Cunningham for Council - Vote Nov 7
He's running a bold campaign outside the broken Kings County Democratic Party machine. Despite running on the obscure Reform Party line (the only way he could get on the ballot), this lifelong Democrat...
View ArticleSkyscrapers To Replace Spice Factory
What defines a skyscraper? These days you have to top 60 stories or more, but back in the 19th century 15 or 20 would do. Heck in the musical Oklahoma! Will sings of a skyscraper 7 stories high -...
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Diana Richardson Weighs In On Cunningham/Eugene Race Next Tuesday
Somehow this pic captures DeeRich perfectlyFrom your tell-it-like-it-is neighbor Diana Richardson, your State assembly-person, whose candor is always welcome in the Q's book. I urge you to read this,...
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Complacency Could Still Put Mathieu Eugene Back In City Council
It's Sad with a capital sssssssss to think that do-nothing, non-responsive, disinterested and uninformed City Councilperson Mathieu Eugene might just win a final four year term representing most of...
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Unwarranted Self-Promotion (no, not from him)
The Q has spent most of his adult life (and a good deal of his pre and post adult life) making music. Writing songs. Playing in bands, you know the drill. I can see in retrospect that there have been...
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An Actual Debate! Check It Out on Sunday 4pm
Hard to believe it'll come off as advertised. But it will be great to see the candidates confront each other up close and personal.Folks, this race is going to be a lot closer than anyone imagined...
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Two Big Electric Fires - One Night
Came home from work to this happening at (oh god, not again) 60 Clarkson:According to my pal Vina it was an electrical fire in 6E. She said the lady whose apartment it was is devastated. But nobody -...
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Post-Debate Eugene Refuses To Shake Cunningham's Hand
Brian Cunningham crushed do-nada incumbent Mathieu Eugene tonight in a debate 48 hours before the Election Day polls close. The moderator's questions were solid, the event marred by raucous vapid...
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If You Don't Vote Today, You Lose Your Right To Complain!
Just trying out a new tactic for you naysayers out there.Look, it's been an uphill battle to unseat the 10-year incumbent, the thuggish, nasty, arrogant, no-show, ignorant, impotent, incompetent,...
View ArticleWelcome To the Undemocratic Democratic Republic of Flatbush
If you're new to the area, you can be forgiven for being shocked. Elections around here aren't an exact science - more like an approximation with a pinch of strong-arm. Our leaders and judges are...
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Disappointed? Sure. But Not Demoralized.
Brian was a great candidate, particularly, the Q thought, this second time out. He exuded a new confidence, unafraid of speaking frankly about his opponent's shocking misgivings. But no, you don't...
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Moving On - The Parkside Plaza Wants YOU Tomorrow
Come nurse your wounds and hang with the real "winners." The beloved Parkside Plaza Committee!!
View ArticleCunningham to Challenge Eugene Electioneering
Good for him. Let's not get our hopes up about overturned results or sweeping voter reform just yet. But at least the message seems to be getting through...Mathieu Eugene's version of the Kings County...
View ArticleJudge Rules Against Alicia Boyd, Bigly
Attending a community meeting at which attacktivist Alicia Boyd is shouting and preening is a bit like enduring an un-anaesthetized tooth pulling, minus the relief afterwards. Especially if you're...
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New Coffee Shop Opens and The Q's Guide To Gentlemanly Behaviour
Since this is ostensibly a blog about the neighborhood, just let me note that a cute little coffee shop and kids clothes store opened on the west side of Flatbush between Parkside and Beekman, 696 to...
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Flatbush Zombie House - Expectations Be Damned
The Q is typically full of opinions, but I can't manage a single up, down or sidewise on this particular new business called Flatbush Zombie House, which seems to be taking off quite nicely as a new...
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Bedford-Union Armory Complex Is Now Officially the Done Deal the Q's Been...
This Is Now Part Of Your FutureRound Halloween, from the sorely missed DNA Info, word came that the NYC Planning Commission approved the plan for the Armory to become housing and rec center - in...
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Who Can Keep Up With All This?
Street Sweeper is back. You know, the kick-ass pizza joint on Rogers that suffered a fire last year? They've got a killer gazebo sitch out back too. Just in time for winter, with heater. A hot-gazzy,...
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Loud Baby's Soft Opening
When a tiny shoppe opens, it's easy to wonder - how can money be made with so little real estate? In the case of Loud Baby (696 Flatbush), the teensy weensy might actually be an advantage. There's...
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