Eric Gioia Has No plans Beyond 2009
The Daily News wrote a story today that reports on the political future of four city council members from Queens who lost seeking higher office. Unfortunately, Eric Gioia was one of them.
ELEX PUT 4 POLS OUT OF WORK
Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 10:02 AM
So what’s next for Tony Avella, Eric Gioia, Melinda Katz and David Weprin, whose names have become synonymous with the neighborhoods they represent?
“Most of the time you don’t have that person to kick around again, but other times you do,” mused Baruch College Public Affairs Prof. Doug Muzzio, figuring some scorned pols may someday win an even better seat.
“It’s Lazarus-plus. Not only do you come back to life, but you come back in a better place,” he said.
Insiders wondered if Weprin (D-Hollis), who lost a battle for city controller, would swap gigs with his Assemblyman brother Mark, who’s running for David’s Council seat.
But David Weprin declined to discuss the Assembly seat. “It’s premature,” he said. “Mark still has to win the general election.”
A spokesman for another failed controller candidate, Katz (D-Forest Hills), said she will mull “her battery of options.”
(For the rest of the story, please click on the following link) http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_elex_put_4_pols_out_of_work.html#ixzz0Rr7NtNxC
