Pipe Down Mark Treyger….Let the Neighborhood Decide!
Pam Harris’ seat isn’t even cool and people are talking about whose going to jump in it.
Kadia Goba’s article in Bklyner talked about Mark Treyger picking someone. No. No. Noooo.
Treyger already chose and he chose poorly.
Councilman Treyger needs to know that on the few times we have needed an Assembly representative, we had no representative because of Mark Treyger’s choice. Sometimes this was because Harris didn’t want to and lately because Harris was indicted.
Councilman Mark Treyger pushed Pam Harris to run for Assembly. Besides giving Harris money for her not-for-profit and not following up, Treyger continued to fund Harris’ group even after there were major red flags.
In the Summer of 2016, newspapers revealed the truth about Pam Harris. Mark Treyger and Delia Shack, the Democratic District Leaders still endorsed Harris. Kevin Peter Carroll, another District Leader also endorsed Harris. All three district leaders should step down as an endorsement for Harris should not have been made after all that was known. Some of the articles about Harris were interviews with her where Harris revealed the truth to the journalists herself. Did these politicians not read the newspapers or did they just not care?
Mark Treyger’s political club, The Shorefront Democratic Club endorsed Harris. And even political clubs such as the Brooklyn Democrats for Change and the Muslim Democratic Club also endorsed Harris. I tried speaking to the leaders of these two clubs and neither would budge on the endorsement. Don’t make careless endorsements in neighborhoods where people have to be stuck with your “friends” or your “political buddy” when the news revealed information that should have stopped you in your tracks!
When Harris was arrested for fraud, Treyger didn’t have the chutzpah to tell Harris to step down.
Treyger had his staff give this statement:
In 2018, the local media asked Treyger to clarify the 2017 City Council money that Treyger gave to Pam Harris’ former not-for-profit (see here), The Coney Island Generational Gap. Councilman Mark Treyger has said nothing – even though THIS is a breach of the public’s trust. Treyger doesn’t feel he needs to respond to residents in Coney Island, yet Treyger has boldly asked others to account for missing money. The “Do as I Say and not as I Do” mentality exists here.
You can talk with Treyger about this during the Town Hall meeting next week:
In the 2016 election, Justin Brannan did not endorse Harris. The other candidate, a very nice person had an organization behind her that supported charters schools, so no endorsement could be given. While Brannan was running for Councilman, he admitted he reads every morning – newspapers, online papers and even blogs. He is well-informed and connected to this community.
Let’s hear from Mathylde Frontus. She’s well-educated and has been involved in her community for years. This was written about Frontus in 2011. I have only read good things about this woman and she seems like a hard worker. We are interested in hearing from Frontus and how she will represent Bay Ridge, as well as Coney Island. This community doesn’t need a Treyger lackey; we need someone whose independent from him.
Frank Seddio should note that our other representative is Marty Golden, so we don’t need any more nonsense here. We hope Seddio will step back and hold off on endorsing someone until all interested parties have had time to present themselves to our community. (Yes I am sending this to him).
Bay Ridge residents want to hear from anyone who lives within the district from Bay Ridge to Coney Island and has a proven work ethic. Our community sees Justin Brannan getting things done and although we know there is only one Justin, the person who gets this job needs to love people and helping people as much as Justin does. Carpetbaggers need not apply – if you can’t run in your area, don’t try running in ours. Mark Treyger tried this with a revenge candidate in Bay Ridge last year.
The ideal person would be someone who is familiar with the diversity of the cultures in each community. We all speak Brooklyn, but sometimes that is forgotten. Harris mildly spoke up for an express train in Coney Island (see here) and did nothing for Bay Ridge which has only ONE broken train. People have to get to work, so some action is needed here.
This candidate should be money-conscious and want one office somewhere in the middle of the two neighborhoods. It’s a waste of money to have two offices and when someone goes to the office, they want to speak to the elected representative – not that person’s staff.
Like Brannan, you should be social media savvy. Communication is fast and easy online.
If you went on social media and you were a jerk, don’t bother running because everyone took screenshots of that nonsense. We have no time to waste on immaturity or stupidity.
Finally, this position would require someone who has a backbone and can stand up to developers and drug dealers. Coney Island needs help. a lot of help in this area. We know REBNY is looking to get in Bay Ridge (they put $60K with the losing candidate during the 2017 election- many people don’t know this) and also $398,190 to support Mark Treyger’s campaign. Both candidates claimed they didn’t know, but we see the stronghold that developers have on Coney Island.
Hugs,
marlene
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