Downtown Brooklyn Star.    Doug Biviano stands alone, and he likes it that way.

Biviano, the latest addition to the seven-person race for Councilman David Yassky's seat, is positioning himself as the ultimate political outsider - an ambitious, out-of-the-box candidate without burdensome ties to local special interest groups who will best represent everyday voters struggling through a growing recession...

"I'm a person before I'm a politician. I'm living what people are worried about right now," said Biviano, who lives in Brooklyn Heights with his wife and three children. "I see this economic crisis we're in as just the beginning. I don't see anybody talking about how we're going to ride this out."   Read article...

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