Subject: Re: Did U see this from Dems? Aristedes Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:22:01 -0500 To: A D From: Bob Armstrong A.D. , I'm surprised your extended interest in this . Of course all the Dems are ecstatic they kept their monopoly . I met Denny Farrel in the course of this . Could be cast as a mob boss . So we 3rd Parties will have to continue to collect 3 times as many signatures to challenge them than they do . Incidentally when you talk about big bucks there is one= paragraph in the note you attached that is so egregious I've got to single= it out : >=A0>=A0* Eliminating party primaries in New York City would gut our= City's public financing system for municipal elections. Our= City's public financing >=A0system has helped to level the playing field between= candidates, increase competition and diversity in city politics,= and has reduced the power of=A0money in our elections here. Makes me want to barf . Incumbents are collection $100,000s in= take ( tax ) money from this politician welfare system even when they have= been running unopposed . It's a scandal . Have you never noticed politicians inevitably get rich ? Bob -- On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 16:04:31 +0000, A D wrote: >=A0MagicOrbitDV >=A0From: "Democratic Party" >=A0Reply-To: dnc-002MR004JP@mailer.democrats.org >=A0To: "P DuVal" >=A0Subject: Vote NO on Question 3 >=A0Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:51:09 -0500 > >=A0GET OUT THE VOTE: Vote NO on Question Three for New York City > >=A0Dear P DuVal, > >=A0Tuesday, November 4 is Election Day, and it is critical that= you go to the polls to vote NO on Question 3. > >=A0Ballot Question 3 would eliminate Democratic Party primaries in= municipal elections and eliminate your ability to choose our= party's nominee for higher office. > >=A0Every leading good government group in the City -- NYPIRG,= Common Cause, the Association of the Bar of New York City, and= the League of Women Voters -- as well as newspapers like the New= York Times, New York Post and Newsday all oppose Question 3. In= addition, every major Democrat - including Senator Schumer,= Senator Clinton, Attorney General Spitzer, Comptroller Hevesi,= Rep. Rangel, Rep. Nadler, Rep. Maloney, Rep. Weiner, Rep. Meeks,= Speaker Silver, Sen. Democratic Leader Paterson and other city= and statewide elected Democrats and former elected officials --= such as Ed Koch and David Dinkins -- all oppose Question 3. > >=A0There are several key reasons to Vote NO on Question 3: > >=A0* Academic studies on non-partisan election systems make clear= that they give an advantage to Republicans, the wealthy, and= candidates with high name recognition at the expense of= Democrats, minorities, and candidates of average means. > >=A0* Eliminating party primaries in New York City would gut our= City's public financing system for municipal elections. Our= City's public financing system has helped to level the playing= field between candidates, increase competition and diversity in= city politics, and has reduced the power of money in our= elections here. Adopting Question 3 would seriously undermine= it. > >=A0* The process of putting Question 3 on the ballot was= abominable. Mayor Bloomberg handpicked the charter Commission= and essentially gave them their orders. On the day of his= selection -- before a single hearing had been held or the full= commission had been appointed -- the Charter Commission's= Chairman affirmed that the issue would be on the ballot. The= Charter Commission's final report recommending nonpartisan= elections was tailored to meet its preordained outcome. > >=A0* Mayor Bloomberg has spent at least $2 million of his own= fortune to buy this change in our city's constitution. He is= outspending us 5 to 1! Imagine if George Bush had the power to= implement a constitutional change by appointing a commission,= giving them their marching orders and financing the result. That= is what the Mayor is doing here. > >=A0Finally, if you are like most other Democrats who are sick of= Republicans changing the rules of the game when they can't win,= then you should vote NO on Question 3. There is a reason why= Republicans George Pataki, Rudy Giuliani, and Guy Molinari= support this Republican Mayor's plan -- it will help= Republicans. Please do your part to stop Republicans from= changing the rules to benefit them. > >=A0Please pass this along to your friends and neighbors, and= please remember to vote NO on Question 3 tomorrow. >=A0****************************** > --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/11/06 3:11:16 PM