Letter: Sheehan not showing necessary leadership
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FILE. Letter writer says, In February, the Capital District Working Families Party chose not to endorse Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan for re-election because of her record and lack of leadership on police accountability and criminal justice. Unfortunately, recent events have validated the position of the Working Families Party. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
In February, the Capital District Working Families Party chose not to endorse Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan for re-election because of her record and lack of leadership on police accountability and criminal justice. Unfortunately, recent events have validated the position of the Working Families Party.
Working Families Party accuses young candidate of switching parties to take control of ballot line | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – Having endorsed Omar McGill for Schenectady County Legislature in the June primary, members of the Working Families Party have taken aim at McGill’s opponent, Brendan Savage, for changing his voter registration to the WFP.
The shift was to subvert the WFP’s control of its ballot line and member-driven endorsement process, Capital District Working Families Party secretary Anita Thayer alleged in a letter to Savage.
Savage shared the letter with the Daily Gazette and denied the claim.
The Siena College student said some of the WFP members’ views about local policing are so extreme, he felt voters should have a choice on the ballot line.
Judge allows Saratoga County Dems on Working Families Party line for June primary | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA COUNTY A candidate for Clifton Park town justice succeeded in her move for a dismissal of a lawsuit aiming to keep her and 11 fellow Democratic candidates off the Working Families Party line in the June 22 primary.
At the request of Jennifer Jeram, who’s making a first-time bid for the post, the GOP’s lawsuit against the dozen Democrats and the Saratoga County Board of Elections was dismissed by Justice Dianne Freestone in state Supreme Court based in Saratoga County Monday.
The GOP lawsuit was among a series of coordinated lawsuits by state Republicans against Democratic candidates throughout New York aiming to keep the Democrats off the Working Families Party line here and in other parts of New York.