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| Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD. | |||
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March 08, 2005
Here's a great example of the difference between the right of free speech for elected officials and their staff and regular citizens. No matter what Allen Roskoff's personal opinions are of NY Mayor Mike Bloomberg, he should realize they are subject to increased scrutiny as a staffer to an elected official.
Newt Gingrich once answered the question of whether he'd ever run for public office again by saying such a course would run the risk of him losing the power of his voice as an ordinary citizen who answers to no one but himself. Fortunately for Gingrich, he can afford it.
A man who heckled Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a gay-inclusive St. Patrick's Day parade is a staff employee in the office of State Senate Minority Leader David Paterson.Allen Roskoff, a longtime gay rights activist who called Bloomberg a "bigot" several times Sunday at the Woodside event before the mayor's security detail confronted him, is a special assistant to Paterson, a Democrat, according to state records.
"Allen's characterization of the mayor as a bigot is not representative of our office," Michael Jones-Bey, chief of staff for Paterson, said after learning from a reporter what Roskoff had said.Roskoff, who is paid $85,000 a year as a liaison to the gay and lesbian communities, previously worked for several city and state officials in a public career that stretches to 1972.
[Mayor's heckler works for state Senate leader - Newsday - 03-08-05]
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