After Denny
Speaking of DL21C, I also caught up last night with Dave Pollak, who Eliot Spitzer picked to be the new State Democratic Party co-chair along with upstate county leader June O'Neill.
Pollak describes the heirarchical structure of the DL21C group he founded as "flat" -- that is, more reliant on technology and grass roots support than on a heavy-handed leader. Sounding very much in tune with Spitzer's campaign theme of using technology to improve access to data and create transparency in government, Pollack touted his group as something of a model for a new-and-improved state party.
And in what seemed to be a pretty clear slap at his predecessor, Pollak described the party infrastructure that he's inheriting as woefully out of date.
"Ninety percent of the counties in New York don't have web access, don't have computers and have to pay the state party to get walking lists from the voter files. Forget hierarchy," he said.
-- Azi Paybarah
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Unless there was a personal characteristic of Dave's of which I was previously unaware, he probably should work on correcting that floppy limp-wristed mannerism. Not that there's anything wrong with it...
Azi,
1) Christmas parties are generally not press events. 2) This picture is not representative of Dave, the great work of the state party, the great work of the DL21C, or the Christmas Party. 3) Use better judgement or get banned.
Azi, good scoop. Please stop PURPOSELY posting unflattering pictures of people though :)
You should be ashamed.
Dave is an organizing genius and has an infinite amount of energy and enthusiasm. He is the BEST thing that can happen to the state party. From using open source programming for political organizing, to targeted phone banking, to making politics and political events just plain fun for regular people, he will do more to envirograte interest and participation in the New York State Democratic Party than 100s of Dennys, Silvers and Elliots.
Dave Pollack is such an ass.
Dave Pollack is such an ass.
Who's the ass? Learn to spell, moron.
azi---please post pollack's entire comments so we can read them
Dave communicates with people under 40 who believe that:
a) we need a real answer to Iraq
b) solving healthcare, pensions and dependancy on foreign oil would save us from the 2007 recession
c) hate is not a family value