North Greenbush Dem Club Chairman Caught Trashing Desso Signs

It came as no surprise when we learned Bob Price had been seen trashing campaign signs belonging to Lou Desso, and replacing them with signs belonging to Richard Fennelly, after all Price has been an operative for Charlie Smith for years. It’s also not the first time Price was caught “trashing” things that don’t belong to him. In January 2006 police were called when Price removed town property from the Town Hall and reportedly threw it in the trash. The property was a brand new chair that the town had purchased to honor Lillian Parsons, a long time town resident who’s attended over 1,000 town meetings. The chair wa placed in the front row of the meeting room and is reserved for Lillian. Price it seems didn’t like Parsons or the chair, It was reported that he took the chair to Parson’s house where Lillian, who loved the chair but knew it was town property refused to take it. Price then reportedly took the chair and threw it in the trash. After the police were called, the chair was returned to its place the meeting room in the Town Hall.

Now is seems Price has again targeted his enemies, this time it’s their campaign signs he’s trashing. A report filed with the North Greenbush Police included the below statement, where Frank Catone stated he witnessed and confronted Price who was removing a sign belonging to Lou Desso, and replacing it with a sign belonging to Richard Fennelly. Based on that statement, the North Greenbush Police paid a visit to Mr. Price and it’s our understanding that a warning was issued, and Mr. Price has promised to behave himself (yea right).

Richard Fennelly hasn’t issued any statement about the incident or stated what his involvement was. We would have to assume that Fennelly, who’s running for North Greenbush Town Council would be responsible for the distribution of his own signs. Considering his close ties with the NG Democratic Committee, as well as ties to Price, Fennelly will avoid issuing any statement hoping the issue fades away in time for elections.

 

Considering we have two weeks until Election Day, and the fact that there’s lots of signs around town, we had our in house artist create a composite sketch of the suspect, if you see this man near any campaign signs contact us immediately

 

 

For those of you who are not familiar with the North Greenbush Democratic Club, it’s a PAC or Political Action Committee created by Dan Ashley and C.B. Smith to funnel money into the North Greenbush Democratic Committee. Robert Price appears to be both Chairman and treasurer, as well as a charter member along with C.B. Smith’s cousin Kevin Harrington. There’s more information about its formation HERE.

What we don’t understand is why the North Greenbush Democrats need a PAC in the first place, other than to have a means to hide campaign contributions, it really serves no purpose. And if it is legit, why is Bob Price both chairman and treasurer? The financial disclosures for the North Greenbush Democratic Club can be found HERE.

Back to missing signs, it seems the sign removed by Bob Price wasn’t an isolated incident. Here’s another report where signs that were placed on private property with the owner’s permission and were then removed and replaced democratic candidates signs WITHOUT the owner’s permission. The report also states that 14 other signs have been stolen.

You have to be a real stand-up character to go on private property, remove private property and replace it with your own. I mean are they “that stupid” to think no one is going to figure out who did it?

 

It’s also been reported that when campaign literature for Malone, Hammond, Harrington and Zweig was being distributed in on the north end of route 4, several signs disappeared belonging to Leon Fiacco, yet signs for local candidates remain untouched. Again you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out this out. One minute the signs there, next its gone, but attached to your mail box is campaign material from Hammond, Harrington, Malone and Zweig. Some real stand-up candidates they must be if their using thieves to distribute their material.

Now many people will say that this is just normal campaign shenanigans, but it’s not, it’s a crime. Private property was trespassed, and property was stolen.

What everyone really needs to consider is if a candidate for office is using people who are willing to commit criminal acts just to win an election, what kind of people will these candidates select to serve in appointed positions if their elected?

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PAUL TAZBIR ENDORSES MIKE MINER FOR TOWN SUPERVISOR

For some good news that we’re sure many of you have already heard. Former Town Supervisor Paul Tazbir has endorsed Mike Miner for Town Supervisor. Paul made the announcement during Tuesdays fund raiser for Mike and Kelly Hoffman, where he also spoke of his support for Kelly and Joe Bott. One key points in Paul’s statement was that he didn’t play party politics when he came into office, and at the risk of backlash from his own party made appointments based on qualifications, not affiliations. As a result he said he had a “great team that enjoyed coming to work every day”, and working for the people of North Greenbush. Tazbir, an enrolled republican has once again risked backlash from his own party by not endorsing Mark Evers, and endorsing Mike. We believe Paul has make a great choice.

Dear North Greenbush Voters,

As a resident of North Greenbush and former North Greenbush Town Supervisor I am fully aware of the needs of our community, the expectations and responsibilities of Town Government and the qualities and character needed to effectively lead our Town government in the role of Supervisor. It is for this reason that I am writing to express my support for Michael Miner in his campaign for Town Supervisor.

During my four years as Supervisor I worked closely with Michael and saw firsthand his dedication, honesty, leadership and character. Mike has ten years experience as head of the Building department, serves on the North Greenbush Youth Board and was formerly the Youth Director and Teen Center Director. Mike has been involved with budgeting, planning, grant writing, recreation programs, park improvements, and has a strong understanding of all aspects of Town government. He has worked closely with Planning and Zoning Boards, Emergency Services, as well as several town administrations. Mike has always been an advocate for the safety and well-being of our seniors, as demonstrated by his operation of the Emergency Shelter at the Town Hall during last winter’s ice storm. In addition, Mike is a lifelong resident of North Greenbush graduating from Gardner-Dickinson School, LaSalle Institute and R.P.I. For nearly twenty years Mike has shown a constant willingness to serve the community of North Greenbush and has demonstrated an ability to effectively communicate with people, businesses and professionals. Having worked directly with officials from New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation, Department of  Transportation, The Department of State, The State Comptroller’s Office, Rensselaer County’s Health Department, Highway Department, Bureau of Public Safety and Bureau of Finance. Mike is well prepared for the responsibilities and
expectations of this position.

Although I am a strong supporter of the Republican Party and typically ask for support for the party’s candidates, I am asking for you to make an exception in this instance and vote for the most qualified candidate for Supervisor. I believe Michael is the right choice for Supervisor. On Tuesday, November 3rd please elect Michael Miner as our next Town Supervisor.

Sincerly,
Paul Tazbir

 

Having known Paul for a number of years I can say that this endorsement is not given lightly. Paul has spent many years in public service, and is well respected by all political parties. The man knows what it takes to do the job and worked with Mike during his two terms in office. I would have to say Paul has allot of confidence that Mike can do a good job, or he wouldn’t have given his endorsement.

 

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MORE DRAMA FROM C.B. SMITH, I GUESS HE IS THAT STUPID

 

C.B. Smith must have been home sick from school the day they taught the definition of credibility, so for C.B. here is the short version, ” the quality of being believable or trustworthy”.

It appears C.B. has again called upon one of his long standing operatives to do his dirty work, there’s only one problem, C.B. has again selected someone with little or no “credibility”, John Hebert.

As we already pointed out, Mr. Hebert was suspected of or being the individual who mailed and had published a forged letter claiming to be from the Wynantskill Fire Department during the Village elections. John is also the individual who made national news during the 2004 Democratic National Convention when he had a confrontation with two little old ladies, here’s an excerpt from the New Yorker.

” Two sullen objectors—a pair of elderly women—sat smoking on a nearby park bench, holding “Bush-Cheney” signs.

“The whole media’s for Kerry,” one of them, named Betty, said. “We’re Republicans. We have been since Ford, because he didn’t want to bus our kids, neither.”

John Hebert, a firefighter and Democratic Party volunteer from North Greenbush, New York, spotted the women as he left the clambake. “What’s someone doing with that sign?” he said. “Bush sucks.” He circled around behind the women, snatched a sign, and threw it on the ground in front of the delegation’s buses. “Am I the king?” he asked, taking a seat on a bus

Betty didn’t think so. “Make him pick that up,” she yelled, charging the bus and attracting the attention of a cop. “He’s very uncouth.”

The policeman requested that Hebert step off the bus to apologize.

“I was just kidding around,” Hebert said.

“No, you were not,” Betty said. “You are an idiot—a New York idiot.”

As the convoy pulled away, Hebert held up his middle finger: an Empire State salute. “Hey, folks,” he said, “if I offended anyone, I’m sorry. But you know what? It was worth it. Bush does suck.”"

Yea, he’s a class act with allot of credibility. So anyway Mr. Hebert has penned a letter to The Advertiser questioning the status of Town Justice Stephanie Piel, he signed that letter “John Hebert, Wynantskill”. Funny John claims he live in Albany in his self written bio:

“John’s bio – written by John: John Hebert has been many things…or he’s been CALLED many things. He was a semi successful comic book artist drawing such title as X-Men Adventures, Punisher, Nomad and Deathlok for Marvel as well as Jonny Quest, Wild Wild West and Mars Attacks for various other publishers. After leaving comics, he went on to become a firefighter, EMT, and fingerprint examiner which he remains to this day as a supervisor at the NY State Division Of Criminal Justice Services, helping to keep our streets safe-by keeping himself off of them as much as possible. Born in the far away land known as Wynantskill, NY, he now makes his home in Albany where he dabbles in politics, tending his car collection and pushing the envelope in pretty much whatever he does. The self proclaimed “Hunter S. Thompson of comic book art” has recently begun a return to comics after a lengthy exile, excitedly taking on some Captain Action assignments for Moonstone Publishing as well as a super top secret project involving a character with a red cape and a name that begins with “S” and ends with “N”. He can be reached at Hawkeyepierced@yahoo.com”

Hebert has some history with C.B. Smith, and I for one have my doubts about the validity of the claims Hebert has madew, but we’ll have to wait and see what see what Judge Piel has Greg has to say.

In the mean time, since C.B. has decided not to take are advice, and proven beyond a doubt that he’s the poster child of stupidity when it come to political campaigns, our next post will be on Joshua A. Sabo and his numerous violations of the Judicial Campaign Guidlines

 

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UNANSWERED QUESTION

 

We’ve raised a lot of valid question here in the past few weeks, and it seems the Democrats have no desire to answer any of them. As we see it, their lack of answers proves they hold themselves above the voters, and that don’t believe they’re accountable to anyone but themselves.

They all claim they’re for ethics reform and transparency, yet they can’t operate ethically and transparently before the elections, why? A tiger doesn’t lose its strips when it leaves the jungle, nor does someone instantly become ethical once they’ve become elected to office.

We also have to clarify that by democrats we mean the current controlling members of the local party, Dan Ashley, Charles “C.B.” Smith, Joshua A. Sabo,

We can take back our government, but we have to do it one village, town city, county and state at a time.

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