In the 15 months before Wisconsin's public-employee war erupted, New York billionaire David Koch and his wife, Julia, sent Andrew M. Cuomo's campaign six contributions totaling $87,000.
http://www.newsday.com/services/test/2.811/dan-janison/koch-brothers-become-new-political-players-1.2745933 No matter how the 2014 elections turn out, in New York State and nationally, the clearest lesson of this frustrating campaign season has been that progressives must develop a robust political infrastructure—one that is muscular enough to advance an economic-justice agenda in the face of Republican pressure for austerity and Democratic willingness to compromise. This may yet take years at the national level. But in New York, voters have a real chance to support an effective political alternative, and they can do this on November 4 by voting on the Working Families Party ballot line for Governor Andrew Cuomo and the full slate of WFP-endorsed candidates. The Nation Magazine, October 29, 2014 _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
