Thanks littlesal for posting the information from Parisi's and Salamone's Facebook accounts. Ms. Donovan, it is evident that, despite your uninformed or dishonest statements to the contrary, the Parisi faction of the party continued to oppose Amedore's reelection after the Primary Election had awarded the peoples' endorsement to the incumbant. As town party chair, are Parisi and Salamone unwelcome in the Republican party since they worked to advance the interests of the Democratic challenger? Or, is there a double standard at work here?
I just wonder how other republicans felt about the two people responsible for the mess we are in
And the town REP chairman agrees with this crapola? Stop fighting last years race. John Mertz and Brad Littlefield have both moved on and helped elect other REPS. You should do the same.
No wonder DEMS are "laughing all the way to the bank". Nothing will change until you stop rehashing old vendettas. Work together for the good of the town, the oppressed taxpayers and the outraged business community.
I'm not re-writing history. YOU TRY BEING A LOYAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEEPERSON and stand by watching what happened and then and only then "come talk to me" Yes, technically...they started their OWN party BEFORE the darn primary was over, however, they did that KNOWINGLY that they would have a very hard time primarying incumbent republicans so they reached out to "republican" resources with people of whom had jobs that were appointed within the republican party to get signatures for a "LAME" third party "PRETEND" to be a conservative for a moment party............hmmm.... PTBACFAMP.....(?) how is that ? PRETEND TO BE A CONSERVATIVE FOR A MOMENT PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!
and that's no joke. the message will echo on.
It appears that ms.donovan can't seem to wrap her mind around the fact that there are people 'out there' and 'in here' that ( I for one) are not republicans or affiliated with any other political party but who have knowledge of schenectady county politics. Ms. donovan is but a small faction of the local republican party who is clearly trying to re-write history but is not being successful.
The failure of the rotterdam reps in last years election rests solely on the reps themselves. From ousting a sitting elected official, to supporting a taxing district, to negative campaigning, to lack of campaigning, was just a recipe for failure.The rotterdam nntp is just a convenience for blame and for not taking responsibility for their short comings and failures.
In a conversation with someone smarter than I, it was mentioned that the schenectady county reps have been and still are LAZY!! Sitting back and placing blame seems to be their political strategy. How's that working out for them?
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I'm not re-writing history. YOU TRY BEING A LOYAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEEPERSON and stand by watching what happened and then and only then "come talk to me"
Hey, you stood by and watched Gerard sink the party. T.D., try being a loyal Rotterdam resident first instead of a loyal Republican. If Zorro is correct, then Mertz not going along with Tommasone's "permissive referendum" to create a taxing district for REMS must be your definition of party loyalty. To me, it sounds as if Mertz wasn't going to play typical Rotterdam gangster politics, where the taxpayer gets fleeced by a taxing district and GP profits from it by becoming REMS attorney.
Good luck tdonovan, you have been elected captain of the Titanic. Just another one of GP's stooges.
Tracy, you really need to stop drinking the Buchanan-aid
She's not!!! She's drinking the GP-aid!! As I hear it, buchanan is trying to 'pull it all together', but rotterdam's rep faction are being the obstructionists.
Mertzie should be schenectady counties rep chair!! IMHO of course!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
She's not!!! She's drinking the GP-aid!! As I hear it, buchanan is trying to 'pull it all together', but rotterdam's rep faction are being the obstructionists.
Mertzie should be schenectady counties rep chair!! IMHO of course!
Thanks littlesal for posting the information from Parisi's and Salamone's Facebook accounts. Ms. Donovan, it is evident that, despite your uninformed or dishonest statements to the contrary, the Parisi faction of the party continued to oppose Amedore's reelection after the Primary Election had awarded the peoples' endorsement to the incumbant. As town party chair, are Parisi and Salamone unwelcome in the Republican party since they worked to advance the interests of the Democratic challenger? Or, is there a double standard at work here?
I'm not re-writing history. YOU TRY BEING A LOYAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEEPERSON and stand by watching what happened and then and only then "come talk to me" Yes, technically...they started their OWN party BEFORE the darn primary was over, however, they did that KNOWINGLY that they would have a very hard time primarying incumbent republicans so they reached out to "republican" resources with people of whom had jobs that were appointed within the republican party to get signatures for a "LAME" third party "PRETEND" to be a conservative for a moment party............hmmm.... PTBACFAMP.....(?) how is that ? PRETEND TO BE A CONSERVATIVE FOR A MOMENT PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!
and that's no joke. the message will echo on.
Your analysis about the NNTP election strategy, motives, and support is completely wrong. You're looking at it backwards. Rethink how the primary fit in and you might start to grasp it. In the end, it didn't work - we lost the election...but the approach you've described, whatever the perception by the Party was, is totally off-base. Maybe that's why the Republicans lost?
One thing you've got right...the message will echo on. Until the local Republican Party "leaders" understand the message, they're cooked...which is pretty sad considering what the Democrat "leaders" are offering up. If you seek to make common cause, you best leave the past in the past and start concentrating on solutions for the future. That begins with asking what's best for the residents, not what's best for the Party.
Well you guys aren't conservatives. You are liberal democrats looking for a better pay deal at all cost to ideals. Pot, meet kettle.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
I pretty much view this as all water over the dam. Everyone did what they thought was a good idea at the time, right or wrong and they felt that was supposedly the best thing not to do. This one got beat in that primary, that one got beat in this primary. Nobody endorses the guy that beat them.
Nobody was 100% right and nobody was 100% wrong, from day one. But if no one is willing to move forward no one ever will. That is probably what will happen. No one will. And this ambulance issue drags on! Until its over, in my opinion the liberal dems with the help of the cop brass in the so-called conservative party, will fill the vacuum.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Your analysis about the NNTP election strategy, motives, and support is completely wrong. You're looking at it backwards. Rethink how the primary fit in and you might start to grasp it. In the end, it didn't work - we lost the election...but the approach you've described, whatever the perception by the Party was, is totally off-base. Maybe that's why the Republicans lost?
One thing you've got right...the message will echo on. Until the local Republican Party "leaders" understand the message, they're cooked...which is pretty sad considering what the Democrat "leaders" are offering up. If you seek to make common cause, you best leave the past in the past and start concentrating on solutions for the future. That begins with asking what's best for the residents, not what's best for the Party.
Well said Michael!! Thank you
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Nobody was 100% right and nobody was 100% wrong, from day one. But if no one is willing to move forward no one ever will. That is probably what will happen. No one will. And this ambulance issue drags on! Until its over, in my opinion the liberal dems with the help of the cop brass in the so-called conservative party, will fill the vacuum.
The taxpayers will not sit idly by and watch a 'vacuum' be filled by default. Since the county rep party is inept at best, and while they continue to sit on their best intentions with no action.........third party lines will continue to grow and strengthen!
So it appears that the schenectady county reps may have a choice. Either support and endorse the third party candidates, if and when they make their appearance, or continue to sit on the side lines pointing fingers and placing unwarranted blame on everything and everyone else for their own failures.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Over the past month or so, I have read the posts to this thread. It is time that I comment on some of the opinions and assertions that have been made about me and my former running mates, all of who I consider to be good friends and men of principle.
First, to Marina who started this thread, though it is flattering of you to suggest that I have such power and influence to enable me to affect the fate of an organization comprised of hundreds of individuals and to alter the outcome of an election, I suggest to you that it is the wisdom of the people and their desire for principled and moral leaders that determined the results of the 2009 elections.
To Cicero, no I didn't change my party enrollment. I remain an enrolled member of the Conservative Party as I have been since I was first of age to vote. As you stated, not being an enrolled Republican or a committeeperson of that party, I had no influence on inner party affairs. I also had no responsibility to conform with the wishes of the Republican party who chose not to extend to me their endorsement.
To the new Chair of the Town of Rotterdam Republican Committee. It was my hope that your election (or selection) signalled the dawn of a new era, one in which the Republican party would rediscover their core principles of smaller government and lower taxes. With new leadership, it was hoped that the party would welcome back those who possess conservative ideals, those individuals who had been cast aside when the party chose to become more "moderate" in hope of pacifying those on the left. This reconciliation has happened nationally, but not in Schenectady County or the Town of Rotterdam. I had further hoped that you would exhibit leadership and work to mend the political fences with those who the former "leaders" had disillusioned and disparaged. Your posts to the contrary to this forum, under your real name, are ill-advised and will prove more detrimental to the party going forward.
Poet and Philosopher George Santayana is quoted as saying, ""Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." I suspect that, until the Republican party leadership reaches out to the likes of Mertz, McGarry, and O'Conner with an olive branch, there will be continue to be challenges, albeit, perhaps, by different candidates. A house divided against itself cannot stand,"
Finally, as some have correctly pointed out, I have relocated from your county. My efforts to promote reform in Schenectady County government by my involvement in such efforts as calling for an audit of the Metroplex Authority by the NYS Comptroller's Office, opposing (Kosiur's) Sexual Offender Relocation Legislation, opposing the excessive increases in the annual county budgets and the resulting property taxes, and most recently campaigning on a platform of fiscal conservatism as a No New Tax party candidate have ended. I remain, however, available and willing to support those who request my assistance in campaigning for elected office on true conservative principles.
Tracy, you really need to stop drinking the Buchanan-aid
How in the world does anything I have said reflect Buchannan's thoughts? Explain thoroughly before just diving in with a statement without facts to back it up. Thanks!
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And the town REP chairman agrees with this crapola? Stop fighting last years race. John Mertz and Brad Littlefield have both moved on and helped elect other REPS. You should do the same.
