[sociate] Andrew the Advocate

My dear friend Andrew Rasiej is running for Public Advocate for the City of
New York, a position he is eminently suited to transform (in a hurry? here's
his  <http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/> campaign site).

For years, Andrew has been  <http://mouse.org/> making technology more
effective for New York's students, launching innovative
<http://personaldemocracy.com/> businesses and initiatives, and taking care
of people who cross through his life. Now he would like to help more people
by applying what he knows about people and technology to the way his City
runs.

That doesn't mean spending huge sums on ego-gratifying technologies, but
rather finding what works and amplifying it. Have a cellphone with a camera?
Welcome to the new citizen's advance-warning network. Know something simple
that could save money or effort?  <http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/ideas>
Tell Andrew.

Here's Andrew's  <http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/> site, in its Googlish
simplicity. More active is his
<http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/category/blog> blog. More interesting is
his  <http://www.advocatesforrasiej.com/bio> life. Most interesting is what
he'd like to do for New York City.

Join me,  <http://calacanis.weblogsinc.com/entry/1234000833041548/> Jason,
<http://www.zpluspartners.com/zblog/archive/2005_04_30_zblogarchive.html#111
490937514804931> Andrew Zolli,
<http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/003965.html> David and others in
helping Andrew get this job.

To avoid the political funding
<http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=maelstrom&x=0&y=0>
maelstrom that has sucked too many people into its vortex, Andrew won't take
donations above $100. (NYC will match donations from its residents, 4:1, up
to $250. But don't send $250. Send $100. Or $10.)

So consider
<https://secure.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/Rasiej/shop/donate_c
ustom.jsp> donating now if you'd like to see a major U.S. city connect its
citizens to its governance and maintenance apparatus like never before. Pass
word to your friends. Tell the Sabrett's vendor.

[Disclosure: I'm biased. I'm a close friend, I've bid on work with him and
offered advice on many projects, and I'm part of his
<http://personaldemocracy.com/> Personal Democracy Forum, which I'll post
about shortly.]

posted by Jerry Michalski at
<http://www.sociate.com/blog/archives/2005_05_01_archive.html#11151105272806
0078> 12:50 AM

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