Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach and State Senator Martin Golden



Without a doubt,  most discussions involving Marty Golden seem to deal with one end of his Gerrymandered district  ---  the parts in and around Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights  ---  occasionally there’s a little something about Bath Beach,  because Father Gelfant  [always good for a laugh]  is there, and he is a strong guy, both for Bishop D and Bishop D’s only inhouse State Senator…..


The reality is that Marty Golden’s potential vote in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bath Beach gets smaller each and every day  ---  a little of that has to do with politics, but mostly it's due to demographic shifts…..


That makes the far end of the district  ---  the part that abuts Kings Plaza, a golf course, a major park, a sewage plant and countless rills and brackish pools  ---  neighborhoods referred to as Marine Park and Gerritsen Beach  ---  crucial to any hopes that Marty, and his friends, supporters  and followers might have of his remaining a New York State Senator beyond 2018




Marty’s dependence on obtaining large voting majorities in the South Eastern terminus of the 22nd State Senate District is pretty much general knowledge,  ever since the last time that Marty Golden ran against Andrew Gounardes.  In that 2012 race,  Gounardes was able to garner a few more votes against the incumbent in the Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights parts of the district,  with Marty winning almost everywhere else.  However, it was in Marine Park and Gerritsen Beach that Marty did best  ---  and piled up overwhelming numerical margins over the Democrat.

By now, State Senator Marty Golden is a well known fixture in the neighborhoods, still well-known by their parish names, Good Shepherd,  Resurrection and Saint Columba’s,  largely because they remain somewhat Irish-  and  Italian-American.  So far the ethnic changes on the periphery of the area, and generational changes universally,  have not made Marty Golden’s  look, sound and message  inhospitable to a majority of the voters there. 

It remains to be seen whether being forced to let staff member Anthony Testaverde go over an ill-chosen comparison to Nazis will negatively effect the local Golden campaign effort,  which did not have a strong presence on the ground even before Mr. T.  was jettisoned.

On the other hand,  every elected official in the area under discussion, other than Marty Golden himself, is a Democrat.  That means there should be a very significant Democratic Party apparatus in place to work for Andrew Gounardes between now and election day  ---  and the GOP, the Conservative Party and Marty Golden's own retainers have nothing that can match it in any and all categories of retail politics.  

The question remains will all the local Democrats’ leaders unleash the hounds to benefit the Andrew Gounardes campaign.   At the top of the list is Frank Seddio,  the Dems’ County Leader  ---  who thus far,  has talked tough about wanting to take the  22nd NYS District from the GOP,  but who has in the past done little against Golden, and even had sounded content with the status quo

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

The funny thing is that if Eaton were still Chair, Gounardes would not have a chance because at the very least there would a semblance of a party apparatus in place to help Golden. This time around almost everyone is posturing to become the new Chair next year and almost nobody in the party hierarchy is serious about helping Golden. That being said, Golden will win despite all the delusion thinking by Golden haters and Democrats. There is a catch 22 for the Democrats no pun intended. Yes they can ignore this race but if Andrew loses by a close margin heads will roll in the party. They can go all out and help Andrew diverting valuable resources from more winnable races and then make a Golden victory of ten or less points seem more respectable than it should be. Gounardes also better hope Ethan pulls out a miraculous win. Team Gounardes knows why GM I’m sure you can find out if you want.

Anonymous said...

Get real gale.

Seddio and Marty are a couple of crooked ex cops. The deal is done with Treyger hacks.

Galewyn Massey said...

UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "CHURCH'S ONGOING PEDOPHILE SCANDAL" EDITION

THEY STILL DON'T GET IT ABOUT PEDOPHILES IN THE DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN --- DI MARZIO MUM AFTER >>> $$$ 27.5 MILLION SETTLEMENT <<< OF CLAIMS OF FOUR (4) BROOKLYN CHILDREN [AS REPORTED IN TODAY'S NY TIMES & NY POST]

WELL WITHIN BISHOP DI MARZIO'S SO-CALLED "ZERO-TOLERANCE" ERA, CHURCH WAS TOLD AND DID NOTHING --- NOW, IT MUST PAY


Using a rule of thumb that a "settlement" is approximately one half the "jury verdict value" of a case, obviously the conduct covered up by a Catholic Parish in Brooklyn must have been especially egregious or the coverup itself must have had serious implications.

The Church obviously feared a punitive jury verdict in the neighborhood of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) if they were willing to settle the cases of each of four victims at about $$$ 6.5 million apiece.

Galewyn Massey said...

NOTIFICATION: THE "WORK IS ONGOING" EDITION

MY FEATURE POST DEALING WITH MARTY GOLDEN'S "PERSONAL" CONNECTION AND IDENTIFICATION WITH THOSE HAVING AN INTEREST IN KEEPING THE PRIEST PEDOPHILES' CHARGES AND RECORDS SECRET IS NOT YET READY FOR PUBLICATION --- BUT IT WILL BE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.....

It will also contain information on what Marty Golden knew and when he knew it on this issue.

Anonymous said...

I can't find the last thing you said about this, but I thought you were promising something more juicy than what you just said above.

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "I DON'T THINK I 'PROMISED' ANYTHING 'JUICY' " EDITION

TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 7:21 AM"

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST, BUT DON'T EXPECT ANY EXPOSES WITH LURID DETAILS ABOUT OUR LOCAL STATE SENATOR --- AT LEAST I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO FAR


I looked at my prior comments about this, and this segment from something I wrote at the end of August best describes what my planned article will cover:
".... My piece will be less about State Senator Golden's formal and public support for the institutional Church, but more about his personal and psychological motivations and identification with some of the players that have been involved over the years --- certainly, going back to his days as an NYPD PO attached to an anti-vice unit, and possibly going even further back to his days in the OLA boys grammar school."

Anonymous said...

You can tell that a party has completely run out of steam when telling fairy tales about bogeymen is the best that they can come up with to justify holding on to their power base in the NY State Senate.
This was retweeted on "South Brooklyn Red" yesterday:
"Senate Majority Leader Flanagan tells GOP County Chairs and State Committee members in Albany that 'our Majority is the only thing standing in the way of the Democrat Socialists implementing their radical agenda next year.'...”
This from the GOP Senate that rubberstamped about 90% of the Democrat socialist radical agenda for the last few years.

Anonymous said...

8:32 They're not bogeymen they're clueless wack job pseudo socialists trying to make their privileged selves feel better by wasting obscene amounts of the taxpayers money on useless programs that will never benefit the poor but inure to the benefit of the fat cat bureaucrats "implementing" these programs. If NYS Senate turns Democrat there will be chaos that will make the last time they controlled seem harmonious.

Anonymous said...

to chicken little 9:11 the sky is not falling and the socialists are not taking over.

The only "obscene amounts of the taxpayer money" being wasted is on the so-called disabled cops like Golden & Seddio. Scam artists in front of our very eyes hiding behind a tin shield.

Anonymous said...

Gerritsen Beach is increasingly Chinese. A lot of the old line Irish are cashing in and moving to NJ, PA, Florida and so on.

Anonymous said...

Incredible how nobody has noticed that the only witness in the scandal brewing with Supreme Court pick is Mike Judge the first cousin of Jonathan Judge.

Anonymous said...

A leader should lead by example. Shame on you Senator Golden. Disabled you are not.

Stacey Honowitz, Broward County Florida

Anonymous said...

The eastern tip of Marty's district, Marine Park & Gerritsen Beach, is in the 59th AD, that's the Thomas Jefferson Club, the last powerhouse operation in Brooklyn. Fortunately or unfortunately, as the case may be, it is also the home club for Frank Seddio. So if there's any foot dragging in the 59th, #TrueBlueNY, Fight Back Bay Ridge and everybody else supporting Andrew Gounardes have to go to Alan Maisel and some of the others active in the TJ Club to make sure they go all out for Andrew.

Anonymous said...

If Andy is dumb enough to think Seddio is with him please tell him I have a bridge for sale

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Anonymous said...

Alan Maisel? Don't waste any time on him.

Anonymous said...

Watch Frank Seddio send a bunch of black guys from the other end of the 59th AD into Marine Park and Gerritsen Beach to give out the Gounardes literature.

Anonymous said...

To dipshit at 10:03. This is not a socialist area and never will be. Golden was is and will be your State Senator. Donovan was is and will be your Congressman. Let that sink in. Enjoy.

Anonymous said...

6:28, why isn't it "socialist" for Marty Golden to spend peoples' money we don't have to pay for police and fire services that WE ARE NOT GETTING? It's the uniformed services, like cops & fire, that live like socialist dipshits and will windup getting more transfer payments in their lives than people on welfare. Their pensions will eventually bankrupt most local governments, the biggest being NYC.

And don't be so sure either Golden or Donovan get another term. Let that sink in. Enjoy.

Anonymous said...

Kassar must have saw her poll he doesn't like and is planning to high tail it down south because he quit as Conservative Party Chairman. Guess he figures he is out of a job in January and time to go...good news for Gournades
Ahahahahaha

Anonymous said...

Capano is now the senior minor party chairman in Brooklyn

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Chairman, Professor, Columnist, Executive!!

Anonymous said...

Congrats Senior Bklyn Chairman, Professor, Columnist, Business Executive