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Rosa Clemente-running for office in New York?

April 9, 2009 in Local Elections, National Greens

In this video, posted to YouTube by Craig Seeman, Rosa Clemente indicates that she may seek elected office in New York. Thanks to Lou Novak for the link. Click the headline or the “More” link to watch the video…it’s too wide for the front page as it covers up the side bar…not sure why.

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6 responses to Rosa Clemente-running for office in New York?

  1. Lou Novak said on April 10, 2009

    I saw it on Tommy King’s facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1354772198

    you gotta check out his campaign poems, so cool!

  2. PTK said on April 10, 2009

    I think it would be best for her to run for Congress.

  3. Green Ferret said on April 10, 2009

    I’d like to see Rosa run for local office first. She comes off as very passionate and loyal, and I think she’d really fight for her constituents and build a following that could allow her to set her sights higher in the future.

  4. SlabTzu said on April 14, 2009

    Had she ran for Mayor, we would have gone crazy for her!

    I mean crazy, in fact we started a new generation Green Party chapter in Queens because Rosa and Cynthia inspired us when they ran the first womyn of color presidential ticket in the history of the US – in hopes to excite many more.

    But now its up to the white progressive, as I dont see Reverend Billy exciting the cultural diversity that is New York City. And it brings an extra challenge to what we were trying to do, to help rebuild the Greens in NYC. Not that Reverend Billy isnt a nice guy or anything …

    sigh

  5. Green Ferret said on April 14, 2009

    Why not draft Rosa to run for city council? There are lots of council races that are, to my knowledge, so far uncontested. Since a lot of city councilors just joined Bloomberg in repealing democratically-imposed term limits, it could be a good year for a grassroots democracy revolt.

    By the way, check out what Reverend Billy has to say about diversity, stopping gentrification, immigration justice, etc. I think you’ll find that he’s not just a candidate for white progressives.

  6. Jayne Lattka said on April 14, 2009

    Good for Rosa and the Green Party!

    This great news! Exactly right. Run for City Council!

    She’ll get lots of attention, and perhaps even elected.

    Bravo Rosa!