Why Do Jada Camille and Leigh Holliday Think Bay Ridge’s News Is the Councilman’s Wife’s Art Workshops?
Jada Camille is a journalist for the Brooklyn Paper. When she covers our community, every story sounds like it was handed to her from Councilman Brannnan.
Jada Camille, are the local paper’s stories supposed to be the politician’s choice?
Or should The Brooklyn Paper have reported about the hate crime that not one politician has shared with our community. (See here) Too bad Camille won’t report our news.
This week Jada Camille wrote about the Councilman’s wife, Leigh Brannan. Leigh Holliday started doing workshops at the bookstore.
There are many small businesses who do AMAZING workshops at that store and other stores in our community, but Jada Camille and other journalists have never reported about them!
Yet, Leigh Holliday Brannan and Jada Camille thought that was headline news for Bay Ridge this week. It’s strange that Leigh Holliday Brannan didn’t think that any other business in Bay Ridge could have used that media boost. How about one of the new shops or stores that is struggling to pay the rent and survive, Leigh?
Councilman Brannan knows that there are many businesses who have never received his support in Bay Ridge – most of them!
It’s too bad that Brannan hasn’t highlighted new Bay Ridge businesses on his social media like this:
Leigh Holliday Brannan has been political in the past. She told us that Justin was the right person for the job. When she saw that her husband’s friend did the “lobbying,” even though he isn’t a registered lobbyist with NYC and he made banked a lot of money, why hasn’t she stood up for Bay Ridge and told us to vote for someone else.
Strangely, when businesses were being robbed for over a month this past Fall, neither Brannan or the Brooklyn Paper told us! Loudlabs (a Youtuber) told the community! Later on, newspapers like The Daily News (See here) and others (See here) had to tell the community because Jada Camille didn’t think it was newsworthy.
It’s strange that he would think promoting his wife’s workshops in the newspaper OVER other businesses is okay.
Jada Camille could have asked Leigh Holliday Brannan about the school at Nathan’s and how a man made money on “choosing that location.” Why didn’t Justin Brannan let us know who was banking money from the placement of our school.
Jada Camille could have interviewed Community Board 10 members, who didn’t like me questioning them about they approved the location of a public school by the father of private school parent.
Why didn’t Jada Camille ask Leigh Holliday Brannan how much do lobbyists, like the red light camera company, Verra Mobility give to politicians?
Years ago, the Bay Ridge Democrats told us that Justin Brannan was against lobbyists. Jada Camille can interview the Bay Ridge Democrats and ask them why they are supporting Leigh’s husband now that he has pushed lobbyists bills in our community.
It’s too bad that Jada Camille didn’t ask Leigh Holliday Brannan about redistricting and how an unfair district for Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights was made for Justin.
We are glad that these crazy district lines brought more candidates to the table to challenge the lobbyist-loving politician!
I have never written about Leigh Holliday Brannan before, but today she and husband thought it was alright to get the “free advertising” from the local paper and Jada Camille didn’t see anything wrong with it, so I wrote because it’s not right.
Everyone in Bay Ridge is tired of the corruption, Jada Camille! When will the Brooklyn Paper write about it?
Hugs,
marlene
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