Islander
files 30,000
signatures for
public-advocate
campaign
Zablocki, 26,
who needed 7,500
signings to get
on ballot, also
is backed by
Molinari
Republican Club
Tuesday,
July 21,
2009
By TOM WROBLESKI
Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Tottenville Republican Alex Zablocki has filed nearly 30,000 signatures in his bid for public advocate, and has picked up the endorsement of the Molinari Republican Club in the campaign.
"I will continue to build on our campaign's success by listening to voters, visiting every community in all five boroughs and talking about real solutions to real problems we are facing," said Zablocki, 26, who touts himself as the youngest candidate to ever run for public advocate.
Zablocki needed 7,500 signatures in order to qualify for the ballot; his campaign said that he got that many signatures from Staten Island Republicans alone.
"I am not a cookie-cutter politician or influenced by special interests, but someone from the community looking to make our city a better place to live, bring more accountability to government, strengthen our school system and help struggling New Yorker's find jobs and lower taxes," said Zablocki, who is looking to be the first Islander to run for a citywide office on a major party line since the late GOP state Sen. John Marchi's runs for mayor.
Zablocki, the only Republican in the race, is district director and executive assistant to state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island).
Speaking of the Molinari Club's endorsement, group president Robert Scamardella said, "Mr. Zablocki is a fine young man who posses those characteristics of integrity, public service and hard work that are most needed in our elected officials.
Said Scamardella, "Most importantly, Mr. Zablocki, believes that government spending must be controlled and he is the perfect advocate needed in a time when city government is proposing an avalanche of new taxes."
Former Public Advocate Mark Green, City Councilmen Eric Gioia and Bill De Blasio and activist attorney Norman Siegel are chasing the Democratic nod in the race.
Tom Wrobleski is the Advance political editor. Read his polit.bureau blog at http://blog.silive.com/pol
By TOM WROBLESKI
Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Tottenville Republican Alex Zablocki has filed nearly 30,000 signatures in his bid for public advocate, and has picked up the endorsement of the Molinari Republican Club in the campaign.
"I will continue to build on our campaign's success by listening to voters, visiting every community in all five boroughs and talking about real solutions to real problems we are facing," said Zablocki, 26, who touts himself as the youngest candidate to ever run for public advocate.
Zablocki needed 7,500 signatures in order to qualify for the ballot; his campaign said that he got that many signatures from Staten Island Republicans alone.
"I am not a cookie-cutter politician or influenced by special interests, but someone from the community looking to make our city a better place to live, bring more accountability to government, strengthen our school system and help struggling New Yorker's find jobs and lower taxes," said Zablocki, who is looking to be the first Islander to run for a citywide office on a major party line since the late GOP state Sen. John Marchi's runs for mayor.
Zablocki, the only Republican in the race, is district director and executive assistant to state Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island).
Speaking of the Molinari Club's endorsement, group president Robert Scamardella said, "Mr. Zablocki is a fine young man who posses those characteristics of integrity, public service and hard work that are most needed in our elected officials.
Said Scamardella, "Most importantly, Mr. Zablocki, believes that government spending must be controlled and he is the perfect advocate needed in a time when city government is proposing an avalanche of new taxes."
Former Public Advocate Mark Green, City Councilmen Eric Gioia and Bill De Blasio and activist attorney Norman Siegel are chasing the Democratic nod in the race.
Tom Wrobleski is the Advance political editor. Read his polit.bureau blog at http://blog.silive.com/pol
