Who knew that national poltical figures would be weighing in on our local city council races? First we had Howard Dean endorsing both Josh Skaller and Brad Lander in the 39th.
Yup, both of them.
Then Senator Chuck Schumer endorsed candidate Stephen Levin in the 33rd. That was on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Even Carly Simon decided to put in her two cents and endorsed the very likable Bob Zuckerman in the 39th!
Now, a former Presidential candidate and U.S. representative, Dennis Kucinich, will be endorsing Doug Biviano in the highly contested race
for the 33rd City Council district.
The Congressman and his wife will be arriving for a
formal endorsement that will take place at 11:00 AM on the steps of
Biviano’s campaign office at 89 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights.
Biviano worked for Kucinich's campaign in 2008. He had this to say:
Dennis’ campaign last year was an awesome experience for me because
I’ve always admired his willingness to take a stand against special
interests and lead on so many important issues,” said Biviano. “Now to
have his support in my fight for reform is just a tremendous honor. I
invite everybody to come down to our office and meet this great
champion of the progressive movement.”
Read my Breakfast-of-Candidates with Biviano where he talks about the influence of Denis Kucinich. Here's an excerpt:
Biviano said. In 2004 Biviano made a monetary contribution to
Kucinich's presidential campaign but in 2008, he donated his time and
energy becoming Kucinich's New York State coordinator. From Kucinich he
learned "the possibilities of politics" and traveled to many forums
where he spoke as Kucinich's surrogate. In this capacity he discovered
an ability to connect with an audience and communicate political ideas
in a humanistic way.
"I learned from Kucinich to put a human
face on politics. Iranians are beautiful people. They love their
children. If you start from there, put a human face on it, it's
different."