NY-11

I think this is an endorsement of David Yassky in the NY-11 primary. It's one of the most entertainingly backhanded endorsements I've ever read, though.

Yassky arrived in Brooklyn Heights in the late 90s, about 15 minutes after being defeated for the District of Columbia School Board. A perhaps apocryphal story is told of how Yassky came to run for the City Council. He and his wife Diana had just finished unpacking, when Diana said “David, I chilled a bottle of Pinot when we arrived, why don’t you go out and get a brie, and we’ll celebrate.” Yassky walked up the Joralemon Street hill toward Hicks Street and suddenly looked lost. A stranger approached him and asked him if he needed help. Yassky asked “Do you know a good gourmet shop around here?” The stranger replied “go left on Montague and check out Lassen and Hennings.” Yassky thanked him and then thought to himself “Gee, this neighborhood’s been good to me; it’s time I gave something back”.

Then again, it might be an endorsement of Chris Owens. I'm not really sure. This earlier analysis, also by Gatemouth, does nothing to clarify the issue, but it does nail the Brooklyn Paper.

I once was walking on the Promenade when I stepped onto a copy of the Brooklyn Paper. Luckily, there was some dogshit laying around or I’d have had nothing to wipe my shoe with.

At some point, Solomon, you're going to have to admit that Room Eight has picked up for The Politicker pretty well.

Tags: NY-11, New York, Chris Owens, David Yassky, politics