Comments on: Endorsements for Ball

By: youtube classics

youtube classics — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:48:57 +0000

“I know my children are safe,” and “Yes, I do fear for the security of my family.”

By: Workers waiting

Workers waiting — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:07:51 +0000

Hey, that’s not fair. We were here twenty years ago long before Degnan lived here so we should get work first.

By: Just saw Degnan

Just saw Degnan — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:36:07 +0000

Degnan was just spotted waiting for work on Marvin Avenue….

By: Ronny

Ronny — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:55:42 +0000

Don Hall or Mr. Hall as I knew him growing up was always a hard noised man who spoke the truth. Mr. Hall is a well respected man who people looked to for advice. Mr. Hall has carried himself like a gentlemen for the 35 plus years my family have known him. I value his opinion and trust what he says.

By: Brewster Maid

Brewster Maid — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:10:19 +0000

Santos is a sorry individual who seems to have no life, he hangs around Bob’s Diner whispering about people, he is like the old lady in town so full of gossip. Is there any truth to the rumor that Santos and Birmingham share a residence.

By: Big Al

Big Al — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:00:44 +0000

We’re all real interested in who you beat up twenty five years ago. Sounds like you’re still 17 mentally.

By: The joker

The joker — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:34:46 +0000

The Putnam Press, circulation 900, is not even a real newspaper. It is not recognized by the New York Press Association (NYPA). Don Hall is a Joke. The only way they were able to send it out was with $10,000 from Santos.

Brewster X is clearly Ray. Ray thinks that no one remembers his roots…but I remember back in `81, outside of Mahopac HS, the Mahopac vs. Carmel homecoming game, Ray and his friends getting the snot beat out of them. Or that other time on Fair Street… Good times right Ray?

By: Ball Backer

Ball Backer — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:11:57 +0000

You, Simon Simple, are one good reason why even people who back Ball are disgusted with some of the ignorant people who promote him. Get off our bandwagon.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:05:24 +0000

U know whats sad?All of you posting..probably 55, 60 years old, in your stained underwear behind a computer, living a sad life..blogging about a young man who has accomplished more in 30 years than you could ever imagine..

IE: Santos lives in a free apartment and doesn’t own a car…

Funny really.

GO BALL!!!

By: Brewster IIX

Brewster IIX — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:52:10 +0000

Come on, the book is a good idea, even if it ends up as a short story !

By: Brewster IIX

Brewster IIX — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:50:40 +0000

Witness may be a rumor but there were a bunch of Balls buddies out partying and one of them said he was with Ball when he called…so we heard. But who knows.

By: Brewster xx

Brewster xx — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:26:26 +0000

Ball’s book would be a short one, “I began as an Assemblyman and couldn’t get any further”.
The story line would be about a man who had a great opportunity but ruined himself with lies and the teenagers he hangs around with.

By: SR

SR — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:24:04 +0000

Where have witnesses been reported? All the print media has reported that Perrault was on the phone with Ball. The only assumption you can make is that her husband overheard the conversation and he is not credible because of his association. There has been no reporting of a witness on Greg’s end.

And who in their right mind would just let their enemies walk around unperturbed? Degnan and his crew have run a dirty smear campaign absent of issues and Greg has responded. Good for him.

By: Brewster IIX

Brewster IIX — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:54:53 +0000

Ball tries to take down anyone who he thinks is his enemy. It is how he operates and it gets him what he wants. We heard there are witnesses to Balls statement to this woman but with all the rumors flying around, cant believe anything anymore and as far as these blogs, people are enjoying writing what ever they can think of. Someone should write a book as Ball has political plans and this book could be the start of his political life and maybe a best seller years down the road.

By: Brewster

Brewster — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:42:55 +0000

Don’t sell Don Hall short (no pun intended), Don Hall can buy and sell most of us. Don Hall has a substantial back account. The Putnam Press is just play time for him, Don does not need the income. The fact that Don Hall funded and reported that Greg Ball had an interesting past ruinings Ball’s conspiracy theory. There was no conspiracy, just a few different people who thought Greg Ball was a bad person

By: SR

SR — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:49:45 +0000

Perrault not being a public personality does not exonerate her from lying and public scrutiny. When she went public with her lies she made herself a public figure. Her sordid past, of which I witnessed a lot of, is primo info because this is a character issue. Perrault cannot prove her claim and it was a character attack on Greg Ball to capitalize on the ex-girlfriend story. Ball’s only means of defense is to exhibit major character flaws in Perrault to discredit her. Thankfully the truth is starting to get out that Mrs. Perrault is not this perfect saint that everyone was claiming she was when the complaint first came out. She is a liar. I have seen her lie numerous times and this accusation has blown up in her and Degnan’s face.

By: don hall???

don hall??? — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:43:45 +0000

Doesn’t have the money to un cover any of this information, he was funded by someone to do so.
Because he is had the money to dig up all of this information or lack their of. Then he wouldn’t have his small time paper.

By: Brewster

Brewster — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:26:50 +0000

Don Hall, Chief Editor at the Putnam Press revealed the facts about Greg Ball and no one wants to give him credit because he is an old man running a small newspaper. Don Hall spent his money and his time to reveal the truth about Greg Ball. Others may have run with the information, but Don Hall is the man who was able to obtain much important information about Ball’s past. Ball and his people can blame others, but they know that they were exposed by Don Hall. Here is the issue, if Ball were to acknowledge that Don Hall is the person who revealed all this information then Ball’s claim of a conspiracy would prove to be false. More of the same from Ball and his people.

By: Smalltown

Smalltown — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:58:39 +0000

Perrault is not an elected official, Greg Ball is. That is why information about Greg Ball is news, Perrault is not news. Ball may(?) win his seat once again but his negatives and the public perception of him is so bad that if he ever ran for Congress he would get crushed. Ball’s small town politics will keep Ball small town.

By: Sara R.

Sara R. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:24:13 +0000

Where are the hard-hitting investigative journalists at the Journal News on these suits against Perrault? Printing her highly suspect allegations against Ball was like lobbing a stink bomb into the room and then running out. But where are they now that Perrault’s sordid history is coming to light? Why aren’t they reporting the suits against her, and digging into who put her up to smearing Ball?

Oh, wait, they won’t bother with this since they don’t like Ball. And if they do, it will be after the election, when the damage is irreversible. That’s just the state of professional journalism today, I guess.

By: J.H.

J.H. — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:20:30 +0000

$18,000 spent on that mailer…hasn’t hit yet…it is disgusting..I saw it..targeting women..and if Perrault is really a liar, like the video seems to show, this mailer is going to backfire on Leibell and Degnan big time

By: Printer

Printer — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:17:22 +0000

Word on the street is that Truth About Ball has a disgusting mailer waiting in the wings…going to hit with it last minute.

They don’t get it…this type of campaigning turns people off.

Plus, what happens if the ethics committee comes out and exonerates Ball? what do they do then?

By: Insider

Insider — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:15:38 +0000

A few funny things.

Ball never even sent out a negative mailer. He stuck to the issues. He outsmarted them, again.

They thought he was going to go nuclear on Degnan – so they went nuclear on Ball.

Thing is, they turned Ball into a martyr – the guy fighting for the people and getting attacked.

Degnan came off as a thug..his negatives are over 50%...
hahaha

By: Unions

Unions — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:02:27 +0000

The Hudson Valley Building & Trades Council includes the Asbestos Workers Local 191, Boilermakers Local 5, Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 5, Carpenters & Joiners Local 2287, Carpenters Local 19, Painters & Allied Traders District Council 9, Electrical Workers Local 363, Ironworkers Local 417, Operating Engineers Local 137, Operating Engineers Local 106, Elevator Constructors Local 138, Laborers Local 1000, Laborers Local 17, Millwrights Local 740, Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 21, Road Sprinkler Fitters Local 669, Sheetmetal Workers Local 38, Teamsters Local 445, Engineers Local 825, and Steamfitters Local 373. The NYSNA is the largest professional association for RNs with more than 36,000 registered professional nurse members throughout New York State.

They have all endorsed Ball. This is a HUGE coup…

Stick a fork in Degnan, he is done..and anyone who supports him will have the stench of failure and death on their hands..

$500k down a rat hole, a few pending smear campaign mailers and an aborted ethics committee attempt…poor santos, poor vincenzo, poor Hall…

and most of all.. Poor Degnan for being used..what a sad and angry little man

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:59:30 +0000

is it tue what has been reported that Evelyn now works for Leibell?

By: ?

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:56:23 +0000

dirty politics on both sides?

Ball didn’t run a dirty campaign…

By: brewster II

brewster II — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:20:06 +0000

It really is sad what is happening to politics in putnam county. I am disturbed by the negative campaigning of both sides, ball is a sleaze and degnan is a low life. It would be nice if both sides ran a campaign discussing issues. I will refrain from voting in this race this year, it will be my way of protesting the dirty politics. I believe both sides promote with their friends and campaign workers the concept of negative campaigning.

By: SR

SR — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:59:32 +0000

Typical for Mike Santos crowd to keep bringing up Stephens. The same Stephens who didn’t even bother to campaign, only attacked Ball’s service record, and called Brewster residents “idiots.”

The sexual harassment charge against Ball is no a fact and you know it. No one is buying it and there is no evidence. In fact there is too much evidence to refute it. But nice to see how the smear campaign works. Cry dirty politics when it is exactly Santos and Degnan’s motive from the start.

Degnan is a hack. Santos is a putz. And Brewster here is just the same stooge who changes his name regularly to slander Greg Ball.

By: Brewster

Brewster — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:54:24 +0000

I understand John Degnan is being supported by John McCain.
Greg Ball is playing offense to fight off the facts that are being told about him. What is the best way to fight off accusations about things that you have done? The best thing for a creep to do is create stories about their accusers and put them in print as much as you can. Once people start addressing your wild accusations you have been successful in diverting or redirecting the discussion.

Ball keeps pointing the finger at Senator Leibell, but it appeared to me that Don Hall from the Putnam Press was the person who was out to get him. Don Hall is personal friends with the Stephen’s family and has not forgotten how Ball went after his friend Willis Stephens.

By: SR

SR — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:28:13 +0000

Don’t waste your breath on the Mike Santos crowd. Ball came clean on his service record and his ex girlfriend yet they keep crying for more. For them it has to be a conspiracy.

Perrault’s character is a major issue because what she is claiming is heresy. There is no reporting of a witness and her goal was political and character assassination.

I have witnessed this woman accuse people of things they never did before and her personal behavior is quite similar to the behavior she cites Ball exhibits but can’t prove.

Greg has every right to destroy Perrault’s character, if she has any, because she is lying about him for political reasons.

you must realize the “Anybody but Ball” crowd leg by Mike Santos and a small group of Brewster folks need to foster these unprovable accusations because they cannot destroy Greg legally.

What is he afraid of? He’s afraid of a bunch of morons who spread lies on internet blogging sites for political gain. He has every right to defend himself and nothing he says or no matter how clean he comes out about these wild accusations will never satisfy their curiosity because his character assassination is their goal.

I have seen these folks in action. They lie without remorse or logic and hide behind veiled threats or frequently changing handles to hide their numbers. the voters spoke in the Primary that Mike Santos represents no one and that no one is buying the Perrault lies.

Heck even Mitt Romney is backing Greg Ball.