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Resident: Tish James is Victim of 'Sophomoric' Tactics by Opponent Using Youngsters in Campaign

[Photo is of demonstrators, said to be teens under 16 years old, picketing outside the office of "Tish" (Letitia) James, activist Councilmember in Fort Greene.]

http://www.deliahunley-adossa.org/

This will be heating up this week in the run-up to the primary elections. Tish James' seat appears safe but she does have some opposition.

Here is a letter sent to us by a self-described resident disgusted by what he witnessed:

My name is Frank, I'm a Clinton Hill resident, and I'm somewhat interested/involved in local politics. Today [Sept. 4], I was enjoying some coffee along Fulton Street, and I didn't believe what I saw. Around 3:00 pm, I saw around 10-12 young women carrying Delia Hunnly signs in front of Tish James' campaign office. None of these girls could have been over 16 years of age, and they were a loud, rude, gyrating crew. I didn't see from which direction they arrived, but they were walking back and forth maybe 2 blocks of Fulton (that included Tish's campaign office), so I couldn't imagine they were there for any other reason but to heckle Tish's campaign people.

It seems really disrespectful, unprofessional, and a bit sad that Delia has to resort to sending children to taunt her opponent [and they did taunt, I overheard them saying, "You should work for Dee! She pays gooood!" to the office, who as far as I could tell ignored the entire event]. Furthermore, this is really disrespectful to the neighbors and businesses to send these loud children into our community for this foolishness. Delia should be thoroughly embarrassed, because I am embarrassed for her. I am not a hard "Tish supporter", but this has made the choice for me. I have attached photos I took on my cell phone as proof, and I am sending this email to all the media I could find online or had already, because this kind of behavior needs to be exposed.

By the way, the word in the street is that there are constant "poster" problems with Delia's campaign persons (probably these children or ones like them) ripping down posters of Tish and the other opponent. As a resident, I can attest that the "support" as far as storefront visibility changes drastically on a daily basis.

Tired of soph[o]moric mess,

Frank Lavergneau

(Note: We have not been following this race closely. Seems Delia Hunley-Adossa has both a facebook page and her own website.)

(Note again: Tish James is also on facebook and has her own website.)

My Fort Greene, Time is Swift and Time is Mean: A Story of Gentrification

Fort Greene Park at sunset is a beautiful place.

Then again, so is it beautiful during the day, now as it was a hundred years ago.

There is so much history in this storied Brooklyn neighborhood, which was my home many years (no, decades) ago.

Much of that history, as a majority of caring Brooklynites know, involved African Americans.

But the once very significant African American presence is diminishing these recent years, pushed by the gentrification that has so changed the social and business landscape of the community.

Herewith, in that vein, we offer a little video.

Below, check out previous BrooklynRon posts on Fort Greene:

"BAMboozled" and "A Slap in the Face of History."