UPDATED: Hassell-Thompson switches gears; will endorse Young
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Several state Senate Democrats will officially endorse Clinton Young’s candidacy for Mount Vernon mayor at an event tomorrow.
The list includes state Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson, who notably was part of a committee of supporters formed to encourage incumbent Mayor Ernest Davis to stay in the race after he lost the Democratic primary to Young last month. Davis did decide to continue and is running on the Independence and Conservative lines.
At the time, according to our report, Hassell-Thompson said: “This has nothing to do with Clinton Young. … But it has everything to do with we believe that the kind of leadership that (Davis) has provided should be continued in order to finish projects that he has been involved with.”
(Updated here:)Hassell-Thompson said late today that â€Å“the fact that I’m personal friends with the mayor and Clinton has made this whole process very, very difficult.” But she said she had decided to stand by her party’s nominee.
“Clinton is very much a part of the city in the same way the mayor is, and the party has made a very conscious decision and the people have said that he in fact is the candidate … so this is about party unity as well as making sure that everything I can do to heal the party and to strengthen the party, I have an obligation to do,” she said.
She said the reports of two federal investigations into city business have not helped “the aura around the mayor, but they were not factors in my decision.”
Also expected to endorse Young are Sen. Jeff Klein, Minority Leader Malcolm Smith, and Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins. In a show of Democratic unity, Councilman Lyndon Williams, Westchester Democratic Party Chairman Reginald LaFayette, and Mount Vernon City Committee Chairwoman Serapher Conn-Halevi are also planning to be on hand. The event is set for the Mount Vernon Democratic City Committee Headquarters at 11:00 a.m.
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The HELL with her, Lisa Copeland, and Serphear Conn. She should be next to get replaced as she went against the party. Take that endorsement and shove it.
Steve Horton, Bill Randolph, Yuhanna Edwards, Ruth Thompson, and the entire school board should be replaced. They have done nothing to progress this city forward. Now that Clinton Young disrupted business as usual in this town people want to jump on the new gravy train.
The hell with this B.S. endorsement.
Lots of chages must take place after this election. Let’s hpe tha the next election, council members need to faced a challenge no more status quo.
The Commissioners shoud start packing now and be on the door waiting.
FInch is negligent in his responsibilty, Copeland things she owns the City, is ill spirited and her mentor is Senator THomphson (watch out)
What’s the old saw about rats deserting a sinking ship? Even if Young wanted to, he’ll never be able to rid himself of these leeches. They are here, unfortunately, for the long haul and are invulnerable if not indicted.