Rivers says Democratic slate “in trouble”
Mount Vernon City Council hopeful Samuel Rivers claimed he has filed more than twice the number of petitions than the entire Democratic party slate, and will make that announcement at a press conference tomorrow in front of the county Board of Elections at 11 a.m. Today was the last day for filing petitions at the county Board of Elections for the ‘09 primary.
Legal challenges to petitions are expected tomorrow. Democratic candidates need a minimum of 1,323 valid signatures from registered Democrats who live in the city to run in primary. City judge, city comptroller and four council seats are at stake.
In a press release, Rivers said the Mount Vernon Democratic party was “in trouble” and warned of a party coup. “I intend to re-organize the Mt Vernon Democratic Committee, and possibly organize a coup and take it over,” he wrote.
Rivers repeated his contention that the city’s Democratic committee was wrong in endorsing former Republican Janet DiFiore for county district attorney. Rivers is aligned with Tony Castro, who is challenging DiFiore for the seat.
Stay tuned for more campaign news.
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Rivers is aligned with tony castro..and tony castro is
aligned with sam zherka…in fact sam zherka was seen
accompanying tony castro to file his petitions at the
board of elections on thursday..looks like in addition
to being a bad candidate, castro has no judgment either