Brooklyn Ron

Reelect Assembly Member Diana Richardson on Tuesday, June 23rd!!

 

Dear colleagues,   Assemblywoman Diana Richardson has ably represented you and the 43rd Assembly district and CUNY. Over the past year she has advocated for new taxes on the wealthy to make certain they pay their fair share in financing public services. In addition, Assemblywoman Richardson has been on legislator phone calls with PSC leaders and signed onto letters advocating for significantly greater NYS funding for CUNY. Her independence and character are breaths of fresh air in Albany.   As a result of both her independence and progressive politics she deserves your support in this year's Democratic primary. We therefore urge you to get out and vote on Tuesday,  June 23rd for Assemblywoman Diane Richardson. Every day she is in Albany, the Assemblywoman has fought for both her district's needs and investment in essential public services like CUNY. You can stand in solidarity with your colleagues and students by pulling the lever for Assemblywoman Diane Richardson.   In solidarity, Mike Fabricant, Legislative Representative of the PSC

On CNN Town Hall, Deval Patrick Explains His Long, Deep, Family-Like Relationship with Barack Obama, Reveals the Personal Impulses for All He's Done Professionally, and Publicly Embraces His Loving Wife Diane, Who's Often Called the New Michelle Obama

Diane Patrick - aka Brooklyn Diane, aka Queens Diane - Says Deval Patrick May Take America by Surprise, Just as He Took Mass. by Surprise 14 Years Ago

"When Deval gets in front of people, anything can happen."

 

Listen to Diane speaking from the heart on Boston's public radio station. (Note: From the heart seems to be the only way she know how to speak.)

 

Diane Patrick told Boston Public Radio Thursday she thinks that 2020 could be a lot like 2006.

 

In 2006 her husband, now formerMassachusetts governor Deval Patrick, was a longshot candidate for that seat. So much so, she said, that when he joined the race the Boston Herald ran a headline asking “Deval Who?”

 

He went on to win the election with 55 percent of the vote, and served two terms as governor. Now, she said he can do that again.

 

“I think when Deval gets in front of people anything can happen,” Diane Patrick said. “I think if we had gotten in when we were expecting to I think this would be a whole different conversation because he would’ve had the opportunity.

 

“He feels what he feels, and what he feels is a deep empathy for every person he comes across, and that comes across so well,” she continued. “It’s not b.s. What you see is what you get, and we need to [get him] in front of others.”

Does The NY Times Have Color Double Standards When It Comes to Home Delivery?

#nytimes why is it in Central Brooklyn, where I live, Times is delivered as late as 8 or 9 am? I have friends in Marine Park, Bklyn, and Manhattan who get papers at 5 am. Is it just a fact that largely black/brown neighborhoods are treated differently? Thinking of cancelling

— RonHowellBrooklynRon (@newbrooklyn) February 1, 2020

It’s becoming common wisdom: Colorado Springs Gazette says Obama strongly prefers Deval Patrick over Joe Biden

[photo: WashingtonExaminer.com]

Gazette article: “Obama has feigned neutrality in the primary contest, but his fingerprints are all over it. When his longtime friend Deval Patrick jumped into the fray in November, it was seen as a signal of Obamaworld’s dissatisfaction with the state of the race. Contra Biden, Obama had actively pushed Patrick to run for president as early as 2017. As Edward-Isaac Dovere recounted in the Atlantic, Patrick’s campaign, and especially his decision to enter the race so late, were held by those in the know as ‘the clearest sign yet of how much anxiety there is among Obama’s inner circle about Biden’s campaign.’”

https://gazette.com/opinion/perspective-obama-s-biden-betrayal/article_ea681d4e-3df9-11ea-97b5-5f8240701835.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

 

Examiner article (2019) - ‘Deval Patrick 2020 run signals Obama doubts about Biden’:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sends-a-message-deval-patrick-2020-run-signals-obama-doubts-about-biden

 

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams spoke with anger about gentrification. Criticism was largely from whites, including the mainstream media. Video is here. Controversial part begins toward end, at about 6 minutes. Thoughtful comments welcome

On MLK Day-2 Black ‘First Ladies.’ Diane Patrick told ABC News she sought advice from Michelle Obama before husband Deval entered race. Diane wants to ‘emulate’ Michelle. Both are power lawyers and focus on education, mental health, women's rights

[Diane Patrick at campaign event in Nashua, N.H., Jan. 18, 2020. Credit: Christopher S. Donato/ABC News]

Diane gets personal here about her past life, pre-Deval, and her struggles as Deval’s wife during his first term as governor of Mass. Her quality of openness drew expressions of love back then from crowds all around the state.

BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE

Deval Patrick, in Nevada on Fri., Interviewed by The Review-Journal. Patrick’s 8 Years as Mass. Gov. Were State’s Only Dem Years Since 1990. He Says He was Term-Limited by Wife Diane, Who Said, ‘Come Home!’ Now Diane Says, Let’s Go Take D.C.😂

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Washington Post Editorial: ‘Democrats Should Be Pleased There is Still Time in Their Tumultuous Campaign for [Deval Patrick] to Make His Case.’

Here find the Post editorial. You'll also find a transcript of the Post interview with him, and audio. Deval is himself, open, funny, self-effacing, erudite, proud of being from the South Side of Chicago