Friday, May 19, 2017

Democrat City Council Candidates massively ahead of GOP candidates' pygmy-style fund raising efforts


An Asian woman >>> IN ALL WAYS FROM OUTSIDE THE 43RD COUNCIL DISTRICT <<< is most likely to be a Democrat also-ran in the 2017 Democratic Primary.     Nonetheless, overall she has raised almost as much money as leading GOP candidate John Quaglione;  and in the most recent FCB reporting cycle,  she has raised much more than all the Republican candidates in the 43rd Council District combined


THIS ARTICLE WILL MAKE ME VERY FEW FRIENDS AMONG ANY REPUBLICANS AND/OR CONSERVATIVES  ---  BUT SOMETIMES ONE HAS TO SPEAK TRUTH TO PATHETIC WEAKNESS 




The Brooklyn Eagle’s Paula Katinas  ---  who generally sugar coats things for many Bay Ridge Republican candidates  ---  has written the first definitive article in this election cycle demonstrating that  >>> NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE HAS MUCH OF A CHANCE <<<  to become the NYC Council Member from the 43rd  Council District.   Ms. Katinas doesn’t say it that way in as many words,  but it’s all there in black and white and plain as day anyway.

The Eagle article by Paula Katinas begins like this:  "In one fell swoop, Democrat Nancy Tong has propelled herself into the top ranks of candidates running for outgoing Councilmember Vincent Gentile’s seat, according to figures from New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) that showed that she raised an impressive $53,650 in campaign donations during the most recent filing period...."   (See “Tong fundraising kicks into high gear”  by Paula Katinas,  5/18/17,  Brooklyn Daily Eagle   [https://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/5/18/tong-fundraising-kicks-high-gear]).   And, mainly,  the local journalist’s focus is on Ms. Tong and the Democrats;  however,  the real bombshell in Paula’s piece about fund raising is what shows about  >>> ALL THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES AND THEIR SUPPORTERS….. 

THE BURIED LEAD VIS A VIS  >>>  THE 2017 REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES   


As far as I’m concerned,  Paula Katinas buried her lead in the ultimate, penultimate and antepenultimate paragraphs of this article…..

Those last three paragraphs all deal with the Republican candidates in the 43rd Counc. Dist.  ---  and it ain’t pretty;  in fact, it’s more than pretty grim.

Here it is (quoting myself from above,  but with more emphasis)  “IN BLACK AND WHITE”  and  “AS PLAIN AS DAY”:   “….   On the Republican side of the aisle, John Quaglione, deputy chief of staff to state Sen. Marty Golden, raised $25,947 in the latest filing period and now has a total of $48,858 in overall campaign contributions, according to the CFB….   Liam McCabe, a former aide to U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, raised $4,857 during the filing period and has $25,203 for his campaign overall….   Bob Capano raised $11,755 in the most recent filing period. Capano, an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has a total of $18,905 at his disposal.”
For those of you that still don’t get it,  let me do the math for you…..   The Republican haul in the last cycle for ALL the 43rd district candidates was this:   $25,947  plus  $4,857 plus  $11,755,  for a total of  $42,559;   or to say it another way,  and also to put it into context,  over  eleven thousand dollars ($11,000)  less than the amount raised by Democrat Nancy Tong  ALONE….
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Another very big number is the total cash advantage of the 43rd Council District Democrat candidates over their piss-poor Republican co-contenders.   I won’t do the math on that one because I’m sure your heads will all explode if and when you see the actual number. 

WHAT DOES IS ALL MEAN ? ? ?


Well,  for 2017 for the Republicans and Conservatives in Bay Ridge,  Dyker Heights,  Bath Beach  and some of Bensonhurst;  as Frank Sinatra once sang  ---  “Put your dreams away for another day….”

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gail, maybe that explains why one of the Republicans now running told me that he is willing to end his campaign for the GOP nomination before petitioning under certain conditions.

Anonymous said...

I bet it's John Quaglione, who is already complaining how hot it is doing his door to door campaigning.

Anonymous said...

And those tall stoops! At least Marty's office is air conditioned, and all on one floor!

Anonymous said...

John Q is leading the Norwegian Day Parade because he has done more for Bay Ridge than Willie McCabe..

Anonymous said...


John Q is leading the Norwegian Day Parade because his co-worker, Arlene Rutuelo at Marty Golden's office is the co-chair of the Norwegian Day parade.

http://www.may17paradeny.com/Contacts.html

Anonymous said...

Gail, I thought that Arlene Bakke Rutuelo was an FOB - "Friend of Bob's." Is Bob Capano one of those nut cases that calls everybody he knows a "Friend of Bob"?
And see if you can find out if Marty Golden told his staffer ABR to name his other staffer JQ to be the Honorary Norwegian Parade Marshall, or maybe it was the Chief of Staff Skells GK.

Anonymous said...

yeah look at all the norweigians in bay ridge

Anonymous said...

To 12:37 PM, have a little respect. GK's official title is 'Conservative Party Permanent Payoff as Marty Golden's Chief of Staff Skells' In the ongoing 'Battle of Brooklyn' never forget that this is the motto: 'Never has so much been given to so few for doing so little."

Anonymous said...

John Orlando is showing Gerry Obrien how to actually win a race

Anonymous said...

Liam is going to drop out Mallitakis will endorse John Marty will endorse her , Bob will still be ignored and there will be the peace.

Anonymous said...

238 is right. .that is the deal that has been made..heard from 3 people. .but what is missing is Bob has agreed to the deal also as Qs chief of staff..
There will be no republican primary. .mark it down

Anonymous said...

Liam will be councilman for life

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "NOT THE SHOCKING THING THAT I HEARD" EDITION

TO: MANY OF THE "ANONYMOUS SAID... " COMMENTERS ABOVE.....

THE SHOCKING THING THAT I HEARD FROM ONE OF THE CANDIDATES DID NOT INCLUDE MUCH OF WHAT HAS BEEN REGURGITATED ABOVE IN THIS THREAD

A few items by a few of the anonymous commenters above might fall into some of the gaps in what I did hear. However, I suspect that those instances are purely coincidental, and they do not reflect any real plans or deals.

BTW, some of those commenters above really ought try their hands at suspense fiction with underlying conspiracy plots.

Anonymous said...

Gailwind, of course they aren't real plans or deals. Most of the blowhards and loose thinkers that made some the comments up above don't know that a good deal needs to benefit all sides, and a good plan shouldn't have too many small or movable parts. What was described in most of the noise up above fails on both counts.

Anonymous said...

Some of the posters on here are in the loop while the haters try to shoot the messengers. Golden dangling Massey to Malliotakis but so far she isn't taking the bait because the price too high. Rank and file don't want Massey and Marty knows that so next best play is to have Nicole endorse John and hire all of Liam's no where left to go Manhattan staffers.

Anonymous said...

Maybe, 'some of the posters on here are in the loop...", but I doubt it. Being loopy and being in the loop aren't the same thing. Just because some wacky political moves get talked about at Golden's State Senate Office, that doesn't even make it a plan, and it's even less a deal.

Anonymous said...

nicole will get 25%

useless

Anonymous said...

@12:11 JK running Nicole campaign, don't you understand that whatever wacky moves get discussed and approved in the Golden office is what she's gonna do?

Anonymous said...

What gets done to Nicole in that office regularly once was called 'a fate worse than death'. The staff all take their turn; everybody knows that sometimes they do it as a group thing. The Chief of Staff GK, who has JK as a nickname and nom de plume, can't seem to stop any of what's going on, but everybody says he's Nicole's friend. If that's true, then it's an abusive relationship.

Anonymous said...

Nicole has a big ego, Jerry's smart enough to take advantage of that by feeding her ego for his own gain. I'm sure he's chuckling along with the rest of the office every time he gets off the phone with her.

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE " 'MEATBALLS' & THE WISDOM OF BILL MURRAY" EDITION

TO ALMOST EVERYBODY COMMENTING ABOVE

EVERYBODY HAS AVOIDED ADDRESSING THE VERY SERIOUS THEME AND TENOR OF MY POST ABOVE: FOR REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES, MAJOR PLAYERS AND OPERATORS IN ALL OTHER CATEGORIES, WHEN IT COMES TO THE 43RD DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL RACE --- IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER ! ! !

The same applies to the all the 2017 county-wide and city-wide races.....

If it means getting a payday, or squirreling away cash in some other way; well, that might be another story. However, don't talk about winning anything; it just makes you look like you're trying to fool somebody.....

Anonymous said...

gale you right.
I was the one who posted nicole will get 25% and I was being generous. Rudy had the liberal line and Bloomberg had the independence line. The conservative party will be an albatross hanging around nicoles neck. If nicole declines to take it and gets another line then maybe something can happen.

Anonymous said...

To poster at 2:27, there is no way she will decline nomination Jerry is running her campaign. But I agree foolish to take conservative line.

Anonymous said...

Then why are all Republican city council candidates begging for conservative line

Anonymous said...

Sorry but no candidate begging for conservative line. Their own darling that they've been cultivating for years abandoned conservative party and registered as a republican.

Anonymous said...

to 4:13.

In Bay ridge the conservative party matters. In the rest of NYC it does more harm than good.

Anonymous said...

In Bay Ridge the conservative party matters only to make deals with the Democrats throughout the rest of the borough and make sure that MG is the only republican elected official in Brooklyn. That party is all about patronage and don't stand for anything.

Anonymous said...

What a joke all this is. The Republicans and Conservatives are done in Brooklyn. Even Golden only gets re-elected because certain Democrats and moneyed interests want him to keep his seat so the Republicans can have their make believe majority in the state senate.

Anonymous said...

It sure looks like somebody is done in Brooklyn. Get a good look at what Quags Tweeted about 'a great house party in Dyker Heights'. Is there any rational reason why he is trying to blowup his own campaign.

Anonymous said...

is Q still in the race?

Anonymous said...

I hear the bridges and tunnels are jammed because of the Norwegian day parade. I hope I can get a glimpse from my window

Anonymous said...

Q was offered to head Puerto Rican Day Parade next month but turned it down

Galewyn Massey said...

UPDATE: THE "BIG DAY FOR A BIG MAN AT THE NORWEGIAN PARADE" EDITION

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO SEE THIS --- IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR BAY RIDGE AREA NORWEGIANS AND FOR JOHN QUAGLIONE


How it all came about or what it will mean for Quaglione's campaign is not a relevant issue for today.

For today, Johnny Q is a big man at the big parade in Bay Ridge.....

Anonymous said...

The Norwegian Parade hasn't helped anyone running for anything since about 1954. There are more people who speak Urdu in the Council District.

Anonymous said...

Paging George Nichols! Paging George Nichols! John Quaglione would like a word about making inroads to the Norwegian community.

Anonymous said...

Good turnout at Norwegian parade today, while it's true Quaglione had no volunteers with him and didn't necessarily look good, Liam's act of bringing the Manhattan kids to Bay Ridge is getting old and obvious. Only "volunteer" who lives in Brooklyn isn't even old enough to vote.

Anonymous said...

Liam's campaign is a curious one.

His campaign manager girlfriend is from Bay Ridge, but a registered Conservative. His volunteer coordinator and fundraiser are all Repubs, but from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, as is his biz partner who has some role, but no one is sure what it is. His consultant is from Brooklyn, but word is the East Siders have convinced Liam that they know more about strategy and direct mail.

This doesn't end well for Liam.

Anonymous said...

McCabe had 6 Brooklyn volunteers and 2 Manhattan volunteers. Q had Orland with a sign while marching with a Ms. America sash.

Anonymous said...

Dear Galeykins, this looks like a battle of the 'isn't even old enough to vote' campaigns between McCabe and Quaglione. If you want to pick a winner, bet on Quaglione. The picture he posted of a house party in Dyker Heights showed he has lots of underage support all around.

Anonymous said...

839 pm.
I heard same thing..McCabe told the East Siders they will be getting paid for the direcy mail when the matching funds come in and Jerry O will not..hope Obrien is not banking on matching funds to get his pay day! Not gonna happen

Anonymous said...

Come on folks let's get real. Liam didn't have any Brooklyn volunteers let alone Bay Ridge volunteers, they were walking around like they were in a foreign country. Only Batya from the teenage Republican club was from Brooklyn. Q was with his wife and two daughters.