When Voting No Isn’t Enough

Staten Island Boy Scouts rallied on the City Hall steps this afternoon in an effort to save Pouch Camp from being sold to developers. Among the people in attendence were the two Republican congressional candidate who want to unseat Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon: Mike Grim and Mike Allegretti.

I asked both of them Read More

Name Calling

‘Judas’

Here is Chris Shelton of the CWA yesterday slamming Rep. Mike McMahon as “the Judas from Staten Island,” for voting against health care reform.

Rep. Charlie Rangel is looking on and laughing, but he later came to McMahon’s defense and said he’s sure fences would be mended.

But the vote may, counter intuitively, boost Read More

Outcasts

‘Judas from Staten Island’

Rep. Mike McMahon was called “the Judas from Staten Island” by Communications Workers of America International Vice President Christopher Shelton, for voting against the health care reform bill.

Shelton and others, including Rep. Charlie Rangel and Nydia Velazquez, spoke at a rally on the City Hall steps to “celebrate” the passage of the controversial bill. Read More

McMahon Applauds Rangel

Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, who represents a relatively conservative district covering Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, applauded Rep. Charlie Rangel’s move to step down temporarily as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee–though the statement reads sort of like Rangel is leaving public service.

McMahon:

“When the history of his career is written, Read More