The pols screw the voters

reforma is a regula what ain’t got a job,” said late philosopher/felon/Brooklyn Democratic boss Meade Esposito. Thus East Village Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh traveled across the river to meet Meade’s successor, Frank Seddio, at Junior’s, to seal the deal that gave Kavanagh a Senate seat.

He gets promoted to the upper chamber in Albany. Democratic voters get screwed.

The very bad process started with Daniel Squadron’s ill-timed Senate resignation in August, too late to hold an open, competitive primary. That gave Democratic Party insiders, not voters, power to pick the November ballot standardbearer, guaranteeing victory.

Then it got worse. State law says that when it’s too late for a primary, county committee members from the area select the nominee. Manhattan leader Keith Wright extols the grassroots activism of his county committee, letting neighbors and community people be involved.

But while Wright had a meeting and a vote — which Kavanagh lost decisively, to Paul Newell — Seddio didn’t. Acting as solo kingmaker, he picked reforma Kavanagh for the job. Seddio made, or to be more precise Meade, Kavanagh a senator.