With less than a week to go until primary day, state legislative candidates are going into full gear in their quests to either attain office or stay in office. One of those contested primaries is the 25th Senate District, compromised of Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Marty Connor is the long-time incumbent and Dan Squadron is the young insurgent looking for change. They last butted heads at an event hosted by Democracy for New York City and both came out looking good (though Squadron looked a little green as well), this time around things have changed, Connor was on the defensive and the Brooklyn Heights live blog paints a picture of what went down.
From Brooklyn Heights Blog:
7:42pm: Wow, Connor on the defensive. Getting angry over voting against the smoking ban. Breathe, connor, breathe.
and he’s completely ignoring the question about voting against commuter tax.7:47pm: Connor blaming commuter tax demise on Giuliani
7:52pm: Squadron defending his brooklyn bridge park position. Doesn’t want to stop the park, just the condos. And the crowd goes wild!
7:56pm: Connor: I got the funds for the park, me, me,me! And the crowd goes wild!
7:51pm: knitting lady update: she’s almost done. I think its a scarf.
8:05pm: talking about education. Really, these guys are on the same side. Connor taking shots at Squadron.
8:09pm: Oh, this is rich…Connor accusing Squadron of using too many posters and leaving around too much trash
Connor to Squadron: get off my lawn!
Oh no, not the "Get off my lawn!" mentality, that does not bode well for Marty at all. Two years ago he had some good competition in Ken Diamondstone, but this time Senator Connor is running scared. While Connor may be on the right side of many issues, this is a race about having the better Democrat in the State Senate and it is looking like a time for change. Whining about Republican control while your record shows compliance with them just isn't good enough.
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