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	Election Day The New York Times November 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/opinion/03tue4.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=762b18a2Q2FQ27Q2AajQ27BymQ7DVyySgQ27gQ5DQ5D3Q2711Q27Q5DQ7CQ27yl2p2ypQ27Q5DQ7CSfa64cSFz Councilwoman Diana Reyna, a Democrat from City Council District 34 in Brooklyn, is battling two formidable foes in Tuesday’s election. One is a vengeful Democratic Party boss, who rails about her independence, and the other is the Roman Catholic bishop of Brooklyn, who has made robocalls supporting the party boss. If Ms. Reyna is defeated as a result of these misplaced efforts, it will be a real loss for the residents of her district. Ms. Reyna has helped her struggling constituents with housing and school difficulties. Her willingness to stand up to Assemblyman Vito Lopez — the boss who increasingly runs the Democratic Party in Brooklyn with an iron fist — shows extraordinary political courage. In his recorded phone messages to every registered voter in District 34, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio does not mention Ms. Reyna or her opponent, Maritza Davila of the Working Families Party. His pitch is to support Mr. Lopez, who has been helpful to the church. But the subtext is clear: Mr. Lopez has been working overtime to elect Ms. Davila instead of his party’s candidate.
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