SD-11 Race Final, Padavan Holds On.

With the annoucement finally here James Gennaro’s campaign sent out this statement.
Dear Friend:
 
     2008 was an exciting and most historic year for politics in America, and I’m proud we were a part of it.  All across the country and here in Queens, people cried out for change, and I’m proud that our campaign brought the [...]

State Senator Elect Hiram Monserrate Arrested

(New York) Today State Senator Elect Hiram Monserrate, known for being in the “gang of four” Democratic State Senators who would not vote to name Democrat Malcom Smith Majority Leader, was in jail. He was arrested early Friday on charges of assault.
The person injured was his girlfriend Karla Giraldo, 30. She suffered lacerations near her [...]

Judge Rules for St. John’s Students

At yesterday’s hearing, in which 5 students from St. John’s University were subpoenaed by the Republican Party to validate their voter registration, Justice Kevin J. Kerrigan of State Supreme Court stated that the subpoenas were nothing more than a nuisance and ordered that they be dismissed. He told the students that [...]

Republicans vs Students

Here in SD-11 the Republican party has it out for the students of St. John’s University. After challenging the votes of some voters in the district (as is usual for elections) the Republican party is challenging the votes of students here.
Senator Frank (the tank) Padavan has subpoenaed a handful of students at St. John’s.
The New [...]

9 Days away: Obama calls on volunteers to help

I can’t believe it’s almost over. At times it seems like the longest campaign ever, at times the shortest. Today in Colorado in front of an audience of 100,000 Barack Obama reminded us why we are here.
“The reason that all of us are here is because somewhere in the past we had a parent or [...]

1199 SEIU Endorses Frank Padavan

It seems as if Republican incumbent State Senator Frank the tank Padavan received the endorsement of 1199 SEIU today despite their national endorsement of Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama. This prompted a response from Democratic candidate for the State Senate James Gennaro:
FLUSHING, NY (Oct. 21, 2008) — Democratic State Senate candidate Jim Gennaro made the [...]

St. John’s University Candidate Forum

Last night, I along with a room full of students and community members were treated to a forum of local candidates. St. John’s University hosted candidates ranging from Republican candidate for State Senate Peter Koo to United States Representative Anthony D. Weiner who made a brief appearance to an adoring crowd before leaving for a [...]

Padavan’s Vision for the Future: ……..

Recently I was tipped off by a reader to Frank Padavan’s website. Now as many campaign websites do there is a section of what the candidate plans to do if elected.
I was looking over the Padavan campaign website and clicked on the link for his “vision.” Unfortunately for him, there was nothing there. Luckily, we [...]

Bye bye Bruno…

Only four days after letters were sent by Democratic candidates to State Senate Republicans demanding that they support the property tax cap, Republican State Senator Joseph Bruno (SD-43) saw the writing on the wall and decided not to run for re-election. What this does is open up his seat for an unanticipated uncontested dog fight. [...]

Mean Dean Skelos

Dean Skelos…. what do you know about him?
Well, I’m assuming you know about as much as I did before I read up on him. Allow me to fill you in on Mean Dean.
When you look at his record you’ll see the man who authored Megan’s law and voted to get rid of the commuter tax [...]