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'''Christopher X. Brodeur''' is an artist, writer, and musician.<ref name="amazon" /> Brodeur has been acquitted and found not guilty after being arrested<ref name="vonzielbauer2005" /> and spending time in jail<ref name="ross1999">{{Cite news
|last=Ross
|first=Barbara
|title=Rudy foe cleared of harass
|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/rudy-foe-cleared-harass-article-1.848605
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|date=1999-09-17
|access-date=2011-10-31}}</ref> for harassing members of ]'s press office staff.<ref name="vonzielbauer2005" /> He ],<ref>{{Cite news
|title=Arrest Follows Calls to Aides Of the Mayor
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|date=2005-01-22
|access-date=2010-07-25}}</ref> after losing to ]<ref>{{Cite news
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|first = Scott
|title = 4 unlikely Hizzoners mix it up with Green
|url = http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2001/10/18/2001-10-18_4_unlikely_hizzoners_mix_it_.html
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|first=Jennifer
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==References==
'''Christopher X. Brodeur''' is a journalist, artist, cartoonist, political activist, and two-time political candidate for the ] of ].
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==Biography== ==External links==
*{{Cite news
Christopher Brodeur has been involved in politics throughout his 15 years in New York City, including many encounters with Mayor ] from 1997-2001. He was falsely arrested 6 times (with no convictions) while Giuliani was mayor. These arrests were mainly for protesting many of Giuliani's crimes, from federal violations of the Clean Air Act to the pseudo-moralist's adultery, to his many mob ties, such as the $100,000,000 Giuliani gave mob construction firms to build the Staten Island and Coney Island stadiums. The city, under ], paid him $35,000 in 2003 to settle one of his Giuliani era false arrest lawsuits. In total, he has been arrested without a resulting conviction over 23 times, successfully defending himself against the police, City Hall, and the DA Robert Morgenthau through video, etc. In addition to protesting, he wrote and drew political cartoons for the ] newspaper. He remains very intense about political corruption and has long claimed he could make a better mayor for New York City than any of the past 300. He won about 4% of the ]ic votes in the New York City primary after doing minimal campaigning, being barred from all debates, receiving little coverage on most media outlets, and spending under $200. His 4 machine-opponents all spent over $5,000,000 on their campaigns. The winner was ], whom Brodeur insists is a Democratic ] candidate. He is still campaigning as a ] for NYC mayor 2005 and promoting his 100 INNOVATIONS FOR NYC.
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|title = Wacky racer's big day
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==Platform==
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He has a list of 100 innovations he would like to make as mayor and uses that as his political platform. They range from fundamental political change (making it illegal for politicians to lie)(making mass transit free ala the now-free Staten Island ferry) to the mundane (designing bathroom doors to open out, not in)(outgoing mailboxes in all hallways to save the Post office money). He also espouses left-wing social ideologies, portraying himself as the only mayoral candidate in 2001 to support ], legalized suicide and drug use, and he is the first candidate to point out that the NYPD, FDNY, US military, public schools and public libraries are all proof that Socialism works well and is very popular, since all are govt-run monopolies. Many of his planks regard consumers in New York City, who in his view experience a terribly high rate of ]. He would like the support of consumer and workers' rights to be the responsibility of the government, whom he thinks should investigate and police big business.
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==Campaign==
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He spent roughly $120 on his campaign in 2005, distributing little pamphlets and running a website. His goal was simply to allow voters to research his website, view his ideas, and spread the word. He also decided against spending his own money on expensive campaign events, leaving him little expense as a candidate. This compares sharply to Democratic primary candidate ] who was the second most powerful politician in NYC after Mayor Bloomberg and spent over $6,000,000 on his campaign and was beaten by Brodeur in the Bronx (6% to 4%).(The $6 million does not include Miller's franking abuses of over $1,000,000 to mail out Council "literature" that was essentially Miller campaign literature.) CXB also came in second against 4 very powerful and well-funded machine Democrats in many election districts like Washington Heights, where he beat Miller, Anthony Weiner, and C. Virginia Fields without campaigning in the district even once. (And all 3 he beat spent over $5,000,000 each to CXB's $120.
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==Distinction==
Christopher X. Brodeur, or CXB as his supporters call him, diverges from mainstream politics in a variety of ways. He claims the war between ]s and ]s is a fake one; the real war, he believes, is that between taxpayers and the government, although many simply lose interest. He also campaigns on uncommonly touched issues saying that the most important issues are the most neglected in our mainstream politics.

==External links==




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American musician, artist and writer

Christopher X. Brodeur is an artist, writer, and musician. Brodeur has been acquitted and found not guilty after being arrested and spending time in jail for harassing members of New York City's mayor's press office staff. He ran for mayor of New York City in 2001, after losing to Julia Willebrand in the Green Party primary, and in 2005 he won 4% in the Democratic Party primary.

References

  1. "Perverted Little Creep". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  2. ^ Von Zielbauer, Paul (2005-09-14). "The New York primary: the gadfly; Brodeur's surprise result: he takes 4 percent of the votes". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  3. Ross, Barbara (1999-09-17). "Rudy foe cleared of harass". Daily News. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  4. "Arrest Follows Calls to Aides Of the Mayor". The New York Times. 2005-01-22. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
  5. Shifrel, Scott (2001-10-18). "4 unlikely Hizzoners mix it up with Green". Daily News. Archived from the original on 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
  6. Steinhauer, Jennifer (2001-08-28). "Undaunted by Their Slim Prospects, Outsiders Crowd Mayoral Race". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-25.

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