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%u25a0%u2014 1986 G EN ER AL ELECTION RESULTS %u2014 A Day In The Life Of A Brooklyn PoliticianContinuedthe ballot. Green, however, chose a different course. Instead of accusing Golden, Green asked for his help and he got it, a rare action Liiai required the chief Democratic Parry leader to work against the nominee from his own party.Green says that the approach was in keeping with his own personal style. He says he likes to work with everyone and it is not his %u201cstyle%u201d to attack or alienate other politicians. After the New York State Court of Appeals refused to reverse the State Supreme Court decision throwing Green off the Democratic primary ballot, his actions proved to be pruh wasn%u2019t until the Atlantic Anticthat I started to get scared. I wasbeing told that I should have noproblems, but Frere was out theretoo and I had some bad feelingsabout what was happening.dent as the Borough President not only helped, but agreed to sit on Green%u2019s campaign finance committee.%u201c At that time everyone told me I had nothing to worry about,%u201d explains Green. %u201cThey all seemed to think that I had no problems and that since I had taken Frere two years ago, the folks didn%u2019t seem worried about my campaign.%u201d In 1984, Frere challenged Green in the Democratic Primary and lost 5 to 1, 5,065 to 1,267.FIRST DIDN%u2019T REALIZE EXTENTFor several weeks after the September primary election, Green says that he and his staff took the predicament very lightly and did not fully realize the extent of the problem they faced in turning support into votes at the polls in a general election.%u201c It wasn%u2019t until the Atlantic Antic that I started to get scared,%u201d he recalls, referring to his walking campaigning at the huge street fair on Sept. 28. %u201cI was still being told that I should have no problems, but Frere was out there too and I had some bad feelings about what was happening.%u201dAt the same time, another problem became apparent %u2014 name confusion. With U.S. Senate candidate Mark Green on the Democratic line, Roger Green says that he found many people in the 57th Assembly District were confusing the two candidacies.%u201c A lot of folks identify me by my last name,%u201d Roger says. %u201cWe had instances where people would come up and say that they were pulling for me against D%u2019Amato. While our base of political supporters knew what the problem was, we felt that there was a large number of voters who did not.%u201dBecause Green knew the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate%u2019s press secretary, Randy Daniels, he says a compromise solution was easy to work out. Roger Green says he didn%u2019t want to jeopardize Mark Green%u2019s chances, so the two Greens campaigned the 57th District together. %u201cAfter all, I was the person who seconded Green%u2019s nomination for the U.S. Senate at the Democratic convention,%u201d Roger says. %u201cSo, we decided we had to tell everyone to vote for Green twice.%u201dWith these problems identified, Roger Green and brother Carl had to quickly organize their political structure in the 57th A.D. for a massive educational campaign.The primary goal was to raise money to pay for the leaflets, mailings and phones that would be needed for the effort. It was the beginning of a district-size political machine.w v ,;in c o m fl nnnrtln inn* Lin %u00bb**i%u00abv juok vy umcu uau moSouth Portland office and volunteered to help with the effort, Green says most of the volunteers came to his side after he made numerous telephone calls to people across the city and state. As chairman of the State Black and Puerto Rican Caucus of the State Legislature, Green had many friends he could call on. And, as an Assemblymember who has worked on child care and pre-natal care legislation, he says that he also had a large number of his local volunteers, women and mothers, who would be with him because of those issues.%u201cMost of the folks that have helped me out have had a lot of experience in previous campaigns,%u201d he says. %u201cAnd, a large number are all part of a city-wide network who have worked on a lot of other campaigns as well. But, mothers in the district, especially those at the Brooklyn Arms Hotel, were particularly helpful this year.%u201dIn total, Green%u2019s staff estimates that between 200 and 300 volunteers had a part in the effort. This, however, was only half of the campaign strategy. With at least eight major mailings to what Green calls %u201ctargeted constituents,%u201d the campaign organization sought to make sure his plight was known by everyone who could vote in last week%u2019s election.INFORMATIVE TO THE EMOTIONALThe pieces ranged from the informative to the emotional. One printed piece that was mailed out claimed that the 57th Assembly District was %u201crobbed%u201d of its Assemblymember. Without ever directly accusing Frere, the brochure constantly referred to %u201cthey%u201d as the people who were behind his removal from the Democratic ballot.Another mailing was prepared that detailed Green%u2019s multi-term record in Albany and concentrated on talking about traditional issues like education, senior citizens assistance, housing and civil rights.Another piece was distributed that simply had a picture of Green and a copy of a ballot with a green arrow pointing to the location of his name on the Liberal Party line, %u201c Column D, line 9.%u201d%u201cI guess we just didn%u2019t want to take anything for granted,%u201d Green says about the mailings, most of which were sent within the last two weeks of the campaign.The Green strategy definitely didn%u2019t include reference to his Democratic opponent, Frere. He had few direct confrontations with Green and was seldom mentioned. Green says that the campaign was run through the mail and not on the streets, the subject of disparagement by the opponent. %u201cI went door-to-door every night,%u201d says Frere. %u201cRoger Green didn%u2019t spend half that time campaigning.%u201dGreen%u2019s strategy of educating the voters about his Liberal Party candidacy frustrated Frere, who wanted to meet Green and talk about issues in the district that he felt needed attention. In addition, with Golden and the County Democratic organization supporting Green, the Liberal, with money and volunteers, and not Frere, the Democrat, Frere maintains that the election was Continued on Page 8When You NeedA Good FloristHere We Are!Where We%u2019ve BeenFor 133 Y ears...Janies Weir Ecklebe and GuyerAmerica%u2019s Oldest Urban FloristFlorists %u2022 FruiterersC ity & W orldw ide DeliveryAlways open 7 daysWe Take Major Credit Cards 160 Montague St. %u2022 Brooklyn Heights624-0270---------------Tfllmu |]| . .1 ... U- . .... 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