Everyone on the East Side admires the work of ALL of our elected officials. Maloney, Krueger, Bing, Grannis, Garodnick and Lappin are all reform oriented leaders that do the area proud.

That being said, some of the defenses of Krueger and Grannis here are astounding. It is possible, even essential, for politicians to work the base and be policy oriented at the same time. Nobody has a beef with Krueger being policy oriented (although that job at the DSCC was certainly political in nature). What people have a problem with is her swooping in to annoint her aid as a successor to Pete Grannis over someone who has been active in the community and expecting the grassroots people get on board after she has ignored them.