Posted on 06/20/2017 4:46:29 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- While asking a roomful of voters to elect him, Raymond Blackwell said he has assaulted people, carried a gun to parties and tried selling drugs...
The comment was part of a head-turning closing statement during a mayoral candidate forum Monday night at the Southwest Community Center. Blackwell offered details from his youth as a reason people should vote for him. He said growing up on the streets means he knows what a lot of people in the city have gone through....
Blackwell is one of six Democrats hoping to make it to the primary ballot in September.
(Excerpt) Read more at syracuse.com ...
Upstate bump
Street cred, yo.
I love it! How about more people being honest?
If it makes anyone feel any better, rumor has it NYS is gonna lose at least one seat after the 2020 census. We lost 2 after 2010. Gee, I wonder why...
I am a piece of human crap!
Wheeee!!
Vote for me!!!
Source: Democrat playbook
Typical demonrat.
Dem nomination for Presiden contender!
Defining deviance down. Moynihan nailed it two decades ago.
Local Rapper Raymond Blackwell Joins Race for Syracuse Mayor
April 17, 2017
An education reformist and community organizer has joined an increasingly crowded race for Syracuse mayor.
Raymond Blackwell is seeking the endorsement of the Democratic Party to run for mayor.
He is the seventh Democrat to join the race and ninth candidate overall.
“While asking a roomful of voters to elect him, Raymond Blackwell said he has assaulted people, carried a gun to parties and tried selling drugs...”
Just like the people he hopes vote for him.
sounds like a good democrat.
You’re right. Obama like....
“Democrat” any questions?
The loss of a seat is a two sided coin. NYS loses a seat but within NYS the flight is mostly in rural areas. NYC is maintaining or gaining population. The the represention will be more liberal over all. The city districts will get smaller and the rural larger.
If he’s sincere about asking Christ for his forgiveness then well, ok, but the fact he’s a Democrat makes me doubt every word he utters.
The other thing to note is that NYS is not losing population. It is just not gaining population as fast as the rest of the country. And looking at county level data, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, in that order, have experienced the state’s largest overall population increases since 2010, driven mainly by large natural increases i.e more babies being born than people dieing. Those boroughs also have smaller net foreign immigration increases.
Lastly, I was surprised to see Suffolk county is losing population mainly due to net domestic migration, falling birthday and rising deaths. The folks who moved out there in the 50s and 60s are leaving, dieing and not having babies.
Gee, he wasn’t successful in the drug business so Raymond thought, “What the he77 I’ll run for mayor of Syracuse.”
Perfect. He's the perfect Democrat!
This guy could even be President some day. Hopefully, his father (if he can even be found or identified) is also a Communist foreign national. Then he is a lock for that top "community organizer" job.
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