It's a brand, new day in Hoboken. We are waking up to the news that elections got harder to buy with the passing of Public Question #1 (moving elections to November).
Want proof?
Who was behind the Let the People Decide PAC? (That's the well-funded group that fought moving elections to November in favor of reduced voter turnout for multiple elections in a calendar year.)
A reader may have answered that one.
The Let the People Decide PAC (LTPD) is suspected of hanging dozens of Fake-Zimmer posters urging voters to vote 'No' on Public Questions #1 and #3 (no run-offs). LTPD did sign their name to the 'Do the Right Thing' flyers that blanketed our streets.
For those unfamiliar with Hoboken election chicanery, you can watch if unfold in real time.
In a nutshell: the election-buyers aim to keep the machine vote low enough for a healthy $40 (or more) per vote VBM harvest to determine the outcome. You may recall how Dawn Zimmer won on the machines in the 2009 runoff, leading Peter Cammarano by 244 votes- until the absentee/provisional ballots put him over the top by 161.
It's gotten harder for the Election-Buyers (EBs) to pull off under the scrutiny of our vigorous Reform leadership, watch-dog bloggers and a dwindling base of support. Their advantage is money- lots of it. Money for Nazi trucks, money for midnight flyers, money for armies Craig's List non-resident paid workers, money for cable tv ads, money for literature posters, but most of all, money for VOTES. And the EBs HIDE 'income' and expenditures.
Think I'm exaggerating?
Check Move Forward's ELECs to see how they report the expense of Beth Mason's 1200 Washington- their Election Headquarters. Now, if 1200 Washington is indeed an Art Gallery sponsored by the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) The Mason Civic League, Inc. then how could a registered non-profit give an in-kind contribution such as a $3,000-$5,000/month space to a political campaign? That kind of activity earns big fines and sometimes prison. But this is dirty Hoboken.
In dirty Hoboken our local paper takes dictation from the EBs and attacks the watchdogs. They know where the money is.
Speaking of money, here's an eyeful. From Let The People Decide PAC's 11-Day pre-election ELEC report:
WOW. A $10,000 and a $5,000 contribution respectively from NSTA Political Action Committee and Liberty Realty- both in Secaucus. Talk about violating Hoboken's Pay-to-Play ordinance. ka-ching.
So WHY do these Secaucus PACs care about when Hoboken votes? (rhetorical)
Here's what we DO know. Kids First won the machines by a healthy margin. The grassroots KF campaign withstood a tsunami of cash, a Nazi truck, midnight flyers, illegal in-kind contributions, Facebook kidnappings and a constellation of hacks lined up from here to Trenton, NJ- as GA reported, Move Forward's literature was written by Ruben Ramos' State Assembly Aide (KF candidates wrote their own).
Kids First has a LOT to be proud of because they have WON the machines.
If it looks anything like the Lenz-Occhipinti results, we are looking at another seriously tainted election- see below. No joke, people. Read BlueJersey.com's expose on Hoboken's VBM Scandal: Red Flags: How much does it cost to buy an election in Hoboken's 4th ward?
(Updated, 4:25 pm)
Message from Kids First:
Every vote counts still -- it's not over!
While we won on the machines the election is still too close to call and we still need every vote cast by email of fax returned by the Friday Nov. 9th, 8pm deadline.This is still a fight and we have to make sure our supporters know that it is not over!
Want proof?
Who was behind the Let the People Decide PAC? (That's the well-funded group that fought moving elections to November in favor of reduced voter turnout for multiple elections in a calendar year.)
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| Let the People Decide's 11-day pre-election ELEC- Nov. 2, 2012 |
Let the people decide address is 450 7th street... Raia's address?? Move Forward's Treasurer???If so, Move Forward's Treasurer led the effort to preserve the power of VBM crops to influence election outcomes. Because lower turnout means VBM harvests reap greater rewards.
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| Let the People Decide's disbursements, 11-day pre-election ELEC, page 6 |
The Let the People Decide PAC (LTPD) is suspected of hanging dozens of Fake-Zimmer posters urging voters to vote 'No' on Public Questions #1 and #3 (no run-offs). LTPD did sign their name to the 'Do the Right Thing' flyers that blanketed our streets.
For those unfamiliar with Hoboken election chicanery, you can watch if unfold in real time.
In a nutshell: the election-buyers aim to keep the machine vote low enough for a healthy $40 (or more) per vote VBM harvest to determine the outcome. You may recall how Dawn Zimmer won on the machines in the 2009 runoff, leading Peter Cammarano by 244 votes- until the absentee/provisional ballots put him over the top by 161.
It's gotten harder for the Election-Buyers (EBs) to pull off under the scrutiny of our vigorous Reform leadership, watch-dog bloggers and a dwindling base of support. Their advantage is money- lots of it. Money for Nazi trucks, money for midnight flyers, money for armies Craig's List non-resident paid workers, money for cable tv ads, money for literature posters, but most of all, money for VOTES. And the EBs HIDE 'income' and expenditures.
Think I'm exaggerating?
Check Move Forward's ELECs to see how they report the expense of Beth Mason's 1200 Washington- their Election Headquarters. Now, if 1200 Washington is indeed an Art Gallery sponsored by the tax-exempt 501(c)(3) The Mason Civic League, Inc. then how could a registered non-profit give an in-kind contribution such as a $3,000-$5,000/month space to a political campaign? That kind of activity earns big fines and sometimes prison. But this is dirty Hoboken.
In dirty Hoboken our local paper takes dictation from the EBs and attacks the watchdogs. They know where the money is.
Speaking of money, here's an eyeful. From Let The People Decide PAC's 11-Day pre-election ELEC report:
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| Let the People Decide's 11-day pre-election ELEC, page 2 |
WOW. A $10,000 and a $5,000 contribution respectively from NSTA Political Action Committee and Liberty Realty- both in Secaucus. Talk about violating Hoboken's Pay-to-Play ordinance. ka-ching.
So WHY do these Secaucus PACs care about when Hoboken votes? (rhetorical)
Here's what we DO know. Kids First won the machines by a healthy margin. The grassroots KF campaign withstood a tsunami of cash, a Nazi truck, midnight flyers, illegal in-kind contributions, Facebook kidnappings and a constellation of hacks lined up from here to Trenton, NJ- as GA reported, Move Forward's literature was written by Ruben Ramos' State Assembly Aide (KF candidates wrote their own).
Kids First has a LOT to be proud of because they have WON the machines.
Ruthy McAllister--3,498 votesNow we wait for the provisionals. And the VBM harvest.
Tom Kluepfel-- 3,426 votes
Jean Marie Mitchell--3,223 votes
Elizabeth Markevitch--2,844
Anthony Oland--2,513
Felice Vazquez--2,488.
Patricia Waiters--987
If it looks anything like the Lenz-Occhipinti results, we are looking at another seriously tainted election- see below. No joke, people. Read BlueJersey.com's expose on Hoboken's VBM Scandal: Red Flags: How much does it cost to buy an election in Hoboken's 4th ward?
"Hoboken Ward 4 absentee voting dwarfs that of every other election in Hudson County, according to the Hudson Clerk's figures. The county prosecutor's office recently referred 190 vote-by-mail ballots to the state Attorney General's office..."
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| Occhipinti suspect VBMs from Nov. 2 2010 election still in the custody of the NJ Attorney General. |
Message from Kids First:
Every vote counts still -- it's not over!
While we won on the machines the election is still too close to call and we still need every vote cast by email of fax returned by the Friday Nov. 9th, 8pm deadline.This is still a fight and we have to make sure our supporters know that it is not over!
GA: You've missed the mark entirely on the contributions from MSTA (not NSTA) and Liberty Board of Realtors. That 15K had nothing to do with the School board or when Hoboken holds elections - they don't care. That money was all about HPQ#2, nothing more, nothing less.
ReplyDeleteIndie, the literature specifically addresses other public questions. It's not much of a leap to deduce that people spending money to manipulate public opinion while hiding in the shadows would much prefer elections with smaller turnouts so as to keep their corresponding "investments" smaller.
DeleteHi Indie, that was a typo!
DeleteI don't know what kind of pitch either MSTA or Liberty got to open their wallets, but the full throttle effort from Raia & Co. was on Public Questions #1 & #3.
There is no way Raia can come up with enough vbm's to impact the machine numbers on 1&3. But he can certainly come up with 500+ to change the outcome on HPQ #2. Msta and lbr's contribution is a quid pro quo acknowledgement of that.
ReplyDeleteAnd he can still hurt KLM too.
MSTA & LBR's contributions were payments for service; the same kind of "service" that has plagued Hoboken for years and should be roundly condemned. There is an 'earwitness' to this that is as solid as any 'earwitness' ever referenced on any blog. Note: payments from MSTA on Jun 21 and Jul 4 - which coincide with the initiative and signature collection on HPQ#2. HPQ#1 didn't even exist at that point in time. MSTA/LBR is not GA's investigative 'area' but it would make an interesting one.
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