When politics gets ugly, it sure makes the decision process much easier. The Brooklyn Paper reports today of a tussel between District 39 Democratic City Council candidates Josh Skaller and Brad Lander.
Not for nothin’ but with such a large field aren’t Skaller and Lander making it easier for voters just to move onto the other candidates?
Brooklyn Paper: Skaller opened the hostilities, denouncing Lander for his ties to the Working Families Party and its offshoot, a for-profit company called Data and Field Services. In a small part of an emerging, citywide scandal, first reported by City Hall, a political newspaper, Lander, like other WFP-endorsed candidates, allegedly received significantly more field assistance from the party via its sister organization than what he and the other pols disclosed in their filings with the Campaign Finance Board…
Tuesday’s war of words between Skaller and Lander comes shortly after another controversy pitted the two adversaries squarely against one another — without the involvement of the three other men in the Democratic primary race: John Heyer, Bob Zuckerman and Gary Reilly.In that dust-up, Skaller’s wife, pregnant at the time, accused Lander and his supporters of running a negative campaign that criticized her husband for sending their special needs son to private school, instead opting for a public school education.
This is why I support George Smith for district 39
George Smith will be at the debate the 18th, he just wasn’t listed on this website
Gary Reilly from Carroll Gardens is also running. He has been active in the community and a good candidate for office.
Well it is over. With the NY TIMES endorsement of of Brad Lander. We have to trust the editorial board of the Times. No where else haas there been a good rundown on the candidates. See NYT 9/5