{news} "a bum move on the part of Ferrucci"

[Charlie Pillsbury]

Ken: thanks for your thoughts. I will share them with the listserv and with Ralph, as they are my sentiments exactly.

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Humphrey" <kumfry at yahoo.com>
To: "Charlie Pillsbury" <chapillsbury at igc.org>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [ctgp] Ralph's Next Campaign


>     'Working within the Dem party to change it'.
> Seems like a repeat of an old story. I tried this
> approach for fifty-five years as many Greens and
> fed-up Greens did. I guess I have to reflect I'm not
> impressed with this approach. It seems invariably that
> third party and independent candidates get coopted by
> the two major parties. By doing this no way will a
> viable third party ever get a foothold and get
> anywhere. Sorry, this seems like a bum move on the
> part of Ferrucci.  
>     Ken Humphrey
> --- Charlie Pillsbury <chapillsbury at igc.org> wrote:
>>       02/18/2005
>>       Ferrucci becoming Democrat to seek mayoral nod
>>       Andy Bromage , Register Staff
>> 
>>       NEW HAVEN - Ralph Ferrucci says he's joining
>> the city's Democratic 
>> Party to change it.
>>       Today, he'll announce he's running for mayor
>> as a registered Democrat, 
>> which probably means he will have to force a primary
>> in September against 
>> longtime incumbent John DeStefano Jr.
>> 
>> 
>>       Ferrucci said he will work inside the party to
>> convince them he is the 
>> right choice for mayor.
>> 
>>       "To affect real change, I have to go inside
>> (the party)," Ferrucci 
>> said Thursday. "There are many more people to sway
>> inside the tent than 
>> outside the tent."
>> 
>>       Ferrucci, 33, a trucker and visual artist,
>> will formally announce his 
>> candidacy at 7 tonight at Rudy's Bar, 372 Elm St.
>> 
>>       "This is actually going to be a very serious
>> campaign," Ferrucci said. 
>> "We'll raise as much money as we can and run a
>> high-budget campaign."
>> 
>>       DeStefano, who is seeking his party's
>> nomination to run for governor 
>> in 2006, has said he welcomes challengers.
>> 
>>       Ferrucci mounted a spirited, but cash-strapped
>> campaign for Congress 
>> with the Green Party last fall against U.S. Rep.
>> Rosa DeLauro, D-3. He won 
>> two percent of the vote.
>> 
>>       In 2003, he ran for mayor on the Guilty Party
>> ticket.
>> 
>>       Ferrucci said his platform will center on
>> lowering taxes and pushing 
>> new environmental initiatives.
>> 
>>       "There just seems to be more taxes any time
>> the mayor needs something 
>> done," he said. "We should be looking at other
>> options, not taxes."
>> 
>>       Ferrucci is the third person to announce his
>> candidacy for mayor.
>> 
>>       Two others are mulling a run.
>> 
>>       "The more candidates running against DeStefano
>> the more likely he'll 
>> win," said Thomas Holahan, 64, a former alderman
>> running as an independent. 
>> "They split up the anti-DeStefano vote."
>> 
>>       By tackling the environment, Ferrucci will
>> challenge DeStefano on 
>> issues many consider to be the mayor's strong suit.
>> 
>>       DeStefano, a six-term incumbent, has
>> championed clean air and energy 
>> initiatives, retrofitted school buses to run cleaner
>> and ditched his 
>> gas-guzzling SUV for a hybrid car.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>       City Editor David McClendon contributed to
>> this report. Andy Bromage 
>> can be reached at abromage at nhregister.com or
>> 789-5714.
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