Local deals and corruption -- between Marty Golden, Staten Island Republicans in the Council and leaders of other parties -- directly connects everybody involved to a big national story related to the Clinton-Sanders Democratic Presidential Primary last Tuesday
Lots of people need to be very afraid of DIANE “HAZMAT” RUDIANO
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BACKGROUND
NY POST COVERAGE
Earlier today, the NY Post reported that --- “The city’s Board of Elections suspended the top official at its Brooklyn office without pay as they probe the mysterious purge of more than 120,000 Democratic voters from the borough rolls that wreaked havoc on Tuesday presidential primaries…. The solo suspension of Diane Haslett-Rudiano from her $125,000-a-year post over widespread polling problems is raising eyebrows that extend beyond party lines…. Democrat Betty Ann Canizio, the BOE Deputy Clerk for Brooklyn, is the official primarily responsible for overseeing the borough’s Democratic voting rolls while Haslett-Rudiano, a Republican, oversees her party’s rolls, sources said….” (See “Board of Elections official ‘scapegoated’ for voting mess” by Rich Calder, 4/21/16 [print version 4/22/16], NY Post/ Metro [http://nypost.com/2016/04/21/board-of-elections-official-scapegoated-for-voting-mess/]).
NYTIMES’ COVERAGE
IS QUITE SUCCINCT AND ON POINT
Here are the points made in the NY Times’ coverage
of the Diane “HAZMAT” Rudiano story (From “Elections Board Official in Brooklyn
Removed Amid Investigation” by Rick Rojas & Vivian Yee, 4/21/16, NY Times/
NY/ Region [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/nyregion/elections-board-official-in-brooklyn-removed-amidinvestigation.html]):
* The performance of the NYC Board of Elections
during the presidential primaries on Tuesday was the subject of complaints by
voters who said they faced difficulties trying to cast ballots; and also on
Tuesday, that Mayor Bill de Blasio said that voters and voting-rights monitors
had reported the “purging of entire buildings and blocks of voters from the
voting lists”….* It’s been noted that more than 125,000 Democratic voters in Brooklyn were dropped from the rolls between November 2015 and this month, while about 63,000 others were added, officials said….
* The New York City Board of Elections suspended an official in Brooklyn on Thursday. Meanwhile, city and state officials are investigating whether tens of thousands of Democratic voters were improperly removed from voter rolls ahead of the New York presidential primary on Tuesday….
* Diane Haslett-Rudiano, the board’s chief clerk in Brooklyn, has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of an internal investigation into the handling of voter rolls, the board said in a statement on Thursday and her suspension was quickly reported-on by The Daily News….
* Meanwhile, the Executive Director of the NYC Board of Elections Michael J. Ryan has said that each year thousands of names are added and removed from voting rolls, and that he believed that “no voters were disenfranchised”….
* The reports of irregularities have nonetheless prompted New York State’s Attorney Genera, Eric T. Schneiderman and New York City’s Comptroller Scott M. Stringer to open separate inquiries….
* In a statement on Thursday, Mr. Schneiderman said that the “administration of the voter rolls in Brooklyn is of major concern to our office and is a focus of our investigation”….
* Michael J. Ryan, executive director of the elections board, has said that each year thousands of names are added and removed from voting rolls, and that he believed that “no voters were disenfranchised”; and The NYC Board of Elections said that it would cooperate with the city and state investigators.
CONNECT THE DOTS AND SEE WHO BENEFITS
In one of the earlier items that I posted on this blog
about Diane Haslett-Rudiano, I clearly asked this: "Who benefits?”; and I also repeatedly announced to
EVERYBODY ”… Connect the dots, folks, connect the dots...” (See “The DIANE HASLETT-RUDIANO
factor — is the spin just starting ?” by Galewyn Massey, 6/10/13, Below on this
Blog [http://galewynmassey.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-diane-haslett-rudiano-factor-is.html]). Since that time many things have evolved and
become clear as day.
Since June 2013, Rudiano made her deal with Marty Golden;
and she became his ready and willing servant for almost anything and everything
(the Pro-Golden machinations at the Brooklyn BOE and Rudiano’s being Golden’s
strawman in election cases in both 2013 and 2015 come to mind). Also since June
2013, a special position was created for Golden’s former staffer, Georgea K.,
while she waited in the wings for Diane Rudiano to move along. And in addition,
since June 2013, we have had an opportunity to see what a rotten operation Diane
Rudiano, Georgea K. and Simon Shamoun have put together for the Golden-faction Republicans
at the Brooklyn Board.
THE CURRENT DIANE “HAZMAT” RUDIANO FLAP CONNECTS BROOKLYN GOP BOE CORRUPTION TO THE NATIONAL STORY ABOUT DISENFRANCHISED DEMOCRATS IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
According to the article, which appeared in today's NY
Post: “The city’s Board of Elections
suspended the top official at its Brooklyn office without pay as they probe the
mysterious purge of more than 120,000 Democratic voters from the borough rolls
that wreaked havoc on Tuesday presidential primaries.... The solo suspension of
Diane Haslett-Rudiano from her $125,000-a-year post over widespread polling
problems is raising eyebrows that extend beyond party lines.... Democrat Betty
Ann Canizio, the BOE Deputy Clerk for Brooklyn, is the official primarily
responsible for overseeing the borough’s Democratic voting rolls while
Haslett-Rudiano, a Republican, oversees her party’s rolls, sources said….” (See
“Board of Elections official ‘scapegoated’ for voting mess” by Rich Calder,
4/21/16, NY Post/ Metro
[http://nypost.com/2016/04/21/board-of-elections-official-scapegoated-for-voting-mess/]).
Rich Calder's piece in the Post made special note of the following: ".... 'It sounds like they cut a deal to make the Republican the scapegoat and protect Betty Ann,. said an elected Brooklyn official who’s a Democrat.... Canizio is an ally of Brooklyn Democratic Chairman Frank Seddio. She has a long history as a borough district leader of rubber-stamping his candidate nominations and political appointments. Seddio used his political muscle to help Canizio, 68, secure her $120,000-a-year post, sources said.... BOE sources say she’s routinely absent or works half days. She failed to show up for work Thursday and wasn’t at her Bay Ridge home when visited by a Post reporter...."
As I commented earlier on another thread below: “Looking beyond the Post article, it's plain to see that Republican State Senator Golden's greasy fingerprints are all over any deal with Frank Seddio and other Dems to protect Betty Ann Canizio. Canizio is a once and future Democratic Party District Leader in Marty Golden's State Senate District, and also she is a long time close friend of old Golden hand [Clorinda Annarummo], and pro-Golden Dems with close ties to the Conservative Party.”
Rich Calder's piece in the Post made special note of the following: ".... 'It sounds like they cut a deal to make the Republican the scapegoat and protect Betty Ann,. said an elected Brooklyn official who’s a Democrat.... Canizio is an ally of Brooklyn Democratic Chairman Frank Seddio. She has a long history as a borough district leader of rubber-stamping his candidate nominations and political appointments. Seddio used his political muscle to help Canizio, 68, secure her $120,000-a-year post, sources said.... BOE sources say she’s routinely absent or works half days. She failed to show up for work Thursday and wasn’t at her Bay Ridge home when visited by a Post reporter...."
As I commented earlier on another thread below: “Looking beyond the Post article, it's plain to see that Republican State Senator Golden's greasy fingerprints are all over any deal with Frank Seddio and other Dems to protect Betty Ann Canizio. Canizio is a once and future Democratic Party District Leader in Marty Golden's State Senate District, and also she is a long time close friend of old Golden hand [Clorinda Annarummo], and pro-Golden Dems with close ties to the Conservative Party.”
To >>> connect the dots <<< about what
happened at the BOE, somebody needs to sit down and talk to Diane
Haslett-Rudiano. So far she has been
mum; but investigators, city, state and possibly even Federal (Yes, I do mean
Preet B.) have their ways of loosening tongues…..
That’s why Diane Haslett-Rudiano is truly Diane “HAZMAT’
Rudiano.
Hey, GM, your not looking at all the dots.
ReplyDeleteDidn't the same dirty dealing that put Simon Shamoun in as the Brooklyn GOP Commissioner also result in Mike Ryan being named as the Executive Director of the NYC Board of Elections?
And even after he said nothing was done wrong at the BOE purging the 125,000 Democrats from the voter rolls, didn't he then suspend Diane Haslett-Rudiano?
Jim Oddo, Jim Oddo, and Jim Oddo connect the dots GM.
ReplyDeleteGolden is untouchable..
ReplyDeleteLike Elliot Ness?
ReplyDelete125,000 voters were purged, and I'll bet they were all democrats under 30
ReplyDeleteUPDATE & BACKFILL: THE “STILL BUZZING ABOUT RUDIANO” EDITION
ReplyDeleteEVEN THOUGH INTERNET SEARCHES HAVEN’T TURNED UP ANYTHING “NEW” OR “NEWSY” ABOUT THE NOW-SUSPENDED CHIEF CLERK AT THE BROOKLYN BOE, DIANE HASLETT-RUDIANO -- THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BACKGROUNDER-TYPE ARTICLES -- THIS ONE STOOD-OUT AS A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION & PHOTOS
A very interesting background piece about the Brooklyn Republican appointee who had run the Brooklyn Board of Elections appeared on the internet magazine “Heavy” on Friday evening. According to the folks at “Heavy” this is what happened: “Diane Haslett-Rudiano, the Brooklyn Chief Clerk, was suspended without pay, pending a probe into the administration of voter rolls in Brooklyn. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched an investigation after his state voter hotline got more than 1,000 complaints about the New York primary. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer also announced that [ ]he would audi[t] the Board of Elections in New York to try to find the source of more than 100,000 voters’ being purged from Brooklyn’s voter rolls….” (See “Diane Haslett-Rudiano: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know” by Stephanie Dube Dwilson, 4/22/16, Heavy/ News [http://heavy.com/news/2016/04/diane-haslett-hasslet-rudiano-brooklyn-new-york-voters-fired-scapegoat-canizio-election-fraud-who-is/]). NOW, THAT’S PRETTY MUCH A PLAIN VANILLA REPORT.....
BUT HERE’S WHERE “HEAVY” WRITER STEPHANIE DUBE DWILSON DID A LITTLE “HEAVY LIFTING”; asking this question: “Who is Diane Haslett-Rudiano and how is she connected to all of this?” And then, giving these answers: “Here’s what you need to know…. 1. Haslett-Rudiano Was Suspended For Possibly Skipping Required Steps When Cleaning Voter Records…. 2. Voters Who Thought They Were Registered Couldn’t Vote Because Their Registration Was Purged…. 3. She Refused to Sell a Townhouse That Was Named One of Five Ugliest Buildings on the Upper West Side [then sold it for over $6.6 million to Nita Lowey’s daughter] …. 4. In 2005, She Came Under Scrutiny For Using a False Voter Registration Address…. 5. Some Sources, Like the New York Post, Speculated that Haslett-Rudiano May Have Been a Scapegoat….”
Each of those numbered categories contained several items of information. And the article is full of photos and other interesting tidbits.
A notable example is that it gave a sort of DENIAL OF ANY WRONGDOING from the Facebook page of Betty Ann Canizio. And here’s an item of particular interest to Bay Ridge area readers of this local journalist -- which was also attributed to a Canizio Facebook entry: “…. On her [Canizio’s] other Facebook page, she interacted with one voter and looked into the voter’s question about registration. Paula Katinas said: ‘My name wasn’t on the voting rolls when I went to vote at New Utrecht HS yesterday. I’ve been voting in primaries and in general elections for 40 years, since I was 18, and I’ve never had a problem at the polls until now. What should I do?’ Canizio looked her up and said that she was registered as a Democrat, but in 2013 she changed her party enrollment to indicate ‘no party.’ Katinas thought that was strange, because she didn’t recall changing her registration...."
Wake up and smell the . . .
ReplyDeleteSchneiderman & Stringer are investigating.
They are Hillary hacks.
A few schmoes at board will get fired. End of story & investigation.