FORMER DEMOCRAT MAYORAL CANDIDATE CROSSES PARTY LINES; JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY Binghamton, NY – September 29, 2009 – Former Democrat mayoral candidate Paul Graham has endorsed Independent candidate Douglas Walter Drazen’s bid for mayor of Binghamton. Drazen is seeking to unseat incumbent Matt Ryan. He finished a close second in 2005. The [...]
Binghamton, NY – September 23, 2009 – Last Tuesday’s Conservative and Independence parties’ Opportunity to Ballot primary results for mayor of Binghamton are in, and independent candidate Douglas Walter Drazen fell short in the Conservative Party primary, while romping to a landslide victory in the Independence Party primary. In the Independence Party primary, Drazen took 62.5%, the [...]
The Press & Sun-Bulletin reported Sunday August 30 on DWD’s call to broaden the tax base by reconsidering municipal ownership of the Ely Park golf course, and for cutting spending through restructuring city departments, which would increase budgetary flexibility, and decrease taxes. Douglas Walter Drazen is not going to blast Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan for [...]
BINGHAMTON – August 19, 2009 — Independent mayoral candidate Douglas Walter Drazen filed Independent nominating petitions for his Binghamton’s New Beginning Party yesterday at the Broome County Board of Elections containing 805 signatures, 188 more than the minimum required, 548 of which he personally gathered, bringing his total gathered during this year’s signature gathering periods [...]
The Press & Sun Watchdog blog on open government covered a recent New Beginnings Blog entry: “Never at a loss for words or thoughts or words about his thoughts, Binghamton mayoral candidate Douglas Walter Drazen says on today his blog that local Republicans are pushing the idea that voting for him would be a wasted vote. [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Douglas Walter Drazen, Binghamton attorney, will announce his entrance to Binghamton’s mayoral race at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, May 25, 2009 at the Broome County Courthouse. “I am running to get my hometown back on top, not to get a job, or higher office, or because I suddenly developed concern for [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Douglas Walter Drazen, Binghamton attorney, called on major parties’ rank and file to reject their respective leaderships’ choices in Binghamton’s upcoming mayoral race. “None offer the change our city urgently needs,” says Drazen, who finished a close second in the 2005 race to current mayor Matt Ryan. Along with Ryan, announced Democrats [...]
