A separate matter involving the race — the Vallone campaign’s usage of the Four Twos taxi service — has also been a bone of contention between the hopefuls.
According to a spokeswoman for the Campaign Finance Board, the dates listed for expenditure filings are supposed to be the day that the money was paid on. Vallone’s campaign paid the Four Twos taxi service to provide rides to polling sites for voters on primary day.
But the filings listed for the councilman’s re-election campaign on the website are for Sept. 6 and 15, neither of which was the day of the primary.
The Vallone campaign did not return a request for comment about the filing dates.
According to Graziano — who has submitted a complaint to the CFB about the issue — the service gave “dozens” of rides to voters.
The payments to the taxi company — which also received city funding to give rides for a senior transportation program organized by Vallone’s office earlier this year, and will do so again for a slightly different version of the initiative that will kick off later this month — are only $58.65 and $78.25.
Saying that those payments would not cover the number of rides that he said the company gave to voters, Graziano is claiming that the business gave the councilman a “freebie.”
A manager for Four Twos named Jim — he declined to give the Chronicle his last name — said that the claim was “150 percent false. ... Vallone got nothing for free.”
Keeping with agency policy, the CFB declined to comment on Graziano’s complaint.
17 comments:
Heidi McAllister owns the Greeks
Is there anything that Stinky's campaign does that isn't shady?
Typical Valloney Balloney. There was candidates night last night and guess which candidates were no shows: Vallone and Malliotakis. They don't think they need to answer to the people.
Pay attention people! Next Tuesday vote for Graziano and Albanese, these two have more common sense than all the rest put together.
Paul Vallone is such a bully with a huge ego. Enough is enough, get rid of him!!
Paul Vallone a/k/a Stinky a/k/a Valloney Balloney a/k/a Lex Luther a/k/a Chrome Dome time to put an end to his nonsense. We need a Councilman who will be for us not for his pockets. Vote for Paul Graziano.
So which politician doesn't do special favors for his district? Don't they all do it?
So which politician doesn't do special favors for his district? Don't they all do it?
If I understood the article correctly, I believe the accusation is that the cab company was doing favors for the Vallone campaign by driving people to the polls for free, instead of charging the standard rate, and that the campaign tried to cover it up.
So which politician doesn't do special favors for his district? Don't they all do it?
Taking bribes and telling developers they can get variances to overbuild is not doing a special favor for your district, that's doing a special valloney balloney favor for his pockets.
>So which politician doesn't do special favors for his district? Don't they all do it?
They do if they want to be reelected.
Third anonymous, I'm with you 100%! Enough of this corruption! Paul Graziano for Councilman District 19, and Sal Albanese for mayor.
I'm just wondering if this taxi company happens to be a client of his father's lobbying company? Easy way to check that out...
And pretty soon, his daddy's lobbying firm will have two city councilman in his pockets, Paulies, and Keith Powers, soon to be city councilman from the 4th District
All of this is pure BS and means nothing on Election Day. VOTEor SHUT UP!
The candidate that wins DOES NOT WIN on popularity or truth. He wins on the number of votes cast for him. You either have enough soldiers in the field or you do not in Election Day! Pulling power is all that matters. A lot of blow hard opinions expressed by people who DO NOT show up to vote amount to a bunch of lazy armchair complainers! Let your feet do the walking and VOTE. Apathy is the first step in the decline of a republic. Either vote out shady Vallone or practice kissing his rings for the next four years. Then watch your neighborhoods slip further into decline. NOBODY wants the Flushingization by rapacious developers who Paul Vallone llobbies for. It's your asses and your nabes. Choose wisely BUT VOTE in any case!
By the time these allegations are sifted through, the election is over. Het your fucking troops out there on Election Day!
Badda beep. That's all folks' the rest is Looney Tunes.
That Crapper photo of Il Doofus - kind of swishy, no?
I love the "football head" handle for Don Chooch Vallone! Hey Paulie...Waddaya use to shine it ,Simonize or Turtle Wax?
Chrome Dome Conehead!
Don Paila a la famiglia Di Vallone...political mafioso deshraziato! Putanna la miseria!
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