Received this e-mail today from Bill de Blasio's (D) campaign about his new ad that goes after the "stop and frisk" law:
I'm one of the New Yorkers who has never experienced stop and frisk. But in the back of my mind every day is the worry that it could happen to my son.
Parents all over this city are having the same conversation with their children that Bill and I had with Dante about being stopped.
So, as a mother, I had to send this along. It's this campaign's second TV ad, and it goes up on the air today.
Take a look:
Clcik here to share the video:
https://secure.billdeblasio.com/...
We must heal the inequalities dividing our city, restore the trust between police and community, and treat our young men of color with dignity -- and Bill has a plan to do it. He's the only candidate who will end a stop-and-frisk era that unfairly targets minorities, and he's the only one willing to tax the rich to fund after-school programs that keep our kids safe.
The only one.
Thanks for standing with him. I know how proud he is to have you by his side,
Chirlane
In other de Blasio-related news, the de Blasio campaign is getting a little help from Susan Sarandon:
http://www.nydailynews.com/...
Susan Sarandon, one of a list of liberal A-listers who have rallied to the campaign of mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio, headlined a fundraiser for him Sunday night at her Manhattan ping pong club.
The off-beat venue for the Ping Pong for de Blasio event was Club SPiN in Flatiron, where supporters paid $50 a head for a chance to mingle with the star.
“As a woman, you can’t just vote your vagina,” said Sarandon, who said she was initially interested in Christine Quinn’s campaign to be the city’s first woman mayor but soured on her over her stance on paid sick days and role in overturning term limits.
“As a mother, I’m more interested in other things,” she told the crowd, which included actress Cynthia Nixon, de Blasio’s most reliable celebrity backer who brought Sarandon on board for the campaign, and de Blasio’s wife and two kids who have become a constant presence on the campaign trail.
“I love New York. I love everything about New York,” said Sarandon, who recalled that she was born in the city but as the oldest of nine kids, her family had to move to New Jersey because they couldn’t afford to live in the city. She moved back after college.
“For me, it’s worth whatever it takes to make New York safer, happier, more robust,” she said. “If we lose the middle class in a city that has...400,000 millionaires, but 46% of New Yorkers are living at the poverty line or below the poverty line, this doesn’t make for a good future for our city.” - New York Daily News, 8/19/13
You can click here to donate and get involved with de Blasio's campaign:
http://www.billdeblasio.com/