“It’s been 20 years since New York has had a Democratic mayor.”
“Huh, what? Wow. That’s actually true,” I say to my friend, shocked for a second at the realization.
We’re at the LGBT mayoral candidates’ forum in New York City on Wednesday night. It’s a big room packed to capacity. Exciting stuff.
What’s more exciting — I’m sure you’ve heard — is that one of the candidates (arguably the favorite) is herself one of “us,” an out gay person. If elected, she would be the first female and gay mayor of New York. Who wouldn’t root for that? I sure do.
The debate is a typical Democratic primary forum. The candidates aren’t all that far apart ideologically speaking. And at some point, each has a “Yeah, exactly!” moment.
My take is that two candidates dominate the forum. Both of them deliver strong, “mayoral” showings. Though for the time being, permit me to withhold their identities so we might consider their positions and statements without preference.
Candidate A lands some solid answers on homeless LGBT youth, citing a bunch of specific ideas and programs. A then later scores (in my book) with an awesome “separation of church and state” answer on the still-brewing controversy over religious organizations using public schools.
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