The LuLac Edition #139, Jan. 25, 2007
PHOTO INDEX: CYNTHIA ORE, AKA EMILY TIFFANY CARTER, CARL ROMANELLI AND PETER GAGLLIARDI.
ROMANELLI NAILED UNJUSTLY
Wilkes-Barre resident Carl Romanelli has been ordered to pay more than $80,000 in
legal fees stemming from his failed effort to make the ballot in last year's U.S. Senate race.
A Commonwealth Court panel issued the ruling Thursday, siding with a group of Democrats who challenged Romanelli's nomination petitions and sought to make him pay their court costs.The Green Party candidate submitted nearly 95,000 signatures to land a ballot spot, but he was removed from the ballot after more than a third of the names were stricken as invalid, leaving him nearly 9,000 short of the required 67,070 signatures required by law.The $80,408 legal tab includes $48,285 in fees for the lawyers who represented the Democrats, $25,481 in court-ordered costs, $5,141 in copying and stenography fees and $1,500 for handwriting experts.The court order gives Romanelli and his attorney, Lawrence Otter, 30 days to pay.
As a supporter of Robert Casey, I felt Romanelli had no place on the ballot. I have always felt that the Green Party was nothing more than a nuisance and that Romanelli could better serve the community by becoming a member of a nationally recognized party. I do not believe however that Romanelli should be held responsible for these debts. It is wrong, it is a clear abuse of judicial authority and that should be investigated.
LATINSKI BOWS OUT
Incumbent councilman Phil Latinski has decided not to run for another term. The 16 year veteran, at the age of 67 made the announcement to the surprise of many political observers. A former school district official, Latinski has been a mainstay on council for years.
THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 10
Did you know that with the re-districting plan in place for city council elections, it will only take ten signatures for a candidate to get on the ballot? Look for a very crowded election line.
THE BEST ELECTION EVER!
Former GOP city council candidate Peter Gaglliardi recently wrote a letter to the Citizen's Voice about the upcoming city wide elections. Here's his thoughts:
The next election for city council will be the first district based election in the history of the city. I am writing to ask your assistance in making this the best election in the history of the city of Wilkes Barre. We can make it a great election by encouraging everyone to register and vote and to express their views on the issues publicly, on radio talk shows and in the newspapers.
I am appealing to our young people in the workforce and in the schools. Register and vote and demonstrate to the world that you are ready for the responsibility of leadership. I would like everyone between the ages of 18 and 22 to actually vote and I would like Wilkes Barre to be the first in the nation in this category.
We should also encourage as many candidates as possible to run for office. Every candidate brings a great deal to the table and enriches our discussion of the issues. Some will give us solutions to our problems that we can use long after the election is over. To help these candidates get their message out, I would encourage as many organizations and as many businesses to host a meet the candidates night. The press should also cover these events. The bottom line is let’s make this a great election and demonstrate to the world that we are the great city we say we are and not just a dot on the map.
Peter Gaglliardi
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
CYNTHIA/EMILY/WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS
SHOVE IT!!!!
So it seems ex Congressman Don Sherwood has stopped payments on Cynthia Ore's settlement regarding the charges involving Mr. Sherwood and Ms. Ore. Sherwood's people have told Ore's people that because the confidentiality agreement was breached (a settlement number came out shortly before the election) the agreement is null and void. Ore has changed her name to Emily Tiffany Carter. No word if that was a name picked out of a hat or her porn star name.
posted by David Yonki @ 8:38 PM
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9 Comments:
Porn star names, now that's a great topic. Is it the street you first lived on and the town you were born in or is it your first pet's name and the street you lived on when you were a kid?
Sincerely,
U. Demunds Lehman
Thanks for your support of Carl Romanelli. You were very strident in your support of the Casey camp keeping him off the ballot. I chalk that up to your man Al Gore getting screwed by the Green Party. Ya gotta let that go Dave. But I'm glad you feel Romanelli's court costs are unfair. Shows me you aren't totally anti democracy.
My goodness, Gaglliardi looks like a hostage holding up a newspaper to prove what day it is. And look who's on the cover! Shameless self promotion David. I wish they'd either burn your damn radio book or make a movie out of the damn thing so it can die in dignity. We know you wrote a book, we know it's still on sale, we know it's pretty good for a local dude but jeez, do we really need to see some lunatic (who by the way wrote the most compelling letter on elections---if we were still in the third grade!) peering over the pinstriped glory of Yonki?
Sweetie, I wish I fixed you when I had the chance!
Your Komotion Date FRom Duryea
Gagliardi has been a strong, positive force in Wilkes-Barre politics for years. Keep up the good work, Pete!
Yonki and self-promotion. What an unfair allegation!
Jim
I won't defend Cynthia Ore by any means, but at the same time, please remember that Don Sherwood is the one who let down his constituents and brought about his own downfall - and, no less, betrayed wife and daughters. And for what? He is no victim. If - IF - he defaulted on a legal agreement that he presumably entered into knowingly and willingly, then this alleged default is yet another example that goes to his lack of character.
Go Gagliardi - a fighter for good government and a booster of Wilkes-Boo!
Gagliardi has been a strong, positive force in Wilkes-Barre politics for years. Keep up the good work, Pete!
SO THIS MORNING I'M DOING STUFF AROUND THE HOUSE AND ABOUT 11AM THE PHONE RINGS. IT'S GAGLLIARDI CALLING TO INQUIRE ABOUT ME BECAUSE HE RAN INTO A FORMER CO-WORKER OF MINE. THIS WAS A MAJOR COINCIDENCE BECAUSE I HAD NOT TALKED TO HIM FOR OVER A YEAR. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE WAS AT MY BOOK SIGNING AT BARNES AND NOBLE WHERE THAT UNFORTUNATE PHOTO OF PETE WITH ME TAGGING ALONG ON THE DIAMOND CITY COVER WAS TAKEN. HE HAD NOT BEEN AWARE OF MY BLOG BUT WAS HAPPY THAT I CHOSE TO PUBLISH HIS LETTER. HE INDICATED TO ME THAT HE WAS INDEED GOING TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL ON THE GOP SIDE THIS YEAR AND KNEW IT WOULD BE AN UPHILL BATTLE AGAINST EITHER KATHY KANE OR JIM McCARTHY. UNDAUNTED BY THAT PROSPECT, HE SEEMS TO HAVE THE ENERGY AND COMMITMENT TO FORGE ON AND MAKE HIS VOICE HEARD. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE VERY SAD STATE OF POLITICAL NEWS REPORTING BY ALL THE MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS IN THIS AREA, SAVE EXCEPT FOR L.A. OUT OF HAZLETON AND BORIS FROM SCRANTON. I TOLD HIM MOST BLOGGERS WOULD FIND HIS MESSAGE RECEPTIVE AND WISHED HIM WELL IN HIS COUNCIL FIGHT. HE PROMISED TO CHECK OUT MY BLOG AS WELL AS OTHERS ON THE NET. I GUESS I CONJURED THE GUY UP!
Shameless self promotion David.
WAIT, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD THE HALF OF IT. GOT A NEW ONE (BOOK) OUT!
I wish they'd either burn your damn radio book or make a movie out of the damn thing.
WE'RE EFFORTING TO DO THAT BIG TIME.
Sweetie, I wish I fixed you when I had the chance!
STRONGER AND NASTIER WOMEN THAN YOU HAVE TRIED AND ALL THEY GOT FOR THEIR EFFORTS WAS A WEIGHT GAIN OF 50 POUNDS, A FEW HUNDRED HOURS OF COUNSELING AND A NASTY CIGARETTE AND DRINKING HABIT.
ON SHERWOOD:
this alleged default is yet another example that goes to his lack of character.
CANNOT DISAGREE WITH YOUR LUCID ASSESSMENT. THANKS FOR POSTING.
ON PORN STAR NAMES:
Is it the street you first lived on and the town you were born in or is it your first pet's name and the street you lived on when you were a kid?
IF THAT WERE THE CASE, MY PORN STAR NAME WOULD EITHER BE DEWITT PITTSTON OR MONTGOMERY DEWITT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT MONTY WAS A COOL NAME.
Yo Yonk,
You need to use the split picture of Cindy Orr that gort has up.......
"Nationally recognized party” That is the problem with our election process. Right now the two “Nationally” recognized parties are just two big vultures of different feathers. Voters today vote the party INSTEAD of the person. SO whoever pays enough money to the party to get the party’s nomination gets to be in office. Instead of the most qualified person leading the way, we have the biggest ass kissers with the ability raise money from contributors, then owing favors to all of said contributors, running for and being elected. From there, it becomes “he who has the most money gets their way” and all of the citizens who make this country great get pissed on. The only solution is to have a third party, like the Green Party, that takes the job on of being a true watchdog. We need more third party citizens elected to office to shake up our republic, like this last election did. And for the record I do vote but NEVER for an incumbent and never for a candidate of the existing two nationally recognized parties.
Oh and by the way, porn star names are your middle name and the street you first lived on………..
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