You people are laughable.  Who the hell cares who TB writes off if any of you frools had brains-YOU WOULD BE WRITING HIM OFF.  LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!  He has killed the party.  Get a new coach.  How inept are you Reps and NNTP people.

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From what I hear Buchanan has written everyone off. He wasn't at Salamone's fundraiser. He wasn't at Parisi's fundraiser. He wasn't at George's fundraiser...Where in the world is Tom Buchanan?

Who cares? The best move FS ever made. According to Marv Cermak, he was at the DEM dinner collecting a Truman award for service. A GOP/CONS tidal wave everywhere but pathetic Schenectady County.

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speculation speculation...... the proof will be in the pudding

careful, that is a (in)famous dem quote

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When Amedore loses, which he will, it wouldn't surprise people if he tries to take over the Rott GOP since they threw his $%#@ to the curb.  I've heard this said a few times already.

From who? GP? Don't beat the farm on it. When GA crushes his REP opponent look for heads to finally roll. And not just at the town level.

Amedore files challenges Change Albany Now party line

John Purcell 09/09/10

The Change Albany Now party line might just have to wait.

Assemblyman George Amedore, R-Rotterdam, filed a lawsuit against Angelo Santabarbara, D-Rotterdam, for the independent nominating petition to filed by Santabarbara to establish the independent party line Change Albany Now. Santabarbara, legislator of Schenectady County, is running against Amedore in the upcoming election for the 105th Assembly District seat.

Amedore, member of the New York State Board of Elections, is citing the signatures personally acquired by Santabarbara in the lawsuit.

“It is quite alarming that of the signatures the candidate himself claims to have personally witnessed there is an amazing 45 percent error that we have found and discovered of those signatures,” said Amedore. “Those errors could be non-registered voters, but they also can be completely out of the district voters or individuals.”

Currently, 951 signatures are objected with 1,558 signatures being valid, which is above the minimum amount of signatures required to establish a party line.

“He may technically may have significant number of valid signatures, but the specifics of the objections will also ask the board and the court to look further upon the pattern and the discovery we have found,” said Amedore. “We are asking the court to determine if this gross and reckless disregard for the rules constitutes fraud.”

Santabarbara said this is just a political move Amedore is using against him.

“He is simply trying to smear my name,” said Santabarbara. “I can’t stop him, but I can certainly point out that he is at this point using legal tactics to make it look like I did something wrong, which just is not true. I intend to run this race with a lot of hard work. If Amedore runs this race with legal tactics and legal maneuvers then that is what he chooses to do.”

Amedore doesn’t disagree that Santabarbara probably worked hard to get the signatures, but the signatures go against the law, said Amedore.

“Did he work had to get 2,5000, sure, but a lot of those signatures are against the rules and breaking the laws on what it takes it get those signatures,” said Amedore.

A court date is set for Friday, Sept. 10, at the Supreme Court Courthouse, Albany, at 9:30 a.m. to rule on Amedore’s lawsuit.

Santabarbara said this is not the first time Amedore has tried to “take something away” from him. Santabarbara alleges when he announced his bid for the state Assembly, Amedore had a chat with his employer.

“Earlier this year, my employer informed me that George Amedore and his political cronies had conversations with my direct supervisor on several occasions about how my involvement in this race would affect their business,” said Santabarbara in a prepared statement.

Joe Lanaro, vice president of engineering services for The Chazen Companies, was involved in the incident according to Santabarbara. When Lanaro was asked about the alleged incident he said he couldn’t comment on employee matters because it goes against company policy.

Amedore said he never personally spoke to Santabarbara’s employer at Chazen Companies that Santabarbara entering the race would affect business. Also, Amedore said no staff members talked to Santabarbara’s employer.

“I stand by my comments and I know that they did contact them,” said Santabarbara. “It made me feel very uncomfortable and made me think twice about entering the race.”

Well, either one of these sounds as though it could be true.  The fact is, the only way to keep this race clean is for the one person NOT named in this piece (Gerard Parisi) to be elected to the position.  Out with the incumbent and the one running for higher office, since he's proving, by running for higher office, that those that he currently represents aren't truly the ones he wants to represent.  Gerard is running for higher office and he is currently in office, but he is giving up the office that he's in, instead of running for election after his (self-)appointment.

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Well, either one of these sounds as though it could be true.  The fact is, the only way to keep this race clean is for the one person NOT named in this piece (Gerard Parisi) to be elected to the position.  Out with the incumbent and the one running for higher office, since he's proving, by running for higher office, that those that he currently represents aren't truly the ones he wants to represent.  Gerard is running for higher office and he is currently in office, but he is giving up the office that he's in, instead of running for election after his (self-)appointment.

The best move GP could have ever made would have been to run for re-election in rotterdam where he would probably have had a better chance of winning over FS! To abandon the town board seat now, is a big mistake. IMHO
We'll see if it was a good political move.

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The best move GP could have ever made would have been to run for re-election in rotterdam where he would probably have had a better chance of winning over FS! To abandon the town board seat now, is a big mistake. IMHO
We'll see if it was a good political move.

Well, that in itself is another that decision that has to be reviewed, but in the running for the office of Assemblyman, I think he looks like the front-runner of the 3.  The fact is that FS is running on the Republican line, so it could be that he made the RIGHT decision, as he may have lost a primary to FS, just as he may lose the fight against GA, but we'll only get the results of one of these elections, the one that actually happens, GA vs. GP.

How many lines does Calder have and how many lines does FS have?
GP would have been the better endorsement for TB than for assembly. IMHO

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How many lines does Calder have and how many lines does FS have?
GP would have been the better endorsement for TB than for assembly. IMHO

Mr Calder has 4 lines and Mr Salamone has 1 line.

Quoted from bumblethru

The best move GP could have ever made would have been to run for re-election in rotterdam where he would probably have had a better chance of winning over FS! To abandon the town board seat now, is a big mistake. IMHO
We'll see if it was a good political move.

Spoken like a true friend eh KR I mean Mertzie.   Hehehhe

If GP doesn't run for town board, then it would appear that he is done with the rep party. Perhaps he will join the dem/con party....perhaps???

He can't just "run for town board," can he? Isn't it too late for that?

Too late for that.

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When Amedore loses, which he will, it wouldnt surprise people if he tries to take over the Rott GOP since they threw his $%#@ to the curb.  Ive heard this said a few times already.

Another political expert. You and DVR should get together. Now that he crushed GP hopefully he will take your sage advice and clean out the County and Town GOP morons.