Zenobia McNally

Here are a couple of City Council candidate Wellington Sharpe's mailers, which someone familiar with the campaign told me are going out to about 10,000 households.

Beating up on the Brooklyn Democratic Party was certainly effective when the organization was led by the scandal-plagued Clarence Norman. Exactly how much traction that message gets in the Vito Lopez era is unclear, although it never seems to hurt anyone's appeal to voters when they rail against the machine.

Meanwhile, criticizing Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and the botched bus program, as things currently stand, is a no-brainer.

UPDATE: Citizens Union just announced a "joint endorsement" of two candidates in Brooklyn's special election: Zenobia McNally and Wellington Sharpe.

-- Azi Paybarah

Lambda Independent Democrats last night endorsed Zenobia McNally for the Brooklyn City Council seat vacated by Yvette Clarke, according to a source in the club.

To qualify for the club's endorsement, candidates were asked to fill out a questionnaire explaining their stances on LGBT issues and attend last night's meeting in Brooklyn. The fact that not all of them did was a factor in their final decision, the source said.

-- Azi Paybarah

Who needs private polls?

Zenobia McNally, the Major Owens-backed challenger to Yvette Clarke, is doing her own test-run of the campaign against Hillary. Outside the Cortelyou Road subway station this morning, she was handing out a flyer that read, in part:  read more »

"The challenges facing our district are many, and we cannot allow an elected official to use our votes as stepping-stones to higher office."

Kieran Mahoney is no doubt following that one closely.