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Over the weekend, we had an up close and personal sighting of original Public Advocate Mark Green getting signatures for his petition at the Fairway on the Upper West Side (people seemed more focused on groceries than government). The Times was there as well for what Green's political director called "a humbling experience" for the candidate who was mistaken for Scott Stringer at one point and got the reaction from one woman, "It’s very sad. It’s like he can’t get another job." And she was a supporter! The campaign is a strange one for the man fighting the public's "Green Fatigue" after campaigns during his public advocate reign in the '90s and unsuccessful bids against Bloomberg and Cuomo this decade. Despite an early lead in the polls, Green has raised a fraction of his opponents' war chests. And there's even a humble tone coming from the man who is usually quick to tell you he came up with the idea for 311, saying, “Why would I have a press conference and have no one come? Who wants to come listen to the Mark Green economic development plan?”
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I saw him in front of that same Fairway a few weeks ago...surely there are other places he could visit as well?
Loehmans?
It's nice that people like Mark Green want to help New Yorkers. Why doesn't he volunteer his time then and not campaign for a meaningless office that does nothing more than further drain the city's tax coffers?
it is his stepping stone for his mayoral bid
Get a real job, you hippie!