Last week, I posted the diary, NYS Senate: The Perfect System of Corruption. I made the point that the system in New York is not broken, as many people have said in the past, but that it was, in fact, running perfectly...for the power grabbers and moneyed special interests.
In that diary, I introduced a new organization called ReBootNY.org. This is how I described it:
...a statewide organization to elect not necessarily more Democrats or Republicans, but to elect BETTER SENATORS who have had enough of the crap and are willing to actually do their job...serve the people of their district and New York...NOT SIMPLY GET ELECTED TO BE A COG IN THE PERFECT MEMBER ITEM DOLLAR DELIVERY SYSTEM OF CORRUPTION.
I am honored to have been asked to be the Executive Director of ReBootNY.org, and I have accepted with pleasure.
Today's vote on marriage equality has brought that need to the fore.
We need Better Senators in New York and the next cycle will be a great opportunity to elect them.
There are 38 Senators in New York that need to be held accountable for their votes today.
ReBootNY,org's efforts will not be single issue centric, but ME will certainly be in the mix. We need to rid ourselves of as many of the incumbent Republicans as possible (Do you realize that they didn't say a WORD during debate today?) and we need better Dems to help Folks like Liz Krueger and Eric Schneiderman pass common sense, progressive legislation.
We will be raising money, approaching candidates, and lining up folks to help train campaign staff. We have activist from across the state on board and want your help. If you can, please go to our temp. site (we are in the process of building a really good one) and sign up for updates and toss some $ our way if you can.
Today's vote proves to us all, once again, that we have to ReBootNY to make it work for us.