Jeremy Blaber supports Bernardo campaign by handing out balloons at the Ulster County Fair!
Pictured above, is Jeremy Blaber (holding an "elect Len Bernardo for County Executive balloon) and Glenn Noonan, Legislator and Minority Leader. The picture was taken at the Ulster County Fair Wednesday night.
picture credit: Clark Richters
Posts
20 comments:
The nice thing with this blog is, its very awsome when it comes to there topic.
Wait until he sees the bill for the Photograph
p.s. you do have a great blog.
Mr. Blaber -
I think it is highly unlikely that anyone would imagine for a fraction of a second that you would be doing anything to help Mr. Bernardo. Your position has been very clear for quite a while.
As for allowing facts to get in the way of stories, how about the fact that Len Bernardo is far and away the most qualified candidate for the position of County Executive? Neither you nor any of Mr. Hein's supporters have yet to issue any substantive answer although the issue has been raised many, many times.
You say your candidate is the most qualified but offer zero to back up your statements. The people of this County are far too astute to accept such assertions without evidence.
Blaber, can you really say that you didn't know what that green balloon was? Come on, we know that you can't use photoshop, but are you claiming that you can't read the logo on the balloon AND that you are color blind to Bernardo's balloons? Give me a break. You are practically hugging Republican Minority Leader Glenn Noonan. You know you want to be on the Bernardo team.
This picture is going to give me nightmares!!!
Blaber ought to be embarrassed that he used this silly picture with that silly grin on his own blog. Has he no shame?
Not one iota is mentioned about post high school educational achievements of the three candidates vying for county executive. What colleges did they attend? What did they major in? Did they graduate? County Government is a 325 million dollar operation with over 2000 employees. The voters should know this information and it's not being disseminated by the candidates.
nice couple
tonight, THursday, @ The Fair,,, Len & Jim Quigley, along with Butch Dener from New Paltz, & Noonan & other volunteers OWNED the UC COUNTY FAIR !!
Hundreds of Len's green ballons & only one woman in the Democrat's booth & SHE DIDNT KNOW WHO MIKE WAS !!!! Had no idea who i was asking to spoeak too.
" WHO IS MIKE " is what she said,,
Pathetic showing for the Dems,, No Eliot, No Hein NO NOBODY but an ignorant volunteer,,,
See you in November, Baby
These two guys look like they should be wearing helmets.
Not one iota mentioned of the private sector success of these candidates.
Come on, we all know Bernardo ran a 350 person company worth $65 million. WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS:
How many gold necklaces did Hein sell at Littman jewelers in his private sector experience? How many sub prime mortgage loans did he write in his short time at a local bank. How many cups of coffee did he pour for Lew as Deputy Treasurer - these things matter and we deserve to know the candidate's full private sector success rates.
Similarly, Auerbach claims today he "minded the store" - the family hardward store. When did it go out of business? What's there now? Who did he sell it to? For how much? Come on, give us the full Auerbach resume.
Seriously, what DOES Mike Hein stand for? Don't just say 'progressive' values in Ulster County. I want to hear WHAT his plans are for this county. Where is he going to focus county resources? What are his goals? Be specific. Is he like Sennett, less resources on things like drug crime and gang activity, and more on violence against women? Does he support legalizing certain drugs? Does he support a casino in Ulster? Where does he stand on property tax cap?
Billy Bob 6:30,
Why don't you call the Hein and Auerbach campaigns and tell them to stay home again Friday, Saturday and Sunday because it's not worth their time.
The Quigley and Bernardo campaigns will be there in full force.
Re: Today's Paul Brooks article in the TH Record
I was also against the Charter, and can't say I've ever really been for it. That being said, we're stuck with the silly thing. I don't think it's a flip flop; I think it is taking the situation for what it is and attempting to ensure that the Charter is enacted in the best way possible -- even if that means running for a position oneself.
I think it's great that he ran a PAC trying to defeat the Charter. The best way to understand the flaws and potential downfalls to a new initiative is to have been part of the opposition to that initiative. No one can honestly say that they believe the Charter is perfect, can they?! Mr. Quigley was proactive and vocal in his efforts, and I respect that.
As for the issue of Quigley's independence, the positions of Executive and Comptroller are elected, political positions. If you have issue with the nature of the positions well, again, it's a problem with the Charter. No elected position is ever going to be impartial and non-partisan. Mr. Quigley has not been as deeply embedded in the political scene as many of his counterparts, or his opponent, for that matter. I think that if we want someone in the position who is apolitical, this is probably as close as we are going to get. He supports his party and there's no crime or shame in that. The Democrats certainly wouldn't allow the candidacy of someone who had never financially contributed to the party, and I'm sure the Republicans are no different. It's just the way the game is played. If there is such overwhelming concern about whether or not Quigley can be impartial, I ask two questions. First, do we really need someone who is completely impartial? And second, is Elliott Auerbach any less partisan? The answer to both is no, so now what?
Not once have I ever seen or heard of Mr. Quigley argue against accountability. In fact, I've seen him speak in favor of accountability far more than Mr. Auerbach. Mr. Quigley advocated against a proposal that was poorly formed and easily manipulated. The voters adopted this initiative and, now, I truly believe Mr. Quigley is making a good faith effort to ensure that the concerns he identified are dealt with in an open and thoughtful manner by someone who has been involved in remedying these problems from the onset.
So, if Mr. Quigley can't have it both ways, unfortunately, Mr. Auerbach can't, either.
Someone needs to tell Blaber that it's Terry, not Terrie. Also that you're means you are, not your. And last that the postmaster inspector has taken custody of the evidence and is investigating because tampering with the mail is a federal crime. If a federal crime is not newsworthy, what is? Desperation? The only thing desperate about this story is the fact that someone was desperate enough to do this to the Bernardo's.
Recent and gratuitous knee-jerk charges of "flip-flopping" or being contradictory are trite and specious.
There are many principled examples of fighting a proposal for sound reasons, but, when one loses the fight, being determined to stay on to see that one's original concerns and objections are not lost.
Often, who better to monitor potential abuses or lapses of oversight than one who was skeptical and could SEE the potential problems before they happened?
For some historical perspective: the original anti-Federalists were against the proposed new Constitution that was to replace the weaker Articles of Confederation because they feared that a strong central government would become tyrannical and abusive of state powers and individual rights. Though a strong minority, and even a majority in states like NY, they lost the fight, and the Constitution was ratified.
So, why did many of them run for the new Congress, if they thought it was a bad system? Well, they didn't "embrace" it or like it, but felt it necessary to offer a COUNTER-balance to the prevailing Federalist majority, and to be a WATCHDOG that would keep the new federal government from going too far! Indeed, their desire to have a Bill of Rights to that end still motivated many of them.
But it gets more ironic: Federalist spokesman James Madison, who could be called the Father of the Constitution, originally thought a Bill of Rights an unnecessary, even DANGEROUS, step. Yet he knew he had to mollify the anti-Feds, who threatened to call for a new constitutional convention which might undo all his previous work. So, when he ran for the first Congress under the new Constitution, he said he would fight for a Bill of Rights. Honorable man that he was, he DID introduce the proposals, even as his fellow Federalists were less than enthusiastic, and pushed "the nauseous project," as he called it, through, even, more ironically, above the objections of some of the anti-Fed leaders, like Patrick Henry, who "smelled a rat" and saw through Madison's "soft soap" ploy to weaken the anti-Fed arguments by seeming to give in to them.
Madison won, destroyed the anti-Federalist movement, although, even more ironically, he later left the Federalists and joined with good friend and mentor, former anti-Fed Tom Jefferson, to later form the new Democratic-Republican party, which went on to defeat the Federalists and destroy THEM!
Now, anyone want to call Madison a "flip-flopper" for all that?
I would rather see a QUALIFIED principled skeptic run for an office he formerly opposed creating, and run it in a manner that resisted the abuses and concentration of power inherent in it he feared, than have someone who was seeking the office IN ORDER to satisfy ambition and personal ego, and who was so personally and professionally UNqualified for the post, that it would likely LEAD to the very problems that were originally seen and warned against.
As to the "store minder": When someone says he ran his family's business, I'd be far more impressed if that person's name was Henry Ford 2nd, or John D. Rockefeller Jr. than that he merely stood behind the counter of his father's store for 20 years (who, even after he "retired" hung around to keep an eye on things!). When one looks at the specifics behind the vague and glossy self-claimed "successes," one sees little there of substance, and a questionable track record of fiscal responsibility and ethical rectitude essential to the job as envisioned.
I see Blaber reads this blog, so I want to ask him here why he has refused to run the above post on his blog, and other recent posts by me.
Has he been ordered by Auerbach to not post anything by me, or did he reach that decision based on his own fear of posting the truth (or at least any opinion that he can't address)?
on Ulster Musings
The Balloon Wars
Coming on the heals of "antgate" it's no surprise that Ulster County Democrats are being obnoxious again. For the last couple of days at the Ulster County Fair, Len Bernardo and the Ulster Republicans have had great energy and enthusiasm, and it has shown as the fair has been a sea of green Bernardo balloons. On the other hand the Democrats have had trouble keeping up. Tonight, their frustration must have came to a head because Elliot Auerbach along with an unidentified Democrat in a knock-off "Spongebob Squarepants" outfit started handing out balloons around the Republican booth. They continued to do so even after being apprised that this was in violation of U.C. Fair policy. Eventually they left but soon, who other than Jeremy Blaber shows up handing out balloons around the Republican booth. Due to these events, the Democrats nearly lost their booth at the Fair. The best part of all of this was to see one of the Democrats working the booth publicly chastising Blaber for his childish actions. I say to hell with the press wars, the balloon wars go to the Republicans HANDS DOWN.
Regardless of where Blaber is (in front of the GOP booth), notice that there is NO ONE anywhere near him trying to get a Hein balloon.
Post a Comment