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UPDATE: Vintage John V. Lindsay for Mayor Painted Billboard – Revealed After Over Forty Years – Flatbush, Brooklyn

An AH Villepigue Outdoor Ad for Lindsay On Bedford and Flatbush intersection - © Frank H. Jump

Some of my earliest memories of political graffiti was a “Dump Lindsay” scrawled on an overpass going south on the Van Wyck near the Atlantic Avenue exit in Queens. My recollections of his terms were dotted with strikes and riots. I was bussed a couple of miles from my house to another school in Springfield Gardens in an attempt to integrate the schools. I was not welcomed with open arms by either the parents or students. These were turbulent years but formative ones. My best memories were of the music.

This find was gotten from a tip by Sheepshead BitesRobert Fernandez. Can’t believe I’ve passed this everyday and never noticed it. I’m trying to discern if this was from Lindsay’s re-election campaign or his first election.

UPDATE DEC 29, 2011 @ 3:40PM

Upon closer inspection today during a photo shoot with the Brooklyn Paper – Courier-Life, I can see there was a billboard covering this that was recently removed. I tried to gain roof access to get a better shot and was invited into the apartment of a gentleman by the name of Ja’Mella God Allah, who remembered the former mayor Lindsay fondly. Ja’Mella, Chief of Public Relations for the Universal Black Family Awareness, Inc.,  and a student of the teachings of his mentor named Allah– a Black community activist during the Lindsay administration – told me about Lindsay’s efforts on keeping the Black community “together” after the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Then just fourteen, Ja’Mella heard the teachings of Allah and the “Five Percenters” (also known as The Nation of Gods & Earths – NGE) who worked closely with Lindsay in keeping the community focused on moving ahead in a positive direction of peace and prosperity. This alliance was documented in the legendary New York Magazine article Special Report: The City on the Eve of Destruction by Gloria Steinem and Lloyd Weaver which featured Allah and his Five Percenters movement. The New York Mag cover showed a split Empire State Building with Lindsay on one side and Allah on the other. I couldn’t find an image of this cover but did find a slideshow of notable New York Magazine covers.

Another person in the Lindsay administration that Ja’mella remembers fondly is Barry Gottehrer, an award-winning journalist whose “newspaper series City in Crisis helped elect John V. Lindsay mayor of New York in 1965 and who then joined the administration to help defuse the subsequent crises the city faced.¹

Allah with former mayor Lindsay aide Barry Gottehrer - courtesy of Ja'Mella God Allah

Ja'Mella God Allah in front of his building proudly wearing his Five Percenters pin © Frank H. Jump

Ja'Mella claims these were produced by the Lindsay administration for this organization.

Ja’Mella said that the billboard that covered this Lindsay campaign painted billboard came down several weeks ago. You can see it was protecting the sign and there was some washout near the name of Kreindler.

UPDATE FRIDAY, DEC 30, 2011 12:03AM

According to reporter Eli Rosenberg of Courier-Life / The Brooklyn Paper, this was from Lindsay’s first-time-run for Mayor of the City of New York “when both Luigi Marano ran for Borough Prez and Timothy Costello for Council Prez, which they both lost.”

Here is an image from Google images Rosenberg took as a screenshot verifying that the billboard was covering this ad this summer:

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AGAIN! I thank Robert Fernandez of Sheepshead Bites for the tip on this sign!

© Frank H. Jump

Occupy Scranton

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Not sure I agree with the anti-teacher’s poster. Teachers are part of the 99% aren’t they? Why are they targeted, because they HAVE jobs. Let’s not pit one worker against another.

Lame Ducks

The Post-Season Parade - Lame Ducks - Wikipedia

The Post-Season Parade - Lame Ducks - Wikipedia - The lame ducks depicted in this Clifford K. Berryman cartoon are defeated Democrats heading to the White House hoping to secure political appointments from then President Woodrow Wilson.

The Electoral Map in Shades of Periwinkle & Pink

www.electoral-vote.com

www.electoral-vote.com

strong Dem Strong Dem (262)
weak Dem Weak Dem (16)
barely Dem Barely Dem (86)
tied Exactly tied (11)
barely GOP Barely GOP (3)
weak GOP Weak GOP (36)
strong GOP Strong GOP (124)
270 Electoral votes needed to win
Map algorithm explained

Electoral College – Wikipedia

Go Obama! Union City, NJ

J.F.Kennedy Blvd - © Frank H. Jump

J.F.Kennedy Blvd - © Frank H. Jump

Message to Pennsylvania – On Nov 4th, Send Sarah Back to Alaska

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Gouldsboro, PA © Vincenzo Aiosa

A House Divided

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© Frank H. Jump

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Baby Baby Baby – A Series of Baby Holding Photo-Ops

Wikipedia

Main & Central

Main & Central

Bildungblog.com

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A new addition. Kinda how I feel about the man.

Reuters: Obama supporters fear race may bring candidate down

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Reuters Article By Matthew Bigg

ATLANTA (Reuters) – For supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama it is a nightmare scenario — his apparent lead in the battle for the White House suddenly evaporates on Election Day. The cause? Race.

ON ELECTION DAY – VOTE FOR THAT ONE!

Religion & Ethics Focuses on Catholic & Jewish Voters in Scranton, PA

McCain, Egan & Obama at Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner October 16, 2008

McCain, Egan & Obama at Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner- Waldorf Astoria Hotel, NYC - October 16, 2008

Religion & Ethics’ LUCKY SEVERSON: If history repeats itself, whoever wins Pennsylvania will have a very good chance of winning the election, and winning the Catholic and Jewish vote will be crucial to winning Pennsylvania.

Quote of the Evening: Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Waldorf Astoria

From the Waldorf Astoria Hotel - Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner - © Frank H. Jump

Waldorf Astoria Hotel - Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner - © Frank H. Jump

While watching the brilliant Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.

On Sarah Palin’s back door view.