You Talking To Me?!
Friday, June 16, 2017
One Term Mayor?!
Rumor has it the GOP has a candidate interested for the office of Mayor that would turn The front office Red for the first time in thirty years! We were blown away when we heard the name but unfortunately that's all we can say for now!
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Breaking News : After Lasing from Julie, Mayor ones Tue Reach Deal to keep Tuey
More details later but Tuey will be making at least 20k more according to sources maybe more
Friday, June 9, 2017
Tuey turns down 19k Raise to stay as Kingston Comptroller, Noble Leaves City Hall in Panic
After John Tuey announced unexpectedly that he was resigning to become Rockland County Rra , or the equivalent of what the Ulster Rra is here. Mayor Noble went to the council to ask their permission to try and keep John Tuey at any cost which the council voted 8-0 giving Mayor Steve Noble permission to do just that. Mayor Noble according to multiple sources offered Tuey $115, 000 a year to stay as Comptroller for the city with a five year contract. A generous 19k increase to the 96k Tuey currently is paid. Tuey had Mayor Noble on the edge of his seat until the last minute, we hear it was at a going away party that took place at city hall yesterday that Mayor Noble got confirmation that Tuey wasn't changing his mind and was done. Tuey started to give remarks about his time as Comptroller and Noble left before Tuey could finish. Where to?! That's a question city hall staffers were left wondering because it wasn't back to the Mayor's office, where the doors were locked and lights were off, well before the cake was cut according to several close to the situation yesterday. We assume of course he had to do the walk of shame over to the recreation center to an angry Mayor Julie Noble's office to see what to do next. Julie too disgusted to walk across the street herself, after Steve couldn't manage to keep Tuey.
It wasn't about money to all though, according to those familiar with the situation. Beside a new job offer that may or may not even exist....we assume it does exist. What had Tuey seeking new employment in the first place was Mayor Steve Noble himself and not even an extra 22k a year, which would have made him the highest paid employee in the city could change that. Makes you wonder how bad must it be over there at city hall where Tuey was able to deal w Mayor Shayne Gallo for four years and his bipolar outbursts?! In the end Tuey could deal with mental instability but not major incompetence in a Mayor more interested in bike lanes and composting than saving Kingston money. Tuey wanted off the sinking ship known as the Noble administration before the inevitable tax hikes started that Tuey as Comptroller saw coming a mile away to pay for Noble's alt left agenda to radically change Kingston.
Tuey played his cards perfectly, he leaves the city with reputation intact elevated by Mayor Noble who begged him to stay when all outside observers agreed that a new Comptroller for less than the current 96k annual salary Tuey made after being with the City for close to a decade was an easy decision. The budget session is far enough away that there is plenty of time to get a new Comptroller up to speed. Mayor Noble has a week now to scramble and replace Tuey or temporarily put Deputy Comptroller Crystal Knox in the job while he does a more detailed search.
Friday, June 2, 2017
Breaking News: DiFalco Out as Ulster Indy Boss; Bernardo Returns to the Helm
A complaint filed with the state board of elections was determined by officials to be creditable over an alleged backroom deal between newly elected Ulster County Independence Chairman Joe DiFalco and Ulster Republican Party Don Roger Rascoe had been conspiring in backroom deals where DiFalco as Indy party boss promised the GOP Don that hr would only consider supporting Repiblican candidates. As a result DiFalco has been stripped as Chairman and long time party Chairman Len Bernardo is back in charge just in time for endorsements. Joe DiFalco still may have a silver lining in all this, we hear he will soon be inducted as the shortest tenured party Chairman of all time by Guiness World Records. A recent fundraiser by the county Independence Party held last week in Kingston under DiFalco's leadership will not be allowed to be used by the party. We know under Bernardo a fair endorsement process will take place and candidates will get endorsed on merit not the major party line that is supporting them.
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Breaking News: Kingston City Comptroller Resigns to take gig as Rockland County Comptroller
Poor Steve Noble with Tuey running the financials of city government and Kevin Bryant a cunt hair away from being the top Judge in the state and the city's economic development office non existent we literally have a zoo keeper running city hall!!!! It was rumored when Tuey who has been out of the office all week told Mayor Noble a stream of urine could be seen running down his organically made hemp pants. Will someone stop the insanity!!!! Please just Stop the insanity. Now that the conventions are coming up we will be posting regularly between now and November, we promise starting with the GOP convention tomorrow night.
Poor little Stevie, well at least he's got that super model to go home to every night that would cheer me up. Congrats to John Tuey he's got a big job ahead of him Rockland county's financies are in big shit just ask anyone that works for State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli so for him to get that job that says wonders of the job Tuey was doing.l
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Major Update on tbe Reteirnment of Justice Karen Peters Monday
As well as our endorsement of Kingston Lawyer Kevin Bryant to succeed Justice Karen Peters
Bryant, a Democrat, is a graduate of SUNY Ulster, SUNY New Paltz and earned
his Juris Doctorate from Albany Law School.
He has serviced as an assistant district attorney, assistant public defender and assistant town attorney. Currently he is the Cooperation Council for the City of Kingston.
He has serviced as an assistant district attorney, assistant public defender and assistant town attorney. Currently he is the Cooperation Council for the City of Kingston.
We are hearing many of the delegates that are making this decision such as high profile lawyers like Eli Basch are breaking with Party Chairman favorite Frank Cardinale.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
New Rules
No this is not a segment of Bill Maher's closing thoughts but new rules for this thing of ours. This blog was made for the free exchange of ideas, to allow comments free of moderation and to provide local political gossip that regular newspapers wont publish and yes to entertain you.
We will continue to do all of those things and we will do so on a regular basis but we will do so with respect to all those involved in our thing, including their family both on a city and county level.
We fostered a climate were it was ok to denegrate people because we disagree with them, instead of challenging their ideas and offering solutions. For that we apologize, it was a disservice to you our readers and to ourselves the authors of this blog.
Specifically we are refering to the Noble's. The fact of the matter is that he is the Mayor of this City and deserves our respect and his wife is not off limits because she contributes to the administration and we think that's a good thing but she is to be judged on her ideas and performance not on anything else. Julie Noble has a lot to contribute to the city that can make it better and her role should be like a co- Mayorship in our opinion.
I was at a committee budget meeting many years ago when Julie and Steve put their jobs on the line going against Mayor Sottile's back and straight to the common council to get their jobs full time and to get benifits for their positions. They pretty much stated point of fact this is the work we do, we need benefits or we are leaving and these programs will not continue because noone else can do them effectively. This pissed off Mayor Sottile a great deal but they stood their ground and got people like Paula Childs to come to the council committee budget meetings and advocate for their positions and took abuse from Alderwoman Jen Ringwood, Mayor Sottile and others that were not happy with them challenging the system but they got their benefits.
Then again last year, my friend Mayor Gallo everyone knew probably had some temperment issues and everyone in the Democratic party wanted him gone but noone was willing to run, when Steve decided to run he was openly laughed at till the very end of the primary. Steve and his wife put up with abuse at the hands of Mayor Gallo and others but Steve Noble stood up and again risked his job and the livelihood of his family to take on a system he felt needed to be changed against long shot odds and he won.
Mayor Steve Noble and us will not agree on a lot politically but he is not just a guy with the right last name that got lucky. Mayor Noble and his wife took determined action and challenged a sitting Mayor and won, that took balls. For that he has our respect and admiration.
We will continue to do all of those things and we will do so on a regular basis but we will do so with respect to all those involved in our thing, including their family both on a city and county level.
We fostered a climate were it was ok to denegrate people because we disagree with them, instead of challenging their ideas and offering solutions. For that we apologize, it was a disservice to you our readers and to ourselves the authors of this blog.
Specifically we are refering to the Noble's. The fact of the matter is that he is the Mayor of this City and deserves our respect and his wife is not off limits because she contributes to the administration and we think that's a good thing but she is to be judged on her ideas and performance not on anything else. Julie Noble has a lot to contribute to the city that can make it better and her role should be like a co- Mayorship in our opinion.
I was at a committee budget meeting many years ago when Julie and Steve put their jobs on the line going against Mayor Sottile's back and straight to the common council to get their jobs full time and to get benifits for their positions. They pretty much stated point of fact this is the work we do, we need benefits or we are leaving and these programs will not continue because noone else can do them effectively. This pissed off Mayor Sottile a great deal but they stood their ground and got people like Paula Childs to come to the council committee budget meetings and advocate for their positions and took abuse from Alderwoman Jen Ringwood, Mayor Sottile and others that were not happy with them challenging the system but they got their benefits.
Then again last year, my friend Mayor Gallo everyone knew probably had some temperment issues and everyone in the Democratic party wanted him gone but noone was willing to run, when Steve decided to run he was openly laughed at till the very end of the primary. Steve and his wife put up with abuse at the hands of Mayor Gallo and others but Steve Noble stood up and again risked his job and the livelihood of his family to take on a system he felt needed to be changed against long shot odds and he won.
Mayor Steve Noble and us will not agree on a lot politically but he is not just a guy with the right last name that got lucky. Mayor Noble and his wife took determined action and challenged a sitting Mayor and won, that took balls. For that he has our respect and admiration.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Kingston Conservative Chair Cahill Recruiting Candidates
The City of
Kingston Conservative Party is calling on residents who are opposed to
the common council’s approval of a resolution declaring Kingston
a sanctuary city to defeat the six members who supported the move when
their terms are up
“The residents of this city do not want to be a sanctuary city, but the only way to overturn this action is by changing the members of the common council,” said Conservative Chairman Richard Cahill Jr.
The issue is not one of political parties, but “about city residents regardless of party affiliation fighting to take back their city from a far left wing ideology being forced upon it by the mayor and common council majority,” he said.
Cahill said efforts are already underway for the Conservative Party to “team up with other local parties in a joint effort to restore the city.”
The party had “someone of prominence express interest” in running for mayor in 2019. “This candidate has never sought office before, but I believe would have an excellent chance to win,” Cahill said. He did not identify the individual.
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So the above was posted on MidHudsonNews.com and in spirit we agree, we feel that a change to the common council is needed. We think the best seats to target for 2017 are the following: Ward1, Ward 2, Ward 3 and Ward 7
Ward 1 is a traditionally Republican Ward and the current representative won a Democratic primary and has never run in a general election. Her voting record is 100% w the Noble Administration, not only is the seat winnable but it should be targeted.
Ward 2 is tough it's been a Democratic ward for some time and the enrollment strongly favors that it would lean Democratic. However, there are a lot of voters that live above the storefronts in uptown Kingston that are not happy w the paid parking plan for municipal meters and Koop recently missed a council meeting to vote on the city budget! This is also another Alderman that has never faced a general election opponent before.
Ward 3 is winnable for a few reasons, the controversy surrounding Alderman Will and his resignation and the appointment of a guy to take his seat backed by Will. This guy Alderman Scott-Childress may be the most liberal member of the council. He took his wife's last name when he got married...it was Scott. What man takes his wife's name? Snowflake Alert! This should be a targeted race and former Alderman Walker can take this seat back easy.
Ward 7 If the rumors of MA Mills not seeking reelection are true then there is a great candidate in the Republican party that can run and win this seat back. Former Alderman Reynolds will not be running is my understanding. On a side note if MA Mills does choose to run for reelection we feel that she should be reelected to another term. We are not really advocating taking back the seat in 7 but retaining the leadership that would be lost if Mills chooses to retire at the end of the year.
With all that being said if the Conservative Party wants to help that's great but they do not have the resources or brain power required to take on the Democratic machine. Don Ryan is not the brightest, we like Bounten and respect Cahill's knowledge of the city and issues but not his ability to organize and lead. The Republican party needs to step up, Joe Ingarra needs to stand up and take this on, he's the chairman, he's competent and tough but all that means nothing if he doesn't do the work. Being Chair is not about a title especially if you are chair of a committee that's known for losing elections. The Kingston Republican committee has fresh blood, they are motivated and the current Mayor and local Democratic party are at the weakest they have ever been. Which is still nine times stronger then the Republican City committee...which means the gop has to work 10 time as hard and they have to foster solid relationships with other party's as Chairman Cahill suggests. There is no room for ego or stubbornness if we want to win back city government or even if we want a seat at the table.
“The residents of this city do not want to be a sanctuary city, but the only way to overturn this action is by changing the members of the common council,” said Conservative Chairman Richard Cahill Jr.
The issue is not one of political parties, but “about city residents regardless of party affiliation fighting to take back their city from a far left wing ideology being forced upon it by the mayor and common council majority,” he said.
Cahill said efforts are already underway for the Conservative Party to “team up with other local parties in a joint effort to restore the city.”
The party had “someone of prominence express interest” in running for mayor in 2019. “This candidate has never sought office before, but I believe would have an excellent chance to win,” Cahill said. He did not identify the individual.
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So the above was posted on MidHudsonNews.com and in spirit we agree, we feel that a change to the common council is needed. We think the best seats to target for 2017 are the following: Ward1, Ward 2, Ward 3 and Ward 7
Ward 1 is a traditionally Republican Ward and the current representative won a Democratic primary and has never run in a general election. Her voting record is 100% w the Noble Administration, not only is the seat winnable but it should be targeted.
Ward 2 is tough it's been a Democratic ward for some time and the enrollment strongly favors that it would lean Democratic. However, there are a lot of voters that live above the storefronts in uptown Kingston that are not happy w the paid parking plan for municipal meters and Koop recently missed a council meeting to vote on the city budget! This is also another Alderman that has never faced a general election opponent before.
Ward 3 is winnable for a few reasons, the controversy surrounding Alderman Will and his resignation and the appointment of a guy to take his seat backed by Will. This guy Alderman Scott-Childress may be the most liberal member of the council. He took his wife's last name when he got married...it was Scott. What man takes his wife's name? Snowflake Alert! This should be a targeted race and former Alderman Walker can take this seat back easy.
Ward 7 If the rumors of MA Mills not seeking reelection are true then there is a great candidate in the Republican party that can run and win this seat back. Former Alderman Reynolds will not be running is my understanding. On a side note if MA Mills does choose to run for reelection we feel that she should be reelected to another term. We are not really advocating taking back the seat in 7 but retaining the leadership that would be lost if Mills chooses to retire at the end of the year.
With all that being said if the Conservative Party wants to help that's great but they do not have the resources or brain power required to take on the Democratic machine. Don Ryan is not the brightest, we like Bounten and respect Cahill's knowledge of the city and issues but not his ability to organize and lead. The Republican party needs to step up, Joe Ingarra needs to stand up and take this on, he's the chairman, he's competent and tough but all that means nothing if he doesn't do the work. Being Chair is not about a title especially if you are chair of a committee that's known for losing elections. The Kingston Republican committee has fresh blood, they are motivated and the current Mayor and local Democratic party are at the weakest they have ever been. Which is still nine times stronger then the Republican City committee...which means the gop has to work 10 time as hard and they have to foster solid relationships with other party's as Chairman Cahill suggests. There is no room for ego or stubbornness if we want to win back city government or even if we want a seat at the table.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
The Omerta Report 2017 Begins
On Friday Donald Trump will be sworn in as President of the United States and we couldn't be more excited. The family goes a long way back w Donald Trump from our construction days... we controlled the unions, not a single concrete slab was laid down without going through us and Trump's companies were no different. We had a great system if the contractors would not use our concrete companies we wouldn't break their legs or fit them for concrete shoes, we would just send in our union delegate to check every car and piece of machinery that went onto that particular job site each morning to make sure it was up to union codes. From the materials to the tire pressure of the machines...We shut their business down to a halt with this one foreman checking every little detail all day, no work would get started and the contractor would lose hundreds of thousands a day. By day two or three, they would come around and see that our number did work for them. We made a lot money in construction in those days. Back to the point, Trump will be our President, hes smart and shrewd and we are confident he will Make America Great Again.
Mayor Noble gave his State of the City address and if one thing is clear its that this guy lacks leadership. Noble spoke in generalities about making Kingston green and sustainable and focused heavily on promoting an alt left agenda that included making Kingston a Sanctuary city and composting. The usual lets work together..blah blah. No mention of economic development, no mention of his campaign promise to bring free wifi to Midtown Kingston through a public private partnership. No mention about anything of substance really. Mayor Noble did mention again that he was working with the county to merge city bus, which would save Kingston money. That bus system runs at a huge deficit and the county could provide the same services and get that off Kingston's back.
Mayor Noble did get his crowd of snow flakes to fill city hall in favor of his resolution to make Kingston a sanctuary city with public comments from both sides going until about 1030pm. To us we could care less who lives here and what their legal status is..if they are here and happy and love are city we say salute, God bless. The issue is the financial impact such a move could have on our city, if Trump pulls federal funding to Kingston, we stand to lose over 1.8 million in federal aid and the potential federal grants we could lose we will never know the $ lost there. Money that will go to other Cities that are less qualified and less worthy. And for what? So Mayor Noble can pat himself on the back that he got passed a meaningless resolution and put every single resident of Kingston at risk in the process. This isn't about principal, Governor Cuomo has already made NY a sanctuary state and while Albany may forget sometimes, Kingston is a part of the state of New York.
Tuesday's display showed how out of touch our Mayor is, he had a crowd of paid activists and out of towners from Citizen's Action cheer him on like this is what Kingstonians want. Maybe a majority do but I will bet any amount of money that's not their main focus. How about a memorializing resolution to bring a big distributor to Kingston, or a tenant in the Kingston Business Park. Noble is an elitist that went home to Roosevelt Park after that resolution passed thinking he did something good but I ask you all: What good has he done for the average Kingstonian?! His priorities are ass backwards and he fails to take a stand on the important issues facing this community.
In other city news we here rumors that Alderwoman Maryanne Mills (D-w7) will not seek reelection to a third term this November. The ward leans Democratic but could be in contention for Republicans in an open seat. Unless of course former Democratic Alderman Bill Reynolds decides to make a run for his old seat.
On a County level we had to laugh that County Executive Mike Hein promoted his rail trail as something that would boost the local economy and make Ulster a destination community, a project that is untested and we have no idea what will happen...ok so thats his opinion on the results, gotcha. The funny part is that his comments come a week after the Catskill Mountain Railroad, that got fucked over to build that stupid trail and has a solid track record, reported that it did over a million in sales this year. Not to mention what the railroad has done for Uptown Kingston business owners during the holiday season.
Mayor Noble gave his State of the City address and if one thing is clear its that this guy lacks leadership. Noble spoke in generalities about making Kingston green and sustainable and focused heavily on promoting an alt left agenda that included making Kingston a Sanctuary city and composting. The usual lets work together..blah blah. No mention of economic development, no mention of his campaign promise to bring free wifi to Midtown Kingston through a public private partnership. No mention about anything of substance really. Mayor Noble did mention again that he was working with the county to merge city bus, which would save Kingston money. That bus system runs at a huge deficit and the county could provide the same services and get that off Kingston's back.
Mayor Noble did get his crowd of snow flakes to fill city hall in favor of his resolution to make Kingston a sanctuary city with public comments from both sides going until about 1030pm. To us we could care less who lives here and what their legal status is..if they are here and happy and love are city we say salute, God bless. The issue is the financial impact such a move could have on our city, if Trump pulls federal funding to Kingston, we stand to lose over 1.8 million in federal aid and the potential federal grants we could lose we will never know the $ lost there. Money that will go to other Cities that are less qualified and less worthy. And for what? So Mayor Noble can pat himself on the back that he got passed a meaningless resolution and put every single resident of Kingston at risk in the process. This isn't about principal, Governor Cuomo has already made NY a sanctuary state and while Albany may forget sometimes, Kingston is a part of the state of New York.
Tuesday's display showed how out of touch our Mayor is, he had a crowd of paid activists and out of towners from Citizen's Action cheer him on like this is what Kingstonians want. Maybe a majority do but I will bet any amount of money that's not their main focus. How about a memorializing resolution to bring a big distributor to Kingston, or a tenant in the Kingston Business Park. Noble is an elitist that went home to Roosevelt Park after that resolution passed thinking he did something good but I ask you all: What good has he done for the average Kingstonian?! His priorities are ass backwards and he fails to take a stand on the important issues facing this community.
In other city news we here rumors that Alderwoman Maryanne Mills (D-w7) will not seek reelection to a third term this November. The ward leans Democratic but could be in contention for Republicans in an open seat. Unless of course former Democratic Alderman Bill Reynolds decides to make a run for his old seat.
On a County level we had to laugh that County Executive Mike Hein promoted his rail trail as something that would boost the local economy and make Ulster a destination community, a project that is untested and we have no idea what will happen...ok so thats his opinion on the results, gotcha. The funny part is that his comments come a week after the Catskill Mountain Railroad, that got fucked over to build that stupid trail and has a solid track record, reported that it did over a million in sales this year. Not to mention what the railroad has done for Uptown Kingston business owners during the holiday season.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Trump Elected President, DicKtator Hein Still Voted By World as Biggest Asshole
Since our last post Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of The United States!! Truly a miracle of epic magnitude. This guy our President elect is so bad ass ad we love him and support him and look forward to being in Washington on Jan 20th, like we were at the Hilton at 3am in election night to witness history, when Trump took the stage declaring victory the energy in that room was really electric. It was a cash bar all night and I'm talking a soda was $9, we don't like the taste of alcohol so paying $9 for a soda was insane even in Mahattan. Anyway at 230 am the bar was free, I think the bastard thought he was gunna lose and after he won he decided to spend a few extra dollars. It was a great night, after spending the night in Brooklyn we ran into some crazy liberals in Manhattan at 10 am already protesting as we caught a ride back to Ulster County, they were so angry and I couldn't stop from laughing at them just because I was so happy for Trump!
Elliott Auerbach has had his budget cut and it looks like Dan Torres is out of a job, I mean what kind of assshole do you have to be to fire Dan Torres. The New Paltz Councilman may not be the brightest but is a hard worker and at the very least a nice guy, who is he bothering?! It's as much a cut against Auerbach's budget as it is to Hein's complete lack of respect and loyalty to those that helped him so much over the years and two of those people (in a long list of people) is Auerbach and Torress. The both of them have been there for Hein when it mattered maybe not on 100% but always there when you needed him. I honestly thought Toress had a pic of Hein under his pillow, We didn't know he upset his majesty Hein in anyway.
We just feel the legislature should restore the job, don't mess with someone's livelihood, there is no doubt that Dan is a hard worker and puts in a lot of time into his job just out of love to the job and his boss Auerbach who he interned for, before receiving a job w him a year or so ago. Hein arrogantly stated that he did not see reason for the Comptroller's office at all being he had a finance dept that knew what they were doing. Hein has no respect for the charter and should not be allowed to mess w another independently elected officials budget and staff. It's not right, I'm not best friends w Toress I barely know the kid but it sets a bad message. I gotta say I think Hein will regret this move, you could see Auerbach take him on in two years and a very unpredictable county Dem party go w Auerbach, who is way more popular than Hein amoung average voters and the Democratic Party.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The Omertà Report Post Primary Edition
Speaking of wondering, we have spent the past week wondering what will happen now with Sharon Graff's candidacy and how her defeat in the Democratic primary will effect the outcome of the race in November. Don't forget, Graff still has THREE LINES going into the November election, ( wfp, woman's equality, Green). There will be a lot of pressure for Graff to get off those lines and support McGinty especially being that Graff was helped and backed by the Democrat party and lost, she sorta owes them to do the right thing. However, she sorta owes the other three political party's that backed her too. As a lawyer she is in a unique position to get off the minor lines and run for a Judgeship in a different area, to free up the lines for McGinty. Or Graff could move out of the county but traditionally the party will meet with her and the minor party bosses and get her to run for an obscure Judgeship in Watertown or something. Here's the thing, we know the Green party is not doing that, whether Graff runs or not she will appear on their line in November and the Green party has a really good placement on the ballot, they are Row c I believe. The Working Families Party shockingly we hear are snubbing McGinty and sticking w Graff as well. The Woman's Equality Party is controlled by Gov. Cuomo who is the Don of Democratic party in our state, so it's safe to say should Graff drop out McGinty would get that line, which would give her two lines, the WEP is a brand new party created by Cuomo to discredit WFP, and are on row h ofthe ballot, so it really is pointless to have that line anyway. Although we have witnessed county wide races come down to less than two hundred votes and in a potential three way race who knows, that line could be influential in this years outcome. Graff could run a crediable campaign with three lines and take her message to the entire electorate and let them decide and not meet with any party bosses behind closed doors, we encourage her to do that, its a big county and she has the qualifications to do the job, let the entire electorate decide. Regardless though Graff's name will still appear on at least two lines in November and that's good news for Peter Matera who will appear on the Republican and Independence lines in November.
In conclusion this race from the start was thought to be won by whoever emerged victorious from the Democratic primary for the simple reason that in a Presidential year you have thousands of additional Democrats and non enrolled leaning Dems that vote for President and vote down the line for the local candidates. However, we hear there is a coordinated effort in the works to stop McGinty. We hear some legal indiscretions from her past and some of her petitions to get on the ballot will be used to discredit her in the coming months. You couple those potential controversies with a three way race whether Graff activily campaigns or not she will take away votes from McGinty and all that could be enough to provide Matera the win. We were surprised McGinty and Graff didn't try to primary for the Independence line, it was up for grabs and they just let Matera have it. Another big benefit for Matera is he has Manetti, Manetti and O' Connor supporting his candidacy which traditionally at least in the last ten years have backed Democrats almost exclusively with the exception of Judge Kavanagh who is an example of a popular qualified Republican that was hit by the Democratic presidential tsunami that hits this area every four years since 9/11 Anyway, Manatti Mannati and O'Connor are the top law firm in Kingston and Ulster County as far as we are concerned and a well respected group of guys, Matera is in good company. On to November!
In other local primaries, Elen DiFalco lost her bid to get on the City of Kingston Democratic committee losing to Brad Will and former Mayor Jim Sottile. We laugh at the people that point out to us that Brad Will got more votes than Sottile.... Yes, he did I think he got six more than Sottile. However what people fail to realize is Brad Will went door to door made phone calls and Sottile agreed to have his name put on the ballot and that was the extent of his campaigning. Sottile was leader of the party as Mayor for ten years, and active as a committeeman and Alderman at Large for many years before that, he's not out there knocking on doors for a fucking committee seat, are you kidding me? Had he lifted a finger he would of been the top vote getter that I gaurentee you. They were not running against each other either, it's two seats per district, Sottile and Will were nominated, DiFalco Primaried and Sottile and Will defeated her.
My favorite primary victory was the wacky Bernie broad that beat Karen MArkesinis for her Democratic state committee seat. Now nothing against Karen but you may remember we did a story about how Hein and Cardinale tried to push out Judy Hakeem who spoke out against Cardinale for his money laundering scheme that the Manhattan DA's office is investigating where in a nut shell, Ulster Dem committee accepted 100k contribution from special interests groups and transferred it to Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk to circumvent election law campaign contributions. It's still on going the investigation and multiple Democratic county committees did this knowingly breaking the law not just Frank Cardinale to be fair. Anyway, Judy Hakeem was a state committeewoman, for years this woman ran the coordinated campaign for the party, worked her ass off for local Demcorats. She's annoying and whiny and happens to be a therapist, thank God not mine or I'd slit my wrists but in small doses she's a great person to talk to and a damn hard worker. As a state committeeman she has a seat on the Ulster County Democratic Executive committee, which is run obviously by Cardinale and made up of local town chairs. There comes a point that Judy at an executive committee meeting busts Cardinale's balls about the money laundering to Senator Tkazyk and they have a fight. At the Democratc convention Cardinale with the blessing of Hein attempts to replace her for Karen Markasenis who they feel they can control better. Cardinale calls Markasinis the preferred candidate of the party to convention goers before a vote is even taken and Karen wins the party's designation. The Parete's and Assemblyman Cahill to their credit defend Judy Hakeem to Cardinale after the convention. Judy decides not to primary Karen who has been vice chair of the party for almost ten years. Some crazy Bernie Sanders broad that no one knows, I don't even know her name comes out of no where and goes out and gets signatures to primary Karen and ends up beating her by a two to one margin. That state committee primary was a referendum on Cardinale and in our opinion with the loss of Graff, the nominee of the party for Surrogate and the loss of Markasinis, which was a direct vote on his leadership, the Deocratic rank and file have sent a clear message, that Frank Cardinale needs to resign as Chair of the Dem party. Besides this recent primary, Dems are losing county wide races consistently since Cardinale has been chair and the GOP has the legislature despite the Dems being the Majority party in this county. It's not like the GOP has a great mind running the show, the Dems despite have a 5k + registration advantage and Roger Rascoe and Kevin Costello running the Republican party still keep losing. I'm not saying Rascoe and Costello are retarted or anything but it's not Lee Atwater and Karl Rove running the Ulster GOP that's for sure. Bottom line though it doesn't matter, as long as Cardinale is Chairman of the Democratic committee, Democrats will continue to lose elections because the only thing worse then a GOP party run by two Fieble minded know it alls is Democratic party run by a curupt aroogant Napolian.
I hate to have to do this but I have to say Ellen DiFalco was 100% correct in the paper a week or so ago regarding the lease of the old King's Inn site to a private group for $1 and here is the kicker and something DiFlaco brought to light, should the city sell this property during the course of this lease, they are intiteled to 3% of the sale. Is that not the most outrageous thing you have ever heard? We're wise guys and think that's a crazy type vig for them to get. They are getting the use of the property for $1. What happens when we give that away is we lose municipal parking spots, UPAC which is an established fixture of Midtown loses parking for its special events and this organization is getting free snow removal, garbage pick up and all other essential services that his neighbors, the tax paying businesses next to him are paying an arm and a leg for struggling to stay in business. How do you think they feel? It's absolute bullshit and kudos to DiFalco for shedding light on it.
Mayor Greenpants hired some new DPW chief and I have to say Boyle or someone from within the department, Bruce Winchell even should have gotten the job not the person he hired. I give Noble some credit because the individual is a resident of the City of Kingston and we do feel that Department Heads should live in Kingston but lets be honest, the guy was only given the job because he has a degree in being a pussy. I mean a degree in environmental education, same difference. Is every hire now going to be someone thats a Vegan, tree hugging environmentalist? There were better qualified candidates from within and Mayor Polacco would have hired from within.
We realize this is three weeks late but we would like to offer our condolences to Joanie Brandt, a long time employee of the City of Kingston that spoke her mind and wasn't afraid to tell it like it was. Joanie just recently retired from the City and was very young and died suddenly, very sad and she will be missed.
Friday, August 12, 2016
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Wednesday, July 27, 2016
The Omertà Report: McGinty May Be Off Dem Line, Noble loses 10 Million for Kingston
Surrogate Court Race: The race for the Democratic primary for Surrogate Court may be over before it starts. We hear that Sara McGinty turned in about 1200 signatures to get her name on the ballot after losing her party's nomination in June. That number is very low, the minimum requirement for county wide office is 1000 signatures, so 280 is not exactly a safe cushion. Especially when you know you have the entire Democratic party looking through them with a fine tooth comb to stop her. With that being said the Graff campaign has found enough signatures or fatal errors on McGinty's petitions to knock her off the ballot they believe. Officially the board of elections will have to make a determination on Graff's challenge probably sometime next week and after that, most likely a Judge will make the final determination. Some of the issues w McGinty's petitions we hear are Brooklyn residents that have signed that dont live in the county and some issues w the witnessing on a number of the petitions by people that carried for the McGinty campaign. Ironically these are witness mistakes that her attorney Andrew Zweben allegedly messed up and missed, how ironic is it that this guy may be responsible for destroying or doing catistrophic damage to the careers of two political heavyweights in just two years. Unbelievable, Karma at its best, Zweben's days in Ulster County politics are over but apparently no one has sent him the memo.
I think Sara McGinty should be allowed to primary, Sara is a loyal Democrat, she's qualified and smart but if she is knocked of the ballot it's her own fault. McGinty was the odds on favorite to win this entire election. She was widely seen as a lock for the Democratic nomination and with Hillary leading the ticket in a presidential year in a liberal county like Ulster, she was viewed as a lock to win the general election. In addition to that Sara is also the wife of Anthony McGinty, a well respected, kick ass Family Court Judge and her biggest advocate, Sara McGinty has huge name recognition that will be very helpful to her in both the primary and general elections. First if you are the favorite in an election that right there should give you pause, at least in this county. Time after time, year after year, we have seen the early favorite in an election go down in flames. So if you are the favorite, you gotta work twice as hard and make sure you stay the favorite. Secondly after losing the Democratic and WFP nominations that should have been a wake up call that it's time to get serious. McGinty's recent filing of 1280 signatures almost the bare minimum does not show that she received that message. By comparison when Vince Bradley lost the nomination for DA in 2007 he got over 2500 signatures to try and force a primary. Sharon who had the help of the Dem committee turned in over 3,500.
Will McGinty Find her Heart?
We have said before Sharon Graff while a political new comer has demonstrated that she has got it going on. Graff is disciplined, well organized and has a staff that knows what they are doing. We think Graff picking up Debbie Robbins early on was a move she will not regret and probably a big reason she's done so well and was particularly probably a hire that helped her win the nomination of the party. Robbins who just graduated from law school is a Cahill alumni and a political consultant in Ulster County that is top notch and on the rise and like Graff sexy AF. Whoever McGinty has hired should be fired. If Sara makes it to the primary at this point it's by luck. McGinty needs to take that luck and fire whoever she has working for her and consider calling Josh Sommers at Focus Media and really get serious if she wants to have a chance at winning, she has a lot of catching up to do but don't get us wrong she can still win. We don't underestimate Sara for a second, we are really surprised she's being schooled like this because she's not just the wife of a Judge looking to get herself a position. McGinty is accomplished in her own right a former Judge herself and anyone that was around when her husband Tony ran for family court in 2005, would tell you it was Sara that won her husband the Democratic nomination in a crowded field of great candidates. Sara has passion and smarts and it makes us wonder is her heart in this race?
Ulster GOP Fucks over Conservative Party
Jack Hayes a former Ulster County legislator is challenging Kevin Cahill for Assembly and is a registered Conservative because he is not a member of the Republican party he needs a Wilson Pakula authorization filled with the board of election by the Republican party to run on their line. There was a pissing match several weeks ago when the Conservative party threatened to withhold endorsements of some veteran GOP Senators because they were unhappy with their legislative records. Conservative party members felt their votes did not represent the party's platform, one those legislator's was Senator John Bonacic. This pissed off Ulster Party Boss Roger Rasquoe, part of Bonacic's district is in Ulster County and Rogers's wife works for the Senator. So Roger says to the Conservatives, go fuck yourselves if you don't endorse our people I won't sign the Wilson for Jack Hayes to run for Assembly. I think a deal was made I'm not exactly sure but maybe Bonacic was given the Conservative line and they just didn't endorse Larkin, not sure details but something was worked out and Jake Hayes was expecting to get the GOP line and was endorsed by the party at their convention.
Turns out though last week Roger did not sign the Wilson. So now Hayes who never had a shot at beating Kevin Cahill anyway is off the Republican line and still has no shot at beating Kevin Cahill. Lol, it's a dick move on Roger's part because as a party boss you should keep your word but I gotta say besides the fact we support Cahill, we really are glad this happened because we hate Jake Hayes. The guy is an old mustach and has no idea that we are living in 2016 not 1916, he's out of touch extremely partisan and just rubs us the wrong way. Speaking of Roger Rascoe we saw him and that bafoon Kevin Costello at the GOP convention front and center as Donald Trump accepted the nomination to be our next President and Roger was wearing his signature 1970's silver blazer, I think it's the only sports coat the guy owns, really, I've seen this guy a few hundred times and always the same jacket. Maybe Roger can cash in on some of the political capital he just earned w Bonacic and get himself a new suit, your representing Ulster County baby what were you thinking?! Go see Patsi and tell him we sent you Roger he'll hook you up with some thing nice. Gotti an impeccable dresser would wear these gorgeous custom made Brioni suits, Roger check it out here: www.brioni.com Maybe Costello will front you the money at 5 points a week, if you were nicer to Party Boss Quigley you'd have a bigger clothing allowance Hun.
Kingston loses another business: Rebecca Martin has successfully driven another business out of Kingston. It is remarkable that we allow these left wing nuts to dictate policy like this, the property that was proposed to be a shooting range is now on the market for $400k, I'm sure a great non profit will come and buy it. Maybe Rebacca Martin can buy it and open it up as Kingston citizen's against economic development. It drives us insane to see this again and we apologize to the Doctor who tried to open this and to the neighboring towns and cities that laugh at us. We are the silent majority, we support you. Niagra botteling was chased out last year due to concerns about adauqate water levels and some other nonsense, they left taking a potential 100 jobs with them and it was reported in Freeman last week that Kingston's water supply is at an excess. When are we going to wake up?
Kingston Mayor Steve Noble lost a $10 million dollar grant last week and said in the paper that it was a great experience. Yea losing ten million dollars of grant money for your city because you hire your unqualified friend to be in charge of grant writing is a great experience. It's actually a great history lesson if you ask me Gallo warned us all how awful Noble was at writing grants and we now are suffering the consequences of voting on emotion instead of voting with our brains.
I think Sara McGinty should be allowed to primary, Sara is a loyal Democrat, she's qualified and smart but if she is knocked of the ballot it's her own fault. McGinty was the odds on favorite to win this entire election. She was widely seen as a lock for the Democratic nomination and with Hillary leading the ticket in a presidential year in a liberal county like Ulster, she was viewed as a lock to win the general election. In addition to that Sara is also the wife of Anthony McGinty, a well respected, kick ass Family Court Judge and her biggest advocate, Sara McGinty has huge name recognition that will be very helpful to her in both the primary and general elections. First if you are the favorite in an election that right there should give you pause, at least in this county. Time after time, year after year, we have seen the early favorite in an election go down in flames. So if you are the favorite, you gotta work twice as hard and make sure you stay the favorite. Secondly after losing the Democratic and WFP nominations that should have been a wake up call that it's time to get serious. McGinty's recent filing of 1280 signatures almost the bare minimum does not show that she received that message. By comparison when Vince Bradley lost the nomination for DA in 2007 he got over 2500 signatures to try and force a primary. Sharon who had the help of the Dem committee turned in over 3,500.
Will McGinty Find her Heart?
We have said before Sharon Graff while a political new comer has demonstrated that she has got it going on. Graff is disciplined, well organized and has a staff that knows what they are doing. We think Graff picking up Debbie Robbins early on was a move she will not regret and probably a big reason she's done so well and was particularly probably a hire that helped her win the nomination of the party. Robbins who just graduated from law school is a Cahill alumni and a political consultant in Ulster County that is top notch and on the rise and like Graff sexy AF. Whoever McGinty has hired should be fired. If Sara makes it to the primary at this point it's by luck. McGinty needs to take that luck and fire whoever she has working for her and consider calling Josh Sommers at Focus Media and really get serious if she wants to have a chance at winning, she has a lot of catching up to do but don't get us wrong she can still win. We don't underestimate Sara for a second, we are really surprised she's being schooled like this because she's not just the wife of a Judge looking to get herself a position. McGinty is accomplished in her own right a former Judge herself and anyone that was around when her husband Tony ran for family court in 2005, would tell you it was Sara that won her husband the Democratic nomination in a crowded field of great candidates. Sara has passion and smarts and it makes us wonder is her heart in this race?
Ulster GOP Fucks over Conservative Party
Jack Hayes a former Ulster County legislator is challenging Kevin Cahill for Assembly and is a registered Conservative because he is not a member of the Republican party he needs a Wilson Pakula authorization filled with the board of election by the Republican party to run on their line. There was a pissing match several weeks ago when the Conservative party threatened to withhold endorsements of some veteran GOP Senators because they were unhappy with their legislative records. Conservative party members felt their votes did not represent the party's platform, one those legislator's was Senator John Bonacic. This pissed off Ulster Party Boss Roger Rasquoe, part of Bonacic's district is in Ulster County and Rogers's wife works for the Senator. So Roger says to the Conservatives, go fuck yourselves if you don't endorse our people I won't sign the Wilson for Jack Hayes to run for Assembly. I think a deal was made I'm not exactly sure but maybe Bonacic was given the Conservative line and they just didn't endorse Larkin, not sure details but something was worked out and Jake Hayes was expecting to get the GOP line and was endorsed by the party at their convention.
Turns out though last week Roger did not sign the Wilson. So now Hayes who never had a shot at beating Kevin Cahill anyway is off the Republican line and still has no shot at beating Kevin Cahill. Lol, it's a dick move on Roger's part because as a party boss you should keep your word but I gotta say besides the fact we support Cahill, we really are glad this happened because we hate Jake Hayes. The guy is an old mustach and has no idea that we are living in 2016 not 1916, he's out of touch extremely partisan and just rubs us the wrong way. Speaking of Roger Rascoe we saw him and that bafoon Kevin Costello at the GOP convention front and center as Donald Trump accepted the nomination to be our next President and Roger was wearing his signature 1970's silver blazer, I think it's the only sports coat the guy owns, really, I've seen this guy a few hundred times and always the same jacket. Maybe Roger can cash in on some of the political capital he just earned w Bonacic and get himself a new suit, your representing Ulster County baby what were you thinking?! Go see Patsi and tell him we sent you Roger he'll hook you up with some thing nice. Gotti an impeccable dresser would wear these gorgeous custom made Brioni suits, Roger check it out here: www.brioni.com Maybe Costello will front you the money at 5 points a week, if you were nicer to Party Boss Quigley you'd have a bigger clothing allowance Hun.
Kingston loses another business: Rebecca Martin has successfully driven another business out of Kingston. It is remarkable that we allow these left wing nuts to dictate policy like this, the property that was proposed to be a shooting range is now on the market for $400k, I'm sure a great non profit will come and buy it. Maybe Rebacca Martin can buy it and open it up as Kingston citizen's against economic development. It drives us insane to see this again and we apologize to the Doctor who tried to open this and to the neighboring towns and cities that laugh at us. We are the silent majority, we support you. Niagra botteling was chased out last year due to concerns about adauqate water levels and some other nonsense, they left taking a potential 100 jobs with them and it was reported in Freeman last week that Kingston's water supply is at an excess. When are we going to wake up?
Kingston Mayor Steve Noble lost a $10 million dollar grant last week and said in the paper that it was a great experience. Yea losing ten million dollars of grant money for your city because you hire your unqualified friend to be in charge of grant writing is a great experience. It's actually a great history lesson if you ask me Gallo warned us all how awful Noble was at writing grants and we now are suffering the consequences of voting on emotion instead of voting with our brains.
Ellen DiFalco Primaries Charlie Landi for Dem Committee Seat
Ellen DiFalco the secretary to former Mayor Shayne Gallo has filled petitions for a seat on the Democratic committee, in Kingston's Third Ward in a district held by former Alderman Charlie Landi for a very long time. Landi supported Mayor Steve Noble in the Democratic primary and was recently rewarded by Noble w a seat on the Kingston Police commission. Landi was particularly nasty and aggressive against Gallo during that primary and has a long history of fighting w the Gallo family. Landi butted heads w T.R. Gallo when he was Mayor but T.R. Won every battle against Landi. It got so bad that T.R. Broke ranks with his party and endorsed and walked the Third ward w Landi's Republican opponent in a largely Democratic Ward. T.R.'s candidate won retiring Landi from city politics for almost a decade. Charlie has a good shot at holding onto his seat though and we do wish him well. Landi had personal issues with Shayne but he gave him a fair shake, he stood in the parking lot of the King's Inn w Shayne despite his issues w TR in 2011 when Gallo first announced. Landi isn't a bad guy and Ellen is fucking evil. Furthermore, Landi has been involved on the committee forever and has helped many Democrats get elected serving in several different positions within the party and has volunteered to help out with certain party positions when they were vacant. Landi deserves to stay.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Almost there
Yeaterday we broke 900, today is the day. We have breaking news we'd love to share once we breaks 1000 hits in a day
Friday, July 15, 2016
The Don is Not Happy
We understand that we didn't post much last month but less than 10,000 hits in a month and under 800 hits in a day is not acceptable, please share with your friends and get our numbers back up where they belong. The Kingston Times gets more hits than this, its pathetic. If my numbers don't go up, you will all be banned from the blog, Im not writing all of this to talk to myself here, Capeesh?!?! There will be no new posts till we hit 1,000 hits in a day, that is all.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Omertà Mini
Mayor Steve Noble a few months back disbanded the ethics commission saying that he did so because there need to be revisions in the process of the board and pretty much said the board currently was insufficiently set up. We hear the real reason he disbanded the board was because an ethics complaint into Noble giving his friend Kristin Wilson a salary out of her pay grade was days from being filled with the board and Noble wanted to put a stop to it. Anyway, Joe DiFaco has filed a complaint against his administration and it's handling of Alderman Will and Steve Noble in response appoints the same board to investigate, the only difference is he appointed all new people.
Why did he do this? How can he think we won't realize what this little twerp is doing ? Noble disbands the board says publicly that the reason he is doing it is because the board needs to be more practable and enforceable and that the members of the board he disbanded based their determinations on a well-documented and thoughtful process.
The only thing that has changed are the members of the board, nothing procedurally has been changed no revisions have been made. So what is Noble saying? He wants the complaint against him to be handled in a way that is not practable or enforceable ?!
All the Mayor had to do is grow a set of balls and say that he's the motherfucking boss and he wants his people on the board. Noble should have simply asked for their resignations, as in any new administration, the board members and department heads if they had any respect for their Mayor should have offered their resignations and allowed Nobes to pick who he wanted to stay. Instead he makes himself look like a shady little pussy that thinks he's smarter than everyone else and the people see right through it.
As for the complaint itself it was not written by Joe DiFalco, Joe can barely write his name let alone that complaint, it was either Ellen or Andrew Zweben in our opinion that wrote that but we can say for sure it did not come from the mind of Joey DiFalco. Joe is a shoe shiner, he walks around with his little shine box and takes orders, he's not working with much brain power. Secondly the complaints against Kevin Bryant are completely bogas. Kevin Bryant is one of the few people in City Hall that has integrity and is honest.
The board should not handle this matter because based on Noble's comments the boards powers are not practical or enforceable. They are being used as pawns and I like Al Nace a lot one of the new appointees but it's simply wrong,
A good ethics board should be diverse in how they are appointed, I agree some changes should be made epically to the appointment process of the board. The members should have terms and not serve at the pleasure of anyone to prevent the appearance of imperpriaty and to ensure the board members feel safe in issuing fair opinions even if it effects the people that appointed them. The appointments should not all be from the Mayor. The Mayor should appoint three, the Majoirty leader and Minority leader should each appoint two respectively. Changes are fine but don't tell us you are making these changes to an ethics board to make it more ethical and than fire the board and replace them with your friends, that's not just and it's unacceptable.
Speaking of unacceptable we were not happy to learn that former Alderman Charlie Landi got a seat on the police commission, it's undeserved.
Another business has been whacked by Kingston Common Council and Kingston CItizens.org, Rebecca Martin is probably doing cartwheels on her broom celebrating another victory in the destruction of business in Kingston. Good job hun, I'm sure the counsel will give you another Pride of the City award.
What the fuck is with Matt Dunn pushing this dolt that wants to change the design of the City's flag. It's a non starter it's not gunna happen. These newbies come in our community and try to take it over and it's disgusting. kudos to people like Sottile and Elisa Ball, and everyone else that has come out against this ridiqulous proposal. Our Mayor unfortunately has been silent on the issue.
We were sorry to learn of the death of Ray Hull and we think that Mayor Noble and Parks and Rec Sup. Kevin Gilfether handled themselves great in the paer today. Ray was a good guy and dedicated employee, Mayor Noble sent a nice email out to all employees this morning as well and he did a good job.
Why did he do this? How can he think we won't realize what this little twerp is doing ? Noble disbands the board says publicly that the reason he is doing it is because the board needs to be more practable and enforceable and that the members of the board he disbanded based their determinations on a well-documented and thoughtful process.
The only thing that has changed are the members of the board, nothing procedurally has been changed no revisions have been made. So what is Noble saying? He wants the complaint against him to be handled in a way that is not practable or enforceable ?!
All the Mayor had to do is grow a set of balls and say that he's the motherfucking boss and he wants his people on the board. Noble should have simply asked for their resignations, as in any new administration, the board members and department heads if they had any respect for their Mayor should have offered their resignations and allowed Nobes to pick who he wanted to stay. Instead he makes himself look like a shady little pussy that thinks he's smarter than everyone else and the people see right through it.
As for the complaint itself it was not written by Joe DiFalco, Joe can barely write his name let alone that complaint, it was either Ellen or Andrew Zweben in our opinion that wrote that but we can say for sure it did not come from the mind of Joey DiFalco. Joe is a shoe shiner, he walks around with his little shine box and takes orders, he's not working with much brain power. Secondly the complaints against Kevin Bryant are completely bogas. Kevin Bryant is one of the few people in City Hall that has integrity and is honest.
The board should not handle this matter because based on Noble's comments the boards powers are not practical or enforceable. They are being used as pawns and I like Al Nace a lot one of the new appointees but it's simply wrong,
A good ethics board should be diverse in how they are appointed, I agree some changes should be made epically to the appointment process of the board. The members should have terms and not serve at the pleasure of anyone to prevent the appearance of imperpriaty and to ensure the board members feel safe in issuing fair opinions even if it effects the people that appointed them. The appointments should not all be from the Mayor. The Mayor should appoint three, the Majoirty leader and Minority leader should each appoint two respectively. Changes are fine but don't tell us you are making these changes to an ethics board to make it more ethical and than fire the board and replace them with your friends, that's not just and it's unacceptable.
Speaking of unacceptable we were not happy to learn that former Alderman Charlie Landi got a seat on the police commission, it's undeserved.
Another business has been whacked by Kingston Common Council and Kingston CItizens.org, Rebecca Martin is probably doing cartwheels on her broom celebrating another victory in the destruction of business in Kingston. Good job hun, I'm sure the counsel will give you another Pride of the City award.
What the fuck is with Matt Dunn pushing this dolt that wants to change the design of the City's flag. It's a non starter it's not gunna happen. These newbies come in our community and try to take it over and it's disgusting. kudos to people like Sottile and Elisa Ball, and everyone else that has come out against this ridiqulous proposal. Our Mayor unfortunately has been silent on the issue.
We were sorry to learn of the death of Ray Hull and we think that Mayor Noble and Parks and Rec Sup. Kevin Gilfether handled themselves great in the paer today. Ray was a good guy and dedicated employee, Mayor Noble sent a nice email out to all employees this morning as well and he did a good job.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
The Omertà Report
The primary for Congress is over and we endorse and stand behind John Faso, he's the only candidate that's qualified to represent us in Washington. His opponent is a carpet bagger and makes Bernie Sanders look like Sean Hannity. We can't afford two years of Zepher Teachout. She has no qualifications and is an opertunist and the 19th will not elect her.
Peter Matera is gunna need help to get elected our next Surragate Court Judge, with Hillary leading the ticket the Democratic nominee is going to benefit from her coat tails and the influx of Democratic voters that only vote on Presidential elections. Please go on his website and donate to the guys campaign he's a good guy.
I will say Sharon Graff is doing a great job with her campaign and is schooling the McGinty team, I must say I am very surprised. Sharon Graff is a hard worker and has shown strength, organization and discipline in her race for the Democratic nomination for Surragate court and we wish her well. She's sexy too, we never saw her as anything special in the past but we were looking at pix of her on the campaign trail and she has some body on her.
Mike Hein and Kevin Cahill are still at war this time over a state committee seat. There were fireworks at the Ulster Democratic convention last month when Chairman Frank Cardinale called Karen Markisinis the preferred candidate during the nomination process over incumbent Judy Hakeem. Judy is seen as a Cahill loyalist. John Parete and Rob Parete went up to Cardinale and got into a heated argument with him defending Judy. We hear Parete almost knocked out Chairman Cardinale and asked him to resign. Where does Frank Cardinale get the balls to call Markesinis the preferred candidate before the vote? I think it's safe to say Cardinale is going through a way bigger than Naploian complex. We still don't understand why Cardinale carries Hein's jock strap, this is the guy that fired Cardinale's wife from her cushy gig at the office of the aging.
We hear Noble called in former Economic development director Gregg Swanzy to help him with a city grant that the current office had no clue on. Swanzy came to city hall sat in a meeting with Noble and his crack pot team and offered no help instead he said to Noble: I just wanna come here in person and tell you to go fuck yourself....dropped the Mic and walked out, like a boss. Good for Swanzy.
We hear John Tuey at a department head meeting a few months back was going over the budget and it was reported that former Mayor Shayne Gallo left the City with a ONE MILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS. Bill Clinton was elected the youngest Governor in the history of Arkansas and because of his attitude and raising the fee on driver's licenses he was voted out after one term. Clinton licked his wounds learned his lesson and four years later was elected Governor again, serving for three more consecutive terms before becoming President. Shayne Gallo is definitely licking his wounds, could he be the next to be called the come back kid? It wouldn't take much for him beat Noble if he showed a little humility and sanity, no doubt voters will give him another chance.
Peter Matera is gunna need help to get elected our next Surragate Court Judge, with Hillary leading the ticket the Democratic nominee is going to benefit from her coat tails and the influx of Democratic voters that only vote on Presidential elections. Please go on his website and donate to the guys campaign he's a good guy.
I will say Sharon Graff is doing a great job with her campaign and is schooling the McGinty team, I must say I am very surprised. Sharon Graff is a hard worker and has shown strength, organization and discipline in her race for the Democratic nomination for Surragate court and we wish her well. She's sexy too, we never saw her as anything special in the past but we were looking at pix of her on the campaign trail and she has some body on her.
Mike Hein and Kevin Cahill are still at war this time over a state committee seat. There were fireworks at the Ulster Democratic convention last month when Chairman Frank Cardinale called Karen Markisinis the preferred candidate during the nomination process over incumbent Judy Hakeem. Judy is seen as a Cahill loyalist. John Parete and Rob Parete went up to Cardinale and got into a heated argument with him defending Judy. We hear Parete almost knocked out Chairman Cardinale and asked him to resign. Where does Frank Cardinale get the balls to call Markesinis the preferred candidate before the vote? I think it's safe to say Cardinale is going through a way bigger than Naploian complex. We still don't understand why Cardinale carries Hein's jock strap, this is the guy that fired Cardinale's wife from her cushy gig at the office of the aging.
We hear Noble called in former Economic development director Gregg Swanzy to help him with a city grant that the current office had no clue on. Swanzy came to city hall sat in a meeting with Noble and his crack pot team and offered no help instead he said to Noble: I just wanna come here in person and tell you to go fuck yourself....dropped the Mic and walked out, like a boss. Good for Swanzy.
We hear John Tuey at a department head meeting a few months back was going over the budget and it was reported that former Mayor Shayne Gallo left the City with a ONE MILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS. Bill Clinton was elected the youngest Governor in the history of Arkansas and because of his attitude and raising the fee on driver's licenses he was voted out after one term. Clinton licked his wounds learned his lesson and four years later was elected Governor again, serving for three more consecutive terms before becoming President. Shayne Gallo is definitely licking his wounds, could he be the next to be called the come back kid? It wouldn't take much for him beat Noble if he showed a little humility and sanity, no doubt voters will give him another chance.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
Faso Had Constituents Arrested as Assemblyman for Asking Him for Help
Look how Congressional candidate John Faso treats his constituents. John Faso who got just 19% of the vote state-wide when he ran for Governor is now running to be our next Congressman. Is Holly Carnright going to handle his constituent services department in Ulster County? Who would vote for a guy that treats his constituents this way??
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