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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A few interesting bits from the campaign finance filings of some of the public advocate candidates:</p>
<p>In this latest filing period, from January 12 to March 11, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d9v23g">Mark Green raised $143,285</a>, but has <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ct8e56">only paid two bills so far</a>, totaling $17,621. Those bills were for a campaign office and for a $16,006 poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner.</p>
<p>Green spokesman Paul Rivera said other expenses – including his own invoice – will be paid later and will appear in future filings. He said they’re more focused on raising money at this point.</p>
<p>Bill <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cen64f">de Blasio raised $136,282</a> from 428 contributors.</p>
<p>Norman <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d4ntod">Siegel raised  $21,542</a> from 117 contributors, including $60 from political comedian <a href="http://amysrobot.com/archives/2008/07/my_new_favorite_new_yorker_ran.php">Randy Credico</a>.</p>
<p>Republican Alex <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d9fo76">Zablocki raised $657</a> from 39 contributors, including $50 from Jonathan Judge, who was one of the Brooklyn Republicans who <a href="http://www.politickerny.com/pslideshow/view/2306/2315">voted against allowing Bloomberg into the G.O.P. primary</a> this year.</p>
<p>Eric Gioia's latest finance numbers were not posted on the Campaign Finance Board web site as of Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Among Green’s contributors are public relations guru Howard Rubenstein, who gave $500. <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/howard_rubensteins_fingerprint.html">Rubenstein helped orchestrate</a> Michael Bloomberg’s push for the extension of term-limits, which <a href="http://www.politickerny.com/937/green-mine-legal">Green has criticized</a>.</p>
<p>Also contributing to Green was <a href="http://www.observer.com/node/31666">a big-shot lawyer</a> and deputy commissioner in the state’s division of human rights, Tom Shanahan, who gave $50.</p>
<p>De Blasio contributors include Representative Ed Towns, who gave $175, Towns’ district director Jennifer James, who gave $50, and <a href="http://www.w4wa.org/pdf/w4wa_Release_12.07.pdf">the Washington-based “Working for Working Americans”</a> group, which gave $4,950. Among the group’s stated goals is to “pull back the curtain on the damage done by free trade agreements.”</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few interesting bits from the campaign finance filings of some of the public advocate candidates:</p>
<p>In this latest filing period, from January 12 to March 11, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d9v23g">Mark Green raised $143,285</a>, but has <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ct8e56">only paid two bills so far</a>, totaling $17,621. Those bills were for a campaign office and for a $16,006 poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner.</p>
<p>Green spokesman Paul Rivera said other expenses – including his own invoice – will be paid later and will appear in future filings. He said they’re more focused on raising money at this point.</p>
<p>Bill <a href="http://tinyurl.com/cen64f">de Blasio raised $136,282</a> from 428 contributors.</p>
<p>Norman <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d4ntod">Siegel raised  $21,542</a> from 117 contributors, including $60 from political comedian <a href="http://amysrobot.com/archives/2008/07/my_new_favorite_new_yorker_ran.php">Randy Credico</a>.</p>
<p>Republican Alex <a href="http://tinyurl.com/d9fo76">Zablocki raised $657</a> from 39 contributors, including $50 from Jonathan Judge, who was one of the Brooklyn Republicans who <a href="http://www.politickerny.com/pslideshow/view/2306/2315">voted against allowing Bloomberg into the G.O.P. primary</a> this year.</p>
<p>Eric Gioia's latest finance numbers were not posted on the Campaign Finance Board web site as of Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Among Green’s contributors are public relations guru Howard Rubenstein, who gave $500. <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/10/howard_rubensteins_fingerprint.html">Rubenstein helped orchestrate</a> Michael Bloomberg’s push for the extension of term-limits, which <a href="http://www.politickerny.com/937/green-mine-legal">Green has criticized</a>.</p>
<p>Also contributing to Green was <a href="http://www.observer.com/node/31666">a big-shot lawyer</a> and deputy commissioner in the state’s division of human rights, Tom Shanahan, who gave $50.</p>
<p>De Blasio contributors include Representative Ed Towns, who gave $175, Towns’ district director Jennifer James, who gave $50, and <a href="http://www.w4wa.org/pdf/w4wa_Release_12.07.pdf">the Washington-based “Working for Working Americans”</a> group, which gave $4,950. Among the group’s stated goals is to “pull back the curtain on the damage done by free trade agreements.”</p>
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