D-Day for Team Blake
On Thursday morning, I sat in Judge John W. Carter’s courtroom as he listened to lawyers’ rebuttal of the special referee’s report recommending denial of Petitioner’s motion in Jones v Blake, a residency...
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 15, 2014 | African Americans, Elections, Politics, Voting Rights | 0 |
On Thursday morning, I sat in Judge John W. Carter’s courtroom as he listened to lawyers’ rebuttal of the special referee’s report recommending denial of Petitioner’s motion in Jones v Blake, a residency...
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 12, 2014 | African Americans, Campaign Finance, Elections, Politics | 3 |
As a political junkie and former Bronx state legislator (79AD), I am curious about Mr. Mike Blake and his willingness to raise and spend whatever it takes to win a Bronx Assembly seat. I’m also curious to see how a 21st...
Read More[This post has been edited.] This just in! Bronx Democratic insurgent and Obama acolyte Michael Blake raised an additional $38K bringing his fundraising total to nearly 200,000. Team Blake has spent an equally astounding...
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 8, 2014 | African Americans, Elections, Politics, Voting Rights | 0 |
As I sat through the three-day court hearing on the challenge to Michael Blake’s residency status, I made some observations. Michael Blake is a caliber of candidate who doesn’t usually pop up in Bronx politics. He comes...
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 7, 2014 | African Americans, Elections, Politics, Public Policy, Voting Rights | 3 |
During three days of testimony before a special referee hearing the election law challenge to his candidacy, Blake sought to establish his residential bona fides as legally qualified candidate seeking elected office in New York...
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 7, 2014 | African Americans, Elections, Politics, Voting Rights | 0 |
Highlights from Day 2 of Jones v. Blake included: A security guard employed at Blake’s mother’s Decatur Avenue residence testifying that he didn’t consider Blake a “resident” of his mother’s apartment because he only...
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 6, 2014 | African Americans, Elections, Politics | 0 |
On Tuesday, I live-tweeted from the Bronx Board of Elections as the case challenging the residency of well-heeled insurgent Democrat, Michael Alexander Blake got under way. Blake, a former Obama White House and campaign aide, is...
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 4, 2014 | African Americans, Elections, Government, Politics | 0 |
Last week, I wrote a blog entry about Michael Blake’s “shocking” voting history in Washington DC. Based on District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (DCBOEE) records, it appeared that Blake...
Read Moreby Michael | Jul 31, 2014 | African Americans, Elections, Government, Politics, Voting Rights | 1 |
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not: Democratic Assembly candidate Michael Blake didn’t vote for @BarackObama in 2012. In an effort to verify Mr. Blake’s voter history in the District of Columbia (DC), I contacted...
Read Moreby Michael | Jul 26, 2014 | African Americans, Government, Politics, Voting Rights | 1 |
On Friday, Bronx Assembly candidate Michael Blake’s glossy four-page mailer began arriving in the mailboxes of 79AD prime voters. Blake uses the mailer in introduce himself to the voters he hopes to represent. He seems to...
Read Moreby Michael | Sep 6, 2013 | Foreign Policy, International Affairs, National Security, Politics, Presidential Politics, Public Policy | 1 |
Congress must defeat President Obama’s War Powers resolution authorizing military action against the Assad regime in Syria.
Read Moreby Michael | Aug 21, 2013 | African Americans, Crime, Media, Public Policy, RAce Relations | 0 |
Michael Benjamin writes that America hasn’t moved beyond the legacy of violence against blacks: http://bit.ly/13Q9HRj
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