Fri Dec 30, 2011 at 04:00 PM PST
Meet Mel Wymore: Transman runs for New York City Council
by rserven
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/30/1050013/-Meet-Mel-Wymore:-Transman-runs-for-New-York-City-Council (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/30/1050013/-Meet-Mel-Wymore:-Transman-runs-for-New-York-City-Council)
Mel Wymore is running for the District 6 City Council seat for 2013 in New York City. District 6 is also known as Upper Clinton, Lincoln Square, and the Upper West Side. Now I don't live in NYC...or even in the state of New York, but rather across the Hudson in north Jersey, though we often travel to or through those neighborhoods to visit places like the American Museum of Natural History (we were there yesterday as a matter of fact).
Democratic Councilwoman Gale Brewer is retiring and Mel wants to succeed her.
He's well qualified, having served on Community Board 7 for over a decade. Mel ran for Chair of CB7 in the 90s and lost, but didn't give up, running for Chair again in 2009 and winning.