Can We Secede From the 24th District?
I have a request for the year 2010. It looks like, by that time, the Democrats just might be in control of the state legislature, which means that they’ll be able to work on congressional redistricting after the census. So I’m begging, I’m pleading with the New York State Democratic leadership: Please, can you take the town of Ulysses out of congressional district 24?
Right now, 24th district politics is run by the party apparatus in Utica, all the way over in the far corner of the district. Frankly, Utica politics is a dirty mess. We’ve seen that reflected in our congressional election this year, in which the Oneida County Democrats were able to bully their candidate, Mike Arcuri, into the Democratic nomination for Congress before he could be properly scrutinized by the voters.
This summer, we’ve seen that Michael Arcuri is a weak campaigner. Yesterday, we saw that Michael Arcuri is a fool. At a debate that Michael Arcuri agreed to participate in four months ago, and confirmed the specific timing of recently, there was only one candidate there. Republican Ray Meier showed up, but Michael Arcuri never showed up. He sent a message through an aide that he had a “previous commitment”.
Please, I don’t want to be part of the 24th congressional district any more. Ulysses is a strongly progressive, politically active town, and we’re being dragged down by this association with Utica. I’d love to be represented by Maurice Hinchey.
Could we please, with sugar on top, try to arrange that for the 2010 redistricting?
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