Our cover story last week,“A Second Date?” (July 29-Aug. 4) sparked some online discourse regarding the two candidates running for the District 3 City Council against Speaker Christine Quinn. One reader wrote: “Kurland will win this election.Ydanis Rodrigues will win in upper Manhattan, Chin or Gleason will win in the South, Daniel Dromm will win against the incumbent in Queens. This is going to be a serious wake up call for those arrogant politicians who think their power comes from their position not the people they represent. Go get them Yetta! And I am not a lesbian or gay!!” Another person, calling himself UhDoy, responded with a prediction: “Quinn 73 percent, Derr 18 percent, Kurland 9 percent.The idea that either of these jokes stands a chance is really laughable.
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