Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'denniskucinich'
September 19, 2008
Representative Dennis Kucinich suggested approval for $924 million in tax-exempt bonds for the construction of the new Yankee Stadium could be rescinded, due to some questions about the land's value. He said his probe found "substantial evidence of improprieties and possible fraud by the financial architects of the new Yankees Stadium." Last week, the Daily News' Juan Gonzalez had a column noting the city's assessment of the land worked out to be $275/square foot --......
Continue Reading "Kucinich:"Improprieties, Possible Fraud" With New Yankee Stadium Bonds"December 9, 2007
SFist witnessed a student interrupt Sean Penn's Dennis Kucinich-endorsement speech at San Francisco State University, with sexy results. Sort of. Speaking of sort of sexy, SFist readers demanded to know: at what age does one become a cougar most? In local political news, it looked like San Francisco Public Utilities Commission chief Susan Leal might get the ax. Au revoir! And we found a startling aesthetic connection between the Omaha mall shooter and Rick......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the ist-a-verse"October 11, 2007
Greg Gutfeld is a funny guy. The only problem is that his show, Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld is on at 2 AM on Fox News. But that's not his problem; it's yours-- because you don't get to watch his show. You miss out on fun guests like Dennis Kucinich, Harland Williams, and Johnny Rotten providing rapid-fire commentary on the day's events. But just because it's on at 2 AM and on Fox News isn't......
Continue Reading "Greg Gutfeld, Host, Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld"June 6, 2007
Did you know New York is #4 of America's Best Vegetarian-Friendly Large Cities? It's no surprise there are so many famous and not-so-famous veggies living here. Focusing on the former, PETA is holding another poll asking who the Sexiest Vegetarian worldwide is. This is their sixth annual sexy veggie contest, and has a list of 233 celebs competing for the title, including our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man Tobey McGuire. While the poll only includes Hollywood herbivores,......
Continue Reading "New York's Sexy Veggies"April 27, 2007
Last night, eight Democratic candidates met in the first debate of the already very long road to the 2008 presidential election. And the debate, which included Senators Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chris Dodd, and Joseph Biden, as well as former Senator John Edwards and Mike Gravel, Representative Dennis Kucinich, and New Mexico Bill Richardson, was more an opportunity to criticize President Bush's policies, versus each other. With eight candidates vying to make the most......
Continue Reading "Nine Months Till NH, Democrats Debate"April 20, 2007
A who's who of the Democratic party has been at the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network conference in Midtown this past week. Opening day saw hopeful John Edwards and Democratic party chair Howard Dean, yesterday included former president Bill Clinton, Senator Joe Biden, Senator Christopher Dodd, and Governor Bill Richardson, today has Senator Hillary Clinton and tomorrow Senator Barack Obama and Representative Dennis Kucinich are appearing - which is why it's called the "Sharpton......
Continue Reading "The Reverend Al Sharpton Primary"April 2, 2004
In the land of media moguls, stars, and hangers on, most seem to sway towards wanting to get President Bush out of the White House. The Times looks at how recent television shows have criticized Bush. Of course, the best example is from Law & Order:One of the wise-cracking detectives on the NBC show "Law & Order," played by Jesse L. Martin, referred to the president as the "dude that lied to us." The character......
Continue Reading "Hollywood Shows on Election 2004"March 21, 2004
Yeterday, New York, along with other cities in the U.S. and across the world, was filled with Iraqi war protestors on the one-year anniversary of the U.S.'s attacks in the Middle East. Estimates for the crowd in Manhattan along Madison between 24th and 33rd Streets ranged from 33,000 to 100,000. Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich (who rode the subway with two bodyguards and chatted with a friend) applauded protestors for turning out. Mayor Bloomberg and......
Continue Reading "Anti-War Protests in NYC and the World Yesterday"March 2, 2004
It's Super Tuesday in New York and other states, with 1,100 delegates at stake. New York has 236 delegates. The candidates, John Edwards, John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, and Al Sharpton, debated on CBS this past Sunday, and while Sharpton made an impressive showing, the race is really about either Kerry making his dominance decisive or Edwards swooping in for a surprise win. This means that local news won't be covering that dog that can press......
Continue Reading "Super Tuesday"December 12, 2003
Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! seems like a funny and silly movie, with a smalltown girl winning an online contest to date a Hollywood hunk. Winning a date with Dennis Kucinich, one of the Democratic presidential hopefuls, is funny and silly for very different reasons. NJ resident Gina Marie won an online contest run by PoliticsNH and people were able to vote for many other women who wanted to date Dennis Kucinich. Trust us,......
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