http://www.cityofsmoke.com New York History, Commentary, and Culture Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:02:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/5331 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/5331#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:13:23 +0000 William Bryk http://www.cityofsmoke.com/?p=5331 On May 29, 2009, The New York Times published the obituary of L. D. "None of the Above" Knox, 80, a farmer and politician from Winnsboro, Louisiana who had crusaded for over forty years to make "None of the Above" an option on the Pelican State's ballots. In 1979, he went so far as to make "None of the Above" his additional middle name and used it thereafter whenever he ran for office. ]]> http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/5331/feed 0 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/4247 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/4247#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:45:45 +0000 William Bryk http://www.cityofsmoke.com/?p=4247 Last week, a special election was held for Bronx Borough President, a job which, since the Charter reforms of the early 1990s, is largely ceremonial. The marvelously named incumbent, Adolfo Carrion, had resigned office to accept appointment as Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs....The Assemblywoman's name rang a chime in memory. She had been ]]> http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/4247/feed 0