86th Assembly candidate Halle Rivera sent us the following.
HAILE
RIVERA, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR 86TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT, CALLS ON
OPPONENT VICTOR PICHARDO TO RETURN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION DONATED BY
DISGRACED ASSEMBLYMEMBER MICAH KELLNER
Bronx, NY ---
In light of the recent allegations of Assemblymember Micah Kellner's
sexual harassment of staffers, it is troubling that one of my opponents
Victor Pichardo has not yet returned the $1,000 donation he recently
received from Kellner.
The
news of this recent scandal has hit close to home for me in two ways.
First, I am a father and a husband who strongly believes that every
woman deserves to be treated with dignity and respect in the workplace.
The allegations are serious, disturbing and alarming. This is yet
another reason why I continue to denounce this ongoing "cover-up
culture", of which I believe Speaker Silver is fully responsible for and
should step. If this continues, we will never be able to inspire trust
in our elected officials.
It
is very irresponsible and alarming that as a candidate running for a
seat wrapped in scandal, Pichardo would be careless enough to seek and
accept contributions from Kellner. Shame on him!
I
am calling on Pichardo to immediately return the $1,000 donation to
Kellner. We as citizens cannot stand by and allow this to occur behind
closed doors without making them known to the most important
stakeholders, the people.
2 comments:
But Haile, of course, saw no problem continuing to work for Pedro Espada, Jr. as a staffer and campaign aide. Hypocrisy plan and simple.
Given Haile's opinion of Kellner, why in the world would he suggest giving the $1,000 contribution (which was received before any of this information on Kellner came out) back to Kellner of all people? Sounds like Haile, who worked for Espada while Espada was busy causing chaos in Albany, will say or do anything to get elected.
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