Instead they seem to be looking at retread Democrats like Ari Kagan, knuckle-dragging suburban emigres like Mike Ragusa, or fledgelings that can't seem to leave the nest like Avery Pereira
So far, the one that seems to bring the least to the table in the way of a significant resume, real political credentials, or any community or street cred is Michel Ragusa --- depicted below the way he looked a few years ago in his New Jersey HS yearbook:
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| Ragusa at Manalapan HS in New Jersey during 2007 |
Now picture this as the new and improved "Big Ragusa" w/ Sean Connery voice-over
--- "... 'BOND !!! ... James Bond'...." ---
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| Ragusa "shaken, but not stirred" by the realities of the Brooklyn GOP under Ted Ghorra |
In as much as Regusa looks and sounds like the worst of the candidates so far --- given the way things are done in the KC Republican Party, Ragusa probably will get the nod from KC Republican Leader Ted Ghorra to be the Brooklyn GOP endorsed candidate in the 2023 election cycle.
On the Democrat side, there might be some trouble in paradise for the incumbent Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights Councilman Justin Brannan. Something seems to be afoot with what looks like it might be a primary challenge of Brannan by Susan Zhuang chief of staff to Assemblyman Bill Colton..... However, Brannan and Zhuang each might choose to run in separate districts after all is said and done.
Just what we need: another prick from New Jersey just like Brian Fox. Does Ragusa have a criminal record in New Jersey too?
ReplyDeleteRagusa has a face you just want to punch
ReplyDeleteZhuang is running in 43, Frontus’ former Legislative Director is going to primary Brannan…
ReplyDeleteNo "separate" district for Justin. Sounds like the bullshit about Lester going to prison for beating Abbate. Well today Lester is in Albany doing the peoples business.
ReplyDeleteJustin is running against Zhuang and he'll do as well as Abbate.
RESPONSE: THE "YOU NEED TO BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT STUFF LIKE 'DISTRUCTS' AND 'PEOPLE' AND OTHER THINGS" EDITION
ReplyDeleteTO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 11:43 AM"
FIRST, IT LOOKS LIKE ZHUANG IS RUNNING IN WHAT IS A NEW 43RD COUNC. DIST. AND BRANNAN IS RUNNING IN A NEW 47TH.....
SECOND, ACCORDING TO THE NY TIMES, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SWORDS HANGING OVER LESTER CHANG'S HEAD AS YOU SPEAK ABOUT HIS BEING IN ALBANY DOING "THE PEOPLES [SIC] BUSINESS" --- AND EXACTLY WHAT OR WHICH "PEOPLE" ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ??? --- ESPECIALLY SINCE "THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK -AGAINST- LESTER CHANG" REMAINS ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE TABLE
Both the Lester Chang thing and the Justin Brannan thing are works in progress --- and in the real world, progress requires process.....
Let's see what hapens next..... and after that..... and after that.....
If I'm Lester Chang, I'd rather not be seated in the assembly than go to jail for breaking the law on a bogus apartment story. The investigation found that Chang used a government subsidy to pay for a rent stabilized apartment while claiming he lived somewhere else. What a web of LIES !
ReplyDeleteSection 63-b of the New York State Executive Law allows the Attorney General to ask the courts to remove someone who "usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds" a public office in the state. It is very likely that your friend Lester Chang will go to jail.
ReplyDeleteThe NYS Attorney General has very, very limited authority to even try to put anybody in jail for anything.
ReplyDeletecall 911 !!
ReplyDeleteLester is illegally voting. My hair is on fire !!
Brian Fox is the George Santos of this particular story
ReplyDelete211, from what Fox and everybody else is saying, Brian Fox isn't in this story anymore, even a little bit.
ReplyDeleteThe Mike Rgusa the Manalapan Meatball was on the radio this morning. He spent the whole time talking about some flyer Brannan made. What a loser!
ReplyDeleteJustin Brannen is the elephant man of this particular story.
ReplyDeleteWhy are we supporting these grifters from New Jersey? Brian Fox and now Ragusa? We don't have anyone local who can run? ????
ReplyDeleteIt's clear there were more than enough votes to expel Lester Chang. He is not legally in the clear quite yet. Relevant criminal, civil and administrative authorities will be reviewing potential legal violations. He will be in a cell just like his lower Manhattan neighbor Shelly Silver
ReplyDeleteLester screwed himself. His white lie about living in the district will now cost him his rent stabilized apartment in lower Manhattan and his freedom. I hope serving the assembly minority is worth it, Lester !
ReplyDeleteoh yeah Lester really screwed himself. Chang will be re-elected in 2024, 2026, 2028, 2030, and 2032. Then he'll take Andy's seat.
ReplyDeleteLester will be the first Asian Mayor of New York.
ReplyDeleteMike Ragusa is the new George Santos. He claims he was born in Brooklyn and spent his childhood in the "neighborhoods of Canarsie". Is Manalapan Township in New Jersey considered a neighborhood in Canarsie?
ReplyDeleteLester Chang is the # 1 Asian leader in NY. Hes only going up.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone checked on Avery? He hasn't sent out a goodnight message in a few days
ReplyDeleteManalapan has no schools.
ReplyDeleteManalapan High School is ranked #3,915 in the National Rankings. Ragusa lucky if he gets 39 votes
ReplyDeleteMichael Ragusa keeps repeating the same old lies about Justin Brannan voting to defund the police, which Brannan never did. During 2022 the NY Post reported that Brannan supports the police and increases of police presence in his district, while Ragusa justified the acts of some vigilantes in Bay Ridge taking things into their own hands.
ReplyDeleteJustin did vote to cut police funding 20%.
ReplyDeleteThat never happened on Brannan's watch.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the beef? Show the vote... Give the name of the bill, and the date when it was passed...
Are you talking about the emergency COVID budget where the NYPD was cut less than other NYC agencies? During that time, NYPD force levels in Brannan's district were maintained and crime went down. The numbers and the facts don't lie.
People like Ragusa and Fox need to stop lying or they will wind up with no votes from anybody.
Justin voted to cut police funding by 20% in the 2020 budget. That is the budget the NYC Council votes on for the City of New York. The 68th pct meetings where Justin talks about crime being down is pathetic.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah crime went down. Justin will convince people of that.
ReplyDelete1114, just as WE suspected there was no Brannan vote to cut NYPD funding.
ReplyDeleteThe emergency COVID budget was necessary because of a massive drop in NYC revenue due to COVID; and the cuts were done across the board to all NYC agencies with the NYPD being cut far less than most other agencies. The actual cuts to the NYPD's annualized funding were far less than 20%; the number of cops were never reduced in Brannan's district; and any NYPD cuts were completely restored in the post-COVID NYC budgets.
Facts are facts, overall crime dropped during the COVID budget period.
132 PM, you didn't mention that the new "Republican" Councilman Ari Kagan strongly supported that same 2020 budget when he was on staff with Councilman Mark Treyger. Republicans Mark Szuszkiewicz and Alec Brook-Krasny both confronted Kagan about that while he was running as the Democrat candidate to succeed term-limited TReyger in 2021.
ReplyDeletesure justin. we believe you.
ReplyDeleteNYPD gets $12 billion a year. Defunded? Where? How?
ReplyDeleteRagusa will be lucky if 15 people show up tonight to his big bash
Next to no notice from Ragusa and company about the $90 at the door at Ponte Vecchio for beer and wine and passed horses' ovaries~*&#(/!(*?\...
ReplyDeleteWhat's that all about?
$80 for beer, house wine and mozzarella sticks at Ponte Veccio. What do you think Ragu clears from this event? Maybe $ 50.00 all in ?
ReplyDeleteI passed by Baci for the Ragusa fundraiser. Barely 20 people there
ReplyDeleteJustin said crime is down. He's got my vote.
ReplyDeleteGOP cant find a suitable candidate? Anyone of these can beat a guy who eats marshmellows all day.
ReplyDeleteI'm still here at Ponta Vecchio
ReplyDeleteMainstream marshmallows are not vegan because of the gelatin
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