My picks for Executive and Comptroller are Bernardo and Quigley.We need change in Ulster County. Neither of these men has been an elected or appointed official in our County Government before. Like Martha Stewart says, "That's A Good Thing".
The dysfunction in Ulster County government and political cronyism (partiality to long-standing friends, especially by appointing them to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications) has got to stop.
I believe that it will stop by electing Mr. Bernardo and Mr. Quigley.
I am not happy with how our County Government is currently being run. Electing Mr. Hein will be more of the same. While Mr. Auerbach seems like a nice guy, Mr. Quigley's credentials are what I think Ulster County needs: a professional and certified Auditor.
When we voted for the Charter, we voted for change. We now need to back it up with the real candidates of change: Bernardo and Quigley.
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MINORITY LEADER LENDS SUPPORT TO KEY POSITIONS
Minority Leader Glenn Noonan reminds Ulster County residents that history is about to be made in Ulster County when voters elect our very first County Executive and County Comptroller on Election Day. The voters of Ulster County demanded change when they approved the charter form of government in 2006. Noonan stressed that it is important to be educated and informed on what these two positions stand for as they relate to reforming county government. Noonan reminded the voters that the Comptroller has the authority to investigate and conduct audits of all county departments and will have to work very carefully with the County Legislature to maintain trust and balance. Only one of the candidates has an extensive background in auditing and accounting, as well as being a certified CPA. Noonan lends his support to James Quigley because in these difficult economic times, it is important that Ulster County have someone at the wheel who has the ability to protect the taxpayers from wasteful spending and fraud. It would be Ulster County’s loss if Mr. Quigley were not elected because his experience speaks volumes. However, Noonan agreed that Auerbach was working very hard and is a very politically savvy candidate who worked very hard in his campaigning for his beliefs. Noonan wishes Elliot and his lovely wife the best in their future and hopes they stay involved in county politics. Noonan says he has heard from many people thru out the county about the need for a change, the fact is that we are changing to a new form of goverment
Noonan believes the County Executive race needs a fresh, new face (even eyes) to step up to the plate, roll up his sleeves and take over how Ulster County’s government will be run on a daily basis. The people of Ulster County are having a hard time meeting every day expenses. They are dipping into their savings and are afraid of losing their homes and everything they have worked hard and long for. Noonan believes that new leadership is necessary to move the County forward. During this transition process, it is paramount that we have someone that will “right the problems of the past.” Noonan believes Len Bernardo is that new face that can lead Ulster County into the future.
C'MON, FESS UP.
C'mon, kiddies, there ain't such a thing as "independent" Ulster, although every last 1,776 signator to my ill-fated petition GLORIED in the FACT that Allan Wikman IS an independent...hasn't belonged (EXCEPT FOR A DOZEN BIRTHDAY...)to a party since 1996. At the home of the criminally-insane Board of Elections they call it: non-affiliated, but at least one of the commishes doesn't KNOW that! Ho ho ho, kiddies. YOU pay his salary. Ho ho ho.
Now, a message FOR THE BENEFIT OF YOUR GRANDCHILDREN from the ONLY (as Hughie Reynolds called me during his glory days ass-kissing Iris Fussiefeld), PURE i ndependent running for County Executive:
WHAT ODDS WOULD YOU GIVE
THAT, November 4, WIKMAN
IS ELECTED COUNTY EXECUTIVE
...WITH 54% OF THE VOTE?
Long shot?
Listen to this:
perhaps THE most influential female UC Legislator is telling her buddies, "Don't underestimate Allan Wikman."
But, YOU campaign for political office?
Save yourself a lot of grief. "Don't EVER think about running for a major (county-wide or above) political office in NYS....as a pure i ndependent."
I didn't say that...
THAT's the message political PARTY bosses are trying to make us believe.
You're right if, in your heart of hearts you insist “WE DON’T NEED POLITICIANS.” But it's like eggs and bacon for breakfast: habit-forming. Andy Rooney had it right in his column Saturday: practically everything we DO is habitual.
Everyone bitches and moans about politicians, but we don't get together and act in harmony. So the status remains quo. One person’s definition of “insanity”: denying the truth of the statement, “If I continue to do the things I’ve always done, I’ll get what I’ve always got.”
Allan Wikman declared his candidacy to become Ulster's first-ever County Executive way back in April, 2007: a year and a half ago! And the Kingston TIMES reported comprehensively Allan's 19-PROMISES platform. But, how many read that report?
So no one KNOWS Wikman has 20 years of HUGE business successes: with Colgate-Palmolive, Lipton, Pepsi, Rheingold Breweries, McCann-Erickson ad agency in Brazil...managed the account of Brazil's largest soap and toilet articles manufacturer...and, later, management supervisor with J. Walter Thomson Co., NYC, ad agency.
Then another twenty years during which he started from scratch and created not one, but THREE service businesses in New York City.
This is NOT "sour grapes," but rather exposure of the outrageously-crooked Ulster County Board of Elections (they follow to the LETTER the criminally-motivated NYS election LAW, WRITTEN SOLELY....SOLELY...TO PROTECT incumbent Democrats and Republicans).
Yes, the BOE played stooge to the Democrats to keep Wikman off the ballot.
Since Allan moved to Ulster County/Kingston ten years ago, he’s attended 90 (ninety) percent of monthly county legislative meetings, plus countless committee and sub-committee meetings. What the Democrats can’t tolerate is that he WITNESSED ALL the bullshit. And objected. Loudly.
Where was Hein? Where was Bernardo?
Wikman was there out of concern for our tax dollars. Where were they? Until they decided they'd better play the game?
Dem leadership...EVERYONE...knows Wikman for having a mind of his own, not kow-towing to ANYONE, "minor" or "omnipotent." If no response the first or second request, he comes back at ‘em a third and a fourth time. He stands up. Doesn't sit down 'till he gets what he demands.
Isn’t THAT the man YOU want to stand up for your personal and financial freedoms in Ulster County?
YOU can MAKE it happen.
To facilitate a Hein victory, the Democrats HAD to prevent Allan Wikman (he’s a "knowing insider" based merely upon his BEING THERE, what he’s seen, heard, suffered)…had to prevent Allan from exposing Hein's flagrant lies.
The Democrats knew Wikman would, repeatedly, cite chapter and verse during debates. Hein would CRINGE over this because he KNOWS that Wikman KNOWS and TELLS the TRUTH. And audiences would see Hein's guilt.
Every other breath is a lie. Hein takes credit for what OTHERS, e.g., Lisa Cutten, former county auditor, have achieved or initiated. But none of the other candidates were around county government during Hein's "achievements."
The Dems know Allan Wikman WAS. Wikman knows better.
The gullible, partisan PRESS merely RE-PRINTS Hein's lies. Look what the Times Herald Recor did. 'Cause NO one calls Hein on those lies. And Allan can't be everywhere at once.
You see, Allan’s been silent because
1) the Democrats coerced their political buddies (all political hires) at the Board of Elections to do whatever was needed to KEEP Allan OFF the ballot. Wikman took ‘em to Supreme Court, but to no avail; the court’s in the politicians' pockets.
2) Then, the dominos toppled. Ward Todd, who deserves to serve life on Devil's Island for his prominent (leading?) role in the jail debacle, refused to permit Allan to debate his opponents at the Chamber of Commerce's breakfast forum: "You're not on the ballot, Allan." "But, a _ _ h _ _ _, ANYONE may WRITE MY NAME IN." "Doesn't matter. Doesn't count."
Todd's payment for Republican bosses' silent testimony.
3) Then along comes the crooked, pontificating, definitely-partisan League of Women Voters. They refuse Allan’s participation in THEIR "forums."
Again, why? "You're not on the ballot."
WHO determined Wikman’s NOT ON THE BALLOT? Right: the BOE and the Supreme Court, despite the 1,776 genuine signatures Wikman collected.
Criminally unconstitional. They're ALL in cahoots to hoodwink and tax to death innocent, powerless voter/taxpayers. Who, year-after-year through habit, return the same old, same old crooked "me first" politicos to office.
Then the day after inauguration, start to complain.
Wikman’s BEEN "silent" because he’s a ONE-MAN band. NO committee. NO money. He’s spent the past 10 (that's TEN) weeks collecting 1,776legitimate signatures, then trying to defend...without an attorney (none would handle his case --- all Dem or Rep flunkies) himself against overwhelming numbers.
Now, listen to Yogi: "It ain't over 'till it's OVER. Or, 'till the fat lady sings.
Polls can predict ANYTHING. But, they're NOT results.
What if (OK, It would be a miracle.) YOU... and 54 percent of the voters entered the voting booth, lifted that lever in the County Executive column, took out your pens or pencils and WROTE IN: Allan Wikman.
Not only would it make American history, but it would disrupt party politicians’ plans for decades. The voters would be back in power, just as we were in Revolutionary days.
But, now hear this: by the end of Allan’s three-year (first) term, he PROMISES to have
(1) given Ulster County government BACK TO THE PEOPLE via not one, but four, specific means;
(2) cut county property taxes AT LEAST 10 percent;
(3) cut TOTAL taxes, fees, surcharges, penaties, service add-ons, etc. AT LEAST FIVE PERCENT;
(4) VETOED ANY/ALL new property taxes;
"Economic development" in Ulster County is a sham. We've poured millions of dollars down the tube in bribes and payroll to flunkies.
As a marketng expert, Wikman knows that businesses are not CREATED, economies not buoyed, by government HANDOUTS. People pay good money only for things they demand. Like, for example, tourism...travel.
(5) THIS is where our "economic development" IS and MUST BE EXPLOITED. TOURISM. There's no "product" to manufacturer. It's right here!
HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE throughout this gorgeous county of ours.
Allan’s plan (he’s DONE this in industry scores of times in his 40 years in business) is to launch a year-'round, INTERNATIONAL tourism promotion which will bring men, women, children to UlsterCountyUSA from all over the world.
Better still, they’ll PAY ADMISSION two, three, four times that year to play a series of travel games so exciting, so rewarding, that they'll rival Disney World, Disney Land, World's Fairs in world-wide publicity.
And, best of all? By year's end, Allan’s administration will have returned upwards of three million six hundred thousand dollars PROFIT to the county treasury, which in turn, will cut further your property taxes. And, that's only the start.
Ulster County government has no "official" jurisdiction over public school education. Nonetheless, Wikman has determined that, by consolidating all 56 school districts in four contiguous counties, we can cut everyone's school taxes...NOW...upwards of thirty million dollars EACH YEAR, year after year after year.
A YEAR AGO this month, Allan wrote the managing executives of the counties involved.
Yes, that's just a few of Wikman’s platform PROMISES. You read it right: PROMISES.
Wikman has written a CONTRACT with Ulster taxpayers. Part of his platform. You may read it on his website:
www.campaignwindow.com/allanwikman/
It calls for Allan to put into an interest-bearing escrow account EVERY PAYDAY twenty five (25) percent of his salary. This as a "guarantee," of sorts, that the Wikman Team shall, indeed, achieve his nineteen goals.
Or, sacrifice Allan's salary. Ever hear of a “politician” doing anything like that?
Wikman must write a letter to the Charter-designated Temporary Executive Compensation Committee offering proof he’s achieved each goal, one-by-one.
If the Committee approves, Wikman may withdraw 1/19 (one of nineteen promised goals) of the total in escrow.
Whatever is left (whatever goals he fails to accomplish) goes back, in full, to taxpayers.
If you think he’s kidding…or lying…he urges you to call or email him.
This is for YOU. NOT Allan Wikman. He doesn't need the job, nor the salary...He’s an entrepreneur, a businessman. Not a politician. He’ll make more money next year in his business than he’d make as County Executive in all three years combined.
He does this to FREE YOU, the taxpayer, from passing on to your children and grandchildren an IMPOSSIBLE FINANCIAL BURDEN which, if we fail to stop this political dinosaur at the county level, we'll soon become a third-world nation.
If you believe Allan and have faith that, "What the hell. What's to lose? Wikman's NOT a politician, he's a businessman. A pure independent. Seems sincere. He'll TALK with ME if I call him. Or email. He's open to us.”
That's a good sign.
If you see this as possible, I implore you to email ALL YOUR FRIENDS, your fellow employees, church members, school alumni throughout Ulster County. NOW. TODAY. This very minute.
Urge them to call Allan Wikman...or email him. And, each of THEM email ten others t do the same.
We CAN win this. We SHALL.
But, in any case, take a pen or pencil into the voting booth...and write in the name:
Allan Wikman
...in the County Executive column.
54 percent. Let's GO GET IT.
Right now, make a list, Call, write, email. URGE all to write in the name:
Allan Wikman
God bless and keep you,
Allan's right here. Call him. Email. Share your thoughts.
Allan Wikman
295 Broadway, apt. 418
Kingston, NY 12401-5131
845 + 802-0403
awikman@hvc.rr.com
Profile at: www.hvchronic.com
Website: www.campaignwindow.com/allanwikman
Anyone attending the "BASH FOR CASH?"
November 3rd at Tim's Automotive on Broadway.
"$1, participants can take a whack at a car with a baseball bat."
"Proceeds will benefit the Knothole League baseball field on Greenkill Avenue."
UPDATE OR DELETE YOURSELVES !!!!!!
Why don't you go back to your Ulster County job on the Ulster County taxpayer computer and stop cruising the blogs on taxpayer time?
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