From City Hall:Former State Sen. Serf Maltese wants back into politics.
But instead of running himself, Maltese wants to run all city elections, in a bid to become the new executive director of the city Board of Elections.
“I am writing you to indicate that I would like to be considered for the position of Executive Director of the Board of Elections in the City of New York,” Maltese wrote in an email that was sent around to commissioners Wednesday evening. “My biography accompanies this request and I believe that my background and experience would qualify me for this position of great responsibility and importance.”
That 2,000-word biography details Maltese’s history in local politics, hitting all the highlights and many of the awards he picked up during his 20 years representing Queens in the State Senate. Maltese lost by double digits to Joe Addabbo in 2008 in one of the two seats that swung the majority to the Democrats.
And in an ironic twist, Addabbo is this year being challenged by former Council Member Anthony Como, who had been agitating for the executive director job before pulling out at the last minute to pursue the State Senate race. Como, though a former commissioner, had been unable to rally the six votes necessary to get a majority of the 10 commissioners.
In his email to the commissioners, Maltese indicated that he had a running start in getting to six.
“I can assure you that I have the confidence and backing of my Queens County Chairman, the Honorable Phil Ragusa, our Queens County Republican Commissioner the Honorable Judith Stupp and my former Senate colleague Senator Marty Golden,” Maltese wrote.
However, Serf's resurrection may swing the vote over to the Dems. How ironic.
14 comments:
Maltese risked his life in the Korean War,1950-53 against the communists of n.korea,mao's china and stalin's u.s.s.r.he has earned our respect. he deserves this position and has earned it ,as far as i am concerned.
he has my vote.......
Nothing wrong with asking for the job. Let's see who it goes to.
His war service deserves our respect of him as a person, but it does not require respect for many of the ideological positions he holds or the cronyism and political horsetrading he has engaged in ever since that service.
Anonymous said...
Maltese risked his life in the Korean War,1950-53 against the communists of n.korea,mao's china and stalin's u.s.s.r.he has earned our respect. he deserves this position and has earned it ,as far as i am concerned.
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So did Charlie Rangel. Your next argument?
rangel also deserves our admiration for his military heroism.
but so did Army Ranger ,Elmer "killer" Burke in WWII.
they both blew it........but in a lesser degree for rangel.
a citizen must not evade paying taxes, as the rest of us do pay. i believe he is quoted as saying he did not know what he was doing was wrong.
a nyu and st.john's law graduate.......
We're all crazy
For Serphin Maltazy.
[take that e e cummings]
Anonymous said...
rangel also deserves our admiration for his military heroism.
but so did Army Ranger ,Elmer "killer" Burke in WWII.
they both blew it........but in a lesser degree for rangel.
a citizen must not evade paying taxes, as the rest of us do pay. i believe he is quoted as saying he did not know what he was doing was wrong.
a nyu and st.john's law graduate.......
Saturday, August 07, 2010
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Elmer Burke was a convicted murderer. Comparing him to Rangel (or Maltese, for that matter) is ridiculous.
If service in Korea during that war is the only qualification for the position that Maltese is going for, there are hundreds of thousands of equally qualified people.
you introduced rangel into the conversation, live with it
or read what is said about his relationship with cuba's
communist dictator murderer, fidel castro.
if true it is alarming.
google :commieblasters.com
Maltese has earned his retirement. He should ride off into the sunset and enjoy it instead of seeking a patronage job to keep the seat warm for his protege Como. What's that old saying, oh yeah, we are judged by the company we keep.
RE: WE ARE JUDGED BY THE COMPANY WE KEEP.......
did not obama "keep company" with 1960's" n.y.c. WEATHER UNDERGROUND bombers, BILL AYERS AND HIS WIFE BERNADETTE DORHN ,in CHICAGO?
shall we add "G-D DAMN AMERICA"Rev. Wright, obama"s pastoral mentor for twenty years?
Anonymous said...
you introduced rangel into the conversation, live with it
or read what is said about his relationship with cuba's
communist dictator murderer, fidel castro.
if true it is alarming.
google :commieblasters.com
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Thank you, no. I deal with enough right-wing propaganda when I watch Fox News.
You must have really hated it when Nixon hung out with Mao and Reagan hung out with the Russian leadership.
hanging out with russians?
did N.P.R. ever tell you that at the Berlin Wall,which the marxists erected to keep the e. berliners imprisoned behind the "IRON CURTAIN", PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN said" MR. GORBYCHEV....TEAR DOWN THIS WALL" !
and it was torn down !
R.Nixon was a officer in the U.S.Navy during WWll.
i remind you that the U.S.S.R. was an ally of the NAZI"S,until hitler attacked Stalin . does your state run leftist media report this fact to you?
read your internet history. BTW,can you explain "the VENONA PROJECT /INTERCEPTS to the Q.C commenters ?
NPR did tell me that. Tehy did a very accurate job of reporting.
Richard Nixon served in World War II as a supply officer and played poker.
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