Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Poison Pen of DePalma


On the Clowning Around thread some posters have asked what we can expect from Caruso in the Late Hitting Lie category.

What's your guess?

In any case, as soon as you see one send it along to : cuzzincookie@hotmail.com

48 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't one this time.

The election is in March, on a Wednesday, with no morning voting. Ralph is counting on low voter turnout.

He has a core following of about 300 votes. The anti-Preservation vote is going to be split between Stephanie and Mike. Unless there is a turnout over 900, Ralph has a good chance.

If he puts out his flyers he'll remind people to vote, including those who will vote against him, so he may just sit quietly.

That's why it's so important to go vote and to get everyone you know to vote.

Anonymous said...

Remember the Chicago way, Vote early and vote often.

Anonymous said...

Put a GPS on the Rump Roast.

Anonymous said...

Queenan must be pretty confident that he'll be Mayor- afterall, he appears to have already started negotiating on behalf of the Village! Can we say EGO???

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

At least Queenan is being proactive as a current sitting town board member to help all residents of Woodbury.

Upset you didn't think about other options first?

Anonymous said...

That would be a first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Where are the BATTLE LINES?

Anonymous said...

Who spoke to Calhoun from the Village? And what "special legislation" passes all the time? Last I heard, Calhoun couldn't even get the two pieces that Woodbury asked for before to the floor? This sounds like more of that Republican rhetoric...leave out key words (much like the Common Sense Party has done throughout their campaign) just to misguide the public. TYPICAL!

Anonymous said...

Swiller's words in today's THR-
"What they cannot erase is the memory of the hundreds of people they willingly misled."
This should be applied to your man-of-the-hour, Mr. Queenan! He was part of that team who MISLED, and then at the 11th hour gave a half-hearted attempt to jump to the other side of the fence. Now what is he misleading the public on Jonathan? Funny how people tend to forget their past, ah??

Anonymous said...

Sad....

your negative posts about Queenan are pathetic.

Why don't you focus on your parties candidates. i assure you he's moving forward and not focusing on you.

Anonymous said...

That's exactly right- as a resident and voter, I AM assured he's NOT focused on me! That's why I'm not voting for him!

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Anonymous said...

I think the record did a piece on special legislation on how many got presented and the results from our local elected official. Everyone try to find it in the Record. ALL THIS is just a zoning distraction!!!! Ask SWILLER, he's trying to get 40homes rezoned from SEASONAL TO YEAR ROUND

Anonymous said...

Swiller is just mad at Ralph for questioning him at the Village meeting. And yes, Queenan was part of that meeting where everyone thought a village would prevent annexation. The Preservation Party, Community Party, and Common Sense Party were not in existence at that time. the part about purposely not putting it in print? Probably not in print because they never said it.

Anonymous said...

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything. I am just reminding them of what the Preservationists said about annexation and pointing out that they are now pretending they didn't say it.
If voters remember Ralph's lies they don't need to be convinced of anything. They just need to go vote.

Anonymous said...

Dear Jonathan,
There was no Preservation Party until the first Village election, way after Ralph (and Mike and countless others) claimed that the Village would prevent annexation. All parties were wrong and were set straight back in 2004. So why keep rehashing it? You and Ralph (not the people running on the Preservation Party ticket) should duke it out and leave the rest of us out of it.

Anonymous said...

1. The Committee For the Preservation of Woodbury (now frequently referred to as the Preservation Party) was around before the Village was.

2. In my letter I said "it was members of the Preservation Party themselves who widely spread this false information when they were attempting to frighten Woodbury into voting to form a village." Those people were around, spreading misinformation, long before they picked any particular name for their scheme.

3. Yes, many people were wrong about annexation back in 2004, and yes, the real facts came out. That makes it even more dispicable that Ralph and his crew continued to spread false information in 2006 and 2007.

4. You say that I "and Ralph should duke it out and leave the rest of us out of it." I would like nothing better. But Ralph is the head of the Preservation Party and to pretend that he has nothing to do with the current election is as dishonest as pretending that the Preservation Party didn't willfully lie to us all to frighten us into forming a village.

Anonymous said...

Kind of like the developers frightening the town board?

Anonymous said...

They are now calling themselves Citizens For the Preservation of Woodbury, not Committee. My mistake.

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Anonymous said...

I am not a fan of Ralph, but I don't know anyone (from anywhere) who told me the lies you say he and his people said. I have spoken to many people in town, and they don't remember, either. Seems like no matter what anyone from the Preservation Party says, you are going to stick to your guns. They are damned if they printed it and they are damned because they didn't. I think you are full of paranoia and need to get all the facts --not what happened in the past, but what is happening right now. Your blogs tell me that you really don;t have a clue about certain issues. On others you are well-versed. I am an active community member, but I take anything anyone running for office says with a grain of salt. Two parties are composed of seasoned politicians. One is a newcomer. Hindsight is 20/20 and it is easy to criticize others. I give credit to all the candidates for giving a damn. Whoever wins, I am optimistic that Woodbury will survive.

Anonymous said...

As I said, my letter was aimed at reminding not convincing.
If you never heard Caruso's people make the false claim that forming a village would prevent annexation, then it should play no part in your voting decision.
My intended audience was those peeple who were told that lie.
I ask them to remember it and to note that now the Preservation Party is claiming that it was never said. And I ask them to bear it in mind when they vote.

Anonymous said...

By the way, you say that you are not a fan of Ralph.
Why is that? Are you willing to be specific?
Quite obviously, I am not a fan of Ralph either, and I've tried to make my reasons clear.
If your post is sincere you ought to have no problem explaining your position.

Anonymous said...

I am not a fan of ralph because he acts like he knows everything, you can't tell him anything, he is paranoid, and he never says he is sorry. I don't know him well, he's more of an acquaintance, but I don't think I would want to socialize with him. I only know him because he has a daughter the same age as mine and we live fairly close.

Anonymous said...

To 4:10PM -

How is Queenan being proactive as a sitting Town Board member?

Anonymous said...

Thank you, I appreciate your answer.

Anonymous said...

More distraction and taking the heat of Queenan- i like the question:
Who spoke to Calhoun from the Village? And what "special legislation" passes all the time?"

Calhoun is and has been in the minority and can't get anything to the floor. Nice of her to "show up" at the last minute, sticking her nose where it doesn't belong.
If Queenan wins, I hope people keep his feet to the fire, along with Calhoun, so they will see how badly they were lied to! And you thnk Ralph was bad!

Anonymous said...

Swiller sell you bull shit somewhere else. Like Tony Houston said You Can Leave.

Anonymous said...

Ineffective leadership was demonstrated at the last Village board meeting:

The mayor allows 4 people to speak during an agenda item discussion, sounds like an illegal public hearing occurred.

The village attorney, village clerk and remaining board members sat mute while Stephanie allowed the speakers to make their accusations and threats.

Anonymous said...

When you read all this hate for each other you can't blame Mike A and the others for taking the money and running away!

Anonymous said...

Dear 8:22AM

Goes to show you (and others)how responsive she has been to the public. She was under no obligation to allow the barrage of "information sharing!"

There was no illegal public hearing held and all those people who spoke know that.

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Anonymous said...

Is Uncle Betty's agenda to "divide and conquer"? Who's side is he/she on? Or is he/she just a malcontent?

Anonymous said...

Its time for CHANGE, Ralph's group will fight KJ and not let them do what ever they want with law suit after to law suit. That will cost every taxpayer more money. They will cut the Police Force by half, take over the Highway Department then cut that group in half. The Water Department will be cut in half and no more new Trucks! No one will get overtime! The builders will sell to KJ because there will be no more deals and then more lawsuits. So what you get with that team is less Village services but your taxes will not go down because they are lawsuit crazy! Woodbury is screwed either way, remember this group told you the Village would be better for us….

Anonymous said...

Where the hell do you get your information? You're fuckin' nuts!!

Anonymous said...

My information is correct, the good old boys Don, Ralph, John, and his followers have been talking for years about cutting all departments!

Anonymous said...

But you are wrong about KJ-Ralph and the Preservation team will not fight them because Larkin is in KJ's pocket. They will get us involved in lots of other lawsuits, probably against the town or some other way that the taxpayers will have to pay for it.

Anonymous said...

DId I hear the word MONEY. Take MONEY & RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR RIGHT POOR MIKE

Anonymous said...

Preservation Team, CommUNITY Team, and Common Sense Team have absolutely nothing to do with KJ. I think this is one area where they all agree. Larkin has nothing to do with any of the parties. You are making sweeping generalizations with absolutely no facts. Never did I hear any candidate from any party say they would cut departments. Is this another one of those things that no one put in writing so it couldn't be proved? Since you seem so knowledgeable about all the parties, candidates and issues (past and present) I'm curious to know why you didn't throw your hat into the ring. Or do you just like to sling mud anonymously?

Uncle Betty said...

Larkin is Ralph's boss, or have you forgotten?

Ralph runs the Preservation Party.

Ralph believes that every office-holder that he helped get elected owes him absolute and total loyalty.

He will not back anyone if he isn't convinced that they will do exactly what he tells them to do.

Anonymous said...

Either the Ralph posters on this site are very stupid or the persons from the preservation party think that WE are stupid and have bad memories.

Ben Meyers + Fred Ungerer+ George Pedersen =Preservation Party = Ralph = Larkin = KJ = money

Got it?

Anonymous said...

Dancing into view without a care
Swishing around touching her hair
Comes the Mayor in all her glory
Nothing about her is ever gory
Nice to your face with a lovely smile
Don’t turn your back, then it is vile
Friendly mayor whither do you go?
“Why, To hang out with the Weider kid-don’t you know“?
The Mayor will look out for us as best she can
But really the leader is Rick the man
When asked a question she does demure
“Excuse me Rick, what’s the cure?”
“Vote for me again and never worry,
That anything will be done in a hurry
In fact “procrastinate” is my middle name
Isn’t that how you play the political game“?
Here she comes with motive in full view
She thinks we don’t see what it is she will do!

Anonymous said...

Again, who is the Weider kid????

Anonymous said...

Uncle, I'm surprised that you would allow your site to be the home of the "last minute flier"...but you have reduced yourself lately to an all time low, so you may as well continue...goes to show how self-serving you truly are. In the end though, it is you who will find yourself all alone. When you're new found friends kick you to the curb because they've gotten all they need from you. Have you ever seen them huddle and chatter, then disperse when you draw near? Oh, it is very sad to watch as you try your best to be acknowledged and accepted, but they only feign friendship. Rest contented for now, but I assure you, next week you'll be scratching your head in disbelief. Those same people who are pulling your strings now are the same ones who didn't want you around the last time, and will do it to you again...at least until they need you for the November elections. Truthfully, I thought you were smarter than that, but perhaps being all alone is too much to bear.

Uncle Betty said...

The point of the late hitting lie is to put out an accusatory flier so late in the game that the target has no way to answer.

The accused candidate would have to write a response, print it and distribute it as widely as the original attack. When the attack comes the night before the election there is no time for the rebuttal.

What is true of paper fliers is not true of this site. Any comment, accusation, smear or expose can be responded to in an instant and reach precisely the same audience as the original claim.

As to the credibility of either the charge or the response, that is, as always, left to the reader to decide.

Anonymous said...

Hey, Cliff, you really should stop posting on this site.

Anonymous said...

You ask me about the poet,
"Who is it, I want to know it!"
You already know,
but don't let it show,
Take your knowledge and stow it.