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S amfo d mayo al ca dida e Bobby Vale i e.

S amfo d mayo al ca dida e Ca oli e Simmo s.

I ’s o sec e ha Bobby Vale i e has ave sed he ci y of S amfo d alki g abou boos i g home ow e ship i his u fo mayo as a u affilia ed ca dida e.

He p omises o help eside s buy houses a d co domi iums, a he ha suppo i g policies ha equi e se -asides fo affo dable e als i ewly developed apa me buildi gs.

The ques io is, wha is he sayi g abou he ci y’s e e s? Tha ’s ea ly half of all eside s by some cou s, i cludi g low-i come families a d ich folks decampi g f om New Yo k.

A 28-seco d video clip ha I ob ai ed has u ed ha ques io i o a issue i he campaig be wee Vale i e a d s a e Rep. Ca oli e Simmo s, he Democ a , wo weeks befo e Elec io Day.

He e’s wha Vale i e said:

“Because if you’ e o ow i g, you’ e o ca i g. A d I do ’ wa , I do ’ mi d havi g people i ou ci y who a e jus e e s, bu I k ow ha of hose 10,000 ew people who came he e ove he las six yea s, came o S amfo d, a d hey’ e e i g i ou commu i y, I k ow ha hey’ e o leavi g he commu i y be e ha whe hey go he e.”

S o g wo ds. Wha ’s he co ex ? Tha ’s he issue.

To he Simmo s campaig , hose 64 wo ds a e p oof ha Vale i e, he fo me Majo League Baseball playe a d ma age , a d successful local es au a ow e , favo s he old-li e homeow e s of S amfo d — ma y of hem i he less u ba pa s of ow whe e he has ow ed a house fo 20 yea s. They show co emp fo e e s of all eco omic levels, Simmo s’ campaig a d some of he suppo e s say.

“Tyi g a pe so ’s value o whe he o o hey ow p ope y is a se ime f om a bygo e e a,” s a e Rep. Co ey Pa is, D-S amfo d, a Simmo s suppo e who wa ched he video ape befo e I eceived i , said o me. “I i vokes a his o y of sys emic i equali y, socioeco omic i equali y a d disc imi a io agai s va ious co s i ue cies. I has o place i S amfo d, especially a place as dive se a d wi h such fo wa d hi ki g. This is o i dica ive of who we a e as a g owi g, vib a ci y.”

Tha c i icism, he Vale i e campaig says, makes false assump io s based o a i comple e clip.

“Tha li le s ippe akes he discussio abou livi g a d bei g pa of ou commu i y comple ely ou of co ex ,” Da Mille , Vale i e’s campaig ma age , sugges ed Mo day. “We absolu ely, clea ly, a e o favo i g a ybody.”

The eal subjec , he said: “How we have o move fo wa d i a posi ive way o e cou age home ow e ship…I was o abou he people, i was abou he apa me s.”

I ’s huma a u e fo e e s o “ ake a li le less ca e” of e al ca s o , i a apa me , ki che cabi e s, Mille said. “I was ’ dispa agi g e e s.”

We ca ’ u o he full video fo mo e a swe s. A edi ed ve sio wi h o ly hose 64 wo ds — which I epo ed above, wo d-fo -wo d — is all I eceived f om my sou ce, a Democ a ic Pa y ac ivis i a o he ow , who has volu ee ed fo ma y campaig s, i cludi g Simmo s’ u fo mayo . The pe so , whom I ag eed o o ide ify, said she did o shoo he video a d eceived i f om someo e who is o wi h he Simmo s campaig .

The eve , held Sep . 27, was i he ya d of a p iva e house i a ea by ow , o S amfo d, fo a poli ically i e es ed audie ce ha i cluded suppo e s of bo h ca dida es. I was o a fu d aise fo Vale i e.

These wo ds sou d bad i a y co ex . Vale i e su ely mus ealize hey should ’ have come f om a guy wi h 71 yea s of life expe ie ce, mos of i i Co ec icu ’s seco d la ges ci y — a guably he mos e h ically a d eco omically dive se ci y i he s a e – a he mome whe he’s aski g he whole ci y o vo e fo him.

Sayi g housa ds of people who e apa me s “a e o leavi g he commu i y be e ” pai s a ove ly b oad pic u e eve if, as Mille says, Vale i e was alki g abou he massive g ow h of upscale apa me s, o he e e s.

Of cou se, sweepi g s a eme s, as we’ve lea ed i ou hopelessly b oke a io al poli ics, ca wo k.

“This shocki g video shows Bobby Vale i e aki g a page igh ou of Do ald T ump’s playbook by yi g o divide a d demo ize ce ai g oups of people,” Simmo s’ campaig ma age , Lau e Meye , said i a w i e comme o me. “I ’s pa of a pa e of divisive ac ics: i ece days he’s also a acked Ca oli e Simmo s fo whe e she lived as a child, i si ua i g he e’s some hi g w o g wi h a yo e who was bo ou side S amfo d a d he chose o make hei home he e.”

Vale i e has made a issue of he fac ha Simmo s, a 35-yea -old Ha va d g adua e, g ew up i G ee wich. Simmo s has sho back ha she speaks fo all S amfo d eside s, o jus hose bo a d aised i he ci y.

Wha lu ks u de ea h ha spa ? Same fo ces as he e vs. ow ba le: Cha ges of eli ism (“She g ew up i a life of p ivilege,” Mille said o me) vs. cha ges of c o yism, as he Simmo s campaig sugges s Vale i e ope a es h ough his e wo k of old pals.

Mille cou e ed Meye ’s comme s by sayi g, “Ou campaig is much mo e dive se a d i clusive a d ou admi is a io will be much mo e dive se a d i clusive.” As fo e e s, Mille , who’s i fi a ce p ofessio ally, e s i a buildi g whe e, eigh yea s ago, he me Vale i e — himself a e e a he ime, as he e u ed f om a s i i he Bos o Red Sox dugou a d gave he people leasi g his house mo e ime o live he e.

Pa is, he ece ly elec ed s a e ep ese a ive who suppo s Simmo s, also e s, as a 30-yea -old who has lived i S amfo d o a d off fo his whole adul life af e g owi g up i he Midwes a d Sou h. “The e’s o sepa a i g he issue of home ow e ship f om acial i equi ies ha a e i ou cou y,” Pa is said, sugges i g a u de o e of Vale i e’s ema ks. “Fif y-eigh pe ce of black Ame ica households a e e ed.”

Mille quickly poi s ou ha Vale i e has lived i five diffe e S amfo d eighbo hoods, a d ha his comme s i he video clip we e abou he apa me s fo weal hy, mos ly whi e people livi g i luxu y buildi gs ea he ha bo .

I ag ee ha ’s wha Vale i e appea s o be alki g abou . Bu ha ’s bad e ough, a d i s ill leaves oom o wo de abou his view of all e e s, i all i come levels.

The Vale i e campaig had o k ow i eeded o dig ou of a hole whe I asked Mille ove he weeke d fo a espo se o he video. Mille old me he’d call back Mo day a d he did — p ecisely o e mi u e af e he campaig issued a le g hy s a eme f om Vale i e abou he eed fo dive si y i e al housi g.

“I is clea ha ou ci y mus be mo e co scious of he full spec um of housi g eeds,” Vale i e said i he elease, o i g ha S amfo d’s boom has bee “heavily weigh ed o smalle , highe -p iced e al u i s.”

He added, “Ou e al commu i y is pa of wha makes S amfo d vib a , a d we espec ha i is he igh choice fo some eside s.”

A e ligh e ed comme fo su e. Hea fel , o a c af y pivo f om a shocki g video? We will eve k ow.

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