tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44493069345892353122024-03-05T19:34:30.437-05:00Senator Velmanette Montgomery--Working for Central Brooklyn!This blog details the activities of NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery as she continues her work for the people of Central Brooklyn.18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-19945038428631120272011-01-19T00:08:00.003-05:002011-01-19T10:42:52.177-05:00MLK 2011 -- Building on the Dream<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">BUILDING ON THE DREAM</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 2011, I am mindful that it is now 42 years since Reverend King was struck down but that our struggle for equality for all continues.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">I attended two Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations in my
district that were especially meaningful because they were symbols of what
Reverend King stood for: creating
opportunities for a more just society in the future.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The first, held on Sunday, January 16th, was organized by Habitat for Humanity and held at PS 54
in Bedford Stuyvesant. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Habitat for Humanity has built thousands of affordable housing units mostly with volunteer labor organized in communities around the world, literally Building the Dream. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">...and with music from the Young Acolytes of St. Stevens Steel Drum Band. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">The event the following day, January 17th, was a basketball tournament organized by the
Brothers of the Alpha Upsilon Chapter “Brooklyn Omega," that combines sports
with social responsibility. All the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, a
historically black fraternal organization, are college educated and a great
role model for the young men who competed at MS 113 in Fort Greene. Among them is Robert Cornegy, an elected
official Democratic State Committee Man. The fraternity promotes social and
cultural programs that help to uplift communities. </span><br />
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they educate young people about the meaning of this special holiday and Dr.
King who fought for a better future for coming generations. It has been my privilege to support these organizations and I am grateful for having been part of these events which have shown me that we continue Building on the Dream.</span></div>
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<br />18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-21332012393631268562010-12-01T20:05:00.000-05:002010-12-01T20:05:44.095-05:00World AIDS Day, #22<br />
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Today is the 22<sup>nd</sup> observance of World AIDS Day. </div>
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Many of you have grown up in a world where this terrible
disease has always been a fact of life. But it hasn’t always been here, and it
won’t be around forever. There have been remarkable acheivements that have
allowed for long term survivors, and more discoveries are just around the
corner. But at the same time, the number of people contracting this preventable
disease continues to climb around the world, in every country, throughout all
societies. Gay, straight, young, old, black, white…AIDS doesn’t discriminate.</div>
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Please, do your part to end AIDS.</div>
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<li><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Symbol;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1026433267"> </a></span></span><b><a href="http://aids.gov/">Educate yourself</a></b>.
There’s no fooling around about this, and you can’t depend something you heard
from someone. Learn the facts.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/condom_distribution.htm">Protect yourself</a><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></b> For the most part
this is a preventable condition. Learn how to avoid it.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1026433291">Get
tested</a></b><a href="http://./">.</a> The days of stigma are behind us. Knowing if you have AIDS
allows you to get treatment, and keeps it from spreading further.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b><a href="http://www.hivtreatmentispower.com/200-know-about-treatment.aspx">Get
treatment, and stick with it!</a></b> There are programs that make <a href="http://www.hivtreatmentispower.com/350-paying-for-treatment.aspx">maintaining
your health affordable</a>. And not taking care of yourself is just too high a
price to pay.</li>
<li><b><a href="http://www.petloveshack.com/kindness.jpg">Be good to each other.</a> </b>Kindness
is catching. Mother Teresa once said, “The biggest disease today is not leprosy
or tuberculosis <or AIDS>, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.”</li>
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I hope this day, and tomorrow, and all the days after find
all of you and your loved ones in the best of health.</div>
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18<sup>th</sup> NYS Senate District </span>18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-86322458431018614642010-11-01T00:16:00.001-04:002010-11-01T00:16:18.214-04:00ELECT TONY AVELLA TO THE NYS SENATE!<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ELECT TONY AVELLA TO THE NYS SENATE!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Voters in Queens (11th NYS Senate District) have an opportunity to do themselves and the rest of NY State a big favor by sending Tony Avella to the NYS Senate! Tony has been a courageous voice for his district while he was in the NYC Council and will bring that same courage and integrity to the NYS Senate! See what Senator Montgomery had to say about Tony during a recent rally, in the YouTube segment below. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And get out and VOTE on November 2nd! Column A, all the way!</span><br />
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Senator Montgomery, the morning after her stunning 4 to 1 victory over her well-financed opponent in yesterday's primary, sent this blog the following statement:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>"I would like to thank all the people of the 18th District for again giving me the opportunity to work for them in the New York State Senate. Despite the silly misrepresentations and personal attacks the opposing camp sunk to in the final week, I had confidence in the intelligence, commitment and heart of the voters in Brooklyn. We're smarter than that and better than that. We're not about big money interests; we're about our families and doing the right thing for everybody, here, upstate, and around the world. With the support of people of that integrity and quality, the outcome was never in doubt! So again I humbly thank you, and look forward to the important work we have in front of us."</i></span></div>
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This blog will continue as a public communication from Senator Montgomery to the 18th District. We look forward to many years to come!</div>18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-90231321330876711072010-09-13T14:24:00.002-04:002010-09-13T14:30:13.089-04:00Let's Clean Up Some Smears...<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">LET'S CLEAN UP SOME SMEARS...</span></b></span> <br />
Senator Montgomery's primary challenger, who initially promised a "respectful" campaign (and that lasted about a quick sneeze, didn't it?) has gone totally dirty with a mailer sent out under his name. (It's still unclear how much control he has over his own campaign and how much he's being controlled by the Charter School HedgeHogs who are bankrolling him. If he's a puppet, he's certainly a willing puppet, and we can't have that in the Senate, ever!)<br />
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In this sleazy mailer, in addition to the typical foggy nothing statements about his goals, background, and beliefs, readers are for some reason treated to some juvenile artwork about the 80's. Maybe he has fond memories of that decade. BUT...then there are some serious misstatements about a tiny fraction of Senator Montgomery's voting record. Let's clean up those smears.<br />
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“Senate Bill 6418A: Making it a
crime to cause the death of a person by the sale of a controlled substance.”
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Mr. Pollard doesn’t mention that the bill only
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This bill was a double stinker. </div>
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1. It’s based on the misconception that increasing the
penalties for drug use and sale actually acts as a deterrent. It has been
solidly proven that beyond a much lower threshold this is not the case. It is
Rockefeller Drug Law thinking. The bill was opposed by the NY Civil Liberties
Union and the Drug Policy Alliance on that basis.</div>
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2. It already IS a crime to cause the death of anyone by any
means! This is the kind of grandstanding duplicative legislation the 2004
Brennan Center report roasted NYS on, and the Senator is very careful not to
support this sort of bad legislation. Not only is it duplicative but it burdens
the courts and sometimes creates loopholes in existing laws.</div>
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<b style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">POLLARD SMEAR ATTEMPT #2</b><br />
“Senate Bill 1862: Establishing the
crime of facilitating a sexual performance by a child with a controlled
substance or alcohol.” (2008) </div>
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<i><b style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">REBUTTAL:</b></i><br />
Again, a totally duplicative law. It’s already
criminal to offer a minor alcohol or a controlled sustance for ANY reason, and
of course sexual performance by a minor (kiddy porn) is a high crime. This bill
adds nothing but deadweight to the legal system and may, in the hands of a
clever defense attorney, offer a loophole in pleading for clemency before a
jury. “At least I didn’t use alcohol…!” Stranger pleas have been made because
of deadwood like this.</div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">POLLARD SMEAR ATTEMPT #3</span></b><br />
“Senate Bill 1687: Prohibitting a
sex offender from being granted unsupervised visitation with a child.” (2010) </div>
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<i style="color: orange;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">REBUTTAL:</b></i><br />
This bill never made it out of Committee. It is
also grossly simplified and mischaracterized by Pollard. The bill didn’t just
address visitation, it forbade custody of children by a sex offender. The
definition of sex offender is distressingly broad and many times does not focus
on children. This bill would have unnecessarily required the breaking up of
families. If a man (or woman) is convicted of hiring a prostitute they are
technically a sex offender: under this bill anyone so labelled would lose
custody of their children. Can you say “Elliott Spitzer?”</div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">POLLARD SMEAR ATTEMPT #4</b></span><br />
“Senate Bill 406: Increasing
penalties for those convicted of sex crimes where the victim is less than
eleven years old.” (2009) </div>
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<i style="color: orange;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">REBUTTAL:</b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></i><br />
This bill never made it out of committee. No
credible evidence was presented that passage of the bill (which merely
increases penalties for already existing violations of the criminal code) would
do anything to deter the offenses or make children safer in any way. And the
provisions stipulated would have been enormously expensive. </div>
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In addition it would have limited a judge’s discretion in
sentencing. Any judge can increase penalties with good cause unless restricted
by legislation: this sort of bill would require actions that may not be
indicated and preclude other actions by a judge. The Senator routinely opposes
bills that limit judicial sentencing discretion, like the Rockefeller Drug
Laws. It’s somewhat surprising that a supposed defense attorney like Mr.
Pollard would argue against judicial discretion…</div>
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<b style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">POLLARD SMEAR ATTEMPT #5</b><br />
“Senate Bill 6259: Requiring
transfer of campaign funds to the state treasury or a charitable organization
upon the death of an elected official” (2010)</div>
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<i style="color: orange;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">REBUTTAL:</b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></i><br />
The Senator argued that the funds should first be
returned to the people who donated to the campaign, or that the donors should
be part of the discretionary decisions.</div>
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<b style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">POLLARD SMEAR ATTEMPT #6</b><br />
“Senate Bill 1319B: Mandating life
imprisonment without parole for a conviction of a murder committed in the course
of a sex crime where the victim is less than fourteen years old.” (2004)</div>
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<b><i style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">REBUTTAL:</span></i> </b><br />
<b> </b>Again, a grandstanding duplicative bill. “Joan’s
Law.” Murder during a sex crime is mandatory life sentence regardless of age.
There were other technical problems with the bill, which BTW the Assembly never
passed.</div>
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<b style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">POLLARD SMEAR ATTEMPT #7</b><br />
“Senate Bill 3479A: Providing that
assaults against MTA employees be classified as criminal assaults.” (2003) </div>
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<i style="color: orange;"><b style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">REBUTTAL:</b></i><br />
This bill also contained a
curious removal of the publication requirement advertising the higher penalty,
which might have acted as a deterrent. Instead, it was fashioned as a “gotcha”
law for prosecutors. So, no deterrence, more prosecution. Hard to defend that
and again, a possible loophole for a clever defense attorney. </div>
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Smears. Slimy and desperate. And such a good use of Charter
School money!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>COME OUT AND VOTE FOR SENATOR MONTGOMERY ON PRIMARY DAY! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: orange;">SEPTEMBER 14TH! </b></span></div>18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-11194976507545712772010-09-07T17:00:00.000-04:002010-09-07T17:00:07.320-04:00REAL Facts About REAL Albany Reform!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #666666;">REAL </span></span></u></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #666666;">FACTS ABOUT </span></span><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #666666;">REAL </span></span></u></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #666666;">ALBANY REFORM!</span></span></b></span></span><br />
"Albany is dysfunctional and needs reform! Now!"<br />
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You certainly won't get any argument from Senator Montgomery! Throughout her career she has worked against the stranglehold of dysfunction engineered by the <span></span>Republican party over the last 70 years.<br />
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In 2004 the NYU Brennan Center for Social Justice published a damning <a href="http://brennan.3cdn.net/1f4d5e4fa546eaa9cd_fxm6iyde5.pdf">assessment of the state of the Legislature</a>, and over half of its recommendations have been acted on by the Senate in the last 2 years. This is despite the attempts by the Republican party to turn back the clock by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_New_York_State_Senate_leadership_crisis">disrupting the process</a> last year and hypocritically refusing to enact further reforms, all the while cheering on so-called reform advocates who have their own agendas.<br />
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There has been more positive reform in the New York Senate in the last 18 months than in the previous 72 years. Those are the facts.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>The Way Things Were...</b></span></i></span><br />
It was a complete and total mess. Nothing was able to be voted on unless the Republican Majority Leader allowed it on the floor. Committees were toothless. The only power a Democratic Senator had in that system was negotiation and the persuasion of a principled argument. Even during this difficult time Senator Montgomery was able to effectively represent the people of her District through her drive and her unimpeachable character. It was during this difficult period that Senator Montgomery was first called the Conscience of the Senate.<br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><b>...What It Cost...</b></span></span></i><br />
It cost us all plenty, both upstate and in New York City. Billions of dollars that should have been used downstate were redirected to benefit connected upstate political patrons. Unregulated suburban sprawl bankrupted and emptied upstate cities while requiring billions from New York State for infrastructure investments which primarily benefited real estate developers. Upstate economies were ruined by a profound lack of vision and a neglect of productive development; farms and manufacturing were sent out of state and replaced with a new type of farm--prisons and "youth camps" filled with the poor of greater New York City swept up in the draconian Rockefeller Drug Laws and inequitable judicial practices. And the legislature was twisted into the knot that is still being untied.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>...And What Still Needs Doing</b></i></span></span><br />
The ethics reforms passed by the Senate have been vetoed by the Governor, and the Republicans who initially voted for the package flip-flopped away from reform when it came time to overcome that veto. Hopefully the new governor will see the value in these bills when they are re-introduced in the next session.<br />
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Redistricting reform is long overdue! Senator Montgomery has long said that if there had been a fair and independent process for drawing legislative districts, the Democrats would have controlled the Senate by the year 2000. (FYI, the majority party redraws the lines under the current system, and while upstate counties seem to have some geographic coherence,<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/opinion/12thu1.html"> the Republican Majority went to absurd lengths to cobble together districts to enhance their elections chances.</a>) The formation of a redistricting process that ensures fairness and accountability, and that does not devolve into some level of "shadow government" is as complicated as it is necessary. Senator Montgomery shares the concerns the <a href="http://www.brennancenter.org/page/-/Democracy/redistricting/Letter%20to%20Mayor%20Koch%204-28-10.pdf">Brennan Center voiced in an April letter</a> to Mayor Koch (which has never gotten a public response) concerning the difficulties in getting this exactly right, and she is committed to ensuring its development.<br />
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Anyone can sign a flawed paper and be called a hero. But it's years of experience, commitment, sacrifice, and outstanding ethics that make a real hero, like Senator Velmanette Montgomery.18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-17137438311763110072010-09-03T12:57:00.000-04:002010-09-03T12:57:02.151-04:00More Endorsements!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Individuals and organizations from across the State are coming together to support Senator Montgomery's re-election! Please visit our Endorsement page (on the tab above) to see the most up-to-date list and to see the wonderful things they have said in their endorsement letters!</span></span>18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-60059490273372019562010-09-01T17:54:00.000-04:002010-09-01T17:54:00.829-04:00Upcoming Fundraiser--Tuesday, September 7th!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">FUNDRAISER!</span></b></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Tuesday, September 7, 2010</b></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>6PM - 8PM</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>At the home of</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Susan O'Malley</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>271 St. James Place</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Brooklyn, New York</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(<i>Between Atlantic and Lefferts Place</i>)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Co-hosted by</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Tim Winters, Dr. Charles Grannum, Job Mashariki, Virginia Candy</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>RSVP: </b>Susan (718) 638-2105 or Ms. Jenny (917) 340-8909</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Make check payable to: </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>18th Friends of Senator Montgomery</b></div></span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mail to:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Arzora O'Neal</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>195 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 305</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Brooklyn, NY 11205</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></div>18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-3563855052497598712010-08-24T17:26:00.000-04:002010-08-24T17:26:08.437-04:002 Upcoming Fundraisers!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Reception with NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery!</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hear what she has to say on:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">The Smart Growth Development Bill</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">The State Budget</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">The MTA Utica Station Elevator</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Charter Schools</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Juvenile Justice</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">And Other Community Issues!</span></i></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thursday, August 26, 2010</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">6PM - 8PM</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the home of Heloise Gruneberg </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">167 Bergen Street</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Brooklyn, NY </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Between Hoyt & Bond)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Co-hosts</b></span><br />
Olga Alfred, Sandy Balboza, Mary Powell Thomas, Terry Urban, Helen Ruddy, Chester Lindsay and friends</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>RSVP<br />
718-596-9443</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tuesday, August 31, 2010</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">5:30PM - 8:30PM</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the home of Robert and Michelle Cornegy</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">653 Putnam Avenue</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Brooklyn, NY</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Between Stuyvesant and Lewis Avenues)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Co-hosts</span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sheila Kennedy, John McAllister, and Fannie Dickerson<br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Featuring the Dynamic Sounds of Brooklyn's own</i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Danny Mixon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>International Pianist and Organist</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">RSVP</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">(917) 586-7444, (347) 385-8074, (718) 624-1863, (347) 440-5731</span></b></div><br />
<i>Make checks payable to: </i><br />
<b>18th Friends of Senator Montgomery</b><br />
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<i>Can't attend? Mail checks to:</i><br />
<b>Arzora O'Neal</b><br />
<b>195 Willoughby Avenue, Suite 305</b><br />
<b>Brooklyn, NY 11205</b>18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4449306934589235312.post-57620596972229648612010-08-17T14:32:00.007-04:002010-08-17T14:50:51.398-04:00Home<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">W</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">elcome to the campaign!</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Your support and efforts have made it possible for me to serve the people of the 18th District in the New York State Senate. At last, with a Democratic majority in the Senate we have been able to effect real social change and a true progressive agenda! I have continuously stood up to the big money special interests, and in this election they are once again trying hard to keep me from doing YOUR work in Albany. </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br />
</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">With your support I am confident it will continue to be my privilege to serve you in the New York State Senate where I will continue to work hard on behalf of the people of the 18th Senate District.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">On this blog you'll find SUBSTANCE.</span></span><br />
<ul style="line-height: 1.4; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 2.5em; padding-top: 0px;"><li style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: initial; border-width: initial; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The truth about my record and what we have achieved together in Albany</span></span></li>
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Just click on the links above.</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">And remember,</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The Democratic Primary is September 14th!</span></span></b></span></div>18th Friends of Senator Montgomeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231544682539684170noreply@blogger.com