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In the past few months, Councilwoman Maria Baez has raked in a significant amount of cash from local supermarkets in support of her reelection campaign in the 14th District. According to the Campaign Finance Board, Baez has garnered $3,375 from a variety of local supermarkets in the Bronx, $2,000 of which she received the day before she had a press conference voicing her support of small supermarkets opposing the proposed big-box supermarket at the Kingsbridge Armory.

Last week, Tony Perez Cassino, a candidate for City Council in the 11th District who is challenging incumbent Oliver Koppell, opened up a campaign office on Gun Hill Road near DeKalb Avenue in Norwood last week.

Two Sundays ago, a group of South Bronx activists braved the oppressive afternoon heat to re-energize a campaign to hold the Yankees baseball club accountable for promises they made to the community for the right to build a new $1.5 billion stadium on public parkland.

Followed by a crowd of more than 500 people, including activists, politicians, union leaders, local clergy, new moms and a radical marching band, 16-year-old Adolfo Abreu wrapped yellow tape around the Kingsbridge Armory. The message from the northwest Bronx community was simple, clear and written in black letters on the yellow tape, both in English and Spanish: "It’s Our Armory."

As it heads toward the finish line, the crowded race for the Bronx’s 14th District Council seat is sprouting more subplots and mysteries than a season of "Lost."

In the face of loud opposition from community groups, union leaders, business owners and local residents, the members of Community Board 7 voted to conditionally approve a developer’s plans to turn the long-vacant Kingsbridge Armory into a giant shopping mall.

For the first time in six years, community education councils across New York City were not legally obligated to meet this month. This is because Mayor Bloomberg’s control over New York City public schools ended on June 30 and has yet to be renewed by the New York State legislature. But education councils, including the one in District 10, which represents a large swath of the northwest Bronx, are continuing to pursue their agendas.