This comes from the State of Politics blog and was posted under the heading of Gaming, titled Ferrer Robocalls: A "Win-Win for our Community" . The first sentence reads however - Former Manhattan Borough President Freddy Ferrer is popping up a
pro-casino robocall that’s going to Latino homes across the state.
The article quotes Ferrer saying “I’m calling today to urge you to join me in flipping over the ballot
and voting yes on proposal one on November 5th,” says Ferrer, the 2005
Democratic nominee for New York City mayor. “It’s a win-win for our
community. New Yorkers spend over $1.2 billion each year at casinos and
hotels in neighboring states like New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Let’s
bring that money back here to our city and state. Proposal one will
create thousands of good paying jobs for our community and generate
hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding for our schools.”
It is also stated that the robocall was paid for by New York Jobs, the pro-casino coalition
composed of gambling companies and labor unions that is backing the
amendment.
You may want to go back and read the bold print again that has Ferrer as the former Borough President of Manhattan and not as Borough President of the Bronx. Maybe that was why he lost the election in 2005, no one knew where Freddy Ferrer came from. Or could it be that former Bronx BP Ferrer is looking for that job that Robert De Niro had in the movie Casino.
