A number of readers have forwarded me this harshly worded email from the campaign manager of a City Council candidate who is seeking contributions under the headline, “Help Skaller Stop ‘Slushgate 2.’”
The candidate is Josh Skaller of Brooklyn. He’s running for the seat being vacated by Bill de Blasio which was, before that, held by Steve DiBrienza, who is running for that seat again. The email was sent by Skaller’s campaign manager, Chris Owens, a progressive Democratic activist in Brooklyn who ran unsuccessfully for his father’s congressional seat in 2006.
The “Slushgate” scandal Skaller and Owens are referring to is based on
