Schenectady County GOP says Democrats bought endorsements
Sunday, September 8, 2013
By Bethany Bump (Contact)
Gazette Reporter  
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SCHENECTADY COUNTY — Nick Gerace figured he’d be a shoo-in for an endorsement from the Schenectady County Independence Party.

The Niskayuna resident and prospective candidate for county Legislature was enrolled in the party and felt he gave a strong interview before its executive board in May. He even recalled some of them commenting on his strong resume, which includes being a decorated officer in the U.S. Army, serving in a combat zone and leading a logistics department with a $3 million budget.

“One of them even said I had the best resume,” he said.

But when the slate of candidates was announced a month later, Gerace’s name wasn’t among them. Instead, the Independence Party backed the entire slate of candidates already endorsed by county Democrats.

Less than a week after the endorsements were announced, the Legislature’s Democratic majority added and approved a last-minute resolution providing the Schenectady Fire Department with $550,000 in funding over 21⁄2 years. The money — including $150,000 pulled from the county’s fund balance — was earmarked for the city firefighter-staffed hazardous materials response team and provided as an financial incentive for the department to maintain a greater daily staffing level.

For Gerace, who was already endorsed by county Republicans, the timing of the funding allocation and the announcement of the Independence Party endorsements seemed like more than just a coincidence. He and others on the GOP ticket believe the so-called Fire Safety Act of 2013 was a handout by the Legislature’s Democratic majority to secure endorsements from the firefighter-dominated Independence Party in the county races.

“This was corrupt,” said Alan Boulant, a Republican running for the Legislature on a ticket with Gerace. “This was using taxpayer dollars to buy a political endorsement.”

Boulant was angered enough by what he perceived as a quid-pro-quo agreement that he filed a complaint with the Public Integrity Bureau of the state Attorney General’s Office last month, citing the county’s Democratic and Independence parties. The bureau later deemed the complaint didn’t warrant action by the attorney general, but the determination hasn’t diminished Boulant’s stance toward the Independence Party’s endorsements.

“[The Democrats] basically bought their endorsements with taxpayer dollars,” he said.

Leaders from both the county Democrats and the Independence Party stridently disagree. They claim the funding allocated for the city fire department had everything to do with ensuring public safety and was wholly unrelated to the endorsements.

“It’s kind of sour grapes on their part,” said Independence Party Chairman Richard Nebolini, a retired city firefighter. “Would they be saying these kind of things if we endorsed them? I doubt it.”

Nebolini said the executive board chose not to endorse Gerace in part because he indicated he was switching his enrollment to Republican. Also, he said the candidates endorsed for District 3 — Rory Fluman, Martin Finn and Catherine Gatta — all have experience in elected office.

“They’re candidates we were familiar with,” he said. “They’re proven leaders.”

County Attorney Chris Gardner also vehemently disputes the funding for city firefighters had anything to do with political endorsements, dismissing the complaints as partisan rhetoric. He characterized the accusation as “desperate lies” from Republican campaigns that are failing to resonate with voters in the dwindling days before the primary election this week.

“They’re not really gaining traction, and they’re just grasping at straws,” Gardner said of the Republican-endorsed candidates. “For them to attack [the funding] now is them being disingenuous and desperate.”

County officials previously contracted with the city to provide a hazardous materials team so volunteer departments wouldn’t be burdened with the cost of equipment and training.

Funding for the team was originally $400,000 before being halved in 2008 amid the county’s budget crunch.

At the time, then-Fire Chief Robert Farstad estimated the department’s cost of running the team was about $200,000. City officials argued the cost was much higher, considering the chief’s estimate didn’t include personnel and equipment costs or wear and tear on equipment attributable to hazardous materials calls.

Under the deal ratified in June, the county will provide $548 in funding to the city every time the department maintains a crew of at least 20 firefighters throughout the entire day. The department is eligible to receive an additional $200,000 per year in 2014 and 2015 provided that minimum daily staffing level is met, bringing the total amount the county spends on the city’s hazardous materials team to $300,000 this year and $400,000 annually during the remaining two years of the agreement.

The agreement also establishes a $50,000 fund to assist volunteer fire companies throughout the county. Gardner said this funding hasn’t been allocated yet and could be spread across several companies in the county.

Legislators Tom Constantine and Jeff McDonald were the only ones to vote against the allocation; Jim Buhrmaster, the Legislature’s lone Republican, was not present during the meeting. In explaining his vote last week, Constantine said he couldn’t justify the additional spending during a budget year when the Legislature blasted through the state-imposed tax cap and still required many departments to drastically cut spending.

Constantine, who voted against the Legislature’s 2013 budget because it increased taxes, said he couldn’t justify supporting a measure that boosted spending midway through the year. He also questioned the timing of the funding increase, because it didn’t seem to coincide with any jump in hazardous materials calls and city firefighters hadn’t been clamoring for a budgetary increase from the county.

“It wasn’t the right time, and there wasn’t the urgency,” he said.

Gardner said the urgency came because of an increase in arsons throughout the city.

About 30 percent of the city’s 379 fires in 2012 were set on purpose — an increase of about 5 percent over fires that were set deliberately in 2011.

With more firefighters needed to battle blazes in the city, Gardner said it became imperative to have enough manpower at the station in case a hazardous materials incident occurred at the same time as a large fire call. He said the agreement with city firefighters was rooted in both need and sound policy.

“The real issue is, do you want to have an adequate haz-mat response countywide,” he said. “Obviously, it’s a critical item.”

Of course, the county’s hazardous materials response has a built-in redundancy supported both in and outside the county. Though the hazardous materials team is the only public unit in Schenectady County, it’s also a member of a four-county regional network that responds to spills.

If Schenectady County’s team can’t respond, another from a neighboring county would assist, said John Nuzback, the county’s fire coordinator. Other hazardous materials teams include one at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Glenville and others that operate at some of the county’s large industrial sites, such as General Electric and the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.

Nuzback said he can rely on a regional response team or ask one of the private companies for help in a pinch.

But finding an auxiliary crew to respond to a hazardous materials call has never been an issue in his experience as fire coordinator.

“Every time I’ve called them, I’ve gotten them,” he said of the county’s team.

our government is leading us to the demise of democracy ....integrity...honesty....doesn't exist anymore....appalled and hope that voters will wake up

and vote without prejudice...people are passive and being brainwashed into believing anything .... garbage the Dems state....

sad state for the whole country....let alone city, town, and county....even judges are not honest....most of them don't deserve to be on the bench...

so, voters....that's the way it is....and we were warned and no one heeded this.......devil may care...

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Less than a week after the endorsements were announced, the Legislature’s Democratic majority added and approved a last-minute resolution providing the Schenectady Fire Department with $550,000 in funding over 21⁄2 years. The money — including $150,000 pulled from the county’s fund balance — was earmarked for the city firefighter-staffed hazardous materials response team and provided as an financial incentive for the department to maintain a greater daily staffing level.

if I'm not mistaken I thought they already got the Fed to State to County homeland security $$$ to do this?????

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2007

SCHUMER ANNOUNCES TWO CAPITAL REGION FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL RECEIVE OVER $128,000 IN FEDERAL FIRE GRANTS

Schumer: Twenty Three Emergency Response Programs Across New York State Will Receive Over $2.1 Million As Part Of U.S. Department Of Homeland Security's Fire Grant Program

Schumer Says Federal Grants Will Help Fire Departments Pay For Improvements During Difficult Fiscal Times

Schumer Has Pushed For Additional Funding For Assistance To Fire Departments And First Responders

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today announced that two fire departments in the Capital Region will receive federal grants totaling $128,777 from the 2006 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Corinth Volunteer Fire Department in Saratoga County will receive a $75,620 grant and the Glenville Fire District 7 in Schenectady County will receive a $53,157 grant. The two grants will be used to improve operations and safety. The grants are part of the nineteenth round of DHS FY06 AFG program awards to several fire departments throughout the country.

"This funding will go a long way in supporting the first responders in the Capital Region," said Schumer. "Our nation's firefighters are truly America's heroes. Whether fighting a building fire or responding to a terrorist attack, it is essential that we help them to do their jobs safely and efficiently. One of the key ways to do this is to make sure that they have enough firefighters on duty to handle the job and to ensure that they have the training, equipment and resources they need to do their job well. This federal money will help make sure that firefighters in Saratoga and Schenectady Counties get the resources they need and have enough people on hand to keep our communities safe."

Schumer was among the first senators who recognized the need for the federal government to establish a funding program for local governments and fire departments to help defray the rising costs of equipment and fire prevention. Since its inception in 2001, the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program has delivered over $122 million to New York's fire departments.

For Fiscal Year 2008, Congress has authorized $1 billion for the program, $700 million more than the $300 million included in the Administration's budget proposal. The FY07 DHS Appropriations bill, signed into law by the President, appropriated $662 million for firefighter assistance grants, of which $115 million will go toward SAFER Act grants.

The Operations and Firefighter Safety Program funds will go towards training, equipment, personal protective equipment, wellness and fitness, and modifications to fire stations and facilities. The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFGP) assists local fire departments in programs and activities to improve the effectiveness of firefighting operations through specialized emergency training for response to situations like terrorist attacks; enhancement of emergency medical services programs; development of health and safety initiatives; establishment of fire education and prevention programs; creation of wellness and fitness programs; and equipment and facility upgrades.

"These grants help ensure that the firefighters in the Capital Region will continue to have the basic resources they require to do their jobs, improve safety and save lives," said Schumer. "Local fire departments have been strained from budget cuts, rising costs of equipment and stress from being on heightened alert because of the war on terrorism. These funds are truly a life saving investment that will provide local fire departments with essential resources and support, so they can be better prepared for emergencies."

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program is administered by the Department of Homeland Security in cooperation with the Department's United States Fire Administration. The grants are awarded on a competitive basis to the applicants that most closely address the program's priorities and demonstrate financial need. For more information on the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, please visit the website at http://www.firegrantsupport.com . # # #

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State grant secures first phase of homeland security training center

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A Schenectady-based homeland security consortium received a $2.5 million state grant to begin construction and curriculum development of a public safety training center in Glenville.
Groundbreaking is set for next spring on a14-acre site.
The Homeland Security and Public Safety Training Consortium still needs to raise $6.25 million to build the Homeland Security and Public Safety Training Center.
Plans call for the center to be made up of four buildings that will include classrooms, labs, offices, an airplane fuselage, an access road and a fire tower.
The consortium partners--Schenectady County Community College, the Glenville Fire Training Facility Inc., the Schenectady Fire Department, St. Clare's Hospital and the Zone 5 Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy--will seek local, state and federal government money, as well as funding from businesses.
The $2.5 million grant is from the New York Economic Development Capital Program.
Zone 5 trains 12,000 to 14,000 local, municipal and county law enforcement officers in a 14-county region, said David Hennessy, chair of the consortium and chairman of SCCC's business department.
"There's a lot of demand for this training," he said.
Sites similar to the one planned for Glenville exist in Monroe and Erie counties, and are planned for Rockland and Ulster counties, Hennessy said. Most of the existing or planned centers are controlled by community colleges, not consortiums.
Center will help with recruiting

The goal is to link educational institutions that provide first-responder training for police officers, emergency medical technicians, and firefighters with one another and help first responders get training closer to their homes.
"We expect to meet the training needs of partners but also cooperate regionally with other fire departments, emergency medical personnel and combine community college training," Hennessy said.
Hennessy said Hudson Valley Community College, for example, provides training for paramedics through a 15-month program, while SCCC has an EMT course that runs for 15 weeks.
Consortium members hope to increase the pool of eligible candidates for public safety professions. SCCC drafted a five-year plan aimed at getting high school and college students to take the firefighter and police civil service examinations.
"Last spring, we saw the challenge that the Schenectady City fire and police departments face in recruiting qualified minority candidates," said Denise Brucker, coordinator of work force development at SCCC.
Sen. Hugh Farley (R-Schenectady), who helped secure the funding, said creating the training center will make the region "a significant center for homeland security training."
Hennessy said the center could be a magnet for companies that make equipment for first responders.
"This facility could bring the folks that supply goods and services in the private sector to deal directly with first responders," he said.

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John Nuzback
County Fire Coordinator
Office Phone: (51 370-3113 x2
Cell Phone: (51 451-0817

The County Fire Coordinators Office, located in the Schenectady Police Department at 531 Liberty Street, coordinates, maintains and administers a number of programs and services for meeting the needs of local fire departments and emergency medical service (EMS) agencies.

Specifically, the Fire Coordinator’s Office:

Maintains the County fire radio system, consisting of three communication towers located in Duanesburg, Glenville, and Niskayuna with 26 frequencies.
Administers the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC) Outreach Training Program with a staff of seven instructors and one Chief Deputy -Training. This program offers a wide variety of training courses geared to ensure the safety of personnel through courses in fire ground operations and tactics.
Maintains a staff of ten Fire Investigators, consisting of one Chief Deputy and nine Investigators to determine origin and cause of fires within the county (except the City of Schenectady). The staff is also instrumental in helping firefighters from various county fire departments obtain first hand knowledge and experience in on-scene fire investigations in order for them to obtain certification as fire investigators.
Administers the Hazardous Materials Response Team that have expertise and equipment to mitigate and advise on public safety in the event of a hazardous materials spill or release.
Administers the County Fire Mutual Aid program to meet the needs of the local fire service and to assist, advise and coordinate fire department response.
Administers the County Mass Casualty Incident response plan in the event of an incident involving multiple injuries to assist, advise and coordinate EMS agency response.
Maintains a Communications and Command Vehicle (C-100) that is available to respond to major fires, haz-mat /WMD incidents, mass gatherings or other type situations that may require a field command operation.
The Fire Coordinator acts as a Regional Fire Administrator upon activation of the State Fire Mutual Aid Plan directing resources and advising New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control of available resources.
Works closely with the Office of Emergency Management to ensure a well-planned and coordinated approach to natural or manufactured disasters with the ultimate goal of minimizing the loss of life, property, and disruptions to government and businesses in the community.
For Biography of John Nuzback click here.

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John Nuzback
County Fire Coordinator
Office Phone: (51 370-3113 x2
Cell Phone: (51 451-0817

The County Fire Coordinators Office, located in the Schenectady Police Department at 531 Liberty Street, coordinates, maintains and administers a number of programs and services for meeting the needs of local fire departments and emergency medical service (EMS) agencies.

Specifically, the Fire Coordinator’s Office:

Maintains the County fire radio system, consisting of three communication towers located in Duanesburg, Glenville, and Niskayuna with 26 frequencies.
Administers the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control (OFPC) Outreach Training Program with a staff of seven instructors and one Chief Deputy -Training. This program offers a wide variety of training courses geared to ensure the safety of personnel through courses in fire ground operations and tactics.
Maintains a staff of ten Fire Investigators, consisting of one Chief Deputy and nine Investigators to determine origin and cause of fires within the county (except the City of Schenectady). The staff is also instrumental in helping firefighters from various county fire departments obtain first hand knowledge and experience in on-scene fire investigations in order for them to obtain certification as fire investigators.
Administers the Hazardous Materials Response Team that have expertise and equipment to mitigate and advise on public safety in the event of a hazardous materials spill or release.
Administers the County Fire Mutual Aid program to meet the needs of the local fire service and to assist, advise and coordinate fire department response.
Administers the County Mass Casualty Incident response plan in the event of an incident involving multiple injuries to assist, advise and coordinate EMS agency response.
Maintains a Communications and Command Vehicle (C-100) that is available to respond to major fires, haz-mat /WMD incidents, mass gatherings or other type situations that may require a field command operation.
The Fire Coordinator acts as a Regional Fire Administrator upon activation of the State Fire Mutual Aid Plan directing resources and advising New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control of available resources.
Works closely with the Office of Emergency Management to ensure a well-planned and coordinated approach to natural or manufactured disasters with the ultimate goal of minimizing the loss of life, property, and disruptions to government and businesses in the community.
For Biography of John Nuzback click here.

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All Hazard Mitigation Plan

Schenectady County Seeks Public Input for Hazard Mitigation Plan   NEW 2/2012
Schenectady County is seeking public input on a five year multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. Schenectady County and its eight communities (City of Schenectady, Villages of Delanson and Scotia, and Towns of Duanesburg, Glenville, Niskayuna, Princetown, and Rotterdam) are currently engaged in a Natural Hazard Mitigation planning process to identify potential natural hazards that can impact property and residents of Schenectady County, assess the potential loss from each hazard and to propose actions that can be taken to prevent or reduce the effects of any given hazards impact. An online survey has been developed for public input that will take five to ten minutes to complete.

Click here for the survey (this link will bring you to another website facilitating the survey).

The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) was signed into law by President Clinton on October 30, 2000. The law places new emphasis on local mitigation planning to promote a proactive disaster preparedness approach and reduce the growing cost of disaster relief efforts by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The law requires State and Local jurisdictions to develop Hazard Mitigation Plans to qualify for specific post-disaster grants. For the past two years, the County Office of Emergency Management and the Mitigation Planning Committee have been working with the County’s eight local municipalities on creating an All Hazard Mitigation Plan. The purpose of this plan is to assess the impacts of natural and manmade hazards and develop a strategy with long-term solutions and alternatives for addressing these problems. While we can't prevent natural events such as tornadoes or flooding from occurring, we may be able to reduce the impact of these events and improve our ability to respond and recover when they do occur.

We need your input. By reviewing the All Hazard Mitigation Plan you will have the chance to provide your comments and input to County and local officials who have been working on this planning project.

Click here to review the All Hazard Mitigation Plan

Point of Contact
To provide comments regarding this plan, please send them by mail or e-mail to the Schenectady County Economic Development and Planning Department:

Mailing Address:  
James Kalohn
Schenectady County Dept of Economic Development and Planning
107 Nott Terrace
Schenectady, NY 12308

Telephone51 386-2225
Fax51 382-5539
E-mail:jim.kalohn@schenectadycounty.com

How do we know we have an increase in arson fires when just a short while ago the police and fire departments were battling over whose responsibility it was to investigate the cause of fires? Also there was something in the paper maybe a year ago about money not being included in the budget to replace protective gear necessary for people to be able to enter hot buildings. I remember that, it was just before the elections, and Roger Hull had sad at the time the budget was passed that it was a fake budget. There is way too much obfuscation and outright lying going on regarding this extremely important topic. When they took down that building on Union Street for a handy parking lot, McCheese was quoted in the paper talking about a new way to investigate potential arson as a building was being torn down (BS). We had a topnotch fire department, it looks as if they are ruining the one thing left we could be proud of in Schenectady.
No wonder they wouldn't endorse this guy, that he was in combat is neither here nor there, IMO, but if he had responsibility for a department with a $3 million budget, a logistics department yet, it would be too dangerous to let him get in there and have a look at things, he would likely understand what he was looking at. Maybe he'll run on his own, that's tough, I think you have enrolled democrats bothering to vote and then nobody else. How discouraging. The thing is, just because your candidate loses, it doesn't mean the others who win have the right to do whatever they want with your money.

anyone remember this one?????
Firefighters = Independence Party!!!

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Retired fire chief makes pension push
Schenectady's Farstad wants overtime figured into retirement benefit
By Paul Nelson
Published 09:17 p.m., Friday, July 6, 2012

SCHENECTADY — Retired Fire Chief Robert Farstad wants the state comptroller's office to include his overtime pay in calculating his state pension, his attorney said Friday.

"It strictly comes down to the calculation of what the final average salary should be and the calculation of his retirement benefit," said Michael Cuevas, who is representing Farstad in an upcoming hearing with the office that administers the state retirement system for public employees.

"It's a single issue of what is a fair calculation of this retiree's benefits," Cuevas said.

In an email, Mark Johnson, a spokesman for the comptroller's office, said the hearing is on "whether a payment for overtime made to the retiree upon the termination of employment is includable in the calculation of final average salary."

He said because "the calculation of overtime is in dispute, the final retirement calculation has not been made." Once that happens, the amount of Farstad's pension will be made public, Johnson added.

On Friday, Farstad was adamant that the matter isn't newsworthy.

"My business is my business," he said in a telephone interview. "I'm no longer a public figure and shouldn't be put through the ringer."

The retired chief was referring to the public backlash in the months before he retired in April 2011 that ultimately led to reforms in the city that put a stop to secret deals between public officials and top-level administrators that critics called pension padding.....................>>>>....................>>>>................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....13.php#ixzz1zvfkMNDo

They need to get rid of these parties that aren't what they say they are. Just corrupting the system, getting more confusing lines on the ballot, getting public money for campaigns.
Of course, we have known that all along, but when people will vote in somebody who tried to give himself an illegal raise, and then that somebody gets caught red-handed putting illegal OT money in the budget for a crony, and that somebody gets rewarded by the "corruption fighter" governor, where exactly do we turn?
Our taxes put money into that pension fund, so when there is a question about whether someone is getting more than he's entitled to, it does concern us,whether this guy like it or not. He could just get the money he is already legally entitled to, and quit all this fighting, and then he would have plenty of privacy. Nice try, though. The trouble is, it is very unlikely that someone who is dumb enough to believe what he says even reads a newspaper.
I'm digressing, that's old stuff, even if it is ongoing. It just goes to show though, it is IMPERATIVE to get some outsiders in here, looking at things.

How about this one?  Make some waves on April then twist some arms in September.

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Schenectady firefighters suspended over sick leave discrepancies
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
By Kathleen Moore (Contact)
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SCHENECTADY — Two Schenectady firefighters have been suspended without pay over potential sick time abuse.

City officials would not release the firefighters’ names. However, they said both firefighters were suspended Tuesday for failing to prove that they were legitimately sick.

The firefighters have called in for a lengthy period of time, Public Safety Commissioner Wayne Bennett said, and have not returned to work yet. They also haven’t produced a doctor’s note to justify staying home.

“They’re required to produce documentation” if city officials ask for it, Bennett said. “It was requested and they did not produce it.”

Firefighters can use sick time for illness or off-duty injuries, according to their contract. City officials said it would be a violation of privacy to describe the illness or injury in these cases.

But the firefighters may lose their jobs over it. Mayor Gary McCarthy declined to comment on the case, saying he should not speak because he would have to make the final decision on whether to terminate the firefighters after a disciplinary hearing.

“I don’t want to look like I’m prejudging anything,” he said. “Just let it go through the process.”

That process starts with a 30-day unpaid suspension. If the issue isn’t resolved during that time, their suspensions will continue with pay, Chief Michael Della Rocco said.

It’s not clear how long the matter will drag out. If city officials file paperwork to fire the workers, they might be paid for months before a decision is made.

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I think the Union Brethren side with whatever will help them receive additional compensation.  

The fact that this couldn't be resolved privately between the Union and the City, and that it is now into the papers for public debate, leads me to believe this is part of a larger Union PR campaign.

Who contacted the newspaper and made this public?  The union or the city?  Somebody called Kathleen Moore, I doubt she is periodically checking the SFD attendance records.

and just because something is legal and in some fu(king contract doesn't always make it right.

GE's union ran the dem party years ago. the only difference was back then the political/union corruption benefitted everyone! There were jobs, low taxes and homes were affordable.

today's corrupt political/union duo is draining and raping the taxpayers!! there are no jobs, taxes are high and homes have lost just about ALL value!

it's time for folks to NOT VOTE for any of the corrupt bastards and send a message!!!

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GE's union ran the dem party years ago. the only difference was back then the political/union corruption benefitted everyone! There were jobs, low taxes and homes were affordable.

today's corrupt political/union duo is draining and raping the taxpayers!! there are no jobs, taxes are high and homes have lost just about ALL value!

it's time for folks to NOT VOTE for any of the corrupt bastards and send a message!!!

there are 2 different kinds of cadillac escalade posses'.....

drug dealer/gangstas
corporate-political/gangstas

they are not much different