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Election Day 2013!

d'Kong76 Nov 04 2013 06:07 PM

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Ceetar Nov 05 2013 12:48 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

I guess I should swing by and see if I can write in Jason Heyward and Johnny Van Der Meer for the two seats that republicans are running for uncontested.

metirish Nov 05 2013 01:43 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

Next time around I'll be able to vote.....do I need to register?, what is the process?

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 01:49 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

You do need to register. The process probably varies. Start by finding out how to contact the local Election Board.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2013 03:03 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

I predict that the outcomes of the few contests that even remotely smack of national interest (Guv races in NJ & VA) will be vastly over-cited by various opinion makers of various stripes as definitive statements as to the future direction of the country rather than merely local races being determined by local factors.

d'Kong76 Nov 05 2013 03:16 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

I'm just happy the County Executive race will finally be over tonight here in Westchester. These two have spent a fortune on advertising to the point where it just got ugly and unbearable ... Really, do either look trustworthy?

Benjamin Grimm Nov 05 2013 06:26 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

I think the guy on the right is Vladimir Putin with a cheap wig.

d'Kong76 Nov 05 2013 06:44 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

Surprised the guy on the left didn't use that too!

metirish Nov 06 2013 06:38 AM Re: Election Day 2013!

I'm liberal, just to put that out there, and I would have voted for De Blasio. Having said that I am a little concerned when I hear him talk about the NYPD ....nor I have never been stopped and frisked due to my color so there is that. I foresee clashes with him and the NYPD brass. I wonder if Kelly stays.

sharpie Nov 06 2013 07:18 AM Re: Election Day 2013!

De Blasio is my neighbor and I know him a little bit (enough for him to recognize me and say "hi" but he wouldn't know my name) and I'm happy he won. He has stated that Ray Kelly will be relieved of his post.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 06 2013 07:49 AM Re: Election Day 2013!

I know de Blasio a little bit too. I was a "say hello" acquaintance of him at NYU. He did know my name thirty years ago; I don't know if he'd remember me or not.

seawolf17 Nov 06 2013 07:55 AM Re: Election Day 2013!

sharpie wrote: De Blasio is my neighbor and I know him a little bit (enough for him to recognize me and say "hi" but he wouldn't know my name) and I'm happy he won. He has stated that Ray Kelly will be relieved of his post. Then I'll miss De Blasio when Kelly has him killed.

metirish Nov 06 2013 07:58 AM Re: Election Day 2013!

WOW, two of our members know the new mayor.....what are the odds of that?

Edgy MD Nov 06 2013 11:16 AM Re: Election Day 2013!

New mayors almost always treat the commissioner of police (a job established in NYC by Theodore Roosevelt shortly before he became US vice president) as a cabinet position and bring in a new one as a symbol of their new policies. Ray Kelly remains the only guy to hold the job twice and still retains a chance at a three-peat. Michael C. Murphy, 1901–1902 John Nelson Partridge, 1902–1903 Francis Vinton Greene, 1903–1904 William McAdoo, 1904–1906 Theodore A. Bingham, 1906–1909 William F. Baker, 1909–1910 James Church Cropsey, 1910–1911 Rhinelander Waldo, 1911–1913 Douglas Imrie McKay, 1913–1914 Arthur Hale Woods, 1914–1918 Frederick H. Bugher,[4] 1918 Richard Edward Enright, 1918–1925 George Vincent McLaughlin, 1926–1927 Joseph A. Warren, 1927–1928 Grover Aloysius Whalen, 1928–1930 Edward Pierce Mulrooney, 1930–1933 James S. Bolan, 1933 John Francis O'Ryan, 1934 Lewis Joseph Valentine, 1934–1945 Arthur William Wallander, 1945–1949 William P. O'Brien, 1949–1950 Thomas Francis Murphy, 1950–1951 George P. Monaghan, 1951–1953 Francis William Holbrooke Adams, 1954–1955 Stephen P. Kennedy, 1955–1961 Michael J. Murphy, 1961–1965 Vincent Lyons Broderick, 1965–1966 Howard R. Leary, 1966–1970 Patrick V. Murphy, 1970–1973 Donald F. Cawley, 1973–1974 Michael Codd, 1974–1977 Robert J. McGuire, 1978–1983 William J. Devine, 1983 Benjamin Ward, 1984–1989 Richard J. Condon, 1989–1990 Lee Patrick Brown, 1990–1992 Raymond W. Kelly, 1992–1994 William J. Bratton, 1994–1996 Howard Safir, 1996–2000 Bernard Kerik, 2000–2001 Raymond W. Kelly, 2002–present

sharpie Nov 06 2013 11:23 AM Re: Election Day 2013! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 06 2013 12:13 PM

De Blasio has mentioned that he would consider William Bratton who would join Kelly as the only repeater.

Ceetar Nov 06 2013 11:26 AM Re: Election Day 2013!

I know he's not eligible, but I DID in fact write in David Wright for The Midland Park, NJ Council my vote didn't show up in the percentages though: Midland Park Council^ 5/5 100.00% Under Votes 1685 Over Votes 0 Vote Count Percent REP - NANCY PEET 1,507 50.93% REP - JOHN J. CONSIDINE 1,452 49.07% Total 2,959 100.00%

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 06 2013 01:21 PM Re: Election Day 2013! Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 06 2013 07:58 PM

sharpie wrote: De Blasio has mentioned that he would consider William Bratton who would join Kelly as the only repeater. He would like to get rid of Kelly to signal a change in mentality to a more community-engaging police posture... so he'll bring in either the autocratic Seρor "Broken Windows" or (according to other, earlier reports) Kelly's chief lieutenant/primary "Stop and Frisk" enforcer to set the tone. FAAAAANtastic.

Ashie62 Nov 06 2013 06:21 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

One of DeBlasio's first moves will be to relieve Kelly and end stop and frisk...

MFS62 Nov 07 2013 12:04 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

Ceetar wrote: I know he's not eligible, but I DID in fact write in David Wright for The Midland Park, NJ Council One of the positions on my town ballot said "Vote for 4". There were only three candidate names listed. I was going to write in my own name to see what would happen. I didn't do it. The meetings would have conflicted with my late work schedule anyhow. (Lame excuse - I chickened out) Later

Ceetar Nov 07 2013 12:07 PM Re: Election Day 2013!

MFS62 wrote: Ceetar wrote: I know he's not eligible, but I DID in fact write in David Wright for The Midland Park, NJ Council One of the positions on my town ballot said "Vote for 4". There were only three candidate names listed. I was going to write in my own name to see what would happen. I didn't do it. The meetings would have conflicted with my late work schedule anyhow. (Lame excuse - I chickened out) Later yeah, I had to "vote for 2" and there were only two republicans running, so I clicked the box and wrote in David Wright and voted for 1. blammo.