The only functioning Kings County Republican Chairman for the last ten years endorses Curtis Sliwa for Public Advocate

LAST EVENING  ---   the nominal Republican Party in Brooklyn endorsed some Queens City Council guy,  who was once called "Doogie Howser" by the prior GOP City Councilman for Southwest Queens  (HINT:  The "Queens City Council guy"  is Eric Ulrich, and of course this prior Republican City Councilman was Al Stabile;  ask Joann A-G, she should remember, because everybody there must have agreed, they laughed so hard at the time)

Well,  TODAY  ---  the leader of the real functioning Republican Party in Brooklyn, Craig Eaton,  endorsed a New York City giant, Curtis Sliwa

If you want to see the "OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT"  ---   then here it is:

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" FMR. BKLYN GOP CHAIR CRAIG EATON ENDORSES SLIWA FOR NYC PUBLIC ADVOCATE....

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Eric Ulrich’s Record Proves He’s a 'Bill de Blasio Republican'....

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Brooklyn, NY- On the heels of former Brooklyn & Queens Congressman and Queens GOP Chair Bob Turner endorsing Curtis Sliwa for New York City Public Advocate, the immediate former chair of Brooklyn's Republican Party today added his support for the popular talk radio host and founder of the Guardian Angels.

Eaton called on New York City Republican to back Sliwa. The long-time civic leader, who was also the former NYS Republican Vice-Chair for the five boroughs said, 'I have known Curtis Sliwa for decades and like many New Yorkers, have long admired his efforts to keep our streets and subways safe. He is an independent reformer that Republicans need to embrace to grow our party and win this race in order to bring some sanity to City Hall.'

Sliwa said that Eaton's long political and civic record made his support significant in Brooklyn. 'Craig Eaton is a respected Republican leader in New York, and an outstanding civic activist who works across the political spectrum for Brooklyn. Republicans and Independents know that I will be Mayor de Blasio's worst nightmare as Public Advocate.' 

Queens Councilman Eric Ulrich has cynically attempted to portray himself as the only GOP and moderate alternative to the growing field of Democrats in the race. Eaton and Turner’s support is indicative of Sliwa’s appeal to hardworking and over-taxed outer-borough residents who are the backbone of the Republican Party.

Sliwa called Ulrich a 'Bill de Blasio Republican.'  Local GOPers have questioned how Ulrich can be an effective check on Mayor de Blasio or attack lead Democrat opponent Melissa Mark-Viverito in this race. In 2013, Ulrich famously broke a pledge with GOP City Council colleagues to vote against Viverito for Council Speaker after making a cynical backroom deal with de Blasio and the Progressive Caucus. Ultimately, Ulrich voted for her as Speaker and said Mark-Viverito was a “very fair-minded person. I think that a lot of people would try to make her out to be the bogeywoman here, to scare people or to convince them not to vote for her.”

Ulrich’s lack of Republican principles was on full public display in 2017 when he supported Bo Dietl over the party’s standard bearer for Mayor, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis. A move, that many political observers felt simply aided the re-election campaign of Mayor de Blasio.

Sliwa said his top priority would be fighting to fix the subways, a turf he knows well since he has patrolled them for 40 years as the founder and leader of the Guardian Angels.

He also said that he would make the deplorable conditions at NYCHA a priority; calling the Housing Authority, “the biggest slum-lord in the nation.”  Sliwa cited the need to salvage the city’s ruined relationship with the Trump administration since the federal government provides 90% of the funding for public housing."

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