Quoted from littlesal

Again - who is even on the rotterdam repub committee?

DEMANDING FOR THIS! Haaaa!

I cry bullsh*t and somebody is trying to stir crap up to help out ANGELO or SAVAGE!!!

RALLY THE RESIDENTS! THE RESIDENTS CAN ENDORSE AND SUPPORT HIM!!!......if they want to that is!

Amedore would win a primary in this god forsake town anyway-

again someone is just trying to stir crap up - IMHO

The County leg and town clerk seats were not in any way shape or form part of the controversy with the Rotterdam Reps this fall.  The fight with Mertz et al split up the TB and supervisor seats.  Did that mean George couldn't support the other seats?  NO it didn't.  

To his credit George honestly states his environmental record stinks.  Rotterdam is home to the Great Flats aquifer and let's see where did he build a condo complex?  Yep, on top of sensitive recharge area.  Why would I support his voting record?  Why would I not want to see someone else take a shot at it?  It's all about who has money and influence when looking for a candidate to some.  Kinda like why we have an incompetent, but very nice lady, in the town clerk's office.  Win the seat even if they aren't the best person for the job.

I don't believe in aristocracy.  If someone else wants to be considered, then they should be given that chance.  The best candidate should be selected.  Just because the incumbent wants to run again, doesn't mean he is a shoe in.  At the end of the day, he may be the best candidate out of the lot.  If he gets the nod by other Reps to run for the 105th, I will do my duty as a committee person.  I will not do what Mertz did and cause any more of a fuss.  I will not splinter the party.  This is the time to decide who should run.  That's part of our democratic process.

George didnt support angelos uncle that ran for county leg   -- maybe he knew that angelo was gonna switch partys and perhpas challenge him

George didnt support MB  --  could have been a good chance to change his course on environ issues, maybe he just didnt want to endorse a candidate that pretty much got left out to dry by the sick GOP, and came across as more of a liberal environmentalist

George didnt get involved in town clerk race -  smart move by him......

Quoted from littlesal

Amedore would win a primary in this god forsake town anyway-

again someone is just trying to stir crap up - IMHO
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Right Little Sal! George Amedore won re-election with 25% of the vote!
Nobody cares about his environmental record. George received the highest Conservative voting record of any local assemblyman. This has got to be an early April's fool.

Husky you are f'n nuts! REALLY!!! Please do us all a favor and go get a job with Al Gore.

Benny you are correct about Amedore's conservatism.

MV and MB were far from a conservative ideology.

Quoted from huskyhowls

The County leg and town clerk seats were not in any way shape or form part of the controversy with the Rotterdam Reps this fall.  The fight with Mertz et al split up the TB and supervisor seats.  Did that mean George couldn't support the other seats?  NO it didn't.  

The County Leg was most definitely part of the controversy.  The local GOP took a sitting Legislature (Suhrada) and ran him against a sitting Republican Town Councilman(Mertz).  Ran Angelo's(Conservative) uncle or some relative(Mike Viscusi)  And now, low and behold, this districts other Republican representative(Angelo Santabarbara) switches to Democrat.  Maybe George knew something YOU didn't.

It looks like the Local GOP is running this thing into the ground.  Question is,,,why is Longo allowing himself to be used as a patsy?  What's in it for him?

The people of rotterdam better take control here! The residents are not only screwed with this present 'corrupt' and 'inept' liberal socialist town board......the reps, if this is true, has completely gone NUTS!!!!

It's time to rise up all of you rotterdam residents. We clearly do not have 'anyone' or 'any party' to represent the people. The people of rotterdam is obviously smarter than the average rotterdam politician or party. The proof was at the last town board meeting.

Husky, I too signed the petition calling for a meeting to discuss the endorsement. I'm hearing a lot of things about Amedore that make me question whether he's really in this for the right reasons. Where was Amedore during the last election cycle? People say George may have known something we don't...Does that explain why I saw a DiLeva campaign piece with George's face on it? Maybe the joke is on us. I'd say it's the state ivory tower Republicans trying to run local Republicanism into the ground so they can then put in their candidates (Mertz) and tell us how to run our municipalities. Don't tread on me!

The people of Rotterdam have already spoken last fall.  The TB is now a mix of parties.  How are they doing?  Looks like Gerard the lone Rep is doing the best of the bunch.  So much for the local Reps being nuts!  The TB meetings are proof that the Reps may have the best candidates.

My job as a committee person is to support our nomination.  If it's one of our very own, that makes it even better.  The 105th is an open field as any slot should be when someone's term comes up.  It's not a given that the encumbent is given priority.

When did George get his crown?  

For the record, Mike Viscusi is Angelo's uncle.  The 105th seat isn't about Angelo for me unless we decide to endorse him.  Anything can happen!

Yes let's back GP.  Then we can get another Dem on the TB--GP will lose to anyone who will run against him.  So we can also pick up that Assembly seat again as well.  Nice.

I agree....GP wouldn't win...IMO.

And who would be his spokesperson and run his campaign.....KR? That's what Ang did!

What I find kinda nuts is the reaction on this forum.  It's almost like some of you are astonished that town reps might have a candidate other than George in mind?  Did you all think we would just nod our heads in support of George?  John Mertz challenged the "establishment" didn't he?  Maybe Rotterdam Reps are more tea party minded afterall.  Maybe we are about change when appropriate.

and BT, I thought you were for the tea party as in NNTP so why would you be for an incumbent?  I would think you would like to see a new face in the NYS Assembly. You haven't supported incumbents in past posts.  Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Why not support someone who has not run before like Gerard?  

Quoted from huskyhowls

The people of Rotterdam have already spoken last fall.  The TB is now a mix of parties.  How are they doing?  Looks like Gerard the lone Rep is doing the best of the bunch.  So much for the local Reps being nuts!  The TB meetings are proof that the Reps may have the best candidates.

I think it was Felipe that used to say about Joe S. "it's easy leading when you're in the minority".  Parisi's ego is way to big to successfully lead his own party when it was in the majority.  Proof is his slate of Republican candidates that sank in Titanic fashion.  Gerard is in the position which he can be successful, as the sole voice of opposition.  

Destroying your local party and appointing yourself to the TB doesn't make Parisi some sort of genius.  Sinking the local GOP as a means to get his good friend and high school buddy Angelo elected in the 105th is pretty savvy.  

People in Rotterdam need to stop analyzing local politics by looking at political party affiliation, but rather look and blood lines and family ties.

Maybe I missed something here.  If Gerard was looking to get his buddy elected, he wouldn't be seeking to run against him, would he?  Wouldn't he be more supportive if he asked the Rep committee to endorse Ang as a Dem?