It is always a pain to see your monthly cell phone bill go through the roof after making too many calls or text messages. For Speaker Christine Quinn, March is going to be a terrible month. Since she is fighting the swearing in of councilman-elect Mathieu Eugene, some activists got creative with their lobbying skills.
An email circulated by 'Mark' was sent to newspapers, the DA and a whole host of interested parties that gave out Quinn's personal cell number in order to pressure her into allowing Eugene to take his rightful place on the council. So far she has stubbornly refused in order to see if his residency requirements check out. The Speaker has dragged her feet on the issue and a simple check which should take a few minutes has become weeks of waiting.
Here's the email posted by the Politicker:
Subject:Calling City Council Speaker Quinn on behalf of Dr. Mathieu Eugene
Date:
Hello Everyone,Please call City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
about Dr. Mathieu Eugene being sworn in as the City
Member of the 40th District in Brooklyn. I am
asking you contact her office that the democratic
thing to dois to sit the winner, Dr. Eugene. The
number of votes received by Dr. Eugene indicates a
tremendous and historic win for him as a Haitian
American and an immigrant from the Caribbean.Speaker Quinn can be contacted by cell phone at 917
###-####, her office number is 212 788-7210. Please
call her and let her know that the historic results
of the 2/20/07 special election won by Dr. Eugene
should be followed and that our communities will be
looking to her as the Speaker of the Council and
will not forget this when she comes looking for our
votes in 2009. Let her know that our brothers and
sisters and progressive people are watching to see
what happens in this matter.Please pass this on to the people in your email
circles and beyond and those with whom you socialize
with.Unbought and Unbossed......in the land of liberty.
Mark
Yeah I know, the number has been masked, but if anyone out there gives a damn, you should call her office and insist she stop this juvenile crap and allow Eugene to sit on the council after winning the election.
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