Because This Realtor Really Knows The District, Er, Neighborhood
Former Councilmember Allan Jennings sees no reason to throw away all that perfectly good stationery:
Posted: February 6th, 2007 | Filed under: See, The Thing Is Was . . .Members of the district he once represented in Queens are up in arms because he is using official City Council envelopes to advertise his real estate business.
The brightly colored flyers are enclosed in envelopes displaying the 28th Council District seal and prominently feature a picture of a smiling Jennings. They boast, “No one can sell your home faster.”
A former police officer who lives in Richmond Hill, part of Jennings’ former district, took exception to the postal ruse.
“Here I think I’m getting an official communication from the city, and it’s a sleazy real estate ad,” said retired cop Matt Fanning.
The voice-mail message of the phone number listed on the flyers still identifies Jennings as a councilman.
“That’s a no-no. It is misleading and inappropriate, and he should cease immediately,” said Councilman Thomas White, who defeated Jennings in the 2005 Democratic primary, making Jennings the only incumbent to lose in that primary.
