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Sure Matt. Working Families coordinated the paid media, did the web campaign and did the boots on the ground canvassing and petitioning council members in their districts.
There was a solid article done by the NY Times about how WFP was leading the fight:
Here is a link to the article:
http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/10/ny-times-features-itsourdecisionorg-campaign/
Right after the vote by New York City Council, Councilman Bill de Blasio spoke about the important role WF played.
You can view the youtube video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09_0B5FwVjQ
I am actually writing from this from the WFP office in downtown brooklyn. I would be perfectly happy to address any concerns that anybody has about the Working Families Party.
Currently, in addition to all the hard work beign done to take back the state senate, WFP is encouraging everybody in New York to vote change like they mean it and vote for Obama on Row E.
You can learn about the campaign here:
www.workingfamiliesparty.org/obama
Also, minutes ago, a wonderful post went up on Open Left, from some of the top New York netroots activists asking people to help out the working families party. you read about that here:
http://openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9496
Let me see if i can offer a few good reasons.
The Working Families Party did a knock up job on the NYC term limits discussion.
www.itsourdecision.org
Working Families needs all the support they can get to help ensure progressive values are not forsaken in the upcoming budgetary crisis in New York state.
Also, you should support Working Families party because of their unparalleled canvassing operation that is going to be the primary reason that the State Senate is going to go the Democrats in over four decades.
Thanks for posting this topic, it is a very important discussion.
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