First US Dominican Mayor in the NYTimes

[Dolores]

The New York Times carried a feature on 28 November on the win of the first US Dominican Mayor.

"On the same night that President-elect Barack Obama broke one electoral barrier, Dr. Blanco broke another, becoming the first Dominican elected to a mayor’s office in the United States. There were state and county legislators, judges and city council members before, and even, briefly, an acting mayor (in 2001, in Lawrence, Mass.), but no Dominican had ever won a mayoral election. “He’s sort of become the Dominican Neil Armstrong,” said Cid Wilson of Leonia, a past president of the Dominican American National Roundtable, an advocacy group that counts 36 Dominican elected officials in the United States. “There was a lot of celebration. This was very big news.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/ny...olnj.html?_r=2

[Norma Rosa]

[quote=Dolores;702258]The New York Times carried a feature on 28 November on the win of the first US Dominican Mayor.

Thanks for the information. Great news!

[Chip]

Congrats!!

Did anybody notice that he only will make a paltry US72k a year? Heck, even a nobody diputado to the diputado here in the DR makes more than that.

[Norma Rosa]

Originally Posted by Chip

Congrats!!

Did anybody notice that he only will make a paltry US72k a year? Heck, even a nobody diputado to the diputado here in the DR makes more than that.

I wonder why the pay cut.

[crazydominican1]

Awesome we are every where!! Vamos Dominicanos!

[Tallman1818]

(in 2001, in Lawrence, Mass.),

His name is Marcos Devers, I know him personally nice man.

[rortiz79]

Very cool news!