Hinchey: single-payer, Glass-Steagall, MovetoAmend, no NAFTA, Fair Elections, stop gas/oil price manipulations...

[note-- email burr.hubbell@hubbells.com for best/updated petition for my campaign; he'll email you new one right now(!)]

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[even WAMC this am mentioned my name first of two candidates in race (Schenectady Gazette Editor)!]

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"I don't think he's [Julian Schreibman] going to emulate too closely the ideals of Maurice Hinchey." [!]

-- new Ulster County Dem Chair Frank Cardinale [at end of Ulster County Democratic mtg. Monday(!)]

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"Powerful corporations and wealthy special interests already have their representatives in Washington-- I want to continue to work hard for you as your representative."

[text of front of Maurice Hinchey's 2010 re-election campaign palm card (am I only one remembering?)]

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[stay tuned for details re: pizza petition parties this weekend-- Saturday (Mar. 24th) 10:30 am in front of Rhinebeck Town Hall, noon at Columbia County Courthouse gazebo in Hudson, 2:30 pm in front of Catskill City Hall in Greene County, and 4:30 pm in Delhi in Delaware County (place to be determined); this Sunday (Mar. 25th) at 10 am in Oneonta, 1 pm in Monticello, 3:30 pm in Woodstock-- join us; work; if we're going to turn in 2500 petition signatures by Apr. 16th we got to get crackin'; need your help!]

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Hi all...

See above: even new Ulster County Dem Chair says Schreibman won't be emulating Mo Hinchey...(!)...

Fascinating.....so let me ask you this question about six key core progressive Democratic values:

Do you agree with Rep. Maurice Hinchey that we should save $400 billion a year by expanding Medicare to cover everyone (HVALF agrees), that we should bring back FDR's Glass-Steagall Act to break up the big banks, that our Constitution should be amended to make it clear corporations aren't people (re: Citizens United/SuperPACs), that NAFTA, CAFTA, and free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, and Panama should never have been passed, that the Fair Elections Now Act should be passed to make real federal version of Maine/Connecticut-style Clean Money Clean Elections campaign finance reform, and that End Excessive Oil Speculation Now legislation should be passed?...

I do; in fact I've felt strongly about those 6 issues for a long time: that Maurice was 100% right on those...
[...long before I decided last summer to throw my hat in the ring to run against GOP Rep. Chris Gibson...]

Well-- if you agree with Maurice and I that Dem candidates for Congress shouldn't shy from those six...

Then at least re: Congressional primary: why not support the candidate keeping Maurice's legacy alive?

[also-- frankly-- Maurice has proven over and over again for decades that his populist, progressive approach to electoral politics is not simply a moral imperative-- but a proven winning message; the same thing I've proven here in Dutchess County-- winning five elections in a row now in my County Legislature seat (in district with GOP town supervisors long in Rhinebeck and Clinton here-- important; people are sick of same old, same old business as usual; want true POPULIST rep in Congress: fact!]

So-- join us tomorrow (Thurs.) 5:30-7 pm-- rally with our banners, signs as Dem committee folks arrive...

...before 7 pm Dutchess County Dem Convention tomorrow at the Jewish Community Center at 110 Grand Avenue in Poughkeepsie!...(12603)... [vote will take place there tomorrow re: endorsement]

[thx to Sue Holland for creating FB event link-- http://www.facebook.com/events/265472716869357/ ]

Town of Clinton Democratic Committee member Doug Smyth will be placing my name in nomination...

Already petitions are being circulated for me across new 19th c.d. with support of these four Dems:

["Committee to Fill Vacancies" re: http://www.JoelforCongress.org ]

-- Bill McCabe (former three-term Dutchess County Legislator)
-- Doris Kelly (former Congressional candidate and Hyde Park Town Boardmember
-- Rachel Collins Kelly (former Copake Democratic candidate for Town Clerk)
-- Bob Balcom (current Chatham Town Boardmember)

[and our campaign for Congress has been endorsed by Du. Co. Elections Commissioner Fran Knapp!]

Pete Seeger, Cornel West, Josh Fox, Manna Jo Greene, Troy Area Labor Council President Mike Keenan, PEF/DEC anti-fracking engineer Wayne Bayer, and 230 others have endorsed our campaign for the 99% for Congress-- join us and sign on to http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Joel if you haven't yet!...

[for eight months now I've been campaigning heavily in Dutchess, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Delaware, and Otsego counties-- and since lines changed in Ulster, Sullivan, Schoharie, Montgomery]

I agree with Maurice Hinchey-- expand Medicare to cover all of us [does Schreibman care?].
[ http://hinchey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=928&Itemid=69 ; recall effort I launched on this several years ago-- http://www.petitiononline.com/onepayer ; worked on this since '94]

I agree with Mo Hinchey-- bring back FDR's Glass-Steagall, break up banks [does Schreibman care?].
[ http://hinchey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1677&Itemid ; recall effort I launched on this several years ago-- http://www.PetitionOnline.com/FDRagain ]

I agree with Maurice Hinchey-- amend our Constitution: corporations aren't people [Schreibman care?].
[ http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/04/01-1 ; recall my blog post on all this from April 2010:
http://dutchessdemocracy.blogspot.com/2010/04/hall-hinchey-for-movetoamend-public.html ]

I agree with Maurice Hinchey-- no NAFTA/CAFTA/Korea/Panama/Colombia trade [Schreibman care?].
[ http://hinchey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1740&Itemid= ;
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/83832/tonko-gibson-at-odds-on-trade-agreements/ ]

I agree with Maurice Hinchey-- we need Fair Elections Now-- CMCE reform [does Schreibman care?].
[ http://fairelectionsnow.org/supporters ; I've been pushing for CMCE reform since 2000 w/Citizen Action]

I agree with Maurice Hinchey-- pass End Excessive Oil Speculation Now [does Schreibman care?].
[ http://hinchey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1666& ; recall my blog post:
http://dutchessdemocracy.blogspot.com/2012/02/hincheysanders-right-end-excessive-oil.html ; also see my http://www.petitiononline.com/stopgame ]

But it's not just those six issues -- if you're just as upset as I am that it's not just Republicans in Washington-- but also too many Democrats-- that don't seem to be really speaking up against the rush to war with Iran...aren't speaking up against fracking...aren't speaking up against Wall Street (to break up big banks, tax Wall Street speculation, and truly investigate those behind destruction of our economy), aren't speaking up against indefinite detention...aren't speaking up against bipartisan attack on Medicare/Medicaid, aren't speaking up for a truly sizable public works/infrastructure jobs program, aren't speaking up for Medicare for all, aren't speaking up to amend our Constitution to make it clear corporations aren't people, aren't speaking up Fair Elections Now legislation (federal version of Clean Money Clean Elections campaign finance reform), aren't speaking up for fair trade (to get us out of job-killing NAFTA/GATT/WTO), aren't speaking up for our troops to come home NOW from Afghanistan, aren't speaking out against tar sands pipeline, aren't speaking up for our Constitutional freedoms-- and aren't speaking up for Bradley Manning-- and aren't speaking up for voting integrity to reject computerized voting machines...(even Michael Moore reminded us all at Left Forum Sat. of this issue)...

[Maurice and Bernie Sanders are retiring, Wellstone has died, and Kucinich and Feingold lost (for now)]

There's something you can do about it all this folks-- let's work, KEEP Maurice's progressive legacy...

[unlike Schreibman, I am unafraid to stand up and protect the winning progressive legacy of Maurice!]

Again-- join us tomorrow (Thurs.) 5:30-7 pm-- rally with our banners, signs as Dem committee arrives...

...before 7 pm Dutchess County Dem Convention tomorrow at the Jewish Community Center at 110 Grand Avenue in Poughkeepsie!...(12603)... [vote will take place there tomorrow re: endorsement]

[thx to Sue Holland for creating FB event link-- http://www.facebook.com/events/265472716869357/ ]

...and...one more time...

Stay tuned for details re: pizza petition parties this weekend-- Saturday (Mar. 24th) 10:30 am in front of Rhinebeck Town Hall, noon at Columbia County Courthouse gazebo in Hudson, 2:30 pm in front of Catskill City Hall in Greene County, and 4:30 pm in Delhi in Delaware County (place to be determined); this Sunday (Mar. 25th) at 10 am in Oneonta, 1 pm in Monticello, 3:30 pm in Woodstock-- join us, folks...

Our next Team Tyner campaign mtg. will be this Sunday 6:30 pm at Bill and Melinda McKnight's at 60 Holland Drive in Hurley/Woodstock-- thx to those who came out before-- come out people; let's do this...

CRUCIAL to campaign: send $$$-- Joel for Congress, 324 Browns Pond Rd., Staatsburg, NY 12580!...

Schreibman and his campaign have rejected the winning progressive values of Maurice Hinchey...

Work with us to send message to Julian and his party machine power structure in love with Cuomo...

You WILL not turn your back on Maurice's progressive legacy-- without a fight-- from ALL us activists!...

[why is it that so many county Democratic chairs in party power structure (like Schreibman himself) across NYS have long sat with their mouths closed in deafening silence-- as Cuomo continues his attack on unions, teachers, pensions, and working class New Yorkers with budget cuts, selling out to wealthy campaign donors?...(killing what's left of middle class, destroying union-backed Dem coalition);
more info: http://www.99PercentNY.org http://www.ABetterChoiceforNY.org http://www.FiscalPolicy.org ]

Final note: this IS Dutchess Co.: land of Eleanor and FDR-- we deserve a PROGRESSIVE in Congress!

[district maps: https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/docs/cv/324457/1.11.cv.5632.6729180.2.pdf ;
demographics https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/pub/docs/cv/324457/1.11.cv.5632.6729180.3.pdf ;
existing lines right now-- http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd?state=NY ]

Pass it on-- if you care about the future of our county, our valley, our state and our country!...

Joel
845-444-0599/876-2488
joeltyner@earthlink.net
http://www.JoelforCongress.org
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Joel

p.s. Shame on Schreibman and his shills for falsely accusing me of not filing with the FEC-- for shame...
[proof here-- I filed long ago-- http://fec-candidates.findthedata.org/l/7334/Tyner-Joel (naughty, Julian!)]

[funny thing re: nasty/pathetic/desperate lies; you can pretend they're not there but they always show up]

p.p.s. Don't forget folks-- this is a PRIMARY-- not a third-party challenge to Democratic nominee...(the fact is that the Democratic nominee to represent us all here in the 19th Congressional District hasn't been officially nominated/decided yet!)...so...progressives-- NOW is your chance to make sure that Dem power structure is forced to finally pay attention to us and not take us for granted; ball in your court!...

p.p.p.s. I wasn't even allowed to speak at Monday's Ulster County Democratic Committee meeting; at this past Sunday's McKnight/Team Tyner mtg. we discussed organizing a series of candidates' nights; we need help from YOU all out there to do this!...(shouldn't annointed Schreibman answer questions?)...
[thx again to Bill McKnight for his great nominating speech Mon. night-- quoted in Daily Freeman too]

[this is New York State 2012-- shouldn't we have elections-- instead of coronations?...c'mon, folks!]

p.p.p.p.s. http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2012/March/20/Schreibman_UCDem-20Mar12.html --

Dutchess County Legislator Joel Tyner vowed to force a primary against Schreibman. Tyner expressed doubt about Schreibman's clarity on issues, and concern about his history working for the Central Intelligence Agency. "Chris Gibson, the guy who we're running against, he voted for indefinite detention," Tyner said. "I'm 100 percent against indefinite detention," said Tyner, noting that 43 members in the House Republican majority also voted against that measure.
[recall-- http://dutchessdemocracy.blogspot.com/2011/12/fact-gibson-voted-for-indefinite.html

[you may want to read: http://ucfishbowl.blogspot.com/2009/09/julian-schreibman-resorts-to-gutter.html ]

[recall Washington Post special report: "Top Secret America":
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/top-secret-america/ ]

[see: "Twenty Examples of Obama Administration Assault on Domestic Civil Liberties" by Bill Quigley:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/12/01-7 : tho just as bad under Schreibman/Bush/CIA tenure]