The View From the Outside: Comments on the IND Scandal

Here are some comments from outsiders on the actions of IND insiders in the recent disenfranchisement of nearly 100 new memebrs by the Independent Neighborhood Democrats executive board:

From a Brooklyn activist and organizer who is watching this from as much of a distance as he can:

“If I were advising IND, I would have said that there really isn't much that they can do if the process they set out makes it possible, except change it for the future; but to change the rules of engagement during the process, as it appears they did, is simply un-democratic with a small "d". As you note, that has Tammany Hall written all over it, and it's sad to have that happen; it might be preferable to have IND make an endorsement that the 'old guard' does not agree with rather than to acquire the reputation they seem intent on getting. Short-sighted and knee-jerk, that response, in my view.

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