Wednesday, September 7, 2005

3 4 Rasiej Deliver 3 votes for Andrew Rasiej next Tuesday & deliver clues to NYC and the US, in that order (We New Yorkers who are working full tilt on NY-to-NOLA relief efforts take time out for this message) If you nod in agreement as you read something by Lessig or Gillmor or Searls or Jarvis or Winer or Reynolds and the rest, you owe it to yourself to deliver 3 votes for Rasiej. He's running for NYC Public Advocate. Here's why that matters to you wherever you live, and what you can do to: Make NYC politics look the way you'd like them to, pretty fast Start making US politics look the way you'd like them to Be acknowledged, big time, for a small step on that path. Wherever you live, you are probably interested enough, qualified enough and available enough to: Serve on the NYC Public Advocate's Virtual Transition Committee (residency not required)      The most active 3,000 Transitioners qualify to: Attend the Inaugural festivities in January, including the Netizens' Ball Attend the Conference For a Clued Government on Inauguration Day Attend the Presentation of Credentials Ceremony with Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council (message: the old game is up and we the people are taking over, step aside please) Why and How You don't give a damn who is the New York City Public Advocate. Neither do New Yorkers, since most of us don't even know that there is a New York City Public Advocate: Proof that the office is a failure - a Citizen Support Department that doesn't support citizens unless they include a photo op. And this is the person who becomes Mayor if Bloomberg gets hit by a bus. Andrew Rasiej ("Ru-shay") is running for NYC Public Advocate to establish a beachhead at City Hall for Web 2.0, P2P thinking, smart mobbing and all the rest. Imagine if we could make the NYC government tech-savvy, clued in and buzzword compliant. Well, we can. No one's voting in Tuesday's Democratic Primary because Bloomberg's re-purchasing his office, and people are distracted by Katrina. Whoever wins the Democratic Primary race gets the office. FLASH: 30,000 votes could swing this thing. Shit! there's 30,000 people in my ZIP code - I could walk a pizza over to any one of them. And if you don't act, it won't happen, because Andrew's campaign has been opposed by the Democratic establishment in this town. Without We the Webizens, he's toast. Now imagine if the New York City's #2 elected official knew he got elected due to your help, so you were welcome to drop by when you're in town, bring the kids. Imagine a New York City government that knew the difference between a server and a waiter. Imagine helping Bloomberg get past his view that we must dig up the streets to install Muni WiFi (actual quote!). If you believe in the values of the blogosphere and can spell HTTP, you want Rasiej to lead this assault on complacent, clueless government. That insight makes you responsible for 3 votes for Andrew Rasiej in the NYC Democratic Primary next Tuesday, September 13. This should easy and fun, because no one you know cares who is the New York City Public Advocate. If you're registered as a Democrat in NYC, please deliver your vote plus 2 others. If not, then 3 others. Tell them to find their polling place here: http://gis.nyc.gov/vote/ps/index.htm The time for discussion is way past. Just. Do. It.    Forward this message to New Yorkers and anyone who might know a New York City Democrat. If they are registered but seem passive, tell them what Esther Dyson said: "The good people are lazier than the others." Maybe not this week. Most Netizens know 3 NYC registered Democrats. None of them give a damn who is the Public Advocate, so they'll be happy to vote for Andrew Rasiej if you just tell them it's important to go vote and to pull the Rasiej lever and that doing so qualifies them and you to join the Transition Committee. One more thing. When you've ID'd your 3 committed voters and know that they know where & when to vote next Tuesday, ID the 3 people like you who can have as much influence on New York City as you. Tell 'em to drop the latté and get busy for, like 20 minutes. Train those 3 how to deliver 3 votes also. Rinse. Repeat. We all know how this stuff works when it does. Thanks, Britt 10:33:30 AM    comment []

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