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October 17, 2014

James Kemmerer – Bay Ridge – Brooklyn – We Need Him!

 

 James Kemmerer Bay Ridge Brooklyn

I don’t know James Kemmerer personally. I have spoken to him on social media and I have followed his writing for two years. Kemmerer decided to run for office because he was tired of corruption and knows we are too! 

 

Like you, I wanted to know his background. I’ve snooped around the web to see what I could find about Kemmerer and here’s why he is right for Bay Ridge:

 

1.   I found this letter on the NYC.Gov site that Kemmerer wrote years ago to the NY Districting Committee about our Bay Ridge area being broken up for representation. 

2. Kemmerer loves politics and has been blogging about it for years. He reads all of the documents that most people don’t. WHY? Because he’s really passionate about politics. Kemmerer read the Moreland Report and wrote his views about it here

3. Kemmerer owns a web development company. In his spare time he has been a community activist running meetings to educate the public on Fair Elections  and attending meeting like the Moreland Commission public hearings and   – I LOVE THAT HE IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS!  Kemmerer has been working to get money out of politics for a long time. He doesn’t get paid to do this – as I said – he’s just passionate about this because he sees how it is affecting elections and decisions in Albany. Campaign finance reform is needed so that anyone who wants to run for office can, not just a few corporate backed people. 

4. Kemmerer and his wife took action when Hurricane Sandy happened. He and his wife cooked meals in their home and  he continued to do so – see article’s date April 2013    Check the article because Kemmerer is noted for saying:  “If New York’s the greatest city in the world, then we have to take care of our own.” He understands the needs of people in other areas he will represent like Gerritsen Beach, Sheepsheads Bay and Manhattan Beach who were hit by Hurricane Sandy. Not everyone received the assistance they needed to recover from the storm.

5 Kemmerer and his wife and son live in Bay Ridge. The sweetest picture can be found on his personal FB page (like I said I was snooping for info on him).  Kemmerer is the father to this cute two year old boy. So schools in our district will be a priority to him! I’m a teacher and I was impressed that Kemmerer mentioned that he wanted to reduce class size. If we want to see an improvement in education, we can’t cram 33 children into a classroom and expect that they will receive a top notch education.

6. Kemmerer is friends with people who are genuinely concerned about Bay Ridge – like Councilman Vincent Gentile &  Justin Brennan

7 Kemmerer owns a web development company called Geekpak.  Just the name of it should tell you we are good hands. Geeks are intelligent and kind people!  He doesn’t have a catering hall so he will need to use Bay Ridge or Brooklyn businesses for his functions which is a good thing because it will funnel money into local businesses.  As a small business owner, he will be able to understand the needs of our community with it’s Mom and Pop shops.

8. Kemmerer is backed by Teachout and Wu  and Teachout – these are people who want to reform our broken system. Teachout called out Golden: ““What he is doing here is, his company, his family business has received over half a million dollars from campaign funds and state funds. And you don’t need to be a genius to recognize there’s something wrong with that. That we have a system that allows a state senator to instead of serving the people of Bay Ridge to be serving his own business and his own interest.”

9. Kemmerer is 42 years old.  Marty Golden is 64 years old – (Golden was 48 when he became the Senator) 

10. Did you see this visual aide Kemmerer made about Golden?  I can see him educating the Senate in the same clear fashion.

11. Kemmer is educated and well spoken. He has a keen sense of humor that I have heard several times (a sign of an intelligent person).

Listen to the audience speak with Kemmerer – they didn’t pick up what Kemmerer immediately caught from what Golden said – (a sign that he’s a good listener too). Kemmerer’s response showed he’s sharp. 

 

12. Bay Ridge, Marty’s attention is diverted with wheeling and dealing in other parts of NYC and it’s James Kemmerer’s time! While Marty continues to supports fracking despite studies showing it isn’t safe, Kemmerer is against it.

 

 

13. We all know that the cost of the Verrazano Bridge is too high and the R train needs some serious upgrading.  Golden has been in office for 12 years and couldn’t do. Kemmer understands what we need!

 Jamie Kemmerer will work to (from his site here):

• decrease travel times and wait times by modernizing important transportation infrastructure such as Communications-based Train Control (CBTC)

• install subway elevators for easier access by seniors, parents and people with disabilities.

• install Subway Wait Clocks at 36th Street, 59th Street and New Utrecht / 62nd Street stations.

• increase bus service not just restore previously cancelled routes.

• expand WiFi and Cellular access to Brooklyn subway lines.

• reduce tolls on the Verrazano bridge for all NYC residents.

• Create a “Safe Route to Schools” program monitored by families and community groups to mark street routes that avoid truck routes and the most dangerous intersections. Where crossing heavily travelled streets is unavoidable, install special markings and electronic traffic signs to improve safety and warn traffic of street crossings.

• Require truck and bus “undercarriage protection,” so people can’t be dragged under these large, high vehicles, and to reduce injury if a car collides with a large truck or bus.

• Expand street based community events like the popular “Summer Stroll”

 

14. James Kemmerer understands the needs of the middle class.

 

 

 James Kemmerer wants to create a government for all people. He’s fighting under the main topic of corruption because it is a corrupt government which allows for tax breaks for billionaires. These breaks and the ‘pay to play’ politics is what stops progress and makes ALL OF US REGULAR PEOPLE PAY MORE TAXES!

 

Hugs,
marlene

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