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Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009

Naked Cowboy hits Brooklyn campaign trail — in his skivvies

Courier-Life
Mayor: How’s this for a mayoral campaign stop — prance around in nothing but a pair of snug undies and ask a group of Brooklynites for their votes? Comment.

The Diana Reyna monologues

Courier-Life
Council District 34: A crowd of approximately seventy residents, community leaders and reporters from nine newspapers gathered in the basement of 1st Spanish Presbyterian Church recently expecting a raucous debate among candidates running for the 34th Council District seat. Comment.

Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2009

ABC brawl: 45th candidates argue over education at forum

Courier-Life
Council District 45: Education was the subject as four of the challengers in the 45th Council District Democratic primary debated at a forum held in East Flatbush. Comment.

Voting on the fringe: Other candidates in citywide races have their say

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: In Democratic Party circles, names like Roland Rogers may not ring many bells, but he has made it on the ballot to run in the Democratic primary for mayor. Comment.

Friday, Sep. 4, 2009

Weiner health care forum turns raucous

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: From protesters outside depicting President Obama as Hitler to catcalls and shouting from audience members, Rep. Anthony Weiner‘s latest health care reform town hall meeting was marked by decidedly uncivil behavior. Comments (2).

Brooklyn Politics: It’s getting ugly

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: With just over a week to go, candidates are taking off the gloves in the ongoing war of words with their challengers. Read about all the latest dust ups here! Comment.

Questions continue to swirl around Stewart newsletter

Courier-Life
Council District 45: The newsletter in which City Councilmember Kendall Stewart printed the now-infamous list of false endorsements may itself be a violation of state election law. Comment.

33rd District race keeps moving along

Courier-Life
Council District 33: In the tenth official debate among the candidates for the 33rd City Council District, sponsored by Transportation Alternatives, the theme of transportation naturally dominated discussions. Comment.

Thursday, Sep. 3, 2009

Caribbean Life endorses Thompson in Democratic Primary

101,000-circulation citywide newspaper also backs Liu for Comptroller, DeBlasio for Public Advocate; Selects preferred candidates in several City Council races

BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: Caribbean Life, a 101,000 circulation newspaper published by Community Newspaper Group, today endorsed — in the Democratic primary election — William Thompson for mayor, John Liu for comptroller, and Bill de Blasio for public advocate Comment.

Brooklyn’s Courier-Life publishes Democratic primary picks

BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: Courier-Life Publications, Brooklyn’s largest-circulation newspaper chain, today endorsed candidates in the upcoming Democratic primary election. Comment.

Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2009

Bloomberg’s plan for swine flu includes vaccine, open schools

for TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg and key administration members Tuesday rolled out the city’s battle plan against a probable H1N1 flu outbreak that includes keeping schools open but the mayor said it was uncertain when a new flu vaccine would be available. Comment.

Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2009

NYPD staffing woes could continue in Bloomie’s next term

Courier-Life
Mayor: Brooklyn won’t be flooded with new cops anytime soon. Comment.

Monday, Aug. 31, 2009

33rd District Candidate Profile: Evan Thies

Courier-Life
Council District 33: In the grueling slug-fest to replace David Yassky as Councilman for the 33rd District, there are more challengers than weeks left to the September 15 primary. To make sure everyone gets their say, we’ll be pulling double duty, kicking off this week with candidate Evan Thies. Comment.

Candidates meet their match (matching funds, that is)

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Brooklyn’s City Council candidates entering the stretch run of their exhausting campaigns received a welcome pick-me-up last week: matching funds. Comment.
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