http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:49:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lenora Fulani is one of those people who no one can find anything nice to say about, so small wonder that four politicians--Betsy Gotbaum, Alan Hevesi, Jerrold Nadler and Chris Quinn --have joined hands (and followed in Scott Stinger's footsteps) to oppose $12.5 million in tax-free financing that the Bloomberg administration will consider at Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/09/the-independence-party-unites/ People toward the back of the City Council Chamber during the vote that made Chris Quinn speaker noticed an unexpected sight: Councilman Simcha Felder, a key Quinn supporter, slipping into the men's room at the back of the chamber just before the vote. I called Felder to ask about this and he declined to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/01/felders-private-office/ It's amazing how hard it was to notice, from inside, that Chris Quinn's elevation was a groundbreaking gay rights moment, in large part because she didn't play identity politics in her campaign for Speaker. Two other bloggers' thoughts: Henry Stern: "The selection of Christine Quinn as Speaker of the Council illustrates the enduring Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/01/thoughts-on-quinn/ So here's an odd moment in the annals of journalism: A City Council Member, Lew Fidler of Brooklyn, gave an on-the-record cell phone interview to the anonymous blogger who's been covering the Speaker's race on this site. "She was ... the term that was used most often -- in a positive way -- Read More

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