Mr. Abbate – Don’t Run for City Council to Pad Your Paycheck
I keep seeing stories of Assemblyman Peter Abbate thinking of running for NYC Council in my area.
FOR WHAT? Money of course. Today, November 14th, it was announced that the Assembly was going to get a raise.
Abbate can try to tell us that it isn’t for money. City Council gave themselves a raise last year and to me it looks like Abbate wants to claim it. The news and blogs here, here and here keep speculating about Abbate running for Gentile’s seat, but Abbate isn’t relevant in Bay Ridge. Ask ten people in Bay Ridge who Peter Abbate is and I would guess that 9 out of 10 have no idea who he is.
I won’t vote for Peter Abbate because:
- Two years ago, I sent Abbate’s office as an e-mail and his staff never responded to it.
- Mr. Abbate isn’t on social media. He doesn’t want to communicate with the community anymore than he already does. While most people work and don’t have the time to contact their elected officials, social media allows for 24/7 communication. That is very important in our community. You can’t claim it’s not part of his generation because even Trump is on FB and Twitter. I don’t think a politician needs to have a social media account on every site, but all should have some way for people to easily communicate with you.
- In the September election, Abbate pushed Coney Island politicians, Mark Treyger and Pam Harris on us in Bay Ridge. That told me he has no clue about what they do or what Bay Ridge is like. Both candidates won because Coney Island voters turned out for them – both Treyger and Harris lost in Bay Ridge.
- I didn’t like the way Peter Abbate handled Officer Peter Liang’s situation. I felt like Liang needed someone to beat the drummer louder and either Abbate didn’t want to or wasn’t able to.
- Mr. Abbate claims that no one is stepping forward to run in Bay Ridge. Abbate is fully aware that Bay Ridge has a qualified individual. Either Peter Abbate is playing politics or he lives under a rock – everyone knows who is interested in the seat and everyone knows who is active here in Bay Ridge. Mr. Abbate must not attend many events in Bay Ridge, but we do and we see the same person at everything because he loves these type of events.
Congratulations on your recent win Mr. Abbate. Please stay with what you know – Albany. The work flow up there isn’t too heavy or demanding.
Bay Ridge is a gerrymandered district and representation from the state representatives is kind of weak. We need our Councilman to be filled with A LOT of ENERGY, has connections all over and one who wants to communicate A LOT.
Hugs,
marlene
Topics: Bay Ridge, Politics | 1 Comment »
November 19th, 2016 at 2:37 am
Please!
Peter and I go back to the George Alwon campaign. I know before your time but not our’s. So he and I, and I don’t live in Bay Ridge, know more than you about the area(Yes, we know where the bodies are buried).
Marty Golden will be running for the same spot and for the same reason. It’s really an ecology move for either one–less vehicle miles traveled between here and Albany = less pollution.
Peter has a lot more experience and sense at government than you can imagine. Give it a chance.
BTW I’m not on Facebook & Twitter which were invented to get politicians & celebrities in trouble. Like parking meter & politicians.