Thursday, September 1, 2016

EXHIBIT “A”: The Jerry Kassar >>> Version <<< of Justice Edgar Walker’s Decision --- BUT WHY IS IT “TEDDY GHORRA V. CRAIG EATON” AND NOT “MARTY GOLDEN V. CRAIG EATON” ???


If ever somebody like Preet Bharara ever did a set of Charges and Specifications against somebody like, let’s say New York State Senator Martin Golden,  the August 23rd “Common Sense” column by Golden’s NYS-paid Chief of Staff Jerry Kassar would make an excellent  >>> Exhibit “A” <<<  in a multi-exhibit pathway to a brick walled federal cell around the Brooklyn GOP state senator 


Maybe that’s why Jerry Kassar thought he was being sly in not mentioning  his boss State Senator Marty Golden’s name in his August 23rd column about the Brooklyn GOP Convention decision by Justice Walker  ---   even though Judge Walker, in his 40+ page written decision, specifically referred to the opposing sides as the  ”Golden Faction”  and  the “Eaton Faction” 


BTW, in spite of any attempt to be sly, the biggest blunder by Kassar might have been in linking the Brooklyn GOP Convention decision part of his column with another part of his column mentioning the “…activation of an FBI investigation coordinated with the office of Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara …."




According to Jerry Kassar’s telling of the story,  “New York State Supreme Court Judge Edgar Walker came down with his decision in the election law case concerning control of the Kings County Republican Party that was waged between forces loyal to Teddy Ghorra vs. forces loyal to Craig Eaton. And Ghorra won!...   As many political observers had anticipated, Judge Walker threw out the election of Arnaldo Ferraro as chairperson and ordered a new convention which is to take place within 60 days of his order being filed….” (See  On the Kings County Republican Party and Teddy Ghorra vs. Craig Eaton” .by Jerry Kassar, 8/23/16,  The Brooklyn Reporter/ editorial@brooklynreporter.com  [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/on-the-kings-county-republican-party-and-teddy-ghorra-vs-craig-eaton/]).

So far, Kassar is just very wrong in his coverage of the decision of Justice Edgar Walker about the Brooklyn GOP convention.  Maybe that's because Kassar isn't a lawyer, nor does he play one on television; however, I think it's because Kassar is very comfortable playing fast and loose when it comes to legalities, the election laws and election matters generally.


THE REMAINDER OF JERRY KASSAR'S AUGUST 23RD "COMMON SENSE" COLUMN ABOUT THE BROOKLYN GOP CONVENTION COURT DECISION IS  >>>  SIMPLY A TISSUE OF LIES & MISREPRESENTATIONS


 I’ll give you almost all of the remainder of Kassar’s creative fiction untouched, as follows:



“….  Judge Walker, in just one of many comments on the original convention called by Craig Eaton, said, ‘Given the number of irregularities that occurred in ruling on proxy votes, it is still highly probable that the Ghorra slate would have had more votes than the Ferraro slate but for the said irregularities and improper conduct on the part of the Committee in ruling on the validity of the proxies.’ The Credentials Committee chaired by attorney Gene Berardelli was as required by party bylaws also appointed by Eaton….   Inasmuch as, for the past 10 months, around three quarters of the Brooklyn Republican Party district leaders and officers have been attending regularly called meetings by Ghorra, it seems clear that they had, on their own, rejected the outcome of the now tainted convention. In fact, Ghorra with his committee nominated candidates in most districts in Brooklyn and even provided State Senator Simcha Felder with an authorization to run on the Republican line….   As for the Eaton/Ferraro team and its followers, they will need to be very careful in any involvement they have in a future convention because a state Supreme Court judge has in a detailed 40-page ruling outlined with great specificity countless problems in the manner in which then County Chairperson Craig Eaton called and conducted a convention that elected the unpopular Arnaldo Ferraro chairperson, a chairperson so unpopular that few district leaders and party officers would even attend the rare meetings he called.” 


The main problem with the passages above are the whole swaths of fact finding that Kassar simply left out of the Justice Walker decision; and almost equally deceptive are matters that aren’t part of the decision whatsoever; and some by implication completely contrary to the Walker holdings.  

First, and foremost is the fact that Kassar’s report doesn’t mention that Justice Walker’s  decision(s) refer to the two sides as the “Golden Faction” and the “Eaton Faction.  Kassar also completely fails to mention the existence of an earlier written decision, whose findings and rulings are the underpinning of Justice Walker’s  most recent 40+-page decision. Taken together,  the two written decisions make clear that the proxies personally tendered by NYS Senator Golden at the 2015 GOP Convention were part of a complex scheme involving one of Mr. Kassar’s subordinates on  State Senator Golden’s staff, James McClelland.  Judge Walker’s own recitation of McClelland’s testimony indicates that James McClelland made a series of robocalls on behalf of the Golden Faction that admittedly contained false information about the nature of the proxies and the process of proxy voting.  The earlier decision had ruled that the Gene Berardelli “Credentials Committee” was not authorized to invalidate any of the proxies based upon the proven frauds perpetrated by the Golden staff employees. 

Another significant omission by Mr. Kassar  >>> is the quite relevant holding by Justice Walker that no body was authorized to conduct any vote to elect Golden’s chosen candidate for County Chairman, Ted Ghorra.  <<<   Therefore, no meetings called by Mr. Ghorra had any authority to conduct any business for and on behalf of the Brooklyn GOP  [It is especially odd that Mr. Kassar specifically mentioned the completely illegal authorization of Simcha Felder to run for State Senator on the Republican Party line  ---  especially since that illegal authorization was not even executed by Mr. Ghorra  [but instead that Wilson -Pakula Authorization was executed by Mr. Kassar’s immediate subordinate on State Senator Golden’s staff,  John Qaglione]. 

Lastly,  there was no express or implied admonition as to how Mr. Eaton and/or Gene Berardelli and/or Arnaldo Ferraro and/or any others associated with any faction concerning how they need to conduct themselves with respect to any future GOP convention. pursuant to Justice Walker's decision. 

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT SEARCH ENGINES.....


If you were to put in a GOOGLE search for .” Ghorra Eaton Walker Preet Bharara”; . ; or  “Simcha Felder Ghorra Walker Preet Bharara”; or “Kassar Ghorra Walker Preet Bharara”  ---   at or near the top of the items that pop up is  “
On the Kings County Republican Party and Teddy Ghorra vs. Craig ... 
brooklynreporter.com/.../on-the-kings-county-republican-party-and-teddy-ghorra-vs-...  Aug 23, 2016." I'm sure several other similar searches would probably yield a similar result.

About the only “smart thing” that Kassar did in his coverage of the Justice Walker decision was to leave the name of his boss “Marty Golden” out of his August 23rd column…..   However, in spite of that, if you put in the terms, ” Golden Eaton Ghorra Walker Preet Bharara”  guess what comes up as the number two item  ---  you’re right if you guessed  “On the Kings County Republican Party and Teddy Ghorra vs. Craig ...  brooklynreporter.com/.../on-the-kings-county-republican-party-and-teddy-ghorra-vs-...  Aug 23, 2016“  [Right after one of my own earlier posts about Justice Walker’s Brooklyn GOP Convention decision; and it will  probably drop a spot because of this very post].



19 comments:

  1. You sound like your head is about to explode.

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  2. I'm pretty sure that the judge said Ted Ghorra was NOT the properly elected chairman of the Brooklyn Republican Party at it's 2015 County Convention. Whether Jerry Kassar is accurate in his reporting about the rest of the judge's decision in the intra-party Republican fight, or not; why is he pushing what was done by Ted Ghorra as the phony GOP chairman between the time of the convention and the judge's decision? Could it be that Ghorra is 100% Kassar's boss Marty Golden's guy?

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  3. Ghorra rocks. Ferraro and Eaton have followers only when they are looking in the mirror

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  4. No one is following Craig Eaton--has anyone seen him lately?????

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  5. Things are going on and they DO include Craig Eaton. Everybody NECESSARY is trying to work things out -- and Eaton is necessary. Ciampoli and Glaser are talking about doing what's necessary to preserve everybody's right to appeal, but also stop the clock on the appeal to allow negotiations. Don't be surprised if both Ferraro and Ghorra wind up under the bus and not on it.

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  6. All Craig Eaton has to do is call another convention and not let the old bunch of bananas get involved.

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  7. Eaton rocks. Ghorra only has followers when he is looking in the mirror

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  8. Ghorra.

    I thought they had an anti biotic for that.

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  9. An antibiotic can cure a case of Ghorra, but nothing can cure the judge's H-U-U-U-G-E blunder in his decision throwing out the 2015 Convention.

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  10. FERRARO and GHORRA aren't necessary and there so 2015

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  11. The REPUBLICAN PARTY isn't necessary

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  12. That's the most interesting thing that I read here. Why is anybody bothering about a Republican party in Brooklyn anymore?

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  13. Answer to question above.

    Because they cant afford cable TV

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  14. RUMOR HAS IT: THE "JERRY KASSAR PUSHBACK ON A PUSHBACK" EDITION

    BROOKLYN'S CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER HAS BEEN "NOT AMUSED" BY THE PUSHBACK AGAINST HIS CROWN PRINCE LIAM MCCABE'S TRYING TO MAKE THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS HIS OWN "PERSONAL" CRUSADE

    With Bob Capano's stealing the march on Kassar's boy, Liam, GK has gotten a little snarky on social media about "doing" as opposed to "saying" when it come to the homeless..... Of course, Kassar was never the sharpest knife.... And this is no exception.

    Let's face it, there are some people around who would really NOT want a big discussion about what they were or weren't doing for the homeless in 2005, 2006 & 2007. Next time, dull Jerry should think things through before he gets snarky about somethings and/or his favorite or unfavorite somebodies.....

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  15. McCabe is thinking outside the box. And since when is it conservative to ignore the homeless?

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  16. RESPONSE & QUERY: THE "WTF ARE YOU GOING-ON ABOUT" EDITION

    TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... 7:56 PM"

    How do you see anybody "thinking outside the box" in any of this ????

    Also, as far as I know, the only one that's advocating that anybody "ignore the homeless" was/were the one or two commenters on a thread to another comment that said Bob Capano's speaking-out about the issue of homelessness was no-way to get votes in Bay Ridge.

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  17. UPDATE: THE "CAPANO STICKS TO 'HOMELESSNESS' AS A TARGET ISSUE" EDITION

    CAPANO SUGGESTS MANY ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH >>> HOMELESS VETERANS <<< ARE CONTAINED IN THE "CAT'S ROUNDTABLE" SHOW'S RECENT INTERVIEWS ABOUT THE HOMELESS

    Maybe, he's just pushing back on Kassar's own pathetic pushback on his recent homelessness inititatives, but Bob Capano is showing that he is willing to stick with his discussion of homelessness in Bay Ridge and around NYC, in spite of what the Conservative Chairman thinks about it.....

    [SEE MY NEXT ARTICLE, POSTED ABOVE, FOR MORE ABOUT WHAT BOB CAPANO IS TALKING ABOUT ON THE HOMELESS ISSUE]

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  18. BACKFILL: THE "LET'S GET BACK TO KASSAR'S INTEREST IN THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE BROOKLYN GOP" EDITION

    DON'T FORGET WHAT MY ORIGINAL POST ABOVE WAS ALL ABOUT --- JUSTICE EDGAR WALKER'S STRANGE DECISION ABOUT THE 2015 BROOKLYN GOP CONVENTION AND HOW IT HAS ACTIVELY BEEN MISCHARACTERIZED BY KASSAR AND OTHER OF SSMG'S MINIONS

    More proof of Conservative Party Chairman and SSMG's Chief of Staff Jerry Kassar's manifest interest and involvement in screwing-up the inner workings of the Brooklyn Republican Party Organization are two recent Facebook items by Mr. Kassar [https://www.facebook.com/gerard.kassar]:
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    "Gerard Kassar shared a link.

    August 13 at 6:21am ..

    [Photo of Ted Ghorra]

    Judge Orders Kings County GOP Leadership Convention Do Over

    A State Supreme Court Judge ruled today that the September 2015 Brooklyn GOP leadership convention was a flawed process, riddled with irregularities and ordered a… kingscountypolitics.com"
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    ..... And also this from the day before:

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    "Gerard Kassar shared New York City Republicans's note.

    August 12 at 8:01pm..

    New York City Republicans published a note.
    August 12 at 3:08pm

    [LOGO: "BROOKLYN GOP - BROOKLYN REPUBLICAN PARTY"]

    Brooklyn Court Decision

    NYS Supreme Court Judge Rules on Contested Brooklyn GOP Leadership Contest

    Judge voided flawed process, riddled with irregularities & impropriety, which selected Ferraro / Eaton slate - ... See More"
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    Kassar's Facbook posting also contained a link to the illegal Brooklyn GOP operation [ttps://www.facebook.com/notes/new-york-city-republicans/brooklyn-court-decision/1397311716951848] with a notice signed by the swag Executive Director of the Brooklyn Republican Party, Brian Doherty

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  19. Craig Eaton who???????????????

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