Posts Tagged ‘David Yassky’

For the record, and disregard anyone who tells you otherwise, when you’re on a campaign, you’re on a campaign. There’s really nothing else…which is why I can’t imagine doing this for anyone that I didn’t sincerely believe in. Luckily, I can only imagine doing that, because with each day that passes I become increasingly convinced that David Yassky can and must be the City’s next Comptroller.

Blogging will be (if not nonexistence) extremely light until September 15th (the day of New York City’s democratic primary). From now until then, I’ll be focused on working with an incredible team to bring the creativity and energy of the Obama campaign to local politics. This isn’t a campaign of operatives- it’s incredibly young and justifiably dedicated. We’re all in this for the right reasons- and you can only hope, that at the end of the day, that amounts to something.

Interested in volunteering? Shoot me an email: sara@davidyassky.com

The very first thing I did for the Obama campaign was a video called “My Five Bucks” which encouraged supporters to donate five dollars to the Obama campaign. The above video is pretty full circle, as I’ve once again found another candidate who’s given me reason to put my amateur screenwriting/ video skills to use.

Please watch the video, spread the word, and consider donating-or I should say investing- five dollars towards the future of New York City.

You can donate here.

Councilman Yassky has a great piece on Huffpost that focuses on reforming the City pension system.

“A few weeks ago, the four candidates for City Comptroller met for a debate. The moderator asked if we would support changes in the City pension rules to reduce the cost of the system to taxpayers. This comes as the New York Times reports today that pension costs to local governments like New York City may triple if we don’t enact certain reforms.

The other three competitors flatly ruled out any pension reform; I responded that in light of the City’s severe budget problems, we can’t take any option off the table.”

Full piece here.

Latest piece on Huffpost

“The assumption that our abilities are determined by our make up, and our futures limited by conventional wisdom, has been denied traction by people like Michael Jackson. We are indebted to those who have confronted these limitations and destroyed them, who acknowledged societal expectations and exceeded them.”

Read the rest here.

Also posted on VampedNY.com