Category Archives: Government
VRA-Inspired GOP Gerrymandering Dilutes Black Influence on Congressional Races (@SquarePeg_Dem)
VRA-inspired gerrymandering marginalizes black voters influence in 2014 congressional & state legislature races. True/false? (https://twitter.com/SquarePeg_Dem/status/333611355070427139) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download
Pol will surrender after being caught in Huntley wiretap – m.NYPOST.com
Embattled state Sen. John Sampson of Brooklyn is set to turn himself in to authorities today after being ensnared in a bribery scandal involving former colleague-turned-rat Shirley Huntley, sources said. Sampson told his aides over the weekend that he was … Continue reading
NYTimes.com: Corruption Charge Expected for Senator
John L. Sampson, a prominent Democratic state senator, is said to have had wiretapped conversations with a colleague who is soon to be sentenced… http://p.nytimes.com/email/re?location=InCMR7g4BCKC2wiZPkcVUhLMCw3novoI&user_id=268f6405a4798b63417f2d0333a63bd3&email_type=eta&task_id=1367810932171963 Michael Benjamin Follow on Twitter: @SquarePeg_Dem
Tweet from Nadia El-Awady (@NadiaE)
Interesting post critiquing Nigerians’ feelings towards Boston bombings in contrast to their numbness towards Boko Haram madness. http://t.co/ddnW2dGTkh (https://twitter.com/NadiaE/status/325868402344337408) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download
Former Bronx Assemblywoman Estella B. Diggs Died This Week
Estella B. Diggs, a former state assemblywoman who represented the Morrisania section in the Bronx, has died. She would have been 97 years old on April 21. Mrs. Diggs, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, served in the NY State … Continue reading
United African Coalition Candidates Foru – April 12
Albany Madness – Rd #3 – Elite Eight
Elite Eight time in Albany Madness. Three former Republican officeholders have made it to Round 3. Three Amigos do so as well as Hiram Monserrate defeats higher seeded Alan Hevesi in a furious final 90 minutes of … Continue reading
Albany Madness – Update
Albany Madness has opened for voting. Rd 1 voting ends Sunday at 9AM. In the battle of Senate Majority Leaders, Joe Bruno is beating Malcolm Smith. In the sex offenders match convicted pedophile Chris Ortloff is having his way with … Continue reading
An abortion bill NY won’t like | NYPost.com
The Post’s Michael Benjamin: http://bit.ly/XneUlI With the state budget done, Albany will now turn to other issues –with Gov. Cuomo’s push for a new abortion law being one of the top issues. We’re told the proposal is a codification of … Continue reading
Boyland’s sad saga continues…
This case involving my former colleague Assemblyman William Boyland gets sadder and sorrier each passing day. The latest sad chapter comes in today’s NY Times: ” The former chief of staff for William F. Boyland Jr., a Democratic assemblyman facing … Continue reading
Conservative Black Chick
