"Let us know if you want us to honor you"

LaborPress seeks council members to nominate themselves for this very important honor. And the minimum sponsorship is $3,000, because these days the unions and the council members they love both represent the little people.

Maybe if they were a little more selective, they wouldn't get screwed over so often.

Eugene's campaign finance no-nos

$24,584 IN FINES FOR NYC COUNCILMAN

(AP) A New York City councilman is being fined more than $24,000 for elections violations in three 2007 campaigns.

The city's Campaign Finance Board said Councilman Mathieu Eugene racked up 29 violations. Those include failing to provide his bank statements, accepting five corporate contributions and using campaign funds for non-campaign related expenses.

Eugene ran three winning campaigns in 2007. He first ran in a special election in February, but another was held that April because of uncertainty about when had moved into Brooklyn's 40th district.

His third campaign was for the general election in November.

Historic district designation threatened in Brooklyn

From Brownstoner:

According to an email that went out last night from the Historic Districts Council, the Ocean on the Park Historic District, which has received broad support at every step of the landmarking process, is in jeopardy of being sabotaged at the last minute by Councilman Mathieu Eugene. Calling the situation a "preservation emergency," HDC reports that the Councilman "seems to have been swayed by the anti-preservation rhetoric of one property owner, who has put their property up for sale and has marketed it specifically as a development site."

Update: Ocean on the Park: Crisis Narrowly Averted