John Graham

A reader loyal to Hillary Clinton points out that of the roughly 300 Hillraisers who bundled money for her, it appears only a few gave money to Barack Obama or the D.N.C. in June, according to the F.E.C. filing.

Giving to Obama's Victory Fund were Mark Aronchick, Clarence Avant, John Emerson, John Graham, Chad Griffin, Marc Nathanson. Contributors to the D.N.C. included Rashid Chaudhary, Gary Gensler, Ambassador Arthur Schechter and Maureen White.

Other Clinton donors subsequently have given to Obama, and bundled a lot of money for him too. But the paucity of names so far illustrates how slow-going the unity efforts have been.

This afternoon the city approved a $12.5 million refinancing plan [amount fixed] for the All Stars Project, the non-profit group associated with the, um, outspoken activists Lenora Fulani and Fred Newman.

The New York City Industrial Development Agency, which the mayor controls, voted 6 to 4 to approve the project and will be sending the word out soon, in case you were following some other political story today.

Three of the yes votes include two people appointed by the mayor and one appointed by Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff (which is basically a mayoral appointment too). Vote totals are after the jump.  read more »

And pictured above is a scene from Session with Jesus, a theater production produced by the group. I've never seen it -- just thought it was interesting.