New Hampshire Primary

In the New Hampshire primary for President we endorse Chris Christie for the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Sanders and Trump both lead significantly in their respective party primaries but New Hampshire is historically known for last minute upsets and we hope tomorrow is no different.

The Omertà Report

KingstonCItizens.org recently has weighed in against a proposal to bring in a Shooting Range in Midtown Kingston, citing a law in the 1980's which banned the use of discharging firearms except in the case of law enforcement and for purposes of self defense. Now I would argue that a shooting range's purpose is for self defense and therefore their point is moot but that's not the issue as far as I'm concerned. My concern is not the shooting range and whether or not it's dangerous to have in the city, it's not.  Ms. Martin states on her dopey website that this is not about a position on gun ownership and I absolutely believe her, thats not the issue, this is about her attitude against private business in this city which is a sentiment that unfortunately is shared by the current administration and that my friends is far more dangerous than any shooting range could ever pose to this city. Remember that the common counsel gave Rebecca Martin an award and recognized her for her efforts to keep out Niagra Bottling plant that would have brought in hundreds of jobs to the city, Abasta!

Here you have a Doctor, a well educated individual that is looking to invest his own money to bring in a business to Kingston and once again we are saying no thanks, Kingston is closed for business. Unless you want free cbg money to plant a tree, compost or save a fish, we don't want to hear from you. It's not the job of the City to stop development, the city has no right to tell this Doctor that he can't open a gun range to teach people self defense and provide a safe place to train people on public safety with his own money, what planet are these people on?!  Ms. Martin goes further to state that the noise of the gun range will decrease the property value in the area, va fungool! We are talking about Prince st not West Chestnut sweetheart, there will be no effect in property value, you cant give homes away in that neighborhood and the reason being is because of  the anti business climate that exists in this city, which is why especially in that area you continue to see vacant store fronts increased crime and lack of opportunity. Its the job of the government to get out of the way of private business and the rest will take care of itself, we don't need people like Rebecca Martin getting awards from the city and attention for hindering buisness and creating an atmosphere that ensures the people that live in Midtown will continue to be poor and stupid.

CHANGE-  Meter collections in this city really leaves a lot to be desired. First let me be clear we are not talking about the people that write tickets or the people that collect the meter money, that process is pretty solid. After the money is collected is the issue, we hear the Comptroller's office installed cameras a few years ago, a lot of money goes through that office and it's right thing to do. However the meter money is not counted or stored in the Comptroller's office even though that department is in charge of parking enforcement. Meter money is stored with zero supervision in the bus department and clouted by bus employees, it's crazy, you are talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars that go through that office with zero accountability. I'm not saying that there is any funny business going on but it's simply not appropriate for the city bus department to have anything to do with it. It's like sending the Internet guy out to collect a stray dog, it's not his job.  Mayor Noble should end this practice immediately its just common sense.

To the surprise of no one  Congressman Chris Gibson has announced that he is exploring a run for Governor of NY, I have always been a fan of Andrew Cuomo, he's one of us, he's a political animal that will cut your throat, he takes no prisoners and is just a great politician. Gibson will give him a fun for his money though in the end Andrew will come out on top.

Zepher Teachout will without question be the Democratic nominee for Congress, her early backing by the Working Families party all but assured that the party must get behind her if they want to take that seat back, there is no way a Democrat could win that district with one line, a split ticket would all but assure the GOP holds that seat.  Teachout also has shown she will be able to raise money, she raised 48k within 24 hours of her announcement and  has raised hundreds of thousands already since then. Teachout will have a tough time winning that district as an ultra liberal from Vermont, she makes Noble look like Ronald Reagan. 

The race to replace Gibson

Both the Republican and Democratic committees are making back room deals to get their chosen favorite the nomination of their respective party. They are doing this at the expense of the rank and file members, who have had little to no imput in the process and they are doing this at the expense of the process itself. This congressional seat will be one of the most competitive and expensive races in the country, no exaggeration both sides will spend millions to try and win this seat. It's a swing district that leans Republican but has had Democrats such as Kirstin Gillibrand and Scott Murphy represent this district. In a presidential year in a Blue state like NY with liberal counties in the district like Ulster, we are talking 12-18 thousand more Democrats than normal that will vote for President and down the line Democrat, that coupled with it being an open seat Dems have a great shot winning this year.

First though let's talk about the Republican side, John Faso is the establishment candidate and seen by the party as the best choice to win, Faso got crushed in 2006 by record margins against Eliot Spitzer in his bid for Governor and narowly lost to Hevisi a few years before that in a bid for State Comptroller. He has served in the Assembly for many years and helped a lot of Republicans and will be able to raise decent money but he's an old wine in a new bottle, he does not have what it takes to win in the general, in my humble opinion. The guy that has the best shot for the Republican's to keep that seat is Andrew Heaney, a successful businessman in the district that will be well funded (he's already launching tv ads) and has a great story to tell. Heaney should be who the GOP is looking at but unfortunately a lot of the committee chairmen, including Under Boss Roger Rascoe is blocking Heaney from a fair shake, in favor of Faso. It's a dumb move, we encourage the boss of the family Jim Quigley to intervene on this one. Speaking of Quigley eight years ago Quigley and Auerbach ran against each other for the newly established office of County Comptroller, Auerbach won one of the closest  county wide races in our history, I can't help but think it would be entertaining to see a rematch between the two of them for Gibson's congressional seat.

Lastly on the GOP front for Congress, county chairs should take notice that Heaney probably will have the endorsement of both the Independence and Conservative party's, if Faso is the Republican nominee you might as well hand the election to whoever the Democrat is that runs.

The Democrat party is not doing much better, they originally put out a press release at the end of December with all 11 chairs supporting Hein who ended up fucking them over and declining to run after an elbarete dog and pony show. Now they issued a similar decree in favor of carpet bagger Zapher Teachout, who I love, she's a great woman, she's smart, sexy and very capable but she's not from the state, she is a NYC elitist that is running in a district she is very new to and this district does not like that, look at Republican Jim Tedisco who lived a few miles outside the district was extremely well known and favored to win the seat that was opened when Gov. Patterson appointed Gilibrand to Clinton's senate seat in 2008 and he lost to a political neophyte in Scott Murphy. We just witnessed two years ago how the district reacted to the candidacy of Democrat Sean Eldridge who despite spending a shit ton of money and being married to the co founder of freakin' Facebook, got his ass handed to
him.

Furthermore, we are disappointed to say the least that Frank Cardinale has chosen to sign on to the candidacy of Teachout when our own County Comptroller is considering a run, it's at the very minimum disrespectful to Auerbach who has been pretty loyal to Frank, loyalty quite frankly that Cardinale doesn't deserve. I saw the poll numbers during last years Executive race, Auerbach's favorbility numbers are higher than any Democrat in this county, Hein has more name recognition but his favorbility is no where near as high as Elliott's numbers are, he is a serious contender and we can't help but think Cardinale is being pressured by a jealous Mike Hein to nip Auerbach's candidacy in the bud. Hein's philosophy is simple, if he isn't gunna be Congressman than no one from Ulster County will be either, it's that simple, that's the kind of boss he is. Lets also not forget that's the kind of boss Andrew Cuomo is too, he can't be happy that the party is entertaining Teachout's candidacy with such enthusiasm after the way she busted Cuomo's balls relentlessly during her primary election against him and Cuomo spares no prisoners as we all know, his raft makes Micheal look like a cub scout. Besides Elliott and Teachout, Julian Schreibman and Dan Ahouse have also mulled a run. Ahouse was Hinchey's right arm and was seen for sometime as the Congresman in waiting, he's knowledgeable and a force to be reckoned with, Schreibman of course ran against Gibson crushing him in Ulster County and doing better than anyone expected against a popular incumbent, an open seat on a presidential year, the Ivy league Yale graduate who was party boss for several years is more deserving than this Teachout broad and could win. After getting burned by Hein we think it's so stupid the party would again endorse publicly a candidate that has yet to announce, especially when there are other better candidates that have announced that are being ignored.


Both parties are preparing for war on two fronts, the last men/women standing of the upcoming civil war for the respective party nominations will battle it out in a bitter nasty war that will continue until November. The Dems want that seat and the GOP doesn't want to lose it. It'll be fun to watch for so long we were spoiled with HInchey that we never got to witness a good hard fought race for a house seat. This race is worth paying attention to. Overall we think Auerbach is the best person to represent us in Washington, whether or not he runs and puts himself out there with the disrespect he is being shown by Cardinale remains to be seen.

Bryant Appointment Noble's First Good Pick

We support Comrade Noble's appointment of Kevin Bryant to be the city corporation counsel, and  hope that he keeps Dan Gartenstien as assistant that would be a great team. Kevin Bryant recently put his house on the market in the town of Ulster and the rumor is he was considering a move to Kingston to run for the open seat for CIty Judge next year, this appointment may be designed to give Phil Kirschner clear sailings next year. Bryant would be a tough opponent in the family court race he killed in the primary in the City of Kingston.

Speaking of Judge races, we hear Sara McGinty will run for the seat to replace Mary Work...others need not apply, she is by far the very best choice. I dare anyone to challenge her, it won't turn out pretty.

Good Morning KIngston

I read in the Freeman yesterday that Mayor Noble's  secretary was Freeman sports person of the year twice for basketball lmfao... I challenge her to a game, 21 point one on one, I'll spot her ten shots, no way some broad is better at basketball than me. Even though is it me or is she look more like a man than our Mayor?! I'd rather fuck Ellen. I thought the story was about a person named Lawerance  Timbrouck at first glance but a hot female secretary def is not something our Mayor cares about. I'm surprised he didn't hire some little Latin guy. Omertà Reports will now be every Thursday  night starting tonight.

The Kpd post is down before I get a zillion comments asking why, I'm a capo in the family not the boss, I have to follow orders too. We will have a new post on city government tonight. Including Sleazy being let go from Economic development and the Mayor's new secretary.

Here and There

Not even a week on the job and Comrad Noble has his wife working as his secretary in City Hall. Who is doing the job as environmental educator? Just last month when Gallo cut Steve Noble's job out of the budget  we were spoon fed bullshit by Noble and his supporters how we needed both positions and now we have no one doing it?!  We opined that we thought Julie should have the job but that's not what's happening, she is filling in temperarily until he finds someone and will go back to her other job which she has abandoned, it's ridiculous, how is this allowed?  I guess when you're the Mayor and your Uncle is the counsel president you can do whatever you want. We hear when City Clerk Carly Williams e-mails Steve Noble it is his wife not Steve that responds.. We have one family controlling city government an Uncle, a wife and a pussy whipped effeminate Mayor. This is the City I was born and raised in it's unreal.

Rebecca Martin has power and influence at City Hall now and her supporters are quick to point out her accomplishments that have benifited Kingston.. Please name one. Besides driving out 200 plus jobs out of our city and getting an award for it what has she done? She sung at City Hall for the inauguration and did an awful job. She was sending a message to us, her tone deaf performance represented out new tone deaf administration. An administration that has no clue as to what they are doing.

Steve Noble was sworn in as Mayor on Friday January 1, 2016, on Saturday, police Chief Tinti held an emergancy meeting of the Kingston Police Commision dragging the new kid Mayor by the ear to rescind three promotions made by Kingston Mayor Shayne Gallo before he left. One would have made Sgt. Negron a Lieutenant and it would have promoted two other officers to Sargent. I don't know the other two officers but Detective Negron should be a Lietenent he's a superior officer and while he was working his entire career to  getting Skells off the streets, Noble was shoveling shit at the zoo and blowing the city bull, he has the nerve to determine that these officers were not qualified?? Who's running the show by the way Chief Tinti or Comrad Noble?  We have a feeling Comrad Noble has the same respect for police as Mayor DiBlasio does in NYC except he doesn't have half the brain as Billy D.

We hear Gallo cleaned out the office on his last day leaving Noble with nothing but furniture, no paperwork not even a paper clip was left in the Mayor's office. Corporation Counsel Dan Gartenstien had it out with Gallo cursing and screaming at him and giving Shayne a reality check on his final few days in office. Andrew Zweben got into it with His secretary Janet Highins as well, oh how the mighty have fallen as they say.  Ellen DiFalco was seen riding around on her broom through the hallways at city hall giving each department  head one final dirty look before she left.

That's all for now.. A new Omertà Report tonight!