Someone in the Ulster County Democratic world must think that push polling is big in value and little in cost, because I think I was just push polled. I got a call tonight which started pretty benign. They asked me if I was aware that the Ulster County form of government was changing, then they asked me what I thought about candidates, who I liked for president, executive and comptroller. Then it turned weird, it was like an ad for Mike Hein, telling me about his wizardry and what a great guy he is. They then told me that Len Bernardo was a Republican and was part of the problem with the jail. Then some personal questions.I found the whole experience to be intrusive and it reeeeked of dirty politics.
I'd like to know if anyone else got the same phone call and how you felt.
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no, no phone calls for me, but one of my husband's friends wives got a call
The poll essentially disclosed Hein's silliness and how divided the Hein/Auerbach team are.
The poll ignored Auerbach and tried to say Bernardo was somehow responsible for the jail debacle. In realtity, Hein was responsible for paying the bills during the jail debacle and Bernardo was working in New York City.
Give it up guys, the jail worked in 2005, but not today. The question the poll failed to ask was "do you care about the jail debacle." Silly poll, cheaply done, wrong questions.
My response early this morning to following Ulster Politics thread...
Desperate, Destitute, Divided Dems Do Push Poll
By Ulster Politics(Ulster Politics)
The poll, in case anyone cares attempted to say Len Bernardo was part of the jail fiasco. NONSENSE. First, when the jail fiasco was going down Len Bernardo was busy running a 350 person company and Mike Hein was “busy” being Deputy ...
ULSTER POLITICS - http://ulsterpolitics.blogspot.com/------------------------------
Ahhhhh, silver threads among the gold.
Imre [FYI "Imre Beke"], I thought you, among the civically-wise would know better than to criticize Hein's "machine," knowing he has but TWO BOSSES to satisfy, whereas Len has THREE: Independence, Conservative and Republican.
I mailed you my platform. Did you get it? Did you READ it? CAN you read? You write fairly well. I respect most of the stuff you spout; I might imagine you would KNOW that I am the ONLY one of the three candidates WITH a platform... a bit old...a year and a half. EACH of my 19 planks is doable, if radical judging by present day political machinations.
More important, EACH of the 19 is a PROMISE I make to my 182,000 bosses: the people, on penalty of forfeiture of 25 percent of my salary. Read my "Contract With the People." It lays out all the details.
I first announced my candidacy in APRIL, 2007, before it was a gleam in Bernardo's eye. Hein was licking his chops: his mentor had PROMISED him it would be a piece of cake.
I am the ONLY PURE (as Hugh Reynolds anointed me) i ndependent candidate for county executive. Len LIES in his TV (voice over) suggesting that he is an "independent." He is a TRI PARTY BOY.
As for dedication, where was Bernardo, to say nada of Hein, while I, since I arrived in Ulster County October, 1998, have attended 90 percent of all county legislature meetings...to the bitter end?
Where were the voters? is a better question that has bothered me all that time.
THAT'S why I'm running. To give this broken down government of ours back to the people...in FOUR MEASURABLE WAYS. If, Imre, you READ my platform you should remember.
Someone in this thread referred to a "good lawyer." THAT, as the expression, "political science" is an oxymoron.
For your and everyone's elucidation, 9:17: [FYI: this is I suppose typical nomenclature in this/these blog(s)] I was in the County Office Building surrogates judges' chambers the October 2007afternoon "Chef" Mike presented the 2008 budget. It was HE, Chef Mike, HIMSELF,who coined that self-encomium, which later Dave Donaldson picked up for his State of the County Message and, by repetition, got into the generous jargon and ultimately became an unchecked "factoid" and journalistic TRUTH in the "BIZ.com" hard copy magazine you quote.
I was amused and honored to read that within the thread one individual (for reasons I can't fathom - have we met kind sir?) put "Wikman" in second place...when in all truth I haven't even been "approved." That is, my PETITION (My ballot line, folks is: 1776 The Birthday Party).
You all should know that my anonynimity is NOT BY DESIGN: i ndependent candidates suck hind tit - WE must WAIT for the PARTY candidates to get THEIR petitions signed; only then may WE hit the sidewalks (but that is another book you'll have to read).
Thus, I'm hanging in campaign limbo, although I fully expect to be validated before the week is up.
Then you may all meet me at the debates: Ulster Chamber of Commerce (Tuesday, September 23 at 7:30 AM - stet.)and four League of Women Voters'. It'll be a blast!
Bring your asbdestos suits. Gonna be sparks...and blood on the napkins.
Meantime, visit my website:
http://www.campaignwindow.com/allanwikman/
And, CALL ME about ANYTHING - 845 + 802-0403.
PS: Here's a juicy truth for you -
I've wondered these many months just what went through Mike Hein's mind when he asked stellar citizen-philanthropist and renowned Kingston CPA, Bill Berardi, for his endorsement, only to be told, "I'm supporting Allan Wikman." I believe Mike's response was something akin to, "You're doing WHAT?"
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