Congratulations Councilman Levin

Real Reform Brooklyn takes stock of the Levin campaign:

You are to be personally credited with running an honorable campaign. You never went negative. You never took a shot below the belt.

Very true. Also, some very good suggestions for Councilmember Levin (I particularly like #1 – don’t move out of Greenpoint).

And I hope RealReformBrooklyn is not going to go away now that the primary is over.

What if They Gave an Election and Nobody Came?

The purpose of having elected officials, as opposed to a self-perpetuating oligarchy like China, ought to be to enhance accountability.

Yglesias starts off well, but his suggestion that we dispatch with borough-level elected positions and rely instead on a unicameral state legislature would be a disaster for NYC.