I am running for the Suffolk County 15th Legislative District as an independent.  My Party ("FOR THE PEOPLE") is already on the ballot having submitted more petition signatures (1376) than the Democrats (1100) and the Republicans (700).  Although the Democrats filed objections to my petitions they were unsuccessful.  I am also the Commissioner of Copiague Youth League Football and have been coaching there for over 19 years.  I am new to politics, having never run for office before.  I am running against a democratic incumbent in the most powerful democratic town in the State of New York.  One local paper refused to talk with me stating that their policy was not to talk with third parties and I'm having trouble getting any play from major papers like Newsday on LI.  Any help your radio show can give me would be greatly appreciated.

   Saturday was our annual CYL football/soccer parade and we march from the Copiague RR to Tanner Park where we meet on the football field and we announce the dignitaries, short speech from Steve Bellone and Steve Levy and then we have opening day games through till the evening.

   The Democrats are unhappy with my campaign signs and very unhappy with the traveling truck with my big sign.  Signs have already been missing in Amityville and now we have yesterday's problem.  My sign truck was parked on the little road just south of the fields.  If it was illegally parked, (it might have been) so were 20 other cars there and we have parked there for the last 20 years during events without incident.  

    During the parade, Elie Mystal's (Incumbent Legislator) assistant and campaign manager (Duane Gregory) drove to the park and pulled up next to my truck.  A number of my supporters were sitting near bye and watched as Mr. Gregory stopped at the truck and made a phone call (We believe to the Public Safety office)  Then almost immediately a Town Of Babylon car with two uniformed officers (Marine Bureau) arrived.  They ticketed my truck and then they climbed up on the back of my truck and cut my sign down.  My supporters approached them and complained.  The response from "Officer Joe" was that he was sorry that he had to do this but he must do what he was told.  My supporters spoke with the officers who were apologetic but resigned to doing their job.  I arrived at the field a few minutes later with the marchers and saw the sign had been cut down and the ticket affixed to my window.  I took the ticket down to the field and confronted Mr. Gregory, who at first mumbled something about not being allowed to have signs on town property.  Then as I told him this was BS and how dare he use the TOB police as an arm of the democratic party he tried to turn away and said he had nothing more to say.  I told him I would subpoena him and then he would have to answer for his misuse of the police.  Needless to say, Mr. Levy, Mr. Bellone, Ms. DiSomma (spelling?), Mr. Horsley, and Grand Marshall Ellen McVeety all appeared very uncomfortable and I honestly don't think they all were aware of what had happened.  Elie Mystal stood there with a blank stare knowing they had gone too far this time.  

    My truck may have been parked illegally, and I'll accept a ticket.  The Police, if warranted, even have the power to call a tow truck and have my vehicle towed, but you can't as Town of Babylon Police (Harbor Patrol) climb up on my truck and VANDALIZE my vehicle because the democrats don't want to see a sign that said VOTE ED WHITE!

    I left the field and filed a report with the Suffolk County Police (The real police not the Democratic Police).  They took my information and called the Public Safety Office and the officer spoke with Pat Farrell who acknowledged they had ticketed the truck but denied to the SCP Officer that his men had cut the sign down.  I have half a dozen witnesses willing to sign affidavits attesting to the fact that the uniformed officers cut down the sign and were actually apologizing as they did so.

    The Suffolk County Police advised me to follow up with a report to the Town Of Babylon Public Safety office where Mr. Farrell worked.  We went to the Public Safety office and were informed that Mr. Farrell had just left for the day.  We filed a report complaining of vandalism by the town officers and asked for a formal investigation.  We were told to come to Town Hall on Monday morning and check wit a Citizen's Services Complaint Office which we will.  I asked the clerk at the Public Safety office who called in a complaint about my truck and she said it was filed by someone who wished to remain anonymous.  When I get a look at Verizon's phone records for Mr. Gregory's cell phone I am willing to bet they match up.

    Years ago we had the same problem with Supervisor Noto's police and we apparently have the same problem again.  One party in power so long they believe they can do anything they want without consequence.   If anyone dares stand up to them they will do what ever is necessary to crush them.  

    I am not going away and I will continue to put my signs out in the district.  My truck will continue to drive around and the democrats should spend their time trying to get votes instead of using the police as an arm of the Babylon Democratic Party.

Ed White

A very disturbing, though not surprising, story.

Unfortunately, this forum isn't officially tied to Rush or his show - it's an unofficial fan-site & forum.

I think you should send this story to Rush's official site, and the sites of other conservative radio hosts.  Maybe even the Washington Times (not the Post) - it's the only reliably non-liberal major newspaper that I know of.

I hope they choose to pick up the story.

good luck.

Wait!  Hold on a minute there, fellow citizen!  Are you implying that an elected official and member of the Democrat party would misuse their power to suppress the freedom of another citizen of this great republic?  I am shocked, just shocked, at such vile insinuations against our elected officials.  I am going to report you to President Hillary right now.

Ed White wrote: One party in power so long they believe they can do anything they want without consequence.   If anyone dares stand up to them they will do what ever is necessary to crush them.  


Ed White

What a story!

The democrats prove their corruption with this, I am apalled. You have an indominable spirit and I feel you deserve acclaim for not bowing down, and continuing your message to the people.

-K

This just gives me more reason to support republicans and pretty much anyone else thats not dumbocraps SEIORUSLY! I mean really yet another reason to hate those stupid communistic liberal bastards. --- I blame gays.

Wow, it sounds like you've got a fight on your hands there. If you still want to call rush I'll post his contact info. Tomorrow's Friday, so I have no doubt that he'd run your story if it comes to his attention. Be sure to email, although you might want to fax in and the later try and call. He gets a lot of email and may not catch your message among all the others. Few people fax, but I bet your story would end up in a stack for him to read, and he'd probably have you called up to fill in on the story. Yes, there will be a lot on Operation Chaos, but this is too good of an example of Dem's behavior of entitlement to pass up. God bless your endeavor!


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Ok, so I didn't hear this story on our last open line Friday. Do you still plan on trying to get through? Your county may be heavily Democrat-ic, but that doesn't mean that publicity like this wouldn't be effective for your campaign. There might be a fair number of conservatives in you area that could be motivated into action for your cause when they become informed of atrocities like this in your election. Odds are that if they listen to radio, they listen to Rush.


C'mon! Give it a shot.

You do realize that this post is over 6 months old and that Mr. White, the post originator, last posted nearly 9 months ago.  And that one post was his first and only post to this site.  He did visit as recently as 8 May but he has not posted since September 2007.  

The equius appears to be deceased.  You may cease flagellating its carcass now.

Maybe he asked HRC for help and it's not the equius but rather his campaign that is dead.