Woohoo Pam Harris Resigned
We are glad to hear the news that Pam Harris has resigned and is no longer our Assemblywoman! She probably realized she needed the time and in her letter to Carl Heastie she wrote: “recent events interfere with my ability to continue to effectively represent my constituents.” Story here.
Why today? The Assembly budget was decided today. Yeah that’s not it. Something just isn’t right here. She would have stepped down when she was arrested and this all came out. No Democrat has asked her to step down. Maybe it’s something for her case? Maybe there is something else going on here.
Harris wasn’t a good assemblywoman. Senator Golden and Harris passed a bill concerning illegal conversions, but the bill was so poorly written, it will help very few people (Senator Golden is an experienced pol and should have spent the time to write the bill). Harris shared that her bill to prevent jetskis near swimmers passed a few days ago. She even missed key votes that were important to her community This was the vote that said people in police custody can not consent to sex – see here. (Also note that Bill Colton was not present for this vote).
Pam Harris stepping down doesn’t end corruption in politics in Brooklyn, because Councilman Mark Treyger funded her and HE didn’t follow up on the money.
Red flags were raised and ignored. TREYGER KNEW. We all knew because the newspapers reported it in 2016 way before the election! Still Treyger, Abbate (source), Hakeem Jeffries, Frank Seddio, Chaim Deutsch, Ari Kagan and Dila Schack (source) all continued to support Harris. Didn’t these politicians read the newspapers? Did they care about Bay Ridge – hell no. They cared about control.
Even after Harris was arrested and indicted, Treger did not call for her to step down. If you are a Council member giving out money, you need to follow up on it. We asked the Council Speaker, Melissa Mark Vivierto and also Scott Stringer’s office to provide records about the money, but neither were able to OR pursued it.
We are glad this area will have a chance for representation. We hope other pols don’t interfere and make stupid endorsements so they can control the area.
Hugs,
marlene
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