Feingold stumps for phony Dem?

[FightinNewDem]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles... /

Sen. Russ Feingold will campaign for Manchester Mayor Bob Baines during his upcoming trip to New Hampshire.

Baines, who is eyeing a run for Congress (against two real Dems already in the race), is a marginal Democrat at best.

He recently shelled out several millions of dollars in city funds to buy a meat packing plant from Tyson Foods. The move helped Tyson close the facility, throw 500 locals out of work (most of them immigrants), and made it easier for the notoriously dirty Tyson to avoid environmental cleanup costs.

Baines also cut community policing positions in low-income neighborhoods, relenting only when residents fed up with drug trafficking began to slam the mayor during public meetings.

Baines is looking at grabbing several low-income housing properties by eminent domain in order to turn them over to a shady developer who wants to build a new strip mall.

And when Baines was principal of Manchester West High School (and running for mayor in his first race), Baines pandered to social conservatives by banning a gay student club from the school. It took a federal lawsuit to get Baines to back down.

Why is Russ Feingold helping a guy like this?

Let his campaign know your opinion:

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[sybylla]

1. Link doesn't work

I'll need a whole lot more evidence that this may be true before I even ask the Feingold people about it.

[FightinNewDem]

2. Links

Feingold to stump for Baines:
http://www.politicsnh.com/archives/pindell/2005/August/8_8fein.htm
http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-fein09.html

Baines campaign against the Gay/Straight Alliance at Manchester West High School:
http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Alerts/States/NewHampshire/gsa.html
http://www.baywindows.com/media/paper328/news/1999/08/05/LocalNews/New-England.Briefs-34995.shtml

Baines shaky relationship with organized labor:
http://www.politicsnh.com/archives/pindell/2003/september/9_15split.shtml

Public response to Baines efforts to kill the Responsible Employer Ordinance through a parliamentary maneuver:
http://www.manchesternh.gov/CityGov/CLK/mayor/files/FE35FBF9FCA94CD5A323D6141E04D55C.pdf

[sybylla]

3. Thanks for the info

Definitely curious. Perhaps the Senator is using this as an opportunity to nudge Mayor Baines back to the left where he belongs.