Shamrock Run in Bay Ridge – March 26th

Bay Ridge Shamrock Run 

Age – 16 and over

Check in at 11:00 am – race begins at 12:30

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New Seafood Restaurant in Bay Ridge

Sinbad Seafood Restaurant opened in Bay Ridge where David’s Brisket House or My Brisket House used to be  7721 – 5th Avenue

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Easter Baskets in Bay Ridge

• Kaleidoscope  – 8722 3rd Avenue
• Norma’s Arts and Crafts  7813 3rd Avenue 
• DII has cute Easter baskets for $5   8701 – 4th Avenue 
• Rite Aid
• Walgreens
• Target – 6401 18th Avenue
• Kohls if you are early – 8973 Bay Parkway

Super Cute Personalized Baskets Online:

Personalization Mall

Pottery Barn sells cute baskets.

This chick is so cute!

Make Your Own Baskets with:

• books (choose your own adventure, crosswords, coloring books, mazes)
• jump ropes
• frisbees
• bubbles
• chalk
• sun glasses
• flip flops
• fruit rollups
• orange cuties
• a beach towel
• tickets to the movies or a show
• Claires  on 86th Street and 5th Avenue sells cute things for girls – earrings, nail polish, key chains,

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Rev. Khader El-Yateen Appeared in The Post Today

The NY Post has a story about Rev. Khader El-Yateem Candidate for NYC Council. The Arab American Association has received 200K and is allowing the Muslim Democratic Club to meet there (and the Muslim Democratic Club does show that they held meetings there).

This is a federal violation of notprofit rules. El-Yateem would be aware of those rules because he has been the leader of a church for a long time.

But he either doesn’t care or didn’t think they would get caught because he is a priest. Some people think they are above the law.

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Pulling a Menchaca in Brooklyn

“Pulling a Menchaca in Brooklyn” is similar to pulling a Malliotakis. The objective is for the politician to do as little as possible and then take a picture acting like they just reinvented something.

Carlos Menchaca bought 10 garbage cans with his name on it, but he has no idea how his name got on the garbage can. Councilman Mark Treyger has Menchaca beat as he spent $18,000 of taxpayers dollars on garbage cans with his name on them.  When you do very little in your community, putting your name on a garbage can is a way to make it look like you did something. If it is a sticker, why didn’t he remove it himself already? L-A-Z-Y

Ruth Brown writer  at The Brooklyn Paper exposed Menchaca for wasting $15,000 on ten garbage cans. At some point Menchaca posed for this picture.  Menchaca doesn’t realize selfies don’t make his community better.

Why is Menchaca wearing the top of a suit and jeans on the bottom? Does he think no one can see him from below the waist? Look in the mirror Councilman.

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Jerry Kassar, Brooklyn Republican Party Chairman?

I woke up early this morning and made my rounds through the silly local news and interesting online blogs.

Interestingly in the Brooklyn Eagle, I saw the picture above with that caption and I had to save it!

The Brooklyn Republican Party elected a new leader, but the author of the Eagle article, John Alexander named Jerry Kassar as the Brooklyn Republican Party Chairman. Was it a typo? If it is, the Editors of the Brooklyn Eagle would have to issue an apology – nothing online yet.  It’s not April Fool’s Day, so it’s not a joke. But maybe John Alexander was sending a message to his readers. Interestingly, Liam McCabe recently became a Republican after being a Conservative for most of his life (he was a Democrat in the early years). 

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Kevin Peter Carroll – City Council Candidate

Kevin Peter Carroll talks about Marty Golden and Nicole Malliotakis.

This video was taken on January 31, 2017.

Kevin Peter Carroll thinks it is very, very sad that no one ran against Malliotakis or Golden.

As District Leader, Kevin Peter Carroll’s job was to find people to run against these candidates. In November 2016, both went unchallenged.

Here’s the actual sad part….when great people like Jamie Kemmerer have stepped up to run, Kevin Peter Carroll didn’t back him. Carroll doesn’t get that the District Leader position is to support Democrats and advance the party.  Malliotakis will not be up for re-election for another two years, so Kevin Peter Carroll mentioning a candidate for November 2018 is weird.  

BTW, why does Kevin Peter Carroll keep mentioning his age? He’s the same age as everyone else in politics now and he didn’t do anything outstanding as a young district leader (remember Senator Golden and Malliotakis have been in office for awhile) so being young wasn’t an advantage to this area. Someone with connections and who is endearing to people needs to be the district leader so people will get excited about running for office here again.  

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Does Mark Treyger Know Pam Harris SUPPORTS a BDS Candidate?

Politics can make you laugh sometimes.

Mark Treyger endorsed Pam Harris for re-election this past November.  Harris was not a favorite in Bay Ridge because of her lack of work here. She won the election with Treyger’s help. Treyger ran to be a district leader because he thought he was going to bring himself more power. I was surprised to see Pam Harris at El-Yateem announcement party. Khader El-Yateem is a candidate who supports BDS.  In this form #18, you can see El-Yateem boasts that Harris endorsed him. Treyger and his crew are firmly against this.  Wait until those Councilman gets news of this.  LOL. How many times can Harris make Treyger look like an idiot?

Someone who should have known better, put Nancy Tong in an awkward position. Tong lives in Treyger’s district and  now she is the “carpetbagger” candidate because she is running in our district. No one knows Tong here so it makes her look ridiculous. These people have known Nancy Tong for years and it’s strange they allowed her to be in this type of position. You know what they say….keep your friends close and your enemies closer.  

Kevin Peter Carroll backed Treyger for District Leader in the last election. Chris McCreight, Treyger’s opponent won Bay Ridge. Again, Kevin Peter Carroll did not back the Democrat who lives in our community. Treyger has Nancy Tong from his area,  up against Kevin Peter Carroll…….Oh whose going to remove the knife from KPC’s back?  

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Cooking with Nonna – April 8th – Dyker Heights, Brooklyn

I never had a “Nonna.”  Of course I had two grandmothers who were fantastic as being grandmothers, but neither was a “Nonna.”  But I’ve had many friends who had a Nonna and their Nonna’s could really cook!

The Kidz Cooking Studio at 7921-7th Avenue is having a cooking and filming with Nonna, Rossella Rago on Saturday, April 8th at 12pm!

Children will make anise Easter cookies with  Rossella Rago from Cooking with Nonna.  $15 a child – Two hour drop off and children will take home a box of cookies. Take pictures with Rossella at pick up!

Rossella will also sell and sign her new cookbook! 718-688-5986 to reserve a spot.

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Nominate a Bay Ridge Library

Nominate a Bay Ridge Library to receive funding. The form takes three minutes to fill out. Don’t forget the Fort Hamilton Branch is in Bay Ridge as well.

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St. Patrick’s School Reunion – June 17th

 St. Patrick’s Alumni Reunion – Saturday, June 17 (Registration here – event is free, but you must register)

All alumni years are being invited back for a reunion.  Alumni Mass & Reception and Barbecue.  

• 12:00 Noon: Alumni Mass at St. Patrick RC Church followed by Welcome Home Reception in the Aldo Bruschi Auditorium

• 1:00-3:30PM:  Barbecue sponsored by St. Pat’s CYO |Tours of Classrooms and the “old” school building | Class Photos | Oral History Booth | 50/50 and Basket Raffles

If you haven’t seen St. Pat’s website in awhile, check it out. It changed because it’s now an Academy, like the other Catholic schools in the area. 

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Dan Donovan Needs New PR

While I am not a fan of Dan Donovan, he recently updated his view and said he won’t vote down healthcare without a replacement. Constituents asked for a Town Hall to speak with him.  We have healthcare coverage through our jobs, but many people in NYC don’t and they rely on the existing Obamacare program. I was glad to see Donovan adjust to the people’s needs. He showed that he is listening to his Bay Ridge constituents. So I thought I would extend him an olive branch, especially since it’s March and we are both Irish. 

The time to speak in Bay Ridge is now, when you have shown you are listening!  People just wanted to show Donovan that they are real people and the bill he was voting for affected them. If 14,000 people dialed in to speak to Donovan, it’s time for Donovan to get out of his comfy Staten Island office and speak to the people. Donovan’s approval rating might be a bit higher and he could actually use that when he yells out to the people, “I heard you Brooklyn and I won’t take away healthcare without a replacement program. ”  

Here’s how you know Dan Donovan has bad PR people: 

• Dan’s worker stood near the protesters and didn’t address them. He could have said, “Your Congressman has heard you and will be addressing this soon.”   Actually, they are photographed standing near your Brooklyn office playing on their phone.  

Here’s how you know Donovan has bad political friends:

• Marty Golden should have volunteered to co-host a joint Town Hall.

Here’s what Dan Donovan should do now:

• Bay Ridge has a St. Patty’s Day Parade on March 26th – call one of the churches and host a St Patty’s Day breakfast (coffee and green bagels will do).  It’s a Sunday morning so no one will be angry. Plus you are probably marching in the parade

• Add yourself to some other group’s agenda:  the Bay Ridge Community Council Meeting, a PTA Meeting or some other meeting so you can be short and sweet.  

• Have a meeting at a place like Xaverian or St. Pat’s – offer tickets online and then pick and choose who you want at the meeting just like every other pol does (everyone else gets the “sorry we ran out of tickets response).

Donovan’s PR person should have told Donovan to  stop being negative to the media (you don’t announce that you aren’t having a meeting because the people had to be escorted out). Stop complaining on tv about a few protesters. They were pretty mild. Just smile and say you are working on a date for an open forum.   Adopt some Marty Golden nonsense, “this is the best city in the best state….blah blah blah.”  Donovan needs to go to Ireland and kiss the Blarney Stone. I don’t an Irish person who is 60 years old who doesn’t have the gift of gab down pat. 

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