“El-Yateem Throws Hat In The Ring”
--- Kings County Politics
And then there were five... Democrats in the race
And then there were five... Democrats in the race
The Reverend El-Yateem’s campaign kickoff bash is slated for 2 p.m., this Sunday, Feb. 26th
According to the report in Stephen Witt’s “Kings County Politics”
blog, “Khader El-Yateem, Pastor at Salam Arabic
Lutheran Church… in Bay Ridge [?] is
officially throwing his hat in the ring to run for the vacant 43rd District
City Council Seat…. El- Yateem’s
entrance in the race brings to five the number of Democrats running for
term-limited Vincent Gentile‘s
seat representing Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and parts of Bensonhurst and Bath
Beach. The others who have announced or are acting they are running include Justin Brannan, Kevin Peter Carroll, Nancy
Tong and Assemblyman Peter Abbate…. El-Yateem’s
entrance in the race, as far as KCP knows, is groundbreaking as he is the first
Palestinian-American to run for public office in New York City. El-Yateem hails
from Bethlehem, West Bank in what is now Israel…. Bay Ridge has a large Arab-American
population, and Palestinian Arab-Americans make up a large part of that
demographic in the neighborhood….” El-Yateem Throws Hat In The
Ring…” by Stephen Witt, 2/20/17, Kings
County Politics/ Notes From The Campaign Desk/ 2017 Citywide Elections [http://www.kingscountypolitics.com/el-yateem-throws-hat-ring-butler-gets-labor-endorsements/]).
The “El Yateem…” segment in the KCP
article ended with this: “…. El-Yateem’s
campaign kickoff is slated for 2 p.m., this Sunday, Feb. 26 at Le
Sajj Restaurant, 8221 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge...."
The fact that Khader El-Yateem is the Pastor
at Salam Arabic Lutheran Church and is now an active political candidate is a
break with an almost universal tradition in Southwest Brooklyn politics ---
clergy members just have not run for political positions. Even the membership of a priest on School
Board 20 was quite controversial at the time…..
For those of you who need a “Weatherman,” this is yet another
sign that “… The
times they are a changin’…”.
9 comments:
Is the good Reverend trying to do to Little Bobby Capano what Johnny Cakes did to Liam twice?
For those who live deep in their basements, hiding behind their pet rocks and Chia Pets, that means guys like Quaglione who scheduled his announcement and then his first fundraiser to steal somebody else's thunder, namely Liam's.
How is a Christian Arab's candidacy any different from Syrian-Lebanese Ed Seergy's election as State Committeeman/District Leader and campaigns for County Chairman in the 1950s and 60s?
Was this Ed Seergy a clergy member?
Seergy and Crews are still keeping an eye on Gangemi
Arabian Seergy wasn't a clergyman, but Irishman Doug MacNeill, who ran for the Assembly in Borough Park and Park Slope was a Catholic priest.
Seergy was not in the clergy.
Macneill was a heel.
Quaglione will get a bone.
McCabe is a babe.
I saw the Rev with Marty at the Emerald Society
Father Douglas McNeill was part of an anti-Lindsey, anti-Riccio faction of Park Slope Republicans..... He was ordered by the Brooklyn Diocese to cease his political activities..... He left Brooklyn and became an Indian-mission chaplain in New Mexico.
What's the 'Emerald Society' a specialized group of jewelers?
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