Daily Campaign Roundup: Carlucci Receives Major Endorsement; SRCC In Major Trouble
By Mike Connery on 07/06/2010 @ 01:46 PM
TODAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news. Democratic Candidate David Carlucci receives endorsement from Congressman Eliot Engel. NY Capitol News' look into SRCC sheds light on a dysfunctional shoe-string operation. NY Daily News says Democratic majorities deserve credit for making things more fair for working New Yorkers.
- Democratic Candidate David Carlucci receives major endorsement from Congressman Eliot Engel – Democratic Candidate David Carlucci, running in SD-38 to represent all of Rockland County and part of Orange County, received a ringing endorsement from Congressman Eliot Engel – whose district overlaps SD-38. "David Carlucci and I have worked together for years, and because of that relationship, I know firsthand that he is the right person to represent the people of his district in the State Senate," Engel said. "David has demonstrated his commitment to making government work for the people as Town Clerk of Clarkstown. Carlucci was pleased to have received the endorsement, adding: "I am honored to have the endorsement of such a hardworking advocate for hardworking families as Congressman Engel. The tremendous outpouring of support from people all over Rockland and Orange counties has been truly humbling, and I am very grateful to have Congressman Engel join our movement.”
- SRCC fights to avoid oblivion – In an extensive look inside the SRCC, NY Capitol News described a “shoe-string operation” defined by disarray and despair. Just a few of the myriad of problems for the Senate GOP that the piece identified: special-interest money that once flowed has dried to a trickle (causing the SRCC to cut spending to the bone), old allies have fled (shifting to more ideologically natural alliances with the Democrats), and the Independence Party (which strongly backed Senate Republicans both with its ballot line and financial resources in 2008) has undergone a fundamental shift in philosophy and will support Senate candidates from both sides of the aisle this year. And with the SRCC’s decision to get involved in contentious GOP primaries, the Republican dysfunction and infighting has only just begun.
- Things will get more fair for working New Yorkers: NY Daily News - Errol Louis of the NY Daily News explains how Democratic majorities in the State government accomplished a lot this year, especially in terms of increasing opportunity and fairness for working people. Louis specifically cited the passage of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, the Wage Theft Prevention Act, and numerous consumer protection bills at the state level. As Louis summed it up: “Give pols credit for some big wins.”
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