Gounardes Held a Zoom Meeting-Not for Bay Ridge
Senator Gounardes held a Zoom meeting for college students. One hundred people could have gone to the meeting, yet there were only fourteen people present at this CUNY RISING virtual meeting. Gounardes did not share the meeting on his Facebook or Twitter account.
Gounardes told the students that they had to figure out how to tell the story of the students over time, so the could be heard next year. Gounardes failed to tell their story this year, but he did approve a raise for Governor Cuomo!
Last year, Senator Gounardes told property owners that he was going to fight for them at the start of the next year. January came and Gounardes did barely anything in Albany except correct a loophole in a bill he made last year. Gounardes did the same thing in Albany and nothing changed. He had a year to figure out a strategy for home owners and didn’t bother to do his job!
Henderson didn’t realize that Andrew Gounardes is a picture-taking, press releases type of politician. He doesn’t do a lot, but our papers are filled with bills that never go anywhere. The bills he passes for special interest groups are not spoken about.
Gounardes brought nothing new to Henderson or the other students tonight.
The only thing Gounardes said that was true was that his office puts out a lot of resources. Yes, they make graphics and put out links, but that’s not leadership. And most of the items are not helpful because they are general knowledge that everyone who has a computer knows.
Gounardes does not speak up in our community. A man killed his father and supposedly ate him, yet Gounardes didn’t say a word. Another guy took out an automatic gun and shot it at his neighbor’s home and Gounardes didn’t say anything to the community or even that block.
Gounardes boasted that he shared about the Constitution on Twitter yesterday. Kudos to the moderator, Jamell Henderson for trying not to look bored! The Senator doesn’t understand that’s not how you share large documents on Twitter.
Gounardes discussed the census. He’s a middle-aged man and he doesn’t remember that most college students work and go to school, so the census isn’t a top concern for them.
Then they talked about the June primary elections. Everyone will cast an absentee ballot.
This was very little involvement from the room:
Usually the Zoom chats have a lot of comments and info, but there was nothing here for the people to discuss or comment on because it was basic – general knowledge everyone knows. Henderson asked for questions many times.
Click here to see the link that was shared
A woman asked a great question about transparency in education. Yet, Senator Gounardes talked her in a circle and said that there needs to be accountability. He said there is no solution and there needs to be a systematic process. Gounardes didn’t offer to make anything more transparent for the woman. *If he was a decent leader, he would have said, “My office is going to follow up and get you that information.” But that would be actual work and the senator isn’t up for that.
A college professor and friend of Gounardes said that they received a memo about cuts at the college. Gournades said it was very concerning and said “we” (not him) have to be vocal and organized.
If you know how engaging a Zoom meeting can be, this was a Zoom #Fail.
Hugs,
marlene
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