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SCHNEIDERMAN'S SUCCESS

Congrats to Eric Schneiderman on winning the Democratic Primary this Sept 14.

In a five way race, Eric inched over the finish line with 34% of the vote, leaving 66% voting for someone else.

He will face Dan Donovan this November in the General Election. Good luck Senator Schneiderman.

SCHNIEDER-MAN

As much fun as the above video was, there is a serious side to the whole campaign and I wish it weren't so. The artist who produced the video has had personal encounters with our good Senator and some of his colleagues as well as Judicial appointees. The commentary attached to the video is displayed below:

August 27, 2010

I am a song writer and musician. When I feel strongly about something I write about it. I wrote a campaign song for President Obama :
and he won!
I wrote this song about Schneiderman so that he may lose his bid for Attorney General of New York State.
Why do I strongly dislike like Senator Schneiderman?
Most New Yorkers know the story about Schneiderman smashing his car into a parked van. He caused over $3000 worth of damage to the van and sped off without even leaving a note. Fortunately, an onlooker took down the plate numbers of Schneidermans car and he was busted.
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Schneiderman claimed he had not been aware that he crashed into the van (????) That's AG material.
But I have a very personal and serious problem with him, that is reflective of his utter disregard for the problem of corruption in our state government.
Mr. Schneiderman is the Senator of the district where I live.
On Apri 14th, 2010 Mr. Sunny Sheu and I went to see Senator Schneiderman at his first campaign speech and Q and A session, which was held at Mr. Dennehy's bar in the village. I had testified at the recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on judicial corruption
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Sunny was scheduled to testify at the next hearing. Schneiderman sits on that committee but has not attended any of the public hearings on judicial corruption.
Before the Q and A session, Schneiderman's PR man, James Freedland approached us and asked us what we were going to ask the Senator.
That seemed inappropriate, but we answered: I wanted to ask the Senator about the fraudulent confirmation of Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, at which numerous Senate rules were violated.
Sunny wanted to ask the Senator what he could do about death threats that Sunny said he had received from Supreme Court Judge Joseph Golia.
http://www.youtube.comhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tr3QC./watch?v=W9fWFfCgM5Q
Freedland told us that we should not ask the questions at a public meeting, but that the senator would be happy to have a personal meeting with us. to discuss these concerns.
In the following weeks I called Schneiderman's office many times and was told that he senator was too busy to have a meeting.....ever.
Two months later, Sunny Shue was murdered.


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The police are covering the murder by claiming that it was a natural death with no head trauma,
in direct contradiction to the New York State Medical Examiner who says he died from massive trauma and a cracked skull that led to his brain bleeding out.

...In light of the fact that Sunny was scheduled to testify at the senator's hearings on judicial corruption, and that he had been apparently murdered by a judge whose threats he had tried to report to the senator, I felt that the senator might meet with me to discuss the circumstances.
However, over the past two months, Senator Schneiderman's staff have never returned one of my twelve requests for a meeting.
Schneiderman has ignored my respectful letters regarding judicial .corruption and Sunny Sheu's murder.
This man wants to be the highest crime fighter in New York State, the guardian and enforcer of integrity of all three branches of Government, but he cannot find the time to have an aide meet with a witness to the death of a whistleblower.
Senator Schneideman has good reason to ignore judicial corruption. His father, Irwin Schneiderman is a powerful lawyer with one of the huge law firms that benefit from the thoroughly corrupt judiciary in New York State.
Notice that Schneiderman's "Ethics Bill" leaves out the Judiciary entirely!!!!!
When asked what he would do about Judicial Corruption if he became S=AG, Schneiderman replied that "The judiciary can police itself".
Despite the fact that Schneiderman did not attend the hearings of his own committee, he should have at least looked at the testimony and documentation of dozens of witnesses who demonstrated that the Judiciary has become a criminal enterprise.
To say that the Judiciary can police itself shows either utter ignorance of the state of the judiciary or a complicity in its criminality.
In either case, this man should not be allowed within a mile of the office of Attorney General.
Please spread the word, and VOTE in the September 14th primary AGAINST Schneiderman.

Peace,

Will Galison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2c897_JR1I

AG CANDIDATE DINALLO VISITS KINGSTON

Saturday, August 14th, NY Attorney General candidate Eric Dinallo made a few stops in Kingston. A few dozen people came out to meet him and ask questions of the man who served as the "undersheriff" of Wall Street while Eliot Spitzer was making significant strides to clean up the corruption in our financial industry.

Eric put violent criminals behind bars as a prosecutor in Robert Morgenthau’s office, held Wall Street accountable as Assistant Attorney General under Eliot Spitzer, stood up to health insurance companies and won health care for 400,000 kids as our state’s top insurance regulator, and protected average investors as an internal watchdog in private financial firms.

I have to add, that regardless of your political affiliation, you know New York needs an AG with experience, who demonstrates creative thinking, and has the determination to continue Andrew Cuomo’s fight against injustice and wrongdoing; whether it be on city streets, in corporate suites, or in the halls of government itself.
So here is a link to Eric's Rural Agenda to get you started.

For more information about Dinallo, go to EricDinallo.com.

DINALLO UPDATE

Last week, I released my Albany Reform Agenda to target conflicts of interest in government and strengthen enforcement tools. My reforms include making the Legislature full-time and pursuing public financing of state elections – similar to the system at work in New York City – so that we can eliminate the influence special interests may have on elected officials.

This plan expands on my commitment to take on corruption at all levels of government. In April, I released my Public Integrity Agenda to investigate and prosecute abuses by public officers. You can read more about my Public Integrity Agenda and Albany Reform Agenda, as well as my other policy outlines, on my website listed on the upper left of Mike's Blog.

I have met with New Yorkers across the state to talk about this year’s election and our future. Though we are diverse, we share a belief that government can do better and work smarter for its people.

That’s why I am running for Attorney General – to do the work that New Yorkers expect and deserve of their public officials.

I have tackled difficult problems, creatively using existing law to find solutions – from holding Wall Street’s biggest firms accountable while in the Attorney General’s office to watching over insurance companies and protecting policyholders as the head of New York’s Insurance Department.

As the next Attorney General, I will put my problem-solving experience, strength and independence to work for you.