Comments on: Robertson challenging Lesnick in Yonkers

By: Disgruntled Student

Disgruntled Student — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:40:29 +0000

Mr. Fuentes, how is that new beautiful home of yours in Florida? The best things in life are free, huh?

Will you be back to steal more money from the Yonkers Public Schools?

Yonkers smelled terrible with you around (especially around Ludlow Street). Stay away.

By: Westchester News

Westchester News — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:50:26 +0000

Fernando Fuentes you sound like my kind of politician.

By: Fernando Fuentes

Fernando Fuentes — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:11:43 +0000

Time is passing! Good Bye Phil, we hate to see you go…Council President, Who knows..

Yonkers will smell like roses when Phil is gone.

Fernando Fuentes
Former 2nd District Councilperson

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:25:35 +0000

what zherka publishes is hardly a “news” paper…it is
in fact the political opinion of zherka expressed by his editor richard blassberg..who in his own right has no
claim to being a journalist..since he is active in
politics as the former campaign manager for tony castro
both times that castro lost….the opinions of blassberg
are not news….there is no objectivity in the paper
they fail to report anything negative about zherka..
including his recent arrest in mount vernon…in fact
blassberg appears to have a conspiratorial bent…from
alleging that the last da’s election was stolen to
buying into zherka’s theory that elected and appointed
officials conspired to have him arrested in mount vernon
while he was on his way to an auction…that would have
required prior knowledge on the part of the arresting officer that he was going to be late…how improbable
is that..so to answer your question the rag called
a newspaper is simply a way for zherka and blassberg
to engage in personal invective against those they
don’t care for…(how’s my spelling this time)

By: nonaubiz

nonaubiz — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:23:26 +0000

jeff

you spell like a zherka.

it’s not orchastrate
it’s orchestrate

it’s not statment
it’s statement

As for ‘invective in politics” can I assume you dislike the invective found in that “so called” newspaper that zherka publishes ?

By: jeff

jeff — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:59:53 +0000

fleming needs to stop trying to orchastrate what
happens in yonkers….he is the one who started
the zherka lawsuit….because of his original statment
on the yonkers tribune….there is no room for personal
invective in politics…so cut it out

By: yonkerscon

yonkerscon — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:17:13 +0000

Its a shame that Amicone listens to the advise of John Fleming, who doesnt even live in Yonkers-I hear that John Fleming is going around guarantee the Yonkers Republican Line to candidate-too bad he cant back up his promises-all he has done is make enemies for Amicone-Barbato, McLaughlin, Tubiolo, Esposito, Jacono-Mayor you have always impressed me as a smart, decent man-your making enemies you cant afford to have,

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:14:37 +0000

Robertson will spin around a brass pole for campaign funds?

By: jeff

jeff — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:05:07 +0000

so robertson has learned that “you need enough money
so you can define yourself”..but how about where
you get the money….does that count or do you just
decide to take it from wherever it comes

By: jeff

jeff — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:38:58 +0000

just about everyone is more qualified than robertson
can you imagine another city wide campaign where
robertson is once again tainted as the pawn of
sam zherka…I really don’t think he realizes how
badly he comes across as the result of that relationship

By: Dem supporter

Dem supporter — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:16:24 +0000

Hey GOP & Jeff, why don’t you run instead of the janitor. You both sound more qualified.

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:37:33 +0000

lesnick may have a backround academically in
public policy but he is hardly the kind of leader
that yonkers needs as city council presidents..and
to quote a more famous democrat after the failed
bay of pigs invasion JFK “I knew I shouldn’t have
trusted the experts”

By: GOP

GOP — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:26:07 +0000

Lesnick has sat idle for three years and produced nothing, you call giving out proclamation and self-promoting newletters paid for by taxpayers “public policy”...

By: Lesnick supporter

Lesnick supporter — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:20:31 +0000

Dennis Robertson has no public policy background, lacks government experience. Chuck’s record is proven he’s got a background in govt, economic development. Republican party of Yonkers might want to get some candidates and send them to Public Policy school and educate them on the how to run an effective govt before sending them out to the wolves to get slaughtered.

By: rep4

rep4 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:52:25 +0000

There are may fine republican candidates like barbato and mclaughlin for council president, tubiolo and esposito for district 4 where amicone refuses to support them and that is a shame..

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:46:45 +0000

castro blanco may be the choice of the mayor but
he is a new comer to politics who doesn’t owe anyone
anything…which you certainly can’t say about
liam…and in the last election against robertson
the mayor got over 61% of the vote….so clearly
he is popular…and that popularity hasn;t faded..
McLoughlin is Spencer and that dog won’t hunt

By: GOP

GOP — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:34:49 +0000

anyone who is effective and shows leadership makes enemies, castro-blanco is too close to amicone and so are the other respective candidates the mayor is putting up to run. If amicone wants to be the republican party chairman he should resign as mayor..

By: jeff

jeff — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:16:03 +0000

Liam does not win a general election…too many
enemies…too close to former mayor john spencer
who hired him as a “political advisor” during the
senate race….if you want a candidate to undermine
the mayor then liam is your guys..if you want
a bright man who can work with the mayor as well
as have an independent point of view…castro blanco
is your guy….

By: GOP

GOP — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:20:31 +0000

Its clear that amicone is making a power grab on the city council, by supporting candidates who will carry his water, the legislative branch should be the checks and balances in city gov’t not a rubber stamp…

By: GOP

GOP — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:13:03 +0000

Republican Minority Leader Liam Mclaughlin should run for city council president he is liked by rank and file republicans and he has shown true leadership..

By: THE CONSULTANT

THE CONSULTANT — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:27:41 +0000

watch out for robertson to steal the independence
line due to his close connection to zherka and his
connection to cavalo….that will leave lesnick in
the position of looking like the weaker candidate
in the general…but robertson will not beat lesnick
in the primary..and in the general election the ind
line will help robertson siphon off enough democratic
votes to split democrtats so castro blanco can drive
a truck through the hole

By: nonaubiz

nonaubiz — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:44:14 +0000

Robertson is lucky he got to be a head janitor. If he thinks he is going to get a better job than that he’s nuts.

By: rjb

rjb — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:49:40 +0000

Robertson will get crushed, he travels with the wrong crowd and people know it. Lesnick is a nice person who really cares about the people he represents, he may not be flashy but he is effective.

By: JEFF

JEFF — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:01:37 +0000

The person who will still be defining robertson
is his benefactor sam zherka