Friday, December 5, 2008
FIRST DOMINICAN MAYOR ELECTED IN THE NATION..HERE IN NJ!!
Jersey | Passaic
Dominican Wins City Hall and a Community’s Pride
By KEVIN COYNE
Passaic
THE election was over, but a campaign sign for Dr. Alex Blanco still lingered on the second floor above a corner barber shop a few doors down from his old apartment — a plywood square, painted white, with his name stenciled in blue like a school project, a humble remnant from a landmark vote.
“We made 20 of them in my backyard,” Dr. Blanco, 36, said, stopping his car in front of the two-family house on Myrtle Avenue where he lived until he graduated from college. “Ten sheets of plywood from Home Depot, cut in half.”
NYTIMES.COM
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This is a great accomplishment!
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