Via Steven Berson in IPR comments:
2nd New York City Libertarian Party Convention this evening, Tuesday June 11 nominates new candidates for Mayor and Comptroller.
After having determined that the results held at the previous nominating Convention on April 9, 2013 were not valid due to credentials of the voters not having been properly validated a new Convention had been called for this evening at and begun at 7:30pm at the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant, 140 Second Ave. in Manhattan.
Attendance was approximately 25 with 19 credentialed attendees voting.
At the previous Convention current Republican Party candidate Joe Lhota gained the nomination for Mayor – but he declined this nomination. In the author’s opinion this decline made sense as Lhota espouses views on a number of issues that are far from libertarian.
Nominated [for the mayoral nomination] at tonight’s Convention were Michael Sanchez (current Political Action Coordinator for the Brooklyn Libertarian Party) and Sam Sloan (as well as the option to vote for N.O.T.A.). By well over 2/3rd’s majority Michael Sanchez was nominated.
Following nominations for Comptroller were heard. Kristin Davis [who was nominated at the previous convention] was not in attendance but was nominated by Manhattan LP Chair Janet Hopf. Also nominated was Hesham El-Meligy of Staten Island. A round of questioning found that Mr. El-meligy strongly supported the Libertarian Party’s platform, and had an accounting background necessary to be qualified for the Comptroller position. Hesham El-Meligy was nominated by over 2/3rd’s of the majority.
For the position of Public Advocate a person not in attendance whose name I missed was nominated – but lost out to N.O.T.A.
You beat me to it Paulie. 3:)
Nice to see that NYC Libertarians have rejected that neocon infiltrator Roger Stone and his statist cronies.
“Attendance was approximately 25 with 19 credentialed attendees voting.”
This is pretty poor attendance for a city the size of New York.
“Also nominated was Hesham El-Meligy of Staten Island. A round of questioning found that Mr. El-meligy strongly supported the Libertarian Party’s platform, and had an accounting background necessary to be qualified for the Comptroller position. Hesham El-Meligy was nominated by over 2/3rd’s of the majority.”
This guy could be a fine fellow, but that is a name which most Americans are going to find difficult to pronounce.
Not a reason not to run a candidate, though.
Andy – I agree that attendance was poor. fwiw – it was at least double for the previous Convention, and during the National elections in 2012 garnered more like 120.
If you mean the one that nominated Lhota – it was packed with Giuliani supporters.
Michael Sanchez just launched his Facebook page for his Mayoral candidacy at
https://www.facebook.com/MichaelSanchezForNycMayor
Good start!
“that is a name which most Americans are going to find difficult to pronounce.”
The fellow is running for Comptroller of New York City, not Cedar Rapids.
Yeah, NYC has a lot of people with “names which most Americans are going to find difficult to pronounce.”
Heck, I remember saying there’s no way Obama would win the Presidency, since his name is so smilar to Osama bin Laden–shows you how much I know!
This article got linked back from https://www.facebook.com/MichaelSanchezForNycMayor 🙂
“paulie // Jun 12, 2013 at 1:05 am
Yeah, NYC has a lot of people with ‘names which most Americans are going to find difficult to pronounce.'”
It would certainly be a difficult name for people to chant at rallies, or to remember from seeing it on a sign.
I’m not saying that the guy is not a good candidate or should not run, I’m just saying that his name is not one that will be easy for voters to remember.
I don’t find it difficult to pronounce at all.
“Jill Pyeatt // Jun 12, 2013 at 1:33 am
Heck, I remember saying there’s no way Obama would win the Presidency, since his name is so smilar to Osama bin Laden–shows you how much I know!”
He looks like a black guy, or at least a light skinned black guy, plus having the Democratic Party machine behind him didn’t hurt either.
Yeah, but how many Americans could pronounce “Barack Obama”? LOL
@13 How much “chanting at rallies” have you seen for candidates for City Comptroller?
LOL
Looks like Roger Stone is threatening litigation over this – taken from https://www.facebook.com/groups/LibertarianPartyOfFlorida/permalink/10151658453057375/?comment_id=10151659378172375&offset=0&total_comments=2
“My comment–the courts will decide this– look forward to proving my knowledge of election law is superior to some asswipes in the NY LP.” – Roger Stone
Yeah, saw that coming. That guy is scum.
“Be Rational // Jun 12, 2013 at 8:08 am
@13 How much ‘chanting at rallies’ have you seen for candidates for City Comptroller?”
It’s true that City Comptroller is an office that most of the public does not pay attention to. I was just making the point that the guy has a name which many voters will find difficult to pronounce.
Here’s hoping Stone falls flat on his face with his lawsuit.
“paulie // Jun 12, 2013 at 1:40 am
Yeah, but how many Americans could pronounce ‘Barack Obama’? LOL”
Barack Obama is an easier name to pronounce.
Depends on for whom, but I really don’t care about that honestly.
Zoom to today: I think there’s a new NYC mayoral candidate afoot, perhaps a libertarian….? Alex Baldwin, arrestee, biker, curser, stalked, Known.
Alex Baldwin? Wasn’t he in Beatle Jews?
LOL, Jed!
Baldwin is a libertarian? What are you talking about?