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DOW NTOW N AREA VOTER GUIDE TO THE NOVEMBER 4 GENERAL ELECTIONC onfident B edford-Stuyvesant A ssem b lym em b er Al Vann cam paigns for Ft. G reeneA ssem blym em ber R oger G reen and introduces c o n stitu e n ts to H erm an B adillo,D em ocratic C an d id ate for S ta te C om ptroller, at th e Franklin Ave. subw ay s tatio n onEastern Parkway. (P h oenix/T aylo r Photo)ContinuedJoe Voytickylaudable attempt by a Republican Partyleader Duane Jackson to focus attention onalternative candidates in the area, theDemocratic traditions in Brooklyn are toostrong for the GOP to try to compete with yet.This campaign is now in the Greets whereGreen and Frere are now going door-to-door,meeting constituents at subway stops anddistributing literature. Despite Green%u2019s contention that the race is too close to call,Democratic Party District leaders, who arealso working with Green, predict he will win.In 1984, Green defeated the GOP contender,Marjory Jastrey, 21,407 to 2,401.Among those who will campaign with Greenare Jesse Jackson, who will appear at acampaign rally with him at House of the LordChurch on Atlantic Ave. and Bond St. at5:00pm on Nov. 2. On Oct. 28, AtlantaMayor Andrew Young appeared with Greenin a %u201cRally For Votes%u201d at Emmanuel BaptistChurch in Clinton Hill.Teacher Hopes To Give Incumbent Lesson In LosingFt. G reene A ssem b lym em b er R oger Green ta lks to som e w om en g athered for a fu ndraiser O ct. 20 at S heila%u2019s R estaurant on D eK alb Ave. as his m other Pheopia looks on.(P h oenix/T aylo r Photo)Brooklyn and they have stayed cool to Vann%u2019sdilemma.After his removal from the DemocraticPrimary ballot, Vann bitterly laid the blameon Borough President and CountyDemocratic Leader Howard Golden, mastermind of the effort. Vann has not apologizedfor the accusation even though the claim wasproven to most to be spurious. The result hasbeen to alienate the County party organization and, Vann has received none of the helpthat has gone to his colleague Roger Green,who is in the same unhappy position.Vann%u2019s Democratic opponent, ChaseManhattan Banks employee Robert Hunter,has not received the support of the CountyDemocratic Party either. Hunter accusesVann of no longer representing the ideas andaspirations of Bedford-Stuyvesant. He sayshe was a student of Vann%u2019s when Vann was ateacher and also supported him in previouselection. Hunter now says that Vann%u2019s approach is outdated and asks the voters to lookat Bedford-Stuyvesant and recognize thatsince Vann took office the neighborhood hasnot improved.If Hunter had not removed Vann from theIncumbent Must FightTwo Challengers ToReturn To AssemblyThis year, three-term Ft. GreeneDemocratic Assemblymember Roger Greenis running as a candidate on the Liberal Party and Independent Lines. Green was one ofthe numerous casualties of this year%u2019s StateElection Law battles and was removed fromthe Democratic Primary ballot by the StateSupreme Court because of irregularities withnominating petitions.The removal left open the door for ChaseManhattan Bank employee Stanley Frere toautomatically become the Democratic candidate. Frere had been running on a slate ofcandidates who also managed to removeGreen%u2019s Bedford-Stuyvesant, ally incumbentAssemblyman Al Vann, from the ballot aswell.The Republican contender in this hardfought three-way race is Joe Voyticky, a20-year-old college student who says he is trying to bring competition to the district%u2019s election. Voyticky%u2019s father, Frank, is a wellknown GOP activist who himself has run unsuccessfully for office in previous years.Despite Green%u2019s incumbency, he predictsthe race is going to be close because of hisballot line. With 36,731 Democrats, 2,368Republicans 445 Liberals registered in the57th A.D., Green is afraid that loyalty to theDemocratic Party might outweigh hisrecord, so he has lined up support from otherDemocrats to bolster his campaign. In factthe County%u2019s Democratic Party Chairman,Stanley FrereBrooklyn Borough President Howard Goldenis in Green%u2019s comer, not Frere%u2019s, and is evenhelping Green raise money for his campaign.For Frere, the lack of Democratic partysupport is frustrating. The challenger gaineda taste of the political life in 1984 when he unsuccessfully tried to upset Green in thatyear%u2019s Democratic Primary. While he lostthe race, 5,065 to 1,267, he learned one lesson,he says, the best way to beat an incumbent isto have him kicked off his own party%u2019sprimary ballot.Frere says that Green has %u201cturned his eyesaway from problems in the district.%u201d He saysthat it is time for new leadership and questions Green%u2019s lack of attention to some of theproblems outside the Ft. Greene and CrownHeights portions of the district.Republican Voyticky, whose candidacycan be commended if only because he has thecourage to run, is not a factor in the election,most political observers feel. Despite aR obert H unterDemocratic ballot he probably would havehad little chance of winning the primary election, but his action took Vann off-guard, andnow there is a real race. With newDemocratic District Leaders, Sylvia Fueland Richard Taylor, who were on the sameslate as Hunter and won offfice without a contest, Hunter might have some help in Tuesday%u2019s election. Fuel, especially, has been along-time community activist and has anumber of local supporters.Vann shrugs Hunter%u2019s efforts off, however.%u201cPeople that I meet on the street seem toknow where my name is going to be on theballot,%u201d he says. %u201cI think they%u2019ll send meback with a further mandate.%u201dAdrienne Bramwell is the GOP contenderin this race. Her family has been involved inr %u00ab I I ! ___ _ ____A M i i m k o f i n f t m o r oiv c p u u ii w c u i ^ A IU U V U IV * ** v - J %u00bb %u2014 -%u00bbbut with Democrats outnumbering theRepublicans, 20 to 1, her candidacy has littleopportunity to succeeded. With little visibility, Bramwell is appearing on the ballot toshow the flag.The 52nd Assembly District runs along thewestern shore of Brooklyn, Carroll Gardensand Red Hook and along Sunset Park to BayRidge. With Democrats outnumberingRepublicans three to one, 36,311 Democratsand 10,912 Republicans, the three-term incumbent Eileen Dugan, should have littletrouble winning re-election.Not, however, if her GOP challenger,Diane Picucci, has anything to say about theoutcome. Picucci, a school teacher from BayRidge, is counting on the support of BayRidge Democrats, disenfranchised byDugan, to carry her candidacy, she says.Since redistricting in 1982, the 52nd A.D.has taken on a conservative tone with the addition of Bay Ridge to the district. In 1984,Dugan%u2019s GOP challenger was Andy LaBella,who, after losing that election, became ademocrat in 1986 and tried to upset Dugan inthe primary.LaBella made friends with a group of Carroll Gardens Democrats who have been longtime adversaries of Dugan and her supporters. LaBella, however, didn%u2019t make thecontest this year: he was removed from theDemocratic Primary ballot by the N.Y. StateSupreme Court becaue of petition errors andafter the primary Picucci says he approached this camp for support.How much help they will give Picucci in theelection is uncertain. At a fundraiser she heldin Cobble Hill, she was only able to muster uplocal Republicans for that, election effort.Dugan dismisses the Democratic insurgents as %u201csmall-minded.%u201d With the support of nearly every major labor union including the Longshoreman and the UnitedFederation of Teachers, as well as a numberEileen Duganof business owners and operators who hav<.been impressed with her work on development projects, she is going into the generalelection well connected and well financed.Dugan%u2019s July Financial DisclosureStatements indicated that she was ready forboth races. She raised three times as muchmnnPV Q5 tho nthor IVamtAnm RiwnlrUnn oraoincumbents. Dugan also has a strong trackrecord with the State budget and activelypursues State money for local developmentprojects like the Red Hook Fish Port and forspecial programs in the local public schools.D iane PicucciIf she has any problem with her re-electionbid, it will come from two elements, thosewho disagree with her social policy positions%u2014 she is pro-choice, supports gay rights andis opposed to death penalty %u2014 and those whoassociate her leadership with the increasedgentrification in the Carroll Gardens/Cobbleriiii neighborhood.In 1984, Dugan won re-election by a 2 to 1margin, 22,264 to 14,651. Democratic Districtleaders expect a similar outcome this year.O cto ber 3 0 ,1 9 8 6 , TH E P H O E N IX , Page 9