" scale="autoscale" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="268" width="252"></embed></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-30407795385548541002007-06-27T10:25:00.000-04:002007-06-27T10:25:44.785-04:00Updating the WFP BlogrollIt's time to update the WFP blogroll. We want to add new blogs that have come on the New York scene and drop the ones that have, sadly, gone defunct.<br /><br />Can you help out? What blogs are you reading? Leave a comment and let us know who should be on the blogroll.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-84918651147488047592007-06-26T16:35:00.000-04:002007-06-26T16:40:15.737-04:00Employee Free Choice Act Filibustered by Senate RepublicansLatest from the Senate floor: Senate Republicans have <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/26/senate.unions.ap/index.html">carried out their threat</a> to filibuster the <a href="http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/2007/06/restore-right-to-bargain-for-better.html">Employee Free Choice Act</a>. The Senate held what's called a cloture vote to stop the Republican filibuster; 51 Senators <a href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00227">voted for the bill</a> - enough to pass the bill in a regular vote, but not enough to end the filibuster.<br /><br />Both of New York's Senators voted for the Employee Free Choice Act. But that's not enough to overcome opposition from Republicans to a bill that would restore the freedom of American workers to join unions. Workers routinely face intimidation from employers when they try to form a union. <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/brokensystem.cfm">In 25 percent of organizing campaigns, private-sector employers illegally fire workers because they want to form a union.</a> Listen to <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/shareyourstory.cfm">YouTube clips</a> of workers talking about their experiences trying to form a union in their workplace at the <a href="http://blog.aflcio.org/">AFL-CIO blog</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11212947.post-61901300016061520852007-06-26T13:35:00.000-04:002007-06-26T13:43:06.824-04:00Today's Reading: Rise and Fall of the CIO–ALPPolitical Power and Social Theory is a series of books collecting academic topics in political science and social theory. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0762313404">Volume 18</a>, Part II, focuses on "Opposition Politics in America" and includes a piece on the <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BR2Rp-f_qFgC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=stuart+eimer&source=web&ots=7pEqrOIGvX&sig=39QV_ZDc5lQlNjF6l41dhGT3XNQ">American Labor Party</a>. Formed in the 1940s by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the American Labor Party rose to prominence in New York. <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=BR2Rp-f_qFgC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=stuart+eimer&source=web&ots=7pEqrOIGvX&sig=39QV_ZDc5lQlNjF6l41dhGT3XNQ">Check it out</a>, with thanks to Google books.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0