Republican Vito LaBella is getting a golden opportunity >>> because Iwen Chu thinks that she and only she can represent the interests of the voters in the 17th State Senate District --- claiming on her website that the district is over 50% Asian-American
Well, that is just a flat-out lie, based upon census tract and BOE data
However, before we get into that >>> it needs to be noted that the only way that Iwen Chu was able to get into anything close to an "Asian district" was by a process of exclusion --- and the principal group excluded from the new 17th State Senate District were Latinos [In fact, it required surgical precision in cutting the new Senate Districts to avoid creating a largely Latino District built around a unified Sunset Park core] --- And all of that was engineered by Peter Abbate in drafting the prior "new" lines for the benefit of his hand-picked candidate Iwen Chu that were thrown out by the NY State Courts
Here's the rub --- in a Democrat primary in the new 17th State Senate District --- fewer than a quarter of the potential voters are identified as Asian, the rest are mostly what Chu might call Latinx, It-lows and other non-Asians
Two Democrats have filed petitions to oppose Iwen Chu's candidacy, Yu Lin, and John Kennedy O'Hara >>> and immediately Chu, Abbate, and the Democrat Machine hired high priced legal talent to remove both of those independent Democrat candidates from the ballot
You see, in Iwen Chu's mind, only she can represent a district that has any Asians in it at all --- even if they might be a small-voting minority in that district.
That's especially true if the district had been cut for her to run in it by the Abbate crowd, and those that he does business with, some Democrats and some in other parties >>> and that district was rubber-stamped by the "Special Master" chosen by a Republican Judge, who tinkered with the lines and renumbered the district, but left the Latino voters there largely disenfranchised.
However, whichever way it works out inside what looks like it will be a big Democrat Party ballot fiasco, Republican-Conservative Vito LaBella's outide chances of finding a path to victory have gotten a lot better.
This race is a done deal.
ReplyDeleteI looked at the map of the 17th. So Abbate picks the voters as long as they arent to dark. Then he picks the candidate. Do they voters play any role in this?
ReplyDeleteGale, it might be time to trot out all those old John Kennedy O'Hara articles nobody read from back in the day
ReplyDeleteFox has a better chance of beating Gounardes than Labella got to beat Iwen. What are Fox chances? Zero. Do the math on Labella. The district is 50% Asian so get over it.
ReplyDeleteDoes Brian Fox know he's a patsy?
ReplyDeleteVito is loving it
ReplyDeleteRESPONSE: THE "MAYBE, IT'S NOT SO MUCH A 'DONE DEAL' AS SOME PEOPLE THINK" EDITION
ReplyDeleteTO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 9:20 AM" & "... AT 6:45 PM"
A LITTLE BIRDIE TOLD US AT THIS INDEPENDENT GOP BLOG THAT IWEN CHU'S HIGH-PRICED LEGAL TALENT HAS FAILED TO MAKE PROPER "SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS" IN A TIMELY FASHION BASED UPON THE TIMETABLES SET UP BY SPECIAL MASTER JONATHAN CERVAS AND "SO ODERED" BY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE PATRICK MC ALLISTER
JUDGE MC ALLISTER'S ORDER PROVIDES THAT PETITIONS LIKE THOSE OF YU LIN AND JOHN KENNEDY O'HARA WOULD BE GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF "BALLOT ACCESS METHOD TWO"
Ballot Access Method Two provides that petitioning for any candidate eligible to seek the aforesaid offices or positions, shall occur in accordance with law such that the maximum number of signatures required on any such designating petition for a State Senate District shall be 850 [ ] or 4.25% of the number of enrolled members of the party in such district, whichever is less. The requirements of valid acceptances and authorizations shall apply.
Judge McAllister also ordered that the following political calendar dates shall apply for the primary election to be held on August 23, 2022, for State Senate [ ], with all filings required to be made at the appropriate board of elections with no filings permitted by mail except to the extent that any mailed filing is actually received by the last date allowed.
FOR BALLOT ACCESS METHOD TWO: DESIGNATING PETITIONING:
5/21/22 -- First day to sign 1 day after the district lines are finalized and published;
6/8-6/10/22 -- Filing Period 18-20 days after First day to sign Designating Petition;
6/13/22 -- Last day to accept or decline nomination -- 3 days after last day to file Designating Petition;
6/13/22 -- Last Day to Authorize -- 3 days after last day to file Designating Petition;
6/15/22 -- Last day to file substitution to fill acancy created by a declination -- 2 days after last day to decline Designating Petition;
Rolling 6/11-6/13/22 -- General Objections -- 3 Days after Designating Petition is filed; and
6/15/22 -- Specific Objections (fixed date) -- 5 Days after last day to file Designating Petition.....
Furthermore, Justice McAllister ordered that "... that nothing [ ] shall be construed to prevent the New York State Legislature from providing for an August 23, 2022 UOCAVA compliant election calendar and ballot access schema by statute in lieu of this Order >>> but that in the absence of such a legislatively adopted plan [the provisions of this order] are necessary to effectuate the remedial Constitutional imperative to conduct State Senate and Congressional elections on district lines that are Constitutional...."
According to the words of the Order of Justic McAllister --- if there wew no "Specific Objections" filed at the BOE by 6/15/2022, there would be no remaining viable method for pursuing "Objections" and "Specific Objections..... Even if such objections and specific objections were brought directly to court by means of an "Aggrieved Candidate's Petition."
What would happen if Iwen Chu's lawyers filed Specific Objections in court by June 15th along with their OTSC for her aggrieved candidate's petitions against Lin and O'Hara, but thsy didn't file them with the BOE by the 15th?
ReplyDeleteRESPONSE: THE "HMMMM !!! --- IS THAT WHAT THEY DID ???" EDITION
ReplyDeleteTO: "ANONYMOUS SAID... AT 2:28 AM"
THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION --- WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.....
THEN, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY DID, THE COURTS WILL HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER CHU'S LAWYERS HAVE DONE IT RIGHT, OR NOT
It's also come to our attention that >>> at least one of CHu's opponents has filed a petition to validate with the court in Brooklyn.
Everything with Chu is an inside deal. clubhouse pols and now clubhouse lawyers.
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