While we have been focused on things like who thinks Capano and Eaton are good, bad or indifferent, or whether the Luthmann rap is a miscarriage of justice, the real world keeps turning and real important things are happening --- like having our local 46th A.D. representative in the NYS Legislature getting swept up by a Federal Prosecutor
According
to a report in the Daily News --- "Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris has been
indicted on charges of fraud and obstructing justice.... Brooklyn
federal prosecutors unsealed the charges Tuesday against the pol....
Harris was arrested this morning and will be arraigned later today in
Brooklyn federal court.... She was elected in November 2015 and her
district includes Coney Island, Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights...."
(See "Brooklyn pol Pamela Harris indicted on fraud, obstruction of
justice charges" by Andrew Keshner, 1/9/18, NY Daily News/
Politics [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/brooklyn-pol-indicted-fraud-charges-justice-obstruction-article-1.3746374]).
122 comments:
No surprise here.
Pam Harris got over $25,000 from ex DA Hynes asset forfeiture accounts to run a "non profit" out of her apartment in coney island. The Feds aint gonna touch that.
Councilman Mark "Mr Personality" Treyger gave her the money. Didnt they learn from Alec Krasney to never steal anything small?
Is Treyger the co-operating witness?
Thank You Justin. Any other people you want to endorse?
God Bless u Councilman Treyger
god bless u
What are the pathetic Republicans and the let's-make-a-deal Conservatives going to do about this?
CAPANO FOR ASSEMBLY
BACKFILL & WHAT I POINTED OUT BACK THEN: THE “WHY WASN’T ANYBODY LISTENING TO WHAT I SAID WHEN I FIRST SAID IT” EDITION
REMEMBER WHEN PAM HARRIS REALLY WAS MARTY GOLDEN’S GIRL ---- I SAID IT THEN AND IT NEEDS SAYING AGAIN
THE SAME INSIDERS CABAL THAT RIGGED THE >>> ILLEGAL <<< SHIFT OF POWER IN THE BROOKLYN GOP TO THAT PUT SOCK PUPPET TED GHORRA INTO THE COUNTY CHAIRMANSHIP ALSO SABOTAGED ANY CHANCE OF ELECTING A REPUBLICAN TO THE ASSEMBLY FROM THE 46TH AD --- INSTEAD THEY PASSIVELY BACKED MARTY GOLDEN’S FAVORITE DEMOCRAT OF THE MOMENT, PAM HARRIS --- EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY KNEW SHE WAS DIRTY AS A STREET WHORE'S DRAWERS
I won’t repeat myself --- it’s all there in my Saturday, October 24, 2015 post on this blog: “Playing the game, Two Degrees Of Joe Hynes, is an interesting way to track down some of the current political alignments in Southwest Brooklyn — And it even might be a useful road map for the new U.S. Attorney for Brooklyn.” Yep, I pointed out several of the better-known scams that these folks were running, if not together, certainly with a wink and a nod and a “by your leave. ” It’s a regular “Who’s Who” oin Southwest Brooklyn; Including: Pam Harris and Marty Golden; and Marty Golden’s top level insiders, Jack Malone, Larry Morrish, and -- looky, looky, looky -- even Richard Luthmann’s very recent nemesis, Dennis Quirk….. (See below at 10/24/15 [http://galewynmassey.blogspot.com/2015/10/playing-game-two-degrees-of-joe-hynes.html]
Capano does live in the 46th and ran for the seat in 2008 and make the case that the man he lost to (Brook-Krasny) and now his successor were both crooks..a nice story to tell..voters will now have a second chance to make the right choice..
Pam Harris getting a non profit to pay her rent has been in the press for years. A second rate scam artist
Hey get real! Bob Capano again!
Why not try John Quaglione again? Even better, why not Lucretia AGAIN?
Let's just keep having the Brooklyn GOP make the same old, same old and waiting for better times.
Don't worry, I'm sure Jerry Kassar will think of something. He always does.
Chairman Capano has bigger fish to fry
I spoke to Bob. He is nor interested. Bu4 check facebook, there is a draft McCabe movement
McCabe made to many enemies to run
Pam Harris is facing serious time. She'll make a deal. 5 to 10 years.
McCabe for Assembly. Watch
Starobin could make it a race. Harris beat Potter 63% to 37%. This will probably be regular election in November.
McCabe might work, but Storobin is another bad joke with zero cred and even fewer friends.
Kassar will decide who the Republican candidate will or won't be --- but don't be surprised if he then picks one of the Democratic Party candidates for the Conservative Party nod. His most recent MO in the 46th AD has been backstabbing.
McCabe does not live in the 46th..his fake home is on ridge Blvd. (MALLIOTAKIS SEAT)...his girlfriend home on 6th avenue in Abbate district
Capano is the only one of the 4 former GOP Council District candidates who lives in 46th...could get interesting as obviously any of these 4 would be most fresh in voters minds..
UPDATE & BACKFILL: THE "REAL DIRT" EDITION
NBC NEWS AND NY TIMES GIVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CHARGES AGAINST PAMELA HARRIS
Both the NY Times and NBC News New York have filled in lots of details about what Pamela Harris has been charged with by the Feds. It all reads, sounds and looks like Pamela Harris was getting background material for a book "How to be a Corrupt Politician Trying Hard to be Caught" while also pocketing a load of cash.
The NBC News4 video link is really worth a look; and the NBC News print story that goes along with the video is also very good (See "NY Assemblywoman Stole Sandy Money from FEMA, Tried to Cover it Up: Prosecutors" by Jonathan Dienst & R. Darren Price, 1/9/18, NBC News4 NY [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Brooklyn-Assemblywoman-Arrested-Sandy-Relief-Build-it-Back-468453663.html]).
The "other" (non-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights) end of the 46th AD should not be ignored. Forget Storobin, he's a nut; and politically has been nothing but a broken old valise for a very long time; but somebody with real community ties out of Brighton Beach or the nearby beachy areas toward Coney Island or high up in Bath Beach should be considered, especially if there is going to be another primary fight between the Goldens and the anti-Goldens, because an Assembly primary and a State Senate primary is even easier than just a State Senate primary.
The Conservatives are very friendly with Kate Cucco. Don't be surprised if they nominate someone different from the Republican Candidate to be a spoiler in order to help her. The only person in Brooklyn left who takes Storobin seriously is Jerry Kassar. Storobin has shown his true colors after losing several times and is not even liked by some of his former most staunch supporters.
The Results are:
Starobin: Won election to State Senate by defeating long time well known city councilman.
Capano: Lost 6 or 7 elections and primaries always coming in last place. No longer a registered republican and no longer living in brooklyn.
Tough choice.
Saperstein for Assembly.
Storobin won ONE special election by about five votes against an opponent who was trying to campaign from the bed of a hospital room for the final month of the campaign. When he ran in a real election for the senate seat, Storobin got crushed in a landslide when he faced a lesser known opponent who didn't have to campaign out of a hospital room. When he tried running for City Council he got crushed like a grape against an opponent with the IQ of an imbecile. He tried propping up his friend in a Democratic primary and his friend got single digits. The only people who care if Storobin is running are his old friends who are getting ready to campaign door to door against him if he runs.
Chairman Capano will be the power behind the scenes here I suspect
Let's not forget Storobin was ushered out with great fanfare for Liam McCabe and we know how that turned out!!
Yes Liam crushed Capano in that primary. But crushing Capano always happens. Some years twice.
Liam had the full weight of the Conservative party and Ted Ghorra and the Republican party behind the scenes backing him all the way and John Q still crushed him. Even a lot people loyal to Q now realize that Liam and Jerry stabbed him in the back and threw the election to Brannan. The factions are already divided between certain candidates and another GOP civil war is looming.
war over what?
The only republican above to ever defeat a democrat is Starobin. Why debate if we should choose a 4 time loser or 5 time loser.
Councilman Mark Treyger gave over $150,000 of his discretionary funds to Harris that she spent on rent. Are we supposed to believe Treyger had no role in this?
Harris is facing 30 years. She pleads and gets 5.
Liam is an uber driver and drunk..he will not win anything. I hear he went on a big time binge when he got destroyed by the Golden machine and Quaglione
Storobin is a joke. Capano took on Gentile a legend. Storobin claim to fame is beating a man by five votes who was confined to a hospital for most of the campaign. Every other time he ran he got embarrassed and crushed.
Liam is at Salty Dog now..trust me, he Will not be campaigning for himself or Storobin anytime soon
All hail Quaglione and Golden
Q will kick McCabe ads again
Q is going to back different candidate than Kassar and he will go ballistic. Stay tuned.
Liam will destroy Capano and Eaton and Catsimatidis---- again!
Yeah right..Q is going to back different candidate then his chief of staff boss
McCabe will kick Capano and Eaton was all over Brooklyn again
*ass
RESPONSE & OBSERVATIONS: THE "ISN'T IT PATHETIC" EDITION
TO >>> ALMOST ALL <<< OF THE COMMENTERS ABOVE THAT COMMENTED AFTER MY LAST "UPDATE AND BACKFILL" --- WHAT A LOAD OF VAPID NONSENSE.....
It certainly looks like many you from all sides of the 2017 GOP fight to pick a City Council candidate still have a lot of piss and vinegar in you. Well, isn't that special.....
TO ALL OF THE NON-ALIGNED FOLKS OUT THERE, WHO HAVE TO ENDURE ALL OF THIS NONSENSE BACK-AND-FORTH
I wish there were better words to use than "pathetic" (I know Craig Eaton likes that one), or my favorites "feckless" and "jejune," or, very much on point, just plain "stupid"; however, sometimes words fail to convey very deep and involuntary revulsion adequately. I think that this is one of those times.....
Eaton in very much "pathetic" Gale..want anyone
Liam got embarrassed in 2013 when Cats almost won Brooklyn, and besides Staten Island which he won, Cats did miles better in Brooklyn than anywhere else. Liam is like Storobin, the only thing he has going for him is Jerry Kassar, the Quaglione people are livid with Kassar and it doesn't matter what Marty wants, if Q doesn't run they will find a candidate to settle the score.
Liam kicked Eaton S and Cats butts in 2013 and will do it again if needed
Capano and Eaton are dead wood. McCabe and Kassar will win.
Cats lost Brooklyn by 100 votes while he lost Queens by 5,000 and Manhattan by 10,000. GM can delete all he wants to help Liam but those are the facts. Liam got embarassed and now Kassar wants him or Storobin as the candidate to make sure Kate Cucco wins the seat and throws him some of the no snow jobs he needs desperately for his cronies.
Eaton is a non factor as usual..Ted Ghorra and Andrea Cats will decide
Eaton who???
Capano who??
Eaton is the guy who got the last laugh unlike Ted whose job it is to make sure Jerry’s lunch is warm when it arrives.
Read the Brooklyn Papers this week, Chairman Ghorra will be quotes about everything happening with Harris..Read the NYC papers Chairs Andrea Catsimatidis and Ghorra will be quoted about the Governors race..Read the blogs, Eaton will be anonymously blogging..loser
Andrea Cats and Ted Ghorra- the leaders of the NYC GOP!!!!
Ed Coz says-- Chairs Ghorra and Catsamatidis..the new A team of the NYC GOP
Andrea Cats and Ted Ghorra will pick the best GOP gubernatorial candidate!!
Yea commenter at 4:11 obviously has no clue. Cats is Cuomo’s biggest suporter in the state. Teddy will support whoever Jerry tells him to as he makes sure Jerry’s lunch is still warm when it gets there.
414 has no clue..Andrea was all over Facebook from Albany saying going to have the best statewide candidates, including some photos of Ghorra
Saw some tweets and Facebook photos of Andrea with Ghorra in Albany..they look like a great team.
Yea you guys are such insiders, Andrea is going to defy her billionaire Father and actively go after Cuomo while teaming up with Ghorra who attacked John Cats when he ran for Mayor.
Wow ted got his picture taken with unimportant people. thats so special
Enough is enough. To all the Ghorra lovers out there, who posted that he was in Albany with you, that he had lunch with Ed Cox, that Cox appointed him and Andrea to run NYC, that they took pictures together, etc etc etc ad nauseum, please, oh please, get your facts straight and stop lying on this Blog, which is really becoming a waste of time to read.
Ghorra didnt even go to the County Chair Meeting in Albany. He sent Maureen Daly in his place. Please fact check this. I personally spoke to Cox's people on Tuesday and they confirmed this because I called them to discuss a candidate I have and I wanted to see what the NYC Chairs discussed in Albany. I was told "only Manhattan and Bronx chairs attended.
Lets try to be at least 10% factual. Check it out and you will see that the only CC who went were Andrea C and Mike Rendino. If you dont believe me, call one of them to confirm.
The above is fact - not fiction.
For those that claim they have pictures of Ghorra and Andrea etc, please post them. If not that is the real proof.
End of story kids.
RESPONSE: THE "HMMMMMM !!! I DON'T KNOW --- BUT....." EDITION
TO & ABOUT: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 7:08 PM"
I DON'T KNOW NUFFIN' 'BOUT THIS STUFF --- BUT THAT "BOOM !!!" THAT YOU HEARD WAS THE DROPPED MIKE HITTIN' THE FLOOR
This was a real fact-check throwdown ( I'm not saying what is factual and what ain't --- but this comment contained several statements that could be fact-checked and verified ).
BTW, Maureen Daly ????? Ghorra actually wants her in there as his stand-in ?????? BWAH-AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA --- Good one !!!
If the Maureen Daly stuff is true, the (hopefully exaggerations) cracks about Ghorra being Jerry’s puppet and tool to destroy the Brooklyn GOP are undoubtedly true.
This year Long will finish off the GOP in New York.
Starobin is going to run for Harris seat and he will win.
Yes Storobin going to run for Harris seat in fantasyland.
MODERATOR'S NOTE: THE "SOMETIMES THINGS LIKE THIS DO HAPPEN" EDITION
THE PRIOR FIVE COMMENTS WERE REPUBLISHED IN ORDER TO MAKE A CORRECTION IN MY PREVIOUS AND EARLIER COMMENT ABOVE, THE CONTENT IN ALL THE COMMENTS REMAINS THE SAME, AS DOES THE SEQUENCE OF THE COMMENTS, HOWEVER THE BLOGGER.COM TIME (NOT THE EST) IS NOT AS IT ORiGINALLY APPEARED --- THE TIMES AS THEY NOW APPEAR ARE ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THAN THE ORIGINAL TIMES POSTED BY BLOGGER.COM
I did some fact checking and Anonymous at 708 is correct. Gorra DID
NOT attend the meeting Monday. So all the posts about him and Andrea Cats are fabrications meant to make Gorra look like more than he is.
The fact is whether Ghorra went to Albany or not he still is one of the five NYC GOP chairs, as is Andrea Cats so they must and do work closely together. There is no way to deny this actual fact as much as Eaton and his 2 and only supporters (Capano and Gallo) on this blog and elsewhere would like to.
In fact, Ghorra recently met with Andrea and John Cats over lunch to bury the hatchet and work closely together. Of course, all decided it was best to keep this from Craig and joked about it.
RESPONSE: THE "CREDIBILITY OF ANONYMOUS COMMENTERS" EDITION
TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... 5:00 AM"
THANK YOU --- BUT --- YOU HURT YOUR CREDIBILITY AS A "FACT CHECKER" BY MISSPELLING MR. GHORRA'S NAME AS "GORRA"
In addition, since the original comment that first provided the info about Chairman Ghorra's non-attendance at the Albany meeting(s) in question was made by "Anonymous said ... January 10, 2018 at 7:08 PM," there is no way of knowing whether that comment and yours are not actually being made by only one person --- hence bootstrapping rather than really confirming.
Nonetheless, for what it's worth, your comment is advancing the narrative a bit, in spite of those shortcomings..... So, thank you for that.
God bless u fact checker
god bless u
Ted Ghorra & Andrea Cats -- the NYC A-Team for the NYC GOP!
Pam Harris never appreciated Ford
A-Team, my ass! Neither one of them is on anybody's political A-list.
Does either one of them know anything about anything? Ghorra still hasn't got a clue what power he has or how to use it; and the Cats woman doesn't even know how to dress for good sex or mediocre success.
Chairs Ghorra and Catsamatidis-
Keep working together to revive the NYC GOP!!
How? Name two things.
I see lots of "chairs" above but nothing at the table.
Hang in there Chairs Cats and Ghorra!!
RESPONSE: THE "YOU ALMOST HAD IT" EDITION
TO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 4:08 PM"
GREAT IDEA --- NOT SO GREAT EXECUTION --- BUT >>> YOU <<< "HANG IN THERE".....
It should have been "... but nobody at the table and nothing on the table...."; but either "... but nobody at the table...." OR "... but nothing on the table...." would have worked almost as well.
A republican has no chance of winning the 46th in the age of Trump.
Pam Harris was always in it for the buck. After her lawyers clean her out she'll go back to prison. But this time on the other side of the bars.
The 46th AD should be a competitive district for a strong Republican candidate. In it, there are several areas that voted strongly Republican not that long ago, but I'll bet that no Republican candidate comes close to winning the Assembly seat in 2018.
If the Republicans, can't win in the 46th AD, with or without Conservative Party backing, can anyone tell me why we need to have any Republican or Conservative Party in Brooklyn at all?
If we had no republican party in brooklyn where would loons like 8:09 post stupid comments?
The "Queen of the Click" did a very funny take on Bob Capano's 2017 political moves and now getting his own column.
The pictures of Bob with the balloon quotes are the best part. And the best of the best is one of Bob and Quaglione arguing who is more like Marty Golden. LMAO
Is Luthmann at Guantanamo?
UPDATE & ANALYSIS: THE "WHICH DEMOCRATS' BLOOD WILL BE ON THE FLOOR" EDITION
GIVEN THE ALMOST CERTAINTY THAT 46TH AD, ASSEMBLYMEMBER PAM HARRIS WILL BE DOING HER GUEST STINT IN "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" --- EITHER LATER IN THE UPCOMING SEASON OR EARLY IN THE NEXT; THE QUESTION COMES UP AS TO HOW MANY OF HER STRONGEST POLITICAL SUPPORTERS WILL HAVE TO SACRIFICE THEIR POUND OF FLESH AS WELL
THE WORD IS OUT THAT JUSTIN BRANNAN IS CHANNELING HIS INNER "DEXTER" WHEN IT COMES TO FELLOW COUNCILMAN MARK TREYGER.....
Here's somebody, who sounds like a Democrat with an keen interest to express, that wants us to know his particular take on all of this: (I am paraphrasing this interested [Bay Ridge ???] Dem) Let's say that Pam Harris was pretty close to being Democrat Councilman Mark Treyger's hand-picked sock puppet for one the NYS Assembly seats inside his district (largely overlapping into now-Councilman Brannan's 43rd District). A couple of years back, Treyger went to war with then-only-District-Leader Brannan, and Treyger and his club's candidate won out, with help from Congressman Jeffries, State Senator Savino, and the old warhorse Wild Bill Colton from the adjoining 47th AD.
During the Democrat's selection process in 2015, attempts to tar Pam Harris as corrupt were shouted down as racist, first by Harris herself, then by the others --- especially Treyger and Savino.
Now Brannan and his crew are well prepared to take a much stronger stance during the 46th AD selection process, arguing that their initial opposition to Pam Harris, because of their early highlighting of her known scams, gives them the moral high ground over the others that actively turned a blind eye to it.
More important, the Bay Ridge Dems also will come into this year's process being the biggest political stakeholder in the 46th AD. And given the likelihood that there will be no special election between now and normal petitioning, almost certainly they will be petitioning for and supporting their own candidate for the 46th AD slot.
God Bless U Queen of the Click.
Some highlights from her column:
"What happened to Bob Capano?
Capano didn’t fold when the cards didn’t come out the way he planned. He dealt himself a new deck of cards and won a bit more than anyone in Bay Ridge thought he would.
Capano switched to the Reform Party.
The Conservative Party played reindeer games without Capano.
Slowly Capano exposed them and some looked petty
Capano enjoyed the end of the race…….cause in the end he was like “How do you like them apples?”
Capano may smirk a little when someone mentions that he took votes away from……..
Bay Ridge saw Bob Capano as someone who isn’t interested in playing the status quo games.
Now Capano is writing for Brooklyn Courier and his first article was fair to Gentile (especially coming from a Republican/former opponent) and it was a decent read as well. Maybe Capano will shine the light on politicians in Bay Ridge who are playing politics and using their seat for their own benefit."
Really seeing some cracks in the Golden-Kassar armour:
Liam "LIKED" Gonardes FB page for his Senate bid.
Liam, you are going to get sent to the shed now.....
Golden, looks like you need to drink more to get over this stuff....
Like at the GOP RNC...when you were drunk as a skunk at the bar slurring your words (at least 3 nights), wink, wink....
Golden is Senator for Life still running rings around gophers and has b eens like Craig Eaton...has anyone heard from him lately? I'm worried
Golden might be "Senator for Life," but how long is that?
It all ends for sure on January 1, 2019. The only question is does he last that long. Health issues and legal issues mean more health issues. And the drinking, OMG, the drinking, but isn't that a health issue too?
"Senator of Life," when it comes to Marty Golden that ain't no guarantee of anything.
The Mad Russian, David Storobin, needs to be more like his hero Vlad Putin.
Putin made his move once he saw that the very popular Boris Yeltsin was a sloppy drunk in public. It was then that the cracks in Yeltsin's support had become obvious, like Golden's are now.
David, you need to be a very calculating Putin to Marty Golden's very popular Yeltsin.
No, make that "David, you were meant to be THE very calculating Putin to Marty Golden's very popular but very drunk Yeltsin."
You needn't run against Marty, just support somebody who is. Most Republicans in your area will love you for it.
As to comment at 542, I havent heard from Eaton but saw pictures on FB that he has spent the last few weeks in Aruba. Not bad...two weeks in Aruba while you guys post about him, Capano, Cats and Ghorra on your computers alone at night...
Capano should go to aruba. Lots of shelves to be stocked in aruba.
Maybe Eaton should chair Storobins campaign...we see how well that worked for Cats in 2013 and Capano last year.
Hahahaha
Storobin, or should I say "Senator for a week" has no shot at winning anything......
"Howdi Doodie Senator" is a waste of time
There's been no bigger waste of time than 'our' state senator Marty Golden, unless you count all the cash in his pockets. There's been a lot a makin hay while the sun shines for the good old Martster goin back to his days in Vice.
Golden- Senator for Life
Eaton- No influcence for life
Eaton left the Chairmanship of his own free will.
Hopefully Golden will leave the Senate in handcuffs or in a brown box.
Ted Ghorra has a united Brooklyn GOP and is now uniting with Andrea Cats and Manhattan
Ghorra and Cats will be on Inside City Hall together next week for all to see to talk about the NYC GOP..
Who really cares about Ghorra....
more people care about Ghorra than Eaton & Capano
We have two choices.
Starobin "senator for a week"
Capano "loser for life".
To 9:14, Ghorra couldn't unite any button with any button-hole.
None of the eunichs above noticed Andrea is single again. I guess the interest is in the fat man
God bless u chairs Ghorra & Catsamatidas
God Bless u 11:33
god bless u
All the comments are so overwhelmingly supportive of Ghorra....it has to be Ted who is posting these....
Who else would be so glowing...
Ted's rug?
Look at the profile of it in the pictures he posted on the BrooklynGOP FB Page.....sad
Ted will be the next state chairman.
Jim McCall appreciates Ford.
So you say 3:26
So you say
McCall never appreciated Ford. And I have tapes to prove it.
-Stormy Daniels
Craig Eaton is in hibernation..he will not show his face, especially if Marty is around, Marty is everywhere, which is why Eaton is MIA
I just read another one of those silly John Quaglione quotes on the KIngs County Politics blog.
It seems that "Q" thinks that he twice had won elections in the 46th AD, once in a primary and once in a general election. Maybe I missed it, but was John Quaglione ever elected to the NYS Assembly from the 46th AD?
If that's true, then all I can say is this: "Run, John, run!" If not, well, that's par for the course for JQ.
What a maroon!
Q and Saperstein were buddy buddy during campaign ..now they fight for Assembly in primary...fun
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