My understanding is that D. Morales had little to no presence in NYC's movement left until the Floyd uprising and its aftermath. And had her prospective appointment to the Equal Employment Practices Commission in 2019 not been undercut by her failure to pass a standard background check — a direct result of this nearly twenty year old incident, in which a city water inspector coerced her into paying a bribe, followed by her prevaricating about it to internal investigators from the municipal agency in which she held a prominent office — she probably wouldn't have entered the mayoral race as the abolitionist activist candidate. This is one of those situations where the cover-up is far worse than the crime. As with the Phipps Houses thing, Morales does not proactively address politically inconvenient aspects of her past until incipient scandal threatens to upset some of her supporters.
This does not, nor should it, disqualify her from holding an elected position, but it's further evidence of the problems that can arise when a self-professed but heretofore unknown "movement candidate" surfaces. Apparently the SJW Twitterers have been defending her to the hilt — I wouldn't know much about that, it's a universe I'd rather avoid for my mental sanctity — but ironically it's Morales *absence* of "accountability," a buzzword so beloved and abused by said Twitterers, to a sovereign popular constituency over the years that is the crux of the issue here.
I was really looking forward to reading this post, and some how missed it last week. I think it’s totally fair to look at someone’s record, and ask questions about where they stand, and Like most candidates, Dianne has a thing or two that she hasn’t been to jazzed to speak up about.
Having said that, being a property owner in Brooklyn, particularly bedstuy was still feasible in the early 2000’s. That was a pre gentrification purchase, but the way you frame it here it comes across as if she purchased a million dollar property. I also disagree about this housing story. People get scammed all of the time, the cover up like someone said in the comments was much worse than the act, and also shows how people get taken advantage of by systems that should be supporting us.
Overall, this was worth the read. I don’t always agree with you, but I always appreciate your perspective. Thanks for writing!
My understanding is that D. Morales had little to no presence in NYC's movement left until the Floyd uprising and its aftermath. And had her prospective appointment to the Equal Employment Practices Commission in 2019 not been undercut by her failure to pass a standard background check — a direct result of this nearly twenty year old incident, in which a city water inspector coerced her into paying a bribe, followed by her prevaricating about it to internal investigators from the municipal agency in which she held a prominent office — she probably wouldn't have entered the mayoral race as the abolitionist activist candidate. This is one of those situations where the cover-up is far worse than the crime. As with the Phipps Houses thing, Morales does not proactively address politically inconvenient aspects of her past until incipient scandal threatens to upset some of her supporters.
This does not, nor should it, disqualify her from holding an elected position, but it's further evidence of the problems that can arise when a self-professed but heretofore unknown "movement candidate" surfaces. Apparently the SJW Twitterers have been defending her to the hilt — I wouldn't know much about that, it's a universe I'd rather avoid for my mental sanctity — but ironically it's Morales *absence* of "accountability," a buzzword so beloved and abused by said Twitterers, to a sovereign popular constituency over the years that is the crux of the issue here.
not that it would excuse voting for Cuomo, but yes, Dianne Morales did support and host fundraisers for Ocasio-Cortez in 2018, if you fast forward about nine minutes into the following interview https://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/5568132-candidate-conversations-dianne-morales/
I was really looking forward to reading this post, and some how missed it last week. I think it’s totally fair to look at someone’s record, and ask questions about where they stand, and Like most candidates, Dianne has a thing or two that she hasn’t been to jazzed to speak up about.
Having said that, being a property owner in Brooklyn, particularly bedstuy was still feasible in the early 2000’s. That was a pre gentrification purchase, but the way you frame it here it comes across as if she purchased a million dollar property. I also disagree about this housing story. People get scammed all of the time, the cover up like someone said in the comments was much worse than the act, and also shows how people get taken advantage of by systems that should be supporting us.
Overall, this was worth the read. I don’t always agree with you, but I always appreciate your perspective. Thanks for writing!