Archive for October, 2008

Netroots Join Call to Vote for Obama on Working Families Line

From autoworkers to online activists, WFP supporters are a diverse bunch.  Here’s an open letter from New York bloggers calling for the ‘netroots’ to “vote change like they mean it” by voting for Barack Obama on the Working Families Party ballot…

October 29th, 2008

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Bristol Press: Cross-endorsement allows minor party to hold power

A great news item on our sister party, the Connecticut Working Families Party:

Cross-endorsement allows minor party to hold power

By SCOTT WHIPPLE , Journal Register News Service

According to Joe Dinkin, Working Families Party’s communications director, the party will have knocked on…

October 29th, 2008

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WFP Statement on Term Limits Vote: “Sometimes Standing up is Winning”

Dan Cantor, Working Families Executive Director (left) and Councilmember Bill de Blasio (right) discuss the term limits after the Council’s vote:

Contact: Dan Levitan

Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director issued the following official statement today after the City Council’s vote…

October 23rd, 2008

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Taking it to the Airwaves: Its Our Decision! (YouTube)

Contact: Dan Levitan

Viewers of tonight’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain will be invited to make their voices heard in another debate - the fight over extending term-limits in New York City.

Timed to launch on-air during coverage of…

October 15th, 2008

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Nation Mag to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It.

We couldn’t have said it any better ourselves. The Nation magazine has joined the call to vote for Barack Obama on the Working Families ballot line:

By Katrina vanden Heuvel

“In an otherwise desultory fall election, there is one lever New York voters…

October 14th, 2008

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WNYC: Battle for the Senate - WFP’s “Mini Army”

WNYC’s Amy Eddings and the Albany Times Union’s Rick Karlin and Irene Liu take a look at the chances the Democrats (with an assist from Working Families) have to retake the State Senate after a generation of Republican control.

Senate Republicans…

October 10th, 2008

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NY Times Features ItsOurDecision.org Campaign

The New York Times today featured the Working Families Party’s campaign online and in the streets to keep term limits in voters’ hands:

Fighting Bid to Extend Term Limits, Politician by Politician

They are angling for the magic number: 26. That…

October 9th, 2008

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WFP Statement on Ron Lauder’s Support for Mayor’s Term Limits Proposal

For Immediate Release: October 8, 2008

The Working Families Party released today the following statement on Ron Lauder’s announced support of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to change term limits legislatively. It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:

“There’s…

October 8th, 2008

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WFP Launches Campaign to Keep Term Limits in Voters’ Hands

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Contact: Dan Levitan

Working Families Party launches www.itsourdecision.org where New Yorkers Can Tell Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council Not to End Term Limits Legislatively

NEW YORK- Leaders of the Working Families Party gathered today at City…

October 7th, 2008

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NY Times on WFP’s Campaign to Keep Term Limits in Voters’ Hands

The New York Times reported today on the WFP’s newly launched campaign to keep the City Council and Mayor from extending term limits without the permission of voters who’ve approved term limits (twice!).  Don’t forget to visit http://itsourdecision.org and send your message…

October 7th, 2008

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