West, the New Paltz village mayor, moved a few yards out of the village earlier this year after being evicted from his apartment. He’s back, and exonerated by District Attorney Holley Carnright, who concluded that West’s meanderings, which included falsely signing election documents, did not rise to the level of felonious behavior.
Nicky Woerner is a Democratic candidate in Kingston’s Fourth Ward who lives 150 feet outside the ward line, but plans to move as soon as possible.
This just in. An aide to U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter, 84, of Monroe County says his boss, currently in “fantastic” health, has no intentions of retiring next year, as implied in my last column on Mike Hein’s possible political future. Under a scenario conjured by my perhaps too-lively imagination, if not premature expectations — I’d be the first to buy Hein a ticket to Albany — Hein’s statewide summer speaking campaign was seen by me as a launching pad for a possible nomination for lieutenant governor, assuming Slaughter retires to allow the present second banana, Bob Duffy of Rochester, to run for Congress.
“And she didn’t have hip surgery, either,” the aide advised. “It was her leg.”
Assuming all this was the God’s honest truth — the last time a politician lied to me was yesterday — exactly what is Mike Hein doing prowling the state this summer? Alas, he still doesn’t return my phone calls.
For sure, he’s out there shaking the money tree. For those who’d like to contribute to Hein’s political future, he’ll stage a fundraiser (“suggested” minimum, $250) at the Orange County Town of Warwick home of Donna Applegate and Jonah Mandelbaum on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Donations of up to $5,000 will be accepted, but no more than $7,559 per person (by state law). The state board of elections shows Hein had over $500,000 in his campaign war chest; he isn’t up for reelection until 2015.
CeCe draws an all-nighter
Freshman Democrat state Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk missed what might have been her biggest gig of the year — Kingston High School’s graduation last week — after being in session until just after dawn the next morning. Comptroller Auerbach urged the senator, listed on the program as guest speaker, to make arrangements, but gleefully accepted her request to fill in. After issuing comptroller’s “best graduating seniors” awards for four years, Auerbach should be comfortable in front of kids and parents. He faces a stiff challenge for re-election from Ulster Town Supervisor Jim Quigley, whose kid is running for a seat on the county legislature.
Kingston Times continues to make hay with Blaber: that is really low class, letting money and silliness gain space in the Times when there are serious matters afoot.
Come on, Kingston Times: you are slipping. At the same time, the Saugerties Times is increasingly relevant and helpful.
No Gerald, that is not the policy of the Kingston Times; it is merely the unbridled mind of High Reynolds, whose invented phrase of “Boy did my boss really Blaber me today!” is about as inventive as the gum machine I made as a child put together with adhesive tape and paper and stuck to an apartment wall(it actually worked for awhile but it was less useful than, say, an actual vending machine made of metal hahaha). LOL [Did I really Blaber Hugh Reynolds there– or what?–I honestly don’t know but I damn well wish that someone would have Blabered my mother during her lifetime so I could rant “Oh Thank GOD SOMEONE Blabered my mother while she was still alive!!] LOL