On Monday July 12th Senator Pedro Espada Jr. (D-33rd State Senate District) responded to calls for his ouster from the Democratic party by displaying (what he called) ten thousand Democratic signatures on a Democratic petition for him to run in the 33rd State Senate District Democratic Primary this September. Espada added that he welcomed his opponents to the Democratic Primary, and that he was not going anywhere nor can you disenfranchise him or his supporters. “The prosecution will continue to try to silence us, reporters have misused their power to assassinate my character, violate my family, and trespass on my property” Espada added. Senator Espada said that he was the highest ranking Hispanic elected official in the state, that he is a Christian, has god on his side, and that every time he gets knocked down with the help of his family and supporters he will bounce right back up.
Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. was on hand to support “my friend and colleague Senator Espada”, and added that it is Governor Paterson who is a bad Democrat by cutting senior centers, health services, education aid, and other forms of services needed by many people, and not Senator Espada who is fighting these cuts for our community with him. Diaz then held up the New York Post Headline of Bad Bidness, the story of how the employer of the wife of Governor Paterson got a 279 million dollars state contract. Espada supporters then chanted re-elect Senator Espada, re-elect Senator Espada.
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