The Omerta Report -- Gallo's Campaign Impolding

DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT

As we have all heard by now Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo is not having a great week but before we get to the obvious we wanted to address the CSEA endorsement of Gallo. The CSEA endorsed Shayne Gallo's reelection and here is why it doesn't matter and why it is all smoke and mirrors. The CSEA endorsement was not a fair endorsement by any means nor was there anyway they were going to support anyone but Gallo. This is not us being bitter, the Second Noble and Polacco got their questionnaire they had to of known they were not getting it. The contact person was a woman named Jill and we like Jill and respect her so we will not post her last name or say she personally did anything wrong but we must point out that this woman is Mayor Shayne Gallo's cousin and not only did she lead the interview process and interview all the Mayoral candidates; before she conducted a single interview for Mayor or read a single one of their questionnaire responses  she went out and got Mayor Gallo close to 100 signatures to get him on the Democratic ballot.  This was not a fair open process by any means it is all smoke and mirrors,  don't forget Shayne Gallo used to work for CSEA as a labor specialist before he was FIRED for his erratic behavior, these are all facts, look into them. Ask Howard Baul, the Current CSEA labor specialist what he thinks of Shayne Gallo. CSEA endorsement was delivered to Gallo by his cousin and Troy Ashdown's friends both his cousin and Ashdown's work together and are good people and they did their boss a solid and he owes them for the P.R. Splash but the rank and file members are not voting for the guy, they are smarter than that.

 With that being said  we an get on to what the entire City is buzzing about: On Tuesday the Board of Elections threw Shayne Gallo off both the Independence and Conservative party lines after his campaign failed to file his acceptances on time. To be honest this baffles us, we knew from day one that the Gallo campaign would look like amateur hour, Gallo's key team that put him in office are all no longer associated with the man or his campaign and the remaining few that are leave a lot to be desired in terms of campaign experience.. Mayor Gallo himself has no idea how to run a political campaign, all the nuts and bolts of it were done for him four years ago and he took a lot of that for granted. However, the acceptance form is such a simple thing to do and with Andrew Zweben as his attorney it defies logic how it could have happened. Zweben may be pure evil but he's smart when it comes to election law he knows the process, he knew this had to be done. Zweben we hear was practically living at the B.O.E.the last few weeks and we just do not understand why he did not file that form during one of the many times he was in that building last week.

Zweben has told people many different reasons as to why it was late, he claims he never got the acceptance letter from the board until the last day, while the general public may hear that and shed a tear the people that know this process just call bullshit on it. Lets say the boe never sent it out at all, Andrew knows it had to be filled and he knows that he can get that form at the board by going in and asking for it or by going on the website and printing it off, there is no excuse as to why this was late.

In our opinion not only was it late but we do not believe for a second that the envelope that was sent into the Board of elections was stamped in his office on the 13th, we believe it was much more devious than that. We believe it was back dated for the 13th after they realized on the 14th it was late. First that's not the type of form you mail in especially if you're in a hotly contested race and live in City of Kingston where BOE office is located. You certainly wouldn't mail it in if it's the 13th and the form is due on the 13th, you drive to the boe and file it yourself or you go to the post office and walk inside and watch the clerk stamp it in front of you. We believe neither of these things happened because it was prepared and signed on the 14th. No way Andy on the day of deadline just threw it in the mail and hoped for the best, no reasonable person that knows this process believes that.

There are others who believe that Andrew deliberately fucked Gallo out of these two lines because he is sick of his shit and constantly being embarrassed in front of people by the Mayor. Some do give Andrew the benifit of the doubt and blame Gallo for over extending Zweben. The guy does wear a lot of different hats, from Gallo's shoe shiner, legal adviser, to his campaign manager, to the spokesman of the city, the henchman trying beat up and discredit Gallo's precised enemies. It could be that Andy just had his hand in too many different things and took his eye off the ball.  We may never know real reason but regardless what the reason is the bottom line is the paper was late and Zweben fucked up big time and handed Ron Polacco the Independence and Conservative party lines in the November election.

Gallo is in a due or die situation for the Democratic primary now, the only way he can win reelection is by winning September primary. No word on whether Gallo will or even has the organization at this point to get the 600 required signatures to create his own line.

We also find it ironic that after weeks of Gallo and Zweben relentlessly blasting Noble over the mere possibility of the City losing money because of the mistakes in paperwork Noble allegedly made, the guy can't even get his own petitions in order to get him on the ballot, talk about incompetent! Maybe Gallo should of had Swanzy examine his acceptances instead of Noble's grants.  Lastly it is poetic justice that it was Jeremy Blaber that filled the objections that knocked Gallo off the lines and possibly what will end his career as Mayor.

GALLO AFRAID TO DEBATE?

Gallo is known to be an awful public speaker and does not want to participate in any debates. How dare anyone run against him anyway. They are not worthy to share the same stage with him in his opinion and  doesnt want to be bothered.

We hear yesterday in the midst of  seeing his tenure as Mayor flash before his eyes he found out that the league of women voters had organized and scheduled a debate between all the candidates for Mayor a few days before the Democratic primary at City Hall. Our sources in City Hall tell us Gallo screamed and berated City Clerk Carly Williams questioning her loyalty and competence for doing her job and allowing them to reserve space, saying it was not the appropriate venue for it.

Is this guy losing it??  It was the appropriate venue four years ago when candidate Gallo participated in a debate at city hall when running for mayor. It was an appropriate event two years ago for his girlfriend to use city hall to organize an event for some organization shes associated with. It was an appropriate venue to hold the wfp convention in back in 2011 that he won or the Democratic convention that same year where he was crushed.

Gallo's brother restored Kingston City Hall for Kingstonians alike to use and enjoy, it is unconscionable for Mayor Gallo to say the residents of the city of Kingston do not have the right to go to City Hall and hear from the candidates looking to lead their city. Furthermore it is a disgrace to his late brother's memory, and to the city he represents.