Daily Campaign Roundup: Democrats On The Offensive; GOP Busy Attacking Its Own
By Mike Connery on 07/30/2010 @ 03:43 PM
TODAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news. Democratic Candidate Dave Mejias fights for fair wages for health care workers. Democratic Candidate George Sava calls out Dean Skelos on fiscal hypocrisy. SRCC attacks one of its own.
- Dave Mejias criticizes his opponent for opposing $1-per-hour pay hike - Democratic Candidate Dave Mejias attacked his opponent, 21-year incumbent Kemp Hannon, for opposing a $1-per-hour pay raise for Nassau health-care workers . Mejias denounced Hannon’s position, saying: “A guy who has an extra $60,000 to loan his campaign telling workers they don’t deserve a $1 an hour raise is outrageous. 34 years in Albany has made Kemp Hannon quite comfortable, and he obviously doesn’t care what it’s like to try to feed a family on $20,000 a year.” Hannon has received $19,500 in campaign contributions from the Health Care Providers PAC since 2005. After the representatives from health care providers industry failed to provide evidence that the pay raise would hurt health care providers, an attempt to block the raise was unanimously rejected by the Nassau County Legislature on July 26.
- Democratic Candidate George Sava attacks Dean Skelos over wasteful spending and excessive taxes - After 26-year incumbent and Bruno-successor Dean Skelos criticized Democrats for holding an extra legislative session, George Sava hit Skelos with the sad truth of some hard facts. Sava responded by saying: "Skelos is the expert when it comes to wasting tax money. After all, he voted to double state spending over 14 years, stuck taxpayers with a bill for over $1.2 million to fund his office last year, and allowed property taxes to rise 320 percent since he was elected. Nassau County tax payers are suffering. We need public servants who don't just point the finger but come up with real solutions."
- Senate GOP attacking one of their own - Republican Greg Ball is running for the GOP nomination in SD-40, where Democratic Candidate Mike Kaplowitz has been running a stellar campaign. One major problem for Ball -- the SRCC is actively working to derail his campaign. In response to his organizing a “Women for Ball” event, the SRCC issued the following statement: “This is a tired rerun of what happened two years ago when news first broke that Greg Ball had been hit with an order of protection for stalking his ex-girlfriend. The facts are the facts, and Greg Ball stands accused of groping a waitress at an Albany bar, an account several eyewitnesses confirmed. Today, he trots out a woman whose mother is on the payroll of Ball political ally Steve Katz to spread lies. Those accusations are slanderous and are subject to legal liability. The residents of Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties are tired of the distractions, tired of the conspiracy theories and tired of all of the excuses. You can’t take anything Greg Ball says seriously.” For once, a statement well put by the SRCC.
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