Quoted from Smoking Bananas

the only idiot here is you salami.. your candidates got cleaned... riggi won because he had hul''s money backing him.. if not for that, he would have dived like zollinger. alliance party was a loser, loser, loser.. spin your fantasies but the truth remains, dem own the council and will likely control the mayor;s chair when all is said and done. and should hull win, he will run into nothing but problems and will be made a laughing stock when he can;t get anything done... either way, hull loses... plain and simple... he may be able to get in some of his republican cronies, brockbank and cueavas, but not much more than that... should hull get on council, look at 4 years of animosity and at the end hull's record will be a big zero

Quoted from Smoking Bananas

riggi is a nice guy but he will be froze out -- the dems will executive session without him and still pass their resolutions, he will be a squeaky wheel at most

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Fight continues in Electric City race
Mayoral hopeful wants 8,950 paper ballots included in recanvass
By LAUREN STANFORTH, Staff writer
Updated 09:58 p.m., Monday, November 14, 2011


SCHENECTADY -- Mayoral candidate Roger Hull wants a state Supreme Court justice to order the counting of some 8,950 paper ballots to determine if he can overcome a 77-vote deficit against Democrat Gary McCarthy, the city's acting mayor.

On Monday, attorneys representing the former Union College president told Justice Vincent J. Reilly Jr. that a fire and bomb scare at the city's largest polling site, Schenectady High School, on Election Day have brought numbers from the seven districts that vote there into question -- and therefore the paper ballots that were fed there, and into all of the city's electronic voting machines, should be counted.

Arguments on both sides hinge on the accuracy of the new optical scan machines, which read marked paper ballots and are now required for all state elections.

Attorney Michael Cuevas, a former Republican mayoral candidate himself, said when the high school was evacuated for about two hours, the two machines there were disconnected from their main power source, operated on battery power in the parking lot, and then plugged in again when voting was moved back to the gymnasium. Long lines formed to vote outside, some of the privacy booths did not have pens, and one person was witnessed leaving with a ballot without it being scanned............................>>>>...................>>>>..................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....78.php#ixzz1dltkFQmQ

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Republican Art Brassard, one of the county's two election commissioners, said if a full recount is required, the Board of Elections would have to employ people for 12 to 14 hours a day to meet the state's Dec. 3 deadline to certify the election. "The cost with that would be significant," Brassard said.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....78.php#ixzz1dmnD0hV9

Quoted from bumblethru

Is Art Brassard 'really' a republican??? WTF?

RECOUNT!

Quoted from bumblethru

Is Art Brassard 'really' a republican??? WTF?

RECOUNT!

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

14-1 is important at the County level -- because, as we move towards more shared services and eventual consolidation, the County Leg is where the REAL POWER is at

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

14-1 is important at the County level -- because, as we move towards more shared services and eventual consolidation, the County Leg is where the REAL POWER is at

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

14-1 is important at the County level -- because, as we move towards more shared services and eventual consolidation, the County Leg is where the REAL POWER is at

Quoted from CICERO

It's beginning to look like the Democrat City monopoly is beginning to erode.  Though it is very very small, it's a foot in the door.  With Republicans winning council seats and Hull in a dead heat, we are beginning to see a slight momentum shift.  

The democops better hurry and pull the service consolidation drag net quickly before the growing opposition organizes.  The unaffiliated, the Republicans, and the rank and file Conservatives are looking for a voice, and they should be able to put whatever minor differences aside to stop this corruption.  

Quoted from CICERO

It's beginning to look like the Democrat City monopoly is beginning to erode.  Though it is very very small, it's a foot in the door.  With Republicans winning council seats and Hull in a dead heat, we are beginning to see a slight momentum shift.  

The democops better hurry and pull the service consolidation drag net quickly before the growing opposition organizes.  The unaffiliated, the Republicans, and the rank and file Conservatives are looking for a voice, and they should be able to put whatever minor differences aside to stop this corruption.