{"id":123,"date":"2005-02-09T06:48:11","date_gmt":"2005-02-09T14:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2005\/02\/revvin_kevin.html"},"modified":"2005-02-09T06:48:11","modified_gmt":"2005-02-09T14:48:11","slug":"revvin_kevin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/02\/revvin_kevin.html","title":{"rendered":"Revvin’ Kevin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Or, Life (Seems to) Imitate Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A former Brooklyn city councilman is accusing a political rival – controversial state Sen. Kevin Parker – of using official stationery to taunt him with a series of bizarre birthday greetings, months after his birthday.<\/p>\n

“This is pure harassment and he shouldn’t be using government resources to do it, and I want it to stop,” said Noach Dear, who lost a close primary to Parker in September.<\/p>\n

Dear, whose birthday is in November, said three such letters have arrived at his E. Seventh St. home – including one that wished him “a great lifetime.” He is demanding a Legislative Ethics Committee probe.<\/p>\n

Parker, 37, who was arrested in Brooklyn last month for allegedly punching a city parking agent in the face after getting a $55 ticket, blamed a computer glitch.<\/p>\n

“We often send seniors birthday cards because it’s a big thing to be a senior,” said Parker. “But unless he is coded in the Board of Elections database as someone over 65, he shouldn’t be getting anything from me.”<\/p>\n

Dear, who is 51, doesn’t believe the mailings were a mistake.<\/p>\n

“What he is doing now is really outrageous,” fumed Dear. “You’d think he’d want to protect the public’s money, but he spends his time wasting money with this sick joke.”<\/p>\n

The cards, personally signed by Parker to his political enemy, were inscribed: “Heartfelt best wishes on this special day. … Here’s to a great day, a great week, a great year, a great lifetime!”<\/p>\n

Parker raised eyebrows last spring when he awarded attendees at a political fund-raiser with a swag bag containing flavored condoms and lubricants.<\/p>\n

The Daily News dubbed him “Revvin’ Kevin” last year when the paper reported Parker racked up three speeding tickets, had his driver’s license suspended and had two highway smashups in recent years.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Or, Life (Seems to) Imitate Curb Your Enthusiasm: A former Brooklyn city councilman is accusing a political rival – controversial state Sen. Kevin Parker – of using official stationery to taunt him with a series of bizarre birthday greetings, months after his birthday. “This is pure harassment and he shouldn’t be using government resources to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}