Amen and Hallelujah

It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who CB was attacking today.  Seeing that council member Lou Desso is the only one running against Chuckie B’s pathetic team who attends St. Jude’s, it must be him.  What a surprise.  We’ve done some research and found out that Lou Desso has been an usher at the 9:00 AM mass for many years.  Now and then he goes to a different mass at St. Jude’s, like this past Sunday, for instance.  Lou attended the 11:00 mass because his wife, Deb, was among a group of women being welcomed and blessed as new religion teachers.  We hope that’s okay with Chuckie B.

Years ago Lou and Deb decided to give back to the parish.  When their children were young Deb paticipated in Clothe-A-Child.  Deb has always been involved in helping others, especially children.  Most people don’t go to church to check out who’s there, but Chucki B’s running mate Ernie Kern must feel it’s important enough to report it to his fearless leader.  I’m not sure, but I think gossip should be a deadly sin, if it isn’t already. Even worse is seeing the need to report on someone going to church as if it were a bad thing.  Shame on both of you!

If you want to see Lou talking to parishioners, come to the food festival Sunday.  He and Deb will be there volunteering.  Of course there’s the  parish picnic, where  Lou is the bingo caller every year.  How about the K of C breakfast where Lou is a server.  Did we mention that Lou is also a member of the Kiwanis, he coached for Classy Lassy and Twin Town, was a commisioner for South Troy Pop Warner, a Town Youth Committee volunteer and has spent many years going to local jails to help inmates with long-term drug problems.  We could go on and on, but we think you get our point.

Unlike Chuckie B and Ernie Kern, Lou realized that the more you give back to your community, the better your life goes.  Lou was volunteering for St. Jude’s long before he became involved in public service.  Ask yourself what CB has done for St. Jude’s besides sue it.  Ditto Classy Lassy.  Has he EVER volunteered for anything besides being a giant pain in everyone’s butt?

If We Lived In A Perfect World

As most of us know, North Greenbush is a great place to live, but comes with it’s own set of challenges.  One of those challenges is that of finding qualified, dedicated and honorable people to run for public office.  In a perfect world, each political party would have a waiting list of qualified candidates ready to step up to the plate.  Apparently, the editorial staff of the TU don’t live or vote in North Greenbush.  If they did, they would not consider Charlie Smith a choice for any rational humanbeing who knows him and his reputation.  We do agree that ideally there would be candidates on the two major parties but for a Conservative or someone on the Independence line or WFP, cross-endorsements are the only way to have even a remote chance of winning.

Do the folks at the TU know that Charlie is running not because he’s so noble and idealistic but because he and Dan don’t have a load of people who want to be micro-managed by those two especially considering their sterling reputations.  We heard even the County Chairman Tom Wade, was none too happy with Charlie endorsing himself to run for Supervisor.  So if all this makes the TU feel all warm and fuzzy about North Greenbush having a choice in this election, someone should maybe clue them in to the fact that we may have a choice on paper, but realistically, there’s no choice at all.  It’s Al Spain for Supervisor or North Greenbush will be flushed down the crapper.

 

Attention Democrats!!!!!!

Next Tuesday, September 13, is Primary Day for North Greenbush Democrats.  Al Spain. a life-long Democrat has primaried his party because Dan Ashley and Charlie Smith, despite the fact they couldn’t find anyone else to run for Supervisor, refused to endorse Al.  Whether it be out of jealousy, vindictiveness, or political one-upmanship, they wouldn’t endorse him.   So, rather than have a qualified, experienced candidate, who do they endorse, Charlie Smith.  Yep, the same Charlie Smith who has done more to blacken the reputation of the Town Democratic Committee than any other single person.

Yes, Al Spain has accepted the GOP and Conservative endorsements.  He wants to be our Supervisor.  And being the Democrat that he is, he wants to make sure that North Greenbush absolutely, has no chance of getting stuck with Charlie Smith.  So, it’s vitally important that the enrolled Democrats show up on Primary Day and cast your votes for Al Spain.  All of us who aren’t enrolled Dems wish we could join you.

Auchtung!!!!!!!!!!!

I really intended not to respond to Supervisor Candidate Smith’s post about Al Spain, it was just too stupid.  Then, I had some people who follow the blogs, ask me if I was going to write something.  So, here goes.  In 2011, for someone to make a statement that Democrats don’t let Democrats vote for Republicans is just about the stupidest, most ignorant thing anybody could say.  In case you haven’t heard Supervisor Candidate Smith, Hitler died!

We are fortunate indeed to live in the United States of America where within reason we are all allowed to make our own decisions.  What to wear, what to eat, where we go to church, who we vote for ………. etc.  As long as we follow the correct process, we can run for elected office on whatever political line is in our best interests.  As far as the Town Democratic Party is concerned, at the moment, it pales in comparison to what it once was.  And still, Al Spain’s ties are so strongly attached to his Democratic roots, he will face Supervisor Candidate Smith in a primary and the ability to once again run on the Democratic line.l

On a purely local level, it is of little concern what party you’re enrolled in or if you are enrolled in a party at all.  On Election Day you go and vote for whatever candidate you think will do the best job for North Greenbush.  Al Spain has never made a secret of the fact that he is running on the GOP line, crossed endorsed by the Conservatives.  That must tell you that he is valued as a leader in North Greenbush.  The only person the Town Dems could come up with was Supervisor Candidate Smith and that’s because nobody else would run for the position.  When the Primary is over, and Al wins, which I suspect he will, that should pretty much put an end to the Ashley/Smith negative influence on the Town Board.

If it walks like a putz, and it talks like a putz, then it must be Supervisor Candidate Smith.  Auchtung!!!!!!!!!!!