I've had breakfast with 4 out of the 6 democratic candidates for the City Council in the 39th district. It's  Bill deBlasio's seat they're after and he's running for public advocate. The democratic primary is 6 months away and that's THE big day in a primarily democratic district. He (and they're all hes) who wins the primary will more than likely win the general election.

The next milestone for the candidates is getting the necessary number of signatures to get their names on the ballot. The deadline is June. Many of these guys will be going door to door to meet the citizens and to get signatures.

So far, I've met with "front runner" Brad Lander, Craig Hammerman, Bob Zuckerman and Gary Reilly. I've yet to meet with Josh Skaller and John Heyer.

I will also be meeting with David Pechefsky but he's the Green Party's candidate; he won't be in the democratic primary and will be in the general election regardless of the democratic outcome.

I am also starting to meet with candidates in the race for city council in the 33rd district,which is David Yassky's district. In that race there's a female candidate name Joanne Simon. Park Slope is carved up into the 39th and the 33rd district.

More about the way the districts were carved up in a highly political way is forthcoming.

First up: Read all about candidate Gary Reilly on OTBKB next week.