*Larry Blackmon, Cameo’s lead singer, has a son who you’ll probably be surprised to learn didn’t follow in his father’s musical footsteps.
According to ILOSM, Blackmon’s son, Larry Scott Blackmon, is a politician and community activist. In an interview with TNJ, he said: “I never wanted anyone in politics to say I achieved anything because of my father.”
Larry Scott is very well known on the New York scene among the political world and the activist community. He’s worked with many notable political figures, including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, former presidential nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton; and U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel.
Ever since 2014, he has served as ‘Vice President of community and government affairs’ for the popular New York-based online grocer, Fresh Direct.
Larry Scott lost his 2017 political run for New York City Council and many believe it was due to the controversy surrounding his name being removed from and then reinstated on the City Council ballot.
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According to the report, “opponents accused Larry Scott Blackmon, and/or his lawyer, of getting special treatment from the city’s elected officials at the time of the campaigning process. His opponents felt that he violated the rules of running for city council and for a hot second, so did some of the Board of Elections committee. Therefore, they pulled Larry Scott Blackmon’s name off the ballot in January 2017.”
Via New York Post: In what critics claim is an extraordinary political deal, seven of the 10 commissioners on the city’s Board of Elections abstained in a vote to remove a politically-connected candidate, Larry Scott Blackmon, from the ballot — overruling their own lawyers and ignoring legal precedent.
“The case involves the Feb. 14 special election to fill the Harlem City Council seat vacated by Inez Dickens, who won the state Assembly spot given up by Manhattan Democratic Party chairman Keith Wright. Among the nine candidates is Blackmon, who is backed by Dickens and Wright.”
Blackmon made a big mistake when he submitted petitions to run under the banner “Harlem Family” Party while gathering petitions.
“Candidates are barred from running under a partisan party banner in a non-partisan, special election. The board’s staff then recommended yanking Blackmon from the ballot. In an abrupt turn of events, the board then voted to reverse their decision and reinstate Larry Scott back onto the ballot. That is what prompted many of his naysayers to publicly accuse him of striking some type of deal behind with the board members on the low.”
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