{news} Tim's letter about Eric Brown in the New Haven Advocate

[David Bedell]

http://newhavenadvocate.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:125762

Let His True Colors Shine Through
Give a Green candidate a break, one reader urges.

by Advocate Readers - September 15, 2005
Letters to the Editor

I think both new candidates for New Haven mayor who oppose the political 
machine of John DeStefano deserve more respect than the label "Also Rans," 
the label the Advocate slapped on them in the September 1, 2005, issue.

As an outsider, who sees DeStefano more interested in raising millions for 
his race for governor and getting his face on state media, anyone who 
challenges the party bosses should get a fair chance as they start the race, 
not a "they cannot win" label, especially from an "alternative" or 
"cutting-edge" paper from which the public expects a non-establishment view.

Eric Brown, the Green Party candidate for mayor, is not a slick, longtime 
politician who claims to have all the answers, but shouldn't the New Haven 
Advocate give him a serious look?

As a working-class person, a black man and someone who is not shuttled from 
soiree to soiree as the current white, rich mayor is, his views on the needs 
of the city are probably more in line with the majority of the hard-working 
people than someone who has eyes on the Hartford capitol and higher office.

Tim McKee
Manchester