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A nomination bought and paid for?

In NYS Conservatives on March 10, 2010 at 1:50 am

(03-10-2010) A SUFFOLK COUNTY LIBERTY REPORT EXCLUSIVE

A nomination bought and paid for?

 

It’s time to start asking questions.

Sources are confirming that NYS Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is close to naming Randy Altschuler as the Conservative Party nominee for NY CD1.

One has to ask what Mike Long is thinking, because Randy Altschuler is no conservative.

How could the Conservative Party Chairman endorse Altschuler when he and his wife have donated thousands of dollars to the Committee for Responsible Government? This very political advocacy group is critical of what it considers to be the disproportionate role of conservative Christians in the Republican Party. This organization has also departed notably from the Republican Party platform by including a pro-choice position on abortion in its “guiding principles.”

How could the Conservative Party Chairman endorse Altschuler when he was a registered member of the Green Party? The very Green Party that just so happens to have a platform of deep Marxist philosophy hidden underneath a thin environmentalist façade. Read the Green Party Platform and the Green Menace @ http://frankseabrook.com/2010/01/22/the-green-menace/

How could the Conservative Party Chairman endorse Altschuler when his company Office Tiger is responsible for being the biggest outsourcer of American jobs? Office Tiger, the very company that according to the Economic Times, an Indian Newspaper, boasted, “We hope to be leading the move of white-collar jobs from the U.S…”  

How could the Conservative Party Chairman endorse Randy Altschuler when there are still three other conservatives still in this race; Gary Berntsen, Chris Cox, and George Demos?

How could the Conservative Party Chairman endorse Randy Altschuler when he is no conservative!

Is Mike Long going to endorse Altschuler because of his friendship with the consultant Rob Ryan?

Is Mike Long going to endorse Altschuler because of the $10,000 he donated to the NYS Conservative Party HQ Account. Or the $5,000 he donated to the Suffolk County Conservative Chairman’s Club?

How much more money has Altschuler donated to the Conservative Party that is still not yet reported?

Is Altschuler buying the Conservative Party nomination?

It wasn’t that long ago that Altschuler’s consultant, Rob Ryan, stated, “The choice for the CD1 nominee is being made “from the top down instead of the bottom up”. A backroom deal.

It certainly seems that the only one perpetrating a backroom deal here is Randy Altschuler and Mike Long.

Because the thought that the Conservative Party is supporting Randy Altschuler is simply preposterous.

All these questions need to be answered.

Call up the NYS Conservative Party Chairman and ask!

Where is the Conservative Integrity?

Chairman Michael R. Long
486 78th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11209
718-921-2158 (phone)
718-921-5268 (fax)

 

 

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RINO Rick Lazio refuses to meet with State GOP leaders.

In Rick Lazio, Steve Levy on March 10, 2010 at 1:50 am

(03-10-2010) In what could be the biggest night of his lackluster political comeback, RINO Rick Lazio refused to meet with State GOP leaders.

According to Newsday, GOP officials tried to call their putative candidate, Rick Lazio, to express concerns about the state of his campaign last night. But Lazio’s campaign said he couldn’t fit the last-minute meeting into his schedule.

Say goodbye Rick. Nothing personal. We’re just looking for a leader.

Meanwhile;

The following is from Newsday

By ELIZABETH MOORE AND JAMES T. MADORE

Levy pitches case for governor to GOP leaders

Levy, a Democrat who has yet to officially declare himself a candidate, had his first-ever encounter with top Republican brass.

ALBANY – Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s visit with top Republican leaders Tuesday resulted in a split decision, with some excited at the prospect of the Democrat at the top of their 2010 ticket and others wondering what state GOP chairman Edward Cox was thinking in even inviting him.

“They wanted to see whether I was the real deal,” Levy said after the two-hour session at the Fort Orange Club, adding that leaders seemed “psyched up” by his presentation.

Depending which leader you ask, Levy’s pitch was met either “very warmly” or “very politely.”

“I’m convinced he [Levy] has the kind of background and credentials that it will take to change the tenor of government in New York State,” said Albany County Republican Chairman John Graziano, who has not endorsed the only declared Republican candidate, former Brightwaters Rep. Rick Lazio. “There are tougher times ahead.”

Ontario County GOP chairman Jay Dutcher says he is “receptive” to both Levy and Lazio, but would like to see both of them campaign awhile. “If I didn’t know he was a registered Democrat, I’d think he was a conservative Republican,” Dutcher said of Levy.

Lazio’s camp claims backing from two-thirds of the state party. Tioga County chairman Don Leonard said he is “firm” for Lazio, though he agreed to set up a meeting between Levy and other county chairs, because “this is America.”

But Leonard believes it would be a “horrifying insult” to party regulars if Levy received the GOP line without renouncing the Democratic Party, an issue on which Graziano said leaders do not agree.

“A lot of people are disturbed by this,” said Monroe County GOP chair William Reillich, a Lazio backer who did not attend the session. “I don’t know why we’re even talking to him.”

Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre Tuesday said he backs Lazio, but added, “Sometimes competition within the party is good.” He praised Levy’s “great record.”

But Levy’s failure to declare his entry into the race has worn out the patience of State Conservative Chairman Mike Long, who said he is now “of the strong belief” that Levy won’t run for governor, but must be simply milking press attention or trying to hobble Lazio’s candidacy.

The Conservatives meet to endorse a candidate on March 20. “For the life of me, I don’t know what the Republican Party is doing,” Long said.

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Brookhaven’s Dan Panico Wins!

In Brookhaven Republican Committee, Southampton Republican Committee on March 10, 2010 at 1:48 am

(03-10-2010) From Newsday

By PATRICK WHITTLE. AND MITCHELL FREEDMAN

Dems, GOP split wins in town board elections

The two major political parties split the spoils last night, with Republicans maintaining a Town Board seat in Brookhaven and Democrats winning a board seat in Southampton, according to election results.

In Brookhaven, Republican Daniel Panico, 31, handily beat Democrat Douglas Dittko, 58, for the 6th District seat left vacant by the death of Keith Romaine.

Panico’s win means Republican and Conservative members have a 4-3 edge on the town board.

However, Republican Kathy Walsh has been voting with the Democrats for several months, effectively giving Democratic Supervisor Mark Lesko and his supporters a 4-3 edge.

In Southampton, Democrat Bridget Fleming, 49, had third-party help in easily beating Republican William Hughes, 59, for the seat that became open when Anna Throne-Holst was elected town supervisor.

Her victory gives Throne-Holst, who sits on the board, another Democrat on a five-member board that has two Republicans and one Conservative. Fleming won by about 11 percentage points and her margin of victory was provided by the 636 votes she got on the Independence Party line.

Both Dittko and Panico are Manorville residents and members of the town’s planning board.

Panico, a senior deputy Suffolk County clerk, has said he will push for a townwide vote on a Brookhaven property tax cap and propose a local anti-nepotism law. He has also pledged to slash “patronage positions” from Town Hall.

Panico graduated from Stony Brook University and earned a law degree from Touro Law Center. He grew up in the 6th District and graduated from William Floyd High School in 1996.

In Southampton, Fleming and her opponent had a lot of common background. Both are Irish Catholics from large families, with backgrounds in law enforcement. And, neither had held elected office before.

Fleming, of Noyack, is an attorney who worked for former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, and who ended up running his welfare fraud unit. She is in private practice, and also serves on the Noyack Citizen Advisory Committee.

She said she won by identifying voters who vote regularly and getting them to turn out. “There was a lot of shaking hands, a lot of shoe leather,” she said when her victory became apparent about 9:30 p.m.

Fleming ran on both the Democratic and Independence lines, and was supported by Throne-Holst, a political independent who ran for office on the Democratic line.

In some cases, Throne-Holst could not even get someone to second a resolution she wanted to introduce.

But the other members of the town board did not always agree, and Throne-Holst has been able to put together a three or even four-vote majority on occasion.

In January, when she wanted to reappoint Comptroller Tamara Wright, the vote failed when two board members abstained.

But, the resolution passed when it was reintroduced a few weeks later.

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