E-Mail Urges Vote and Help For Assembly Candidate Batson

For the handful of you that haven't seen it on Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn and in the interest of spreading the news, we offer this e-mail about grassroots Assembly candidate Bill Batson. It comes from Daniel Goldstein and Shabnam Merchant:

Dear Friends,

I am writing to you because, you - like me - oppose the proposed Ratner arena/highrise project.

In our opposition to that project, there is something very key and timely we can do.

IF WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT VIA EMAIL TO EVERYONE WE KNOW,THEN BILL BATSON WILL WIN THE 57th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT RACE ON SEPT 12.

This assembly race has greater impact on the Atlantic Yards fight than any other race this year. Other politicians and most importantly Sheldon Silver will have to listen to Bill as the District's rep, when he is making his decisions about the project.

Please forward this email to every single person you know who is opposed to the Ratner project, and ask them to forward it to everyone they know.

That way this will get to as many people as possible in the 57th Assembly District.

There are 5 things we each need to do

1) PRIMARY DAY
Take the day off from work on Primary Day, Sept 12 to volunteer with the Batson campaign.

2) VOLUNTEER
Between now and election day the campaign needs volunteers to help do door-to-door canvassing for Batson and phone calling for Batson to secure voters. If you can only give a few days or hours September 9, 10, 11 are key days. (You will not be sent out alone; and if you can't handle canvassing, then make phone-calls).
Please - please let's each put in at least 4 hours before primary day ; Bill does not have money for "paid volunteers" to do this.

3) VOTE
Come out and vote on Sept 12 for Batson and the candidates listed below, and urge everyone you know to do the same

4) DONATE NOW
This coming Tuesday Councilwoman Letitia James will endorse Bill Batson at a press conference!!

If the Batson campaign can do a mailing about this, it will seal the deal!

But they can't send a mailing unless they can raise an additional 4 - 6K

If you, like us, believe that Councilwoman Tish James' endorsement can make the difference, then donate now!!

Visit www.batsonforbrooklyn.com to make an online donation and get the word out about the endorsement.

5) SPREAD THE WORD
Forward this email and ask your friends to do the same

To VOLUNTEER contact:
Batson For Brooklyn
Abeni J. Crooms, Deputy Campaign Manager
767 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11238
917-609-6700 phone
abenicrooms@gmail.com

PS - other candidates who oppose the Atlantic Yards proposal are:
Chris Owens for Congress (11th Congressional District)
Ken Diamondstone for State Senate (25th Senate District)
Charles Barron for Congress (10th Congressional District)
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Your friends, Daniel Goldstein and Shabnam Merchant

Based on what Gowanus Lounge has seen and heard from Mr. Batson, he is exactly the kind of neighborhood-based, civic-minded and community-spirited elected official Brooklyn needs in Albany.