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July 31, 2010
At heart of Pollard's challenge to Senator Montgomery, charter schools (and big bucks from charter school proponents)
Atlantic Yards Report
Senator Velmanette Montgomery, foe of the Atlantic Yards project, is facing an opponent in the September primary.
I got a mailing the other day from Mark Pollard, who's challenging 13-term incumbent state Senator Velmanette Montgomery in the 18th District, which includes Atlantic Yards.
What it doesn't say is that the contest is significantly about charter schools, given that charter school proponents from outside Brooklyn have contributed a large majority of his $87,385 war chest.
(The candidates allso differ on Atlantic Yards, but I didn't see any AY backers contributing to Pollard yet, other than $25 contributions from Delia Hunley-Adossa, chair of the Atlantic Yards Community Benefits Agreement Coalition and head of the potemkin Brooklyn Endeavor Experience, and her daughter Saadia. Hunley-Adossa last year challenged incumbent 35th District City Council Member Letitia James, a Montgomery ally.)
Click through to see how individual Pollard supporters, mostly from Manhattan, are contributing as much as $6,000 to his campaign.
Posted by steve at July 31, 2010 8:42 AM