Thursday, November 12, 2015

Fact or Fiction -- OR -- Folly or Flim-flam -- OR -- Fantasyland or Fait Accompli

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, TEDDY GHORRA HAS RUN HIS FIRST BROOKLYN GOP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AS KCRP CHAIRMAN  —  SO SAYS JERRY KASSAR IN THIS WEEK'S "COMMON SENSE" COLUMN



According to the Kings County Conservative Party Chairman, wearing his Home Reporter columnist's hat:
—   “Congratulations to Bay Ridge’s Teddy Ghorra who chaired a very well-attended meeting of the Brooklyn Republican Party executive committee, his first, held recently in a meeting room at the Bridgeview Dinner. The party’s executive committee is comprised of elected State Committee members representing Assembly districts from all around the county.

As much as there has been some controversy relating to who chairs the Brooklyn Republican Party, which has resulted in the Board of Elections refusing to recognize a chairperson until a court or the State Republican Party provides guidance, the fact that, according to those in attendance, over 75 percent of the Brooklyn party’s leaders either attended in person or by proxy this executive committee meeting, it is apparent who the rank and file view as their chairperson. As proof, the Brooklyn party posted to various social media sites pictures of the filled meeting room and those in attendance.

Arnaldo Ferraro, who has also been mentioned as chairperson, will continue to dispute who is chairperson. What he cannot dispute is who the leaders of his party have shown allegiance to by flocking to a duly called meeting by Ghorra....” (See "Common Sense: Teddy Ghorra" by Jerry Kassar, 11/12/15, Home Reporter/ Spectator [http://homereporter.com/common-sense-teddy-ghorra/]).

43 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow.....he held one meeting and it was great! I am so impressed. After all, he is also a member of a committee to fill vacancies for Grimm...What a resume Ghorra has in the political world. I bet his puppeteers Golden and Kassar must be very proud of him. I know I am...imagine what the idiot Kassar will say after his second meeting at the Diner?

I cant wait to read that one....

LOL

Anonymous said...

Gail, you came up a little short on the "F" words I think. How did you miss "fraud", "false"; and "fundamentally flawed"? Also why did YOUR supposed to be the chairman hand picked by Craig Eaton, Arnaldo Feraro let this meeting take place?

Anonymous said...

Craig Eaton is a decent man who worked hard and accomplished a lot for the Party and someone like Ted Ghorra should not be mentioned in the same sentence with him but Arnaldo as Chair? Come on gimme a break. We are going to be able to build the party back up with Arnaldo as Chair and Lucretia next to him? Not happening.

Anonymous said...

Ted Ghorra has no clue what to do...he is being pumped up by Kassar the man who has never had a real job in the private sector..he has been on the public payroll his entire life....why is the Brooklyn Conse Party Chair the one to pump up Ghorra in the press? The answer is clear...because he is the one who benefits the most from Ghorra being Chair...Kassar can then control the GOP and move Ghorra around like the useless pawn he is signing up to be. Doesnt the GOP get it? Doesnt Flanagan understand that Golden has given all his jobs to Conservatives? Golden is not a Rhino he is a democrat or conservative.

Golden and Kassar need to go. We can only hope it happens one of two ways...wink, wink....if not then he needs to go in 2016..but then who will Kassar work for?


Anonymous said...

Where were Republican Chairman Arnaldo and Secretary Lucretia when all this was going down? So far his "County Leadership" has been a big nothing-burger, and her, well you know. At very least, "Doctor" Ferraro and "Nurse" Potter should have gone to the Kassar-Ghorra meeting of Republican leaders and proxies at the private room in the Bridgeview so he could tell everybody about being a Republican Assemblyman from Brooklyn back in the Reagan years and she could complain about non-support in her most recent Assembly race.

Anonymous said...

Who paid for the meeting Gale?

Anonymous said...

Anon at 5:01am...I am impressed. A member of a committee to fill vacancies...that means he has zero experience in the republican party. It is funny that Golden doesnt realize how transparent his selection is. Pick someone who knows nothing so that I, the almighty Senator can control him like I control Simon Puppet Shamoun

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "PROFESSION OF IGNORANCE" EDITION

TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... 1:27 PM"

I Duhnoh .....

I didn't !!!

Anonymous said...

The old feuds will be done and the puppets finished with the new Eisenhower Republican Club in the mix.

Anonymous said...

PLUMBERS REPORT FROM DNC DEBATE: No news is good news.

Galewyn Massey said...

REPLY: THE "IS SOMEBODY PULLING OUR COLLECTIVE LEGS" EDITION

RE: "ANONYMOUS SAID... 1043 AM"

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!! NOW, THAT'S A GOOD ONE !!!

BTW, to whom it might concern, other than a few words here on this blog, I've seen no evidence of any new Eisenhower Club active in the 46th AD,

Anonymous said...

There is no eisenhower club

Anonymous said...

Amazing that this meeting takes place with appatently the majority of the elected state committee members from Brooklyn showing up and the first you hear about it is when you read Kassar's column.

Anonymous said...

What's the over/under on board of election employees at the meeting, Gale?

Galewyn Massey said...

ANNOUNCEMENT: THE "THIS IS A NEITHER A GAME OF 'SKILL' NOR A GAME OF 'CHANCE'" EDITION

AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT "A GAME OF THRONES" --- IT'S JUST A GAME, PERIOD.....

WITH AG ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN READY TO CRACK DOWN ON EVERYTHING THAT EVEN HINTS AT GAMBLING, PLEASE BE CAREFUL OF ANY LOOSE TALK ABOUT "OVERS & UNDERS" AND THE LIKE

ALL FORMS OF BETTING AND/OR GAMBLING OF ANY KIND ARE PROHIBITED AS TO ANY AND ALL MATTERS APPEARING IN/ON THIS BLOG --- WHETHER POST OR COMMENT --- ESPECIALLY WRT ALL MATTERS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THIS COMMENT BELOW


At this stage of things, as the moderator of this blog, please let me state some rules about both the "KCRP UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN TED GHORRA" and the "EISENHOWER REPUBLICAN CLUB IN THE 46TH AD."

Unless and until contrary facts are disclosed, reported, uncovered, deduced or otherwise revealed, those ersatz organizations would appear to have been set-up primarily for entertainment value only; any apparently "CONTESTED MATTERS" in/with which those organizations might seemingly become involved would be "EXHIBITIONS" or "DEMONSTRATIONS" only; and they should in no way be regarded as a "COMPETITION" or "COMPETITIVE" in any way --- SO, PLEASE >>> NO WAGERING <<< on any matters connected or related to those two so-called organizations.....

Anonymous said...

I'm proposing the ABLA Club. Anybody but Lucretia and Arnaldo.

Anonymous said...

Ferraro only had five state committee members at his Meeting. Probably not even a quorum.

Galewyn Massey said...

QUERY: THE "IS THAT FACT OR FICTION" EDITION

IS THAT TRUE, DID COUNTY LEADER ARNALDO FERRARO CALL AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AND ONLY HAVE FIVE DISTRICT LEADERS IN ATTENDANCE

What does the leadership team led by Arnaldo Ferraro have to say about the claim made by comment-maker "Anonymous said... 3:58 PM" ???

Anonymous said...

That's almost as bad as convening a rump county committee convention on a sidewalk and calling it an election.

Anonymous said...

It looks like neither the Ghorra-Golden cabal nor the Ferraro leadership team has any mandate or legitimacy. How does either faction expect that it will be able to run the Brooklyn GOP now?
Maybe, this was Marty Golden and Jerry Kassar's plan all along, basically just shutting down the Brooklyn Republican Party. On the other hand, maybe that was Craig Eaton's plan all along.

Anonymous said...

A Confederacy of dunces

Anonymous said...

First meeting of the Eisenhower Republican Club will be Thursday January 19th. Details will continue to flow between now and then.

Galewyn Massey said...

COMMENT: THE "QUESTION OF TIMING" EDITION

"JANUARY 19TH" ??? "JANUARY 19TH" !!!

OK, I'LL GO ALONG WITH THE JOKE... BUT.....

IT DON'T MEAN A THING IF IT DON'T GO WITH "THE FULL BUFF"


Why is this Eisenhower Club crowd waiting until January 19th 2016 for its "First [M]eeting" ????

Why are they letting the "Christmas Circuit" pass without getting the benefit of the bonhomie of the holiday season ???

This tells us something about these Eisenhower folks >>> politically. Either they don't know what they're doing or this Eisenhower thing is completely subsidiary to something else. My guess is that everybody involved with the so-called Eisenhower Club is busy with other things political at Christmas. Hmmmm, and I wonder who or what that's all about. I'll bet (and remember -- NO WAGERING) that whatever holiday season PR needs to be done about this Eisenhower thing, it will get done at other long-standing "political" holiday events where they will be pushing "THE FULL BUFF."

Anonymous said...

No sense in the Ike Club spending funds on its own Christmas party when it can (and will) drink everyone else's eggnog Gale. Cheers!

Anonymous said...

This is where Craig Eaton may have miscalculated. Enough party leaders would have coalesced around him. Arnaldo and Lucretia? Not so much...

Galewyn Massey said...

QUERY: THE "AND WHERE'S EATON'S MISCALCULATION ?" EDITION

ENOUGH SAID !

Anonymous said...

The issue is that even the people who were supporters of Craig Eaton will find it a lot easier to accept Ghorra as Chair than Arnaldo and Lucretia.

Galewyn Massey said...

RECITATION OF THE OBVIOUS: THE "ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES" EDITION

WHETHER THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE PERSON IN BROOKLYN MIGHT PREFER GHORRA TO FERRARO IS NOT DISPOSITIVE OF ANY ISSUE


There is no redux of the 2015 Brooklyn GOP County Convention.

Anonymous said...

Even if the Arnaldo and Lucretia faction prevails in Court they will only have the title. They will be figureheads. Almost no one wants to work with them.

Galewyn Massey said...

UPDATE: THE "DI GREG LESTRADE IS ON THE CASE" EDITION

ONE OF MY MORE THOUGHTFUL BSIs HAS OPINED THAT THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS BEHIND THE SO-CALLED EISENHOWER CLUB ARE NONE OTHER THAN THE ONCE AND FUTURE KINGS OF THE KCRP, RUSSELL GALLO AND GENE BERARDELLI

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE TALK ABOUT A GHORRA MEETING WITH THIS NEW "EISENHOWER" GROUP --- THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT A GALLO-BERARDELLI SCENARIO

I suppose that an attempt to confirm or debunk this theory and/or accusation might involve a quick phone call or a succinct E-mail to the parties of the third part.....

But, what the heck, this Eisenhower thing is the gift that keeps on giving, so I decided to go straight to press with it. What's the worst that will happen ??? Russ sends me some snarky message with "LOL" somewhere near the top -- or Gene threatens to report me to OCA or sue me, AGAIN {AH, good times, good times !!!]

My BSIs theory makes sense. There was talk about setting up a club in the old 49th AD during the "Regime Change" wars in the aftermath of Arnaldo and Lucretia's attempted coup in 2009 along with Jonathan Judge. The new club was supposed to go into the new GOP HQ on 17th Avenue -- and the strongest contender as a name for that club was "Eisenhower". It all collapsed when Marty Golden kept coming up with great ideas about who would be in the club and run it, and who would be honored by its name -- Luigi Marano.

In case it hasn't jumped out at you, if this theory is correct, there are at least TWO groups actively gunning for Arnaldo & Lucretia in the 46th AD. What I don't get is from a comment above that Ted Ghorra is going to be meeting with the so-called "Eisenhower" crowd. And, contrariwise, that Bob Capano hadn't reached out to them -- when I'm pretty sure that he did reach out to Russell G. Of course, somebody like Diana S. might be handling the "diplomacy"; and there could be some subtlety and nuance to all of it.

Let's see what happens next.....

Anonymous said...

Back channel discussions between at least one member of the Eisenhower crew and a longtime member of the Ferraro circle (who has a long history of "switching sides") started this week. We'll see if anything comes of it

Galewyn Massey said...

UPDATE AND WAY-WAY BACKFILL: THE "SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED AND NOT TRUE BLUE" EDITION

JERRY KASSAR, COLUMNIST, STATE SENATOR'S CHIEF OF STAFF, CONSERVATIVE PARTY COUNTY LEADER & NYS VICE CHAIRMAN, GAVE AWAY A LOT OF STUFF IN HIS "COMMON SENSE" COLUMN LAST WEEK ABOUT GHORRA AND THE BROOKLYN REPUBLICANS --- MAYBE HE'S GETTING OLD, MAYBE OVERCONFIDENT, OR MAYBE HE'S HARD-PRESSED & DESPERATE.....

The pithiest part of Kassar's piece is this: ".... And I can say, as the Conservative Party chairperson of Brooklyn who long ago stopped dealing with the former Republican county leader that when it comes to nominating candidates and collecting petitions, those leaders [referring to some GOP district leaders that came to Teddy Ghorra's rump meeting at the Bridgeview Diner] are the people who really matter. Now to have a county chairperson who upon consultation will speak in a coordinated manner for all of them is a major advance forward for any and all of us that believe in a mulit-party political system. Ghorra is certainly a breath of fresh air for Kings County politics. I wish him luck...."

Not only is Kassar praising Mr. Ghorra's manifest lawlessness (something that will be raised by the duly elected KCRP leadership in the court case involving fraudulent mailings, robo-calls and rump GOP meetings by Ghorra and others in about two weeks), Kassar, himself, might have run afoul of an old consent decree in a federal case about the NYS Conservative Party's attempts at raiding and influencing the GOP back in the day.

Admitting to a pattern of not dealing with Craig Eaton in the past --- Jerry, that really wasn't very smart. You might be hearing more about that in a couple of weeks --- or maybe even more than that --- you know what I mean ! ! !

Anonymous said...

A lot of people liked Craig even more than a few Golden loyalists. No one takes the Arnaldo and Lucretia Crew seriously. And rightly so. We have a big problem on our hands.

Galewyn Massey said...

QUERY: THE "WHO IS 'WE' -- AND -- WHAT IS THE 'PROBLEM'" EDITION

As in ".... We have a big problem on our hands." by "Anonymous said... at 8:15 AM" above.

Anonymous said...

The "we" is real Republicans who don't give a rats tail about the factions and infighting and just want Republicans to win. On the one hand we have the Golden faction who can hardly hide their disdain for attempting to elect any Republican in Brooklyn aside from Golden himself and then there is the Arnaldo Lucretia faction led by some of the most incompetent bumbling mean spirited people around. So yea if you're a true Republican in Brooklyn things are messed up for you.

Anonymous said...

Yes we need someone to tied to arnaldo or golden for assembly in 2016 and city council in 2017 as republican candidates.

Anonymous said...

**NOT tied to arnaldo or Golden

Galewyn Massey said...

RESPONSE: THE "THANK YOU" EDITION

Why does this have to be like pulling dragons' teeth ???

MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY.....

Now, who can tell me why the Brooklyn GOP actually needs lots of dragons' teeth ???

Anonymous said...

I miss the good ole days...

The jig
Judge
Obrien
Gallo
Berardelli
Lucreature

Anonymous said...

If as non-Republican Kassar claims Ted Ghorra is a breath of fresh air in Kings County politics, than what is Kassar implying about the rest of us?

Anonymous said...

That idiot Kassar has another column in which he claims most of the Brooklyn Party leaders were present with Ghorra at a big fundraiser Golden had at Gargulio's recently. It should be easy to prove since I understand there were p,entry in attendance, if you were there you are with Ghorra and against Arnaldo. If most of the leaders WERE in attendance and there were hundreds of witnesses as they say check and check mate no matter what the usurper Kassar says.

Anonymous said...

Fundraiser?

Should be easy to look up on a disclosure statement in a couple months...

Anonymous said...

Gale, Kassar is a hack and shouldnt be allowed to write a column in that paper if all he is going to do is write about one side of the fight. I am going to write to that paper, and everyone else should as well, telling them that Kassar is using his useless column merely as a pulpit to elevate one side of the dispute. Chairman Ferraro should have the same access to this media...as the law requires