The implications of Bob Capano’s 2016 appearance on the “Cat’s Rountable” as a 2017 NY CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE

HOW DID CAPANO GET HIS 2016 ON-AIR SPOT TO TALK ABOUT “HOMELESS ISSUES” ???  

>>>  AS A 2017 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE <<<

“WELL, JOHN JUST ASKED ME TO GO ON….”   --- BOB CAPANO

MANY IN THE BAY RIDGE REPUBLICAN-CONSERVATIVE ESTABLISMENT ARE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER  AND WONDERING >>>  WHAT COMES NEXT ???    

OF COURSE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE 2017 CAPANO CAMPAIGN FOR CITY COUNCIL IN THE 43rd COUNCIL DISTRICT   ---   WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT IS TAKING-OFF IN 2016 LIKE A FIGHTER-JET FROM AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER -- CATAPULTED INTO THE SKY BY OVERWHELMING POWER AND FORCE

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In addition to the E-mails that I posted as comments to my prior post, earlier this evening, I received this release directly from the BOB CAPANO CAMPAIGN:

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUGUST 26, 2016

MEDIA ADVISORY  CAPANO TO APPEAR ON CAT'S ROUNDTABLE RADIO SHOW SUNDAY

{Brooklyn, NY} – Bob Capano, a staunch supporter of the NYPD and the leading Republican City Council candidate for Brooklyn's 43rd district (Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst) race next year, will be a guest on The Cats' Roundtable, the Sunday morning radio show hosted by successful businessman and former New York City mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis. Capano will be discussing his candidacy and issues affecting New York City.    WHO:    Bob Capano                 WHEN: Sunday, August 28, 2016   8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.  WHERE: 970 AM -The Answer NYC - click here to listen live                                                           ## ____________________________________ ____________________________________

I ASKED BOB CAPANO WHAT DOES HIS APPEARANCE ON "THE CAT'S ROUNDTABLE" MEAN AT THIS TIME

Needless, to say I had to call-up Bob to see what was happening and what it all [Capano's appearance on "The Cat's Roundtable"] might mean at this stage of the Capano campaign.

When we finally connected, Bob Capano said that it all happened very quickly in the middle of the week.  When I asked did you ask to be on your boss's show, Bob answered, “Not at all, John asked me….  He knew about my campaign and he knew that I had just taken up the issue of the implications of rising homelessness around the city…..” 

Capano then told me how they recorded his segment a couple of days ago; and that he was just waiting to see that it was officially listed in the media advisory put out by Rob Ryan, the Catsimatidis factotum for media matters.

I tried to smoke Bob out about how much support he was going to get from John Catsimatidis, but Bob didn’t want to speak for his boss.  However,  Bob did tell me “off the record” what he thought it all meant at this stage of things as far as he was concerned….  I can’t talk about that, but I what I can tell you is what I think about some of this stuff (including stuff from tonight's callback to me from Bob).

Now remember, the following four items are strictly MY OPINIONS about stuff that I heard and/or figured out:

First, John Catsimatidis and Rob Ryan both have long memories; and they also have kept pretty up-to-date about “what’s going on in Bay Ridge” and the rest of Brooklyn [and they know what's going on vis- a-vis Marty Golden and Jerry Kassar];

Second, John Catsimatidis [and probably Rob Ryan too] think(s) that Bob Capano is the right person at the right place at the right time for a City Council race in 2017;

Third, it is still very, very early in the 2017 campaign, and many people have many plans; and

Fourth, without much doubt, John Catsimatidis will be involved in Capano's fund raising in some important ways; but  money and any other support from the Big Cat must be structured based on the precise financing formula(s) that the Capano campaign [and possibly other campaigns] might choose to implement, especially in the context of the municipal campaign financing laws and rules.

I think that’s  enough about the implications of Bob Capano’s appearing on “The Cat’s Rountable” for now…..

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

BTW ---  One of the last things that Bob Capano mentioned to me in our phone call [which was specifically not “off the record”] was this:  Capano is considering an “opt-out” from the NYC public financing of campaigns formulas; and that certain fund-raising and PR experts would be looking at that from various angles – including the interaction with other campaigns, inside and/or outside public financing [part of what has to be weighed is the possibly increased levels of public financing to Capano's opponents if Capano were to opt-out].