At a televised debate last night, Darlene Mealy defended one of her more eccentric supporters from the accusation that he’s emotionally disturbed by saying “all our great leaders are.”
The comment came when opponents Tracy Boyland and Tony Herbert were questioning Mealy about $5,000 in public money she gave to Lynval Samuels (who Read More
Here is a visually arresting piece of literature a reader picked up near the Borough Hall train stop in Brooklyn last night.
Seeing the Statue of Liberty right behind the Brooklyn Bridge kind of catches your eye. But so does seeing the word words “New Era” anywhere near the name Tracy Boyland. Her brother, Read More
The Times rounds up the Spitzer-Suozzi debate, calling Suozzi a “bomb-thrower.”
Velmanette Montgomery prepares for a challenge from Tracy Boyland.
The Village Voice reports that the Yankees have taken advantage of a loop hole that allows them to deduct lobbying costs from the annual rent they pay to the city.
—Nicole Read More
Tracy Boyland
Rumors are floating about that Tracy Boyland has started to petition in order to challenge Velmanette Montgomery for her Brooklyn-based senate seat. When reached by phone just now, Boyland would only say that she can’t comfirm anything until Wednesday. Which, maybe, says it all.
Boyland challenged Major Owens for his congressional seat Read More
City Limits has a nice round-up of some of the City Council races worth watching, with this rather harsh introduction to one Brooklyn contest:
“Outgoing incumbent Tracy Boyland, publicly derided for poor council attendance and lackluster performance, has represented the district since 1997; her father and brother have represented nearby Bedford-Stuyvesant in the state Read More
