Today I attended a rally to kick off the campaign for David Denenberg. He is a local Democratic Nassau County legislator who is going up against Peter King here on Long Island in the 3rd Congressional District.
We will be looking for folks who live in the area who are willing take on the 50 state fight and get to work. Even if you have family who lives on Long Island call them and give them the contact email. Tell them it's time to get involved while we still have a democracy to fight for.
Update:
Tonight was supposed to be the first organizational meeting...Denenberg backed out. Health problems; he may need to have throat surgery this summer and unable to talk for several weeks. On top of not starting early enough to fundraise, he didn't think he coulce pull it off.
This was almost as bad as Nov 2204 the day after. I will look for the next candidate. I will work my ass off to dump Peter King.
For those of you who don't know, Peter King has been a staunch Bush supporter all along. In fact someone at the rally today read a quote from King today in the NY Times that he; "Wakes up every day and thanks God that George Bush is our President".
King is the chair for the House Committee on Homeland Security...and you know what a good job they are doing.
Also International Relations. I first started hating him years ago when he was pushing his "English Only" crap.
Traditionally, he has gotten a lot of union support, but that is starting to lag.
David Denenberg is a part of the Nassau County Financial turn around. Years of an entrenched Republican machine in Nassau County had resulted in a disasterous financial situation. We elected a new Democratic County Executive and cleaned up the legislative body. The financial tunaround has been incredible. But people's property taxes are still very high.
Anyway...David has a good reputation in the neighborhoods that he serves in locally, but we've got a lot of work getting the information out to the entire congressional district. Evidently Peter King has seriously neglected the Suffolk County portion of the district.
So, the campaign is looking for more then a few good men and women on Long Island who would like to help take back Congress this year. Peter King isn't just a Republican, he is a true believer. He needs to be shown the door and pushed through it!
You can email the campaign if you would like to help at:
Wawbeek28@yahoo.com.
Come on Long Island let's get to work!