{"id":3209,"date":"2017-11-08T19:24:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T00:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyork.concon.info\/?p=3209"},"modified":"2017-11-08T21:32:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T02:32:24","slug":"final-newyorkconcon-info-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyork.concon.info\/?p=3209","title":{"rendered":"Final NewYorkConCon.info Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.51&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1863&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_image admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Image J.H. Snider&#8217;s Blog&#8221; src=&#8221;http:\/\/newyork.concon.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Blog-Header-PNG-e1452798289595.png&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; alt=&#8221;J.H. 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background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;left&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mailchi.mp\/07afce0474cc\/new-york-state-constitutional-convention-clearinghouse-newsletter-october2017-1533973?e=9b7cce9f71\">View this email in your browser<\/a><\/p>\n<table class=\"mcnImageBlock\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/472acbff81dfe32a15e258a13\/images\/d52c4b21-cd7a-49ca-a7b4-82de7251213d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"841\" height=\"594\" align=\"center\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Dear NewYorkConCon.info Subscriber:<\/p>\n<p>This is my last update to you.\u00a0Copied below are links to some news articles on the defeated state constitutional convention referendum.\u00a0Of particular note may be\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.concon.info\/?p=3201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my own post-mortem analysis<\/a>, which significantly differs in both length (longer) and substance (more academic) from the ones below.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>McKinley, Jesse,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/11\/07\/nyregion\/new-york-state-constitutional-convention.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=nyregion&amp;region=rank&amp;module=package&amp;version=highlights&amp;contentPlacement=1&amp;pgtype=sectionfront&amp;_r=1\">New York Voters Reject a Constitutional Convention<\/a>, New York Times, November 7, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Blain, Glenn,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/authors?author=Glenn-Blain\">New York State voters reject constitutional convention, approve proposal to seize pensions of corrupt politicians<\/a>, New York Daily News, November 7, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Velasquez, Josefa,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/sites\/newyorklawjournal\/2017\/11\/07\/ny110717concon\/\">Ballot Measure Authorizing State Constitutional Convention Fails<\/a>, New York Law Journal, November 7, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Campanile, Carl, and Kirstan Conley,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/11\/07\/ny-voters-shoot-down-constitutional-convention-proposal\/\">NY voters shoot down constitutional convention proposal<\/a>, New York Post, November 7, 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.syracuse.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2017\/11\/new_york_voters_reject_constitutional_convention.html\">New York voters reject constitutional convention<\/a>, Associated Press, November 7, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Zremski, Jerry,<a href=\"http:\/\/buffalonews.com\/2017\/11\/07\/ny-voters-nix-constitutional-convention-vote-to-reform-pensions\/\">\u00a0New York voters nix constitutional convention, vote to reform pensions<\/a>, Buffalo News, November 7, 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2017\/11\/07\/new-york-voters-reject-ballot-measure-calling-for-constitutional-convention\/\">New York Voters Reject Ballot Measure Calling For Constitutional Convention<\/a>, CBS Local, November 7, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Runyeon, Frank G.,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cityandstateny.com\/articles\/politics\/campaigns-and-elections\/new-york-constitutional-convention-results-2017.html#.WgOLJWiPKHs\">Constitutional Convention and New York\u2019s 2017 Ballot Proposal Results<\/a>, City &amp; State, November 8, 2017.p<\/li>\n<li>Campbell, Jon,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.poughkeepsiejournal.com\/story\/news\/local\/new-york\/2017\/11\/08\/constitutional-convention-labor-union-strength\/107470532\/\">Constitutional Convention: Landslide defeat shows labor union strength<\/a>, Poughkeepsie Journal, November 8, 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcax.com\/content\/news\/Constitutional-convention-rejected-in-New-York-455997503.html\">Constitutional convention rejected in New York<\/a>, WCAX, November 7, 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nysaflcio.org\/nyconcon-has-been-defeated\/\">Statement of Mario Cilento<\/a>, New York State AFL-CIO, November 8, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you are interested in following my Hawaii State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse&#8211;Hawaii is the next state with a periodic state constitutional convention referendum&#8211;that can be found at HawaiiConCon.info.\u00a0 That website won&#8217;t officially launch until later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>J.H. Snider, Editor<br \/>\nThe New York State Constitutional Convention Clearinghouse<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I will publish\u00a0a second\u00a0post-referendum article by the end of the day this coming\u00a0Friday, but will not send that one to this group of subscribers. 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