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Christine Quinn:

• violated the public trust by overturning Term Limits without a public referendum.
• is being investigated by the U.S. attorney’s office for slush funds allocated to fictitious charities
• is beholden to large developers and landlords
• turned City Council into a rubber-stamp for Mayor Bloomberg’s agenda
• has betrayed the LGBT community when politically expedient
• is one of NYC’s lowest scorers on human rights and animal welfare

Christine Quinn has failed to use her office to push a progressive agenda that would benefit the people of the West Side. She gave Bloomberg critical support in his campaign to undo term limits. She has changed from a respected activist to being an advocate for landlords, Real Estate developers and corporations. The September 15th Democratic Primary will be your opportunity to vote Christine Quinn out of office.

"the endorsement of Quinn as a tenant “advocate” is truly a case of putting lipstick on a pig.” Read Neil Fabricant's expose after the jump. New: updated and annotated with extensive analysis of Quinn's "Landlord Protection Act."

At a certain point in every election it simply comes down to math. Getting more voters out for your candidate can make the critical difference. It no longer matters about positions, character, ideology or even who looks better. Polls can tell you where the electorate is, but the experts watch to which candidate the undecided voters are deciding for in the last two weeks.

In a three-way race, the plurality usually matters, not the majority. This year in the third district, there might be more anti-Quinn voters than those who support her, but Quinn could still win by dividing the opposition.

Without even looking at the merits of the challengers, many West Side election watchers feel that Yetta Kurland has run a more energetic campaign, attracted more support and has a better chance -- actually the only chance -- to defeat Christine Quinn. There is indeed sufficient anger at Quinn to beat her. But if the opposition is divided, Quinn could still win.(More after the jump)

Maria Passannante Derr, one of two challengers to Christine Quinn's bid for re-election, came under fire yesterday for an apparent false claim of being endorsed by the New York League of Humane Voters. (more after the jump)

City Council Debate, 3rd District
Sponsored by The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation
Hudson Guild Elliot Center (441 West 26th Street)
September 8th at 6:30 PM
Yetta Kurland - to attend
Maria Passanante Derr - to attend
Quinn - will not show

Just like Quinn. In a December 2002 press conference opposing the Jets Stadium and Olympics, Christine Quinn cowered inside City Hall, afraid to come out and stand with her constituents from Chelsea and Clinton. In 2009, she is avoiding debate scenarios that she can't control. (more after the jump)

For those who might get upset and accuse us of plagiarism, no, we didn't create the original. So get a life. (more after the jump)

Speaker Quinn Pads Campaign Staff with Council Staffers
Village Voice
By Elizabeth Dwoskin
Thursday, Aug. 20 2009

In Mid-July, Jan Messerschmidt, the manager of City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's re-election campaign, sent out a letter to supporters. In just over a month, Messerschmidt bragged, the campaign's "more than 90 volunteers" had logged thousands of door-to-door man hours, garnering enough signatures to put Quinn on the ballot in District 3, which spans from Soho to Hell's Kitchen.

It turns out that many in Quinn's touted group of dedicated volunteers have a strong personal interest in her being reelected -- indeed, their jobs may rely on it. According to documents the Voice has obtained, thirty-one of the "more than 90" volunteers are current staff members on the City Council,.

This is campaign season, after all. And with campaigns come the time-honored ritual of the counsel staffer stumping for the boss... (more after the jump)

Clip provided by the Yetta Kurland campaign. Watch Chris Quinn cringe when confronted with some awful truths. The clip is just selected portions of the debate and does not cover every topic we think important. While this represents the point of view of the Kurland campaign, it is certainly a departure from the pro-Quinn biased coverage coming from the Villager/Gay City News.

1998 debate Question: Has anyone taken any campaign contributions from developers (corrected to include landlords and real estate organizations), and would you do so in the future?

Quinn: No I haven't and no, I won't.

Public, Press Barred From Debate For Quinn Seat
Unannounced ticket requirement leaves voters and reporters on the street
Andrew J. Hawkins
City Hall News/Huffington Post

How could a political event in the West Village not spur a little civil unrest?

The hotly anticipated debate between Council Speaker Christine Quinn and her opponents, Yetta Kurland and Maria Passannante-Derr, started out inauspiciously enough, with hundreds of attendees streaming into the New York University building on West Fourth Street.

But the scene soon turned chaotic after NYU security closed the doors, barring dozens of people in line from entry, including several credentialed members of the press. (more after the jump)