Washington Campaign Practice Found ‘Unfair’ by County Committee

ted bitter November 4, 2011 at 05:00 pm

Elizabeth c'mon they lied like Herman Cain and got caught no amount of justification or spin can change that. There you go again making up your own facts which has nothing to do with the truth. The Tony Washington Campaign is now bringing in High Powered Outsiders like the NY Republican Committee to pay for their Mailers that contain lies. Try not being such a narrow partisan so you can't see the Forest for the trees.

Alex Acevedo November 4, 2011 at 05:24 pm

Who are these high powered outsiders? Inquiring minds want to know.

John Q. Public November 4, 2011 at 10:56 pm

The Patch should man up and admit they were the source of this misunderstanding. I saw the article in January on the Patch as well. Given the number of meetings Mary Foster closes down for no reason, and her unwillingness to post all the minutes of her meetings from 2008 forward, people with jobs don't have time to put up with Foster's deceptions. We rely on the Patch. They made a mistake and should admit it.

Liz Giegerich (Editor) November 5, 2011 at 12:24 am

I hate making mistakes and I hate that this one was on the site for 9 months and that the only reason anyone noticed was because it became a (false) campaign issue. I corrected the article as soon as I realized it was inaccurate. What I had reported was that the Council had passed a resolution asking State Sen. Greg Ball and State Assemblywoman Sandra Galef to help them raise the utility tax. As we say in our correction, they did not decide to approach the state legislators on the matter. I have no idea if Tony Washington or the PRCC used Patch as their one source for their campaign material. But, I never reported that any utility tax was actually passed by the Council.

C. Anderson November 5, 2011 at 12:48 am

Another year of Peekskill voters getting the same ol shaft. The same Dem two face antics, the GOP candidates reading from Vinnie's crib sheet and in the end both sides still keep on keeping on with the same old good old boy patronages. The worse part of this years election is that Leesther isn't running, now there is now one to vote for who has no chance of winning!

ted bitter November 5, 2011 at 01:09 am

Look up the NY Republican Committee headquartered in Albany. And of course Chairman Cox the SonInLaw of the [I am not a Crook] Richard Nixon. Check the last mailer with the lies to see who paid for it. Why does albany want to get so involved in peekskill politics. Washington has also embedded himself with the Davis gang of outsiders who have come to Peekskil and branded the City and its people crime ridden corrupt and Racist. Let's see how your property value will skyrocket. They have posted these lies all over facebook and Utube. Now they have brought in FIX News to give their Fair and Balanced Reporting. Gimme a break don't play stupid.

Alex Acevedo November 5, 2011 at 01:26 am

Ted, in civil discourse we don't use the word stupid. If you think that the State Republican Party shouldn't have a role in electing officials statewide (including in Peekskill) that's your opinion and I will respect that and not say that its plain stupid.

C. Anderson November 5, 2011 at 01:30 am

Peekskill needs new faces, and new ideas that are not club members or beholding, and that goes for Drew Claxton also. The same old same old. The republicans suck and so do the Dems in this town. If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem.

leesther brown November 5, 2011 at 01:36 am

You know what they say Alex..."Never underestimate the stupidity of an Idiot"...Dude got it bad...

ted bitter November 5, 2011 at 01:36 am

My use of the word stupid was misguided. However the Peekskill GOP campaign and the people it has associated itself with is far from civil discourse.

ted bitter November 5, 2011 at 01:39 am

So C Anerson u should run on an independent line if you have real solutions u might get my vote.

ted bitter November 5, 2011 at 01:55 am

Alex if I am not mistaken, the NY Republican Committee is a seperate entity from the State Republican Party with a different agenda. Not withstanding the Mailer they funded for the Peekskill GOP contained untruths and was ruled as such by the Westchester Committee.

ted bitter November 5, 2011 at 02:03 am

Ms Claire let me get this, you want us to believe that no one in the Peekskill GOP knew that the utility tax was passed a decade ago by the GOP. They just got that info from the Patch and put it in a CityWide Mailer?

John Q. Public November 5, 2011 at 02:08 am

Teddy, “A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” Some dead white male named Alexander Pope wrote that line. But his point rings true. If you examine campaign finance documents related to Peekskill, you’ll see that Darren Rigger is bringing in all sorts of money from DC, from the disgraced Congressman Charlie Rangel, from Senator Chuck Schumer. You would have to be yourself part of the State GOP to say anything other than what’s available in public disclosure – the State GOP is trying to help Astorino but they have given no money to Peekskill GOP candidates from disclosures I’ve read. The State GOP apparently believes that Foster and her Dem folks have destroyed Peekskill so badly they don’t have to spend money here. That Rangel and Schumer and Rigger’s Manhattan folks try to influence Peekskill from their limousines says a lot. The Dems have no financial support in our own City. I applaud your business. I wish you well. And I hope your café can one day attract some true jazzers – people who were shunned by the public while they were alive like Sarah Vaughan and Johnny Hartman. You figure that out, and guess what. No politician can ever claim credit for your work. Which is what life is. Build your business and leave politics to fools. John Coltrane Newport 1963 rules. Sassy at the Tivoli. Focus on what matters, what endures. It’s music and art and life – not politics.

leesther brown November 5, 2011 at 02:55 am

You really need to take account of yourself before you are bought to account.

Liz Giegerich (Editor) November 5, 2011 at 07:45 am

The article on Jan. 25 was about the angry citizens who felt their message was not heard by the Council. The last paragraph mentioned the business conducted (which was done while those angry citizens were chanting and speaking over the Council) and only listed the titles of each resolution. For readers interested in details, I provided a link to the resolutions. As many who care know, resolutions are more dense and complicated than the short titles assigned to them. Resolution J3, "proposed utility tax in the city of Peekskill," was a proposal to ask Ball and Galef to propose a bill that would allow the city to impose a utility tax. It was a resolution that would have granted the city the ability to ask the state to grant them the ability to impose a utility tax, not to actually impose it. I never wrote the details of the resolutions and never claimed that I had. What I did was accidentally include it's title in a list of other resolutions that were passed. I hope this clarifies it for you.

C. Anderson November 5, 2011 at 11:46 am

Amen, JQP

Liz Murphy November 9, 2011 at 10:48 pm

you date Drew Claxton from what I heard so of course you are partial--let's leave the personal feelings at home--I have known Tony for close to 35 years--& a nicer more honest person you will NEVER find--again--a shame you don't know but yet you like so many others continue to run their mouths

Liz Murphy November 9, 2011 at 10:51 pm

at least we weren't at the Assumption Church giving out all kinds of free food && telling the Hispanics who to vote for--these are the tactics used by certain people to get votes-

Liz Murphy November 9, 2011 at 10:54 pm

while everyone is yelling at one another--all I have to say is Mary Foster--show us the report you have been sittting on since early October--yeah--you know what I talking about--