Updated: Borkowski dismisses plagiarism counter-claim by Katz in 99th AD race
Plagiarism charges continue to fly in the 99th Assembly District race.
Just a few days after nominee Jim Borkowski, R-Southeast, called on likely primary opponent Steve Katz of Yorktown to step down over campaign website content that resembled an online editorial, the Katz camp is firing back.
His campaign points to extended passages on Borkowski’s website that resemble or outright mirror those from the campaign website of upstate Republican Assembly candidate Ken Blankenbush
Blankenbush is running to succeed Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, who is not seeking reelection following her high-profile but unsuccessful bid last fall for New York’s 23rd Congressional District seat.
Blankenbush did not respond to requests today for comment. Borkowski asked to review the allegations before commenting.
UPDATED: See Borkowski’s comments (2nd update: and a comment from the Katz campaign) late this afternoon as well as Katz’s allegations in detail, after the jump.
In one instance, Borkowski’s site contains the following paragraphs on education reform that differ by only a few words (bolded in the second paragraph) with passages found at Blankenbush’s website as well as a press release he issued that ran at the Watertown Daily Times political blog on June 24.
A NEW CONTRACT FOR EDUCATIONT.E.A.C.H. (Train Educators According to Competitive Hallmarks) – Standardization of education means finding and promoting the best teachers our schools offer. The path forward requires merit pay for teacher performance, continuing education, and replacing tenure with a truly competitive system.
Educational Innovation – Too often, retirees and experienced professionals are turned away from teaching positions because of arbitrary certification standards. Real experience translates into real success in the classroom. I will lead efforts to have the Legislature lobby the State Department of Education to immediately pursue an adjunct educator program in kindergarten through 12th grade.
A few other similarities between the two candidates’ sites and the press release are not quite as obvious.
For instance, sentences found at both sites under the heading Property Tax Cap are nearly identical. And both Blankenbush’s site and his published release list categories of reform titled Spending Cap, Property Tax Cap and Debt Freedom Act, and each is followed by similar though not identical phrasing to the same items at Borkowski’s site.
Lastly, a section on election reform at Borkowski’s site contains a sentence — “This encourages fresh thinking and eliminates career politicians.” — that also appears at Blankenbush’s campaign site and in his published press release under the heading Term Limits.
Earlier this week, Borkowski called on Katz to step down from the race after The Journal News published an article in which Putnam Democratic Chairwoman Lynn Eckardt cited similarities between Katz’s website and a March 7 opinion piece published online by Crain’s New York Business.
And earlier this spring, departed Peekskilll Democratic Chairman Darren Rigger accused Yorktown Councilman Nick Bianco, then a candidate for the Republican nomination, of of submitting an op/ed on health-care reform that Rigger said was condensed from financial adviser and radio host Ric Edelman’s newsletter.
Bianco denied the charge. Unlike Katz, he dropped out of the race after Borkowski won the nomination.
Borkowski responds
Asked about the striking similarities between some of his materials and Blankenship’s, Borkowski said he prepared his own campaign materials himself and spent a great deal of time and thought on research and meeting with elected officials and voters.
He said he relied on the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee, which he said serves as a “sounding board” for candidates. He said he has never met Blankenbush.
“The positions I take are my own positions,” Borkowski said. “RACC assisted me in preparing my platform.”
Borkowski said what Katz did with was to steal language from a for-profit publication, pass it off as his own and then blamed an unnamed staffer.
“To my mind, if a candidate doesn’t think the issues are important enough to think about for himself he’s not prepared to run for office,” he said.
Katz campaign spokesman Bill Bongiorno said Katz’s only motivation in this race is to help solve the problems facing New York State and that he thinks the facts should come out about the candidates so the people can decide.
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Blankenbush and Borkowski are both clearly being supported by the Assembly Republicans so that would explain the platform similarities. I hardly consider this a case of plagiarizing. Perhaps its ideologically lazy, but plagiarizing it is not.
Katz, on the other hand, purloined whole passages from an online newspaper article and inserted them without attribution into his platform as if he had written it himself.
It would almost be a certainty that Albany would condone Borkowski’s and Blankenbush’s use of their platform. In fact, they probably encourage it.
WOW! Bianco copies page, Katz copies two sentences, Borkowski copies ten paragraph; Slick Nick, Copy Katz and Judge Dredd! I wonder what paid Borkowksi consultant Mike Edelman will have to say when we replace Katz with Borkowski:
“mr borkowksi should bow out of the race..there is simply noexcuse for having stolen positions from someone elseand adopting them as your own…word for word…its clear
that Borkowski hasn’t got the judgment to understand that his answer should have displayed more humility instead of
blaming someone else. that in itself is a character flaw
plenty of people want to run for office..that means
1. he’s lazy or reckless
2. he didn’t review his own website material
3. he would be a horrible legislator because given the above he wouldn’t bother to read the bill
4. he is clearly running to salve his own ego not because
he wants to serve the public”
Within the collegiate academia in which I participated, the “joke” going around was “Copy from one, it’s plagiarism. Copy from two, it’s research.” Plagiarize or perish.
why was the original bianco or katz story news-worthy and why is this story considered news-worthy? the journal news must really be hard up.
“RACC assisted me in preparing my platform”, says Borkowski.
And this is the guy who’s his own man? This is the guy with maturity and good judgement? Borkowski claims he’s the one who represents the working guy, the common man? Yet the political machine is writing his platforms for him??
How about some ORIGINAL IDEAS?
This is exactly what we DON’T needs: another Albany insider.
That’s what happens when somebody runs for office who craves power too much, as Borkowski clearly does.
I thought something was strange when I received Borkowski’s mailer the other day (where he calls himself Judge), and today I received Mary Beth Murphy, and it was clear they were written and prepared by the same person or company.
Notice how James Borkowski hasn’t bragged about his close relationship with Senator Vinny Leibell? Notice with 2 months to election day, Borkowski and Leibell haven’t done joint anythings together? Even though Leibell is the one who got Borkowski all those little blank proxies at the GOP convention (the same convention where Borkowski claims he recieved “overwhelming support”). And Borkowski had been begging, begging and begging Leibell to support him for something, ANYTHING, because Borkowski really needs a job.
Why doesn’t Borkowski come clean and tell everyone about his relationship with and sponsorship by Vinny Leibell? Why is it that Borkowski has been actually trying to distance himself from Leibell? (an impossible task, by the way).
When Katz calls on Borkowski to release the results of the investigation by the Commission on Judicial Ethics, will Borkowski do it? Or will Borkowski just keep lying and saying he resigned from the town court without any investigation? If Borkowski is going to keep identifying himself as JUDGE, then he needs to come clean about his conduct as JUDGE.
And Jim, how’s that CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT coming, by the way?
For Borkowski to blame this on RACC shows how much of an Albany insider Borkowski will really be if elected (heaven forbid!)
Borkowksi was never a Judge. He was a Town Justice. The term is “Justice Borkowski.” The phrase Judge is pejorative.
ARTICLE 3
TOWN OFFICERS, POWERS, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION
§ 20. Town officers. Every town of the first class shall have a supervisor, four town councilmen, unless the number of councilmen shall have been increased to six or decreased to two as provided by this chapter, a town clerk, two town justices, a town superintendent of
highways, one assessor, a receiver of taxes and assessments, as many town policemen and such other employees as the town board may determine necessary for the proper conduct of the affairs of the town. The
supervisor, town councilmen, town clerk, town justices, town superintendent of highways and receiver of taxes and assessments in every such town shall be elective. All other officers and employees in such a town shall be appointed by the town board, except as otherwise
provided by law.
“To see where I stand, I invite you to peruse my website jimborkowski.com and click on the “Issues” section. Some of the site is still under construction, but the issues section was given priority. I spent a great deal of time and thought writing this. My stances and proposals are specific.
Jim Borkowski”
Re-written as:
“To see where I stand, I invite you to peruse my website jimborkowski.com and click on the “Issues” section. Some of the site is still under construction, but the issues section was copied entirely from some place I thought you’d never find it. My fat assistant spent no time whatsoever writing this. My stances and proposals are so nonspecific that if you ask me what ‘Train Educators According to Competitive Hallmarks’ means, I’ll have no idea. That’s why RACC’s best operatives refuse to help me.
Jim Borkowski”
there is a difference between lifting word for word
from Crane’s New York and adopting language from a
party platform who has chosen you to be its candidate.
and here is the difference..Crane’s is a private for
profit business journal which did NOT give Katz permission
to use its language word for word…the Republican
Assembly Committee is specifically in the business of
assisting its candidates…whether or not the candidate
chooses to adopt the RACC position in its entirety or
simply to paraprase it..it is TOTALLY WITH THE PERMISSION
AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF RACC..unlike dr katz who in fact
plagerized the material for his website
as for Borkowski using the title JUDGE.it is in fact totally
within the guidelines of the ethics rulings on the subject
in fact SUPREME COURT JUSTICES..ARE JUSTICES AS WELL
ARE YOU SUGGESTING THEY NOT BE ADDRESSED AS JUDGE..
all through the sheriff’s race last year JIM used judge
and it was never an issue..the katz supporters who think
it is better go back to the drawing boards and get a little
more educated on the use of the term Judge applies to
any elected of appointed official acting in the capacity
of a judge or justice…supreme county family courts and
and local courts as well…city court judges are judges
by name..and village justice court judges are justices
by name but they have the same jurisdiction, the same
legal responsibilities and they both may be addressed
as Judge…
“RACC” and “a recent quote” have got this right! Both Borkowski and his plump assistant need a job and their Uncle Vinny is making it happen for them. Remember Robby Boy (former Ball chief of staff) was singing like a bird for Vinny Leibell for a few bucks in his attempt to kill Ball in the Degnan race.
Robby makes Benedict Arnold look like an honest man. So this is the kind of person Borkowski has as his chief adviser. Some judgment you have Jim Borkowski or should I say Judge Borkowski?
If Katz wants to win this he needs to pull back the veil on Judge Jim. Behind the handsome smile is a man of low moral character, who will do anything, say anything to get elected to anything. First Sheriff, then Senate and now Assembly.
Dr Katz let those “hard core” prime Republican voters in Putnam know that in the Sheriffs race Borkowski begged for the support of the Working Families Party with their close ties to ACORN. Check the back issues of the Putnam County Courier.
We need some fresh honest leadership in Albany not another political wannabee like Jim Borkowski!
this race is not about rob defrancesco who is a young
guy who likes working in political campaigns..this is
about who can best represent the people of the assembly
district…you clearly have some sort of agenda because
you appear to know who is runnng whose campaigns..but
taxpayers aren’t interested in inside baseball or your
personal grudges..they will assess the merits of the
candidates without judging the people who work on the
campaigns..but here is a character difference.Katz’s
response to the plagerism issue was to blame the kid
who did the website…borkowski was man enough to
acknowledge he was using RACC research and didn’t blame
someone else..that makes Katz a blame assignor…and
borkowski a candidate with conviction
Sorry Jeff but that innocent “young guy who likes to work on campaigns” nonsense expired a very long time ago. DiFrancesco, while working for Greg Ball as Chief of Staff, was sending the Leibell camp sensitive and private information from Greg Ball’s private computer, and he was doing this all behind Ball’s back for many months. Ball has all the e-mails and has presented them in powerpoint presentations. This is treason and treacherous no matter how many insults you want to sling against Ball. Try to dismiss it by calling Ball names…that seems to be the only desperate thing you guys have available to you. All the garbage people writing about the FBI seizing Greg Ball’s computer….yes, they are absolutely right. The FBI DID seize Greg Ball’s computer, as a result of what DiFrancesco was doing to Greg Ball. You’re right…..fat Rob makes Benedict Arnold look like a loyal friend. DiFrancesco running Borkowski’s campaign is a decision that Borkowski made, and is an insight into what kind of insider Borkowski is. Bought and paid for by Vinny Leibell. The same Vinny Leibell we’ve been reading so much about lately. That much is clear and known. Borkowski and DiFrancesco, they both need jobs badly, and this is Leibell’s way of trying to provide them. The only problem is that Leibell will soon be in a position to not be able do a thing for anyone, not even himself. Both Borkowski and Murphy will be fish with no water to swim in. No assets. No money. No resources. No army. Nothing.
I actually heard something about DiFrancesco and Borkowski about three weeks ago, from a reporter. But nothing happened yet so I don’t want to say anything.
As far as that “JUDGE” Borkowski moniker, he needs to get over himself. “JUDGE” Borkowski is getting sued in federal court for $14 million for his performance as JUDGE in Southeast. If Borkowski wants to derive the benefit of calling himself JUDGE, then he is going to be called on by Steve Katz to release the findings of the investigation by the Judicial Commission. I don’t know why Borkowski continues to play this insanity that nothing happened and that all is well; every lawyer in this town knows all about it, and many other people as well. And that’s the least of his problems. The Katz campaign has done its homework and has the ability to deliver. There is a lot that Bork doesn’t want to admit to but soon will have no choice.
“I actually heard something about DiFrancesco and Borkowski about three weeks ago, from a reporter. But nothing happened yet so I don’t want to say anything.”
The above statement is ridiculous. If you don’t put up then shut up!
“Vote Katz” is dead on in his assessment! How does the expression go “show me who your friends are and I will know who you are.” Judge Jim’s choices and actions say more about his character than words. He will sell his soul for any elected office, pretty sad. As for “Jeffery” when you let a kid like Robby boy lead you by the nose what does that say about his leadership ability.. his maturity…his character?
Enough said..Yes this is all inside the ballpark stuff and voters are pretty much clueless that is why Albany is the mess that it is. Losers and wannabe’s keep getting elected!
Sorry, MORE NONSENSE, but I’m not going to be writing about something that hasn’t happened yet. Only about things that DID happen and only about things I know for sure.
I ran into a reporter about 3 weeks ago, and he was talking about something else, the reporter out of nowhere asked me if I heard about “something” happening with Borkowski and DiFrancesco. He obviously knew a lot. But I’m not gonna talk about anything if nothing has happened yet. So that’s my version of shutting up!
you are all engaged in “inside” baseball stuff of which
the public has little interest…clearly there are political
agenda’s at play here but borkowski is the republican
nominee and has the support of the party..so Katz’s chances
in a primary are slim to none and none left town…in addition it is doubtful that Katz can even qualify to
run in a primary….given new york states’ arcane petitioning laws..but assuming Katz does..he has zero
name id…and borkowski has high name id that is positive
as the result of his run against the sheriff.as for rob
defrancesco…this continuing harrangue about what he
supposedly did when he worked for ball is also something
voters don’t care about…let dr katz campaign against
the campaign manager…a guy by the name of joel arnou
once tried that for da…it didn’t play so well
Katz from what I’m told has a strong bank account to commit to this race. Borkowski has Leibell behind him, which up until recently was supposed to be a positive. We’ll see how that plays out. If Leibell takes a fall, and by all accounts it appears he will, then it shouldn’t hurt Borkowski at all if he plays it right.
I, too, heard about some problems may be upcoming for Borkowski and DiFrancesco.
The numbers have been posted here before, Borkowski polled worse then John Degnan during his Sheriff’s race in 2009 in Carmel, Patterson and Southeast. So to say that he has a high name ID when he drew less votes than John Degnan is not really accurate, or, the name ID is negative.
Borkowski has more or less the same name recognition than Katz in the rest of the district which is Dutchess and Westchester. Katz has already sent five mail pieces, Borkowski sent one (and put the stripes in the American flag in black/white, which I found to be in poor taste).
Katz started the race with $150,000 so the small advantage Borkowski had in name recognition is erased by Katz’s ability go mail and go on TV.
John Degnan and The Truth About Greg Ball spent $750,000 on that primary, I don’t think Borkowski is going to be able to get that kind of money from Leibell this go-round.
Katz also has the endorsement of the Independence Party and will probably wage a successful opportunity ballot for the Conservative line as the “tea party” candidate and since the Dutchess and Westchester Conservative parties will not help anyone associated with Leibell.
In the past primary elections in Putnam for Ball, and Ball’s candidates in local elections, they poll at 60-70%, the question will be is how much support will Ball really put behind Katz, will he have access to Ball’s donors, volunteer base, etc. Obviously if the answer is yes, then Katz will win easily. If Ball hesitates to focus on his own race, then I think the race will be very close.
Putnam outvotes Dutchess and Westchester 2:1 in these primary elections, even though it makes up less than half of the district, so whoever spends the most time in Putnam will win.
Katz has the advantage of being from the Mohegan Lake/Jefferson Valley/Lake Mahopac/Baldwin Place/Heritage Hills area which has the biggest Republican margins, which is also home to Don Smith, who is no friend of Borkowski. Smith polled 80% in most of Carmel, and will probably campaign hard against Borkowski.
I saw Borkowski outside the A&P a couple of times, Katz knocked on my door in Peach Lake, they’re both going through the motions and I think Mike Edelman is correct when he states that people don’t really care who someone’s campaign manager is and what they’ve been accused of. That may cost Borkowksi in some circles, but not with the voters.
I for one would like to see a campaign based on the issues for a change, both Katz and Borkowski have stuck to that so far until Borkowski came out with this ridiculous claim for Katz to step aside (which was made even more ridiculous when it turned out his entire platform came from RACC, although not their mailing permit – why?) and I hope going forward this race will be a positive one since we can expect non stop negativity in the Murphy/Ball/Kaplowitz and the Hall/Hayworth races – but I’m not holding my breathe.
just one comment to the person who implied there was
an ethics issue with borkowski…in point of fact he
recused himself…ie took no part in the decision ..so
the lawsuit is bogus and so is the implication
“In point of fact”, huh?
There are going to be numerous “ethics issues” pointed out with borkowski over the coming weeks. None of which he’ll be able to refute. He’ll just start screaming and calling names.
Tell borkowski to release the results of the judicial ethics investigation from 2008. There’s no implication there, but a real investigation that borkowski is not going to be able to refute. Along with several other issues.
Just a point of fact.
Is the guy Borkowski plagiarized from named Blankenbush or Blankenship? The article spells it differently several times so its hard to tell. Also “issues” is spelled wrong by the mouthpiece for Mr. Katz.
TO POINT OF FACT…BORKOWSKI RECUSED HIMSELF IN THE
CASE…WHAT MORE WOULD YOU LIKE A JUDGE TO DO..
Assembly hopefuls hit notes of deja vu
2 IN GOP: Blankenbush, downstater draw ideas from the same source
By JUDE SEYMOUR
TIMES STAFF WRITER
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2010
Two Republican Assembly candidates — one from here and the second downstate — have touted plans to fix New York that are, in a dozen instances, exactly alike.
With neither alleging plagiarism by the other, it appears both Kenneth D. Blankenbush and Jim Borkowski took statements created by the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee and released them without changes.
Mr. Blankenbush, Black River, said his “True North” plan, released June 24, was an amalgamation of ideas from several sources.
“I listed a lot of the things that bothered me that I would want to put in a platform,” the Jefferson County Legislature chairman said. “Then I talked to a lot of people: neighbors of mine, my friends, small-business people. And I had some meetings with farmers, meetings with local Republicans and the Assembly Republicans that I talk to.”
The 122nd Assembly District candidate said he was given about 10 pages of ideas from “Assembly Republicans” and added: “I’ve used some of their wording, the ones that I’ve agreed with.”
Mr. Blankenbush said he doesn’t know Mr. Borkowski or “where he got all of his information, but it must have been from the same place.”
Mr. Borkowski, who is looking to represent Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties in the Assembly, reportedly released his plan via his campaign website Friday.
The two candidates made identical statements on a state spending cap and how to take votes on future debts, creating greater oversight of state agencies and authorities, unfunded mandate reform, denying state pensions to convicted felons, requiring legislators to disclose outside income, instituting term limits, calling for special elections within 100 days of vacancies and consolidating the state’s economic development plans. They also held a nearly identical position on a state property tax cap. Mr. Blankenbush called for the annual increase not to exceed 2 percent or the rate of inflation, while Mr. Borkowski offered 2.5 percent.
Mr. Borkowski told The Journal News that he prepared the plan himself after consultation with elected officials and voters.
“He said he relied on the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee, which he said serves as a ‘sounding board’ for candidates,” the paper wrote on its Politics on the Hudson blog. ”’The positions I take are my own positions,’ Borkowski said. ‘RACC assisted me in preparing my platform.’”
Mr. Blankenbush included ideas in his plan that Mr. Borkowski did not. The north country candidate had five ideas to “cultivate New York’s family farms,” an issue with greater priority in the district here than the one Mr. Borkowski hopes to represent.
Mr. Blankenbush also included proposals to withhold a Miranda warning to terrorism suspects, protect Second Amendment rights and institute tort reform.
What did you expect from a guy who got all his Republican convention votes not from true, grass roots support but rather from Ray Ray making phone calls non-stop for four days, getting blank proxies from the Putnam committee members, most of whom owe Uncle Vinny for their jobs? Ray Ray gets all these blank proxies from dozens of committee members, Ray Ray writes in the name “BORKOWSKI” on all of them, and Borkowski gets the most votes. Then Borkowski claims he’s the “overwhelming choice” of the GOP? How phony can this be? And he calls on Steve Katz to not run because of it?
Let me tell you something about the Katz campaign. Katz has by far the most money, the most resources, the stronger team, and far less negatives. Most importantly, Steve Katz has no association or link to Senator Leibell, whereas Borkowski is joined at the hip with Leibell. Gonna be interesting to see how this and the Mary Beth Murphy elections play out when the federal hammer drops.
Don’t know Katz, but know a good Katz joke: What has four legs and follows Katz? Mrs. Katz and her attorney. :< )
Following up on yesterday’s front page Watertown Daily Times story, this editorial was published today. I wonder if the Journal News plans their own editorial on Mr. Borkowski’s plagiarism?
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Group think
Candidates should chart their own course
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010
Two Republican candidates for Assembly, one local, another from downstate, appear to be working from the same playbook.
Kenneth D. Blankenbush of Black River, a candidate for the 122nd Assembly District, has expressed many of the same ideas for governing as Jim Borkowski, who seeks to represent Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties.
The two hopefuls seem to agree completely on a number of issues — a state spending cap, voting on future debts, oversight of state entities, unfunded mandate reform, term limits, and the list goes on.
Although the two candidates do not know one another, their campaign materials express many of the same ideas and even use similar wording, identical in some cases.
The playbook is being written by the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee (RACC). Even though both candidates said they formed their ideas through conversations with citizens and friends, meetings with party members and elected officials, and assistance from the RACC, their reliance on the latter appears to be excessive.
Voters are not looking for candidates who will repeat the party line, embrace the party’s solutions and adopt a party committee’s ideas as their plan for governing.
People who seek elective office need to think independently, study the issues critically, draw their own conclusions and prepare their unique plans for governing.
Consult with all knowledgeable parties, by all means. But candidates should resist attempts by Republican or Democratic conclaves to co-opt them, dictate the election agenda and provide answers for the party slate to parrot.
Voters are looking for independent-minded leaders who will bring fresh ideas and solutions to the many challenges facing this state. To reform state government, original thinking will be required.
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And there you have it!
It’s almost comical, both Mr. Borkowski and Mr. Blankenbush claim that RACC wrote their platforms after they consulted with local residents. In fact, the answers they gave for the various media inquiries about consulting with local residents were almost identical. I wonder if RACC also wrote their answers to the media for them? Is that why Mr. Borkowski had to call back the reporter before he could answer the allegations that (even though he “consulted with local residents”) his ENTIRE platform was someone else’s?
It seems Borkowski should have checked his own closet before trying to expose someone else’s.
Today I received an EXCELLENT piece of mail from Steve Katz. Pro-gun, pro-life, pro-lower taxes, all pre-dating his run for office. Sincerity, in other words. The real deal. He pointed out that Borkowski last year in the sheriff race accepted and ran on the Working Families Party line, and also pointed out everything the Working Families Party stands for.
The WORKING FAMILIES PARTY ENDORSED JAMES BORKOWSKI. He knew what their platform was when he graciously accepted their nomination (an endorsement arranged by fat Rob DiFrancesco who incidently, along with Borkowski, I hear may be in a bit of trouble).
Borkowski (R, WFP) can’t dismiss the endorsement of THE WORKING FAMILIES PARTY. Conservative Republicans won’t allow it.
Its more than just Don Smith that has an axe to grind. I also recall the judicial investigation from last year pertaining to an abortive run for County Court Judge. Its not this $14 million civil suit.
Borkowski.. Lolz
Soon Jim Borkowski will be Putnam County Executive..then we will see who has the last laugh
well he can try. he has ran for every other position in Putnam County. he was hand picked by Lie-bell to run for the positions below.
district attorney
state assembly
sheriff
town judge
state senate
he is finished. he has burned to many bridges.
by the way Jim B is a good old boy from the bankrupt, corrupt Southeast Republican Committee.
he’s a total joke…thanks for the laugh…he’s forever stained with LEIBELL’s corruption….not to mention his own integrity troubles..
he should join the MEO campaign….everyone else has..
Matty…to be fair leibell didn’t support Borkrowski for district attorney, not even close, Mr. Senator Leibell smelled judge judy’s money from 10 miles away and saw a fat opportunity to make some cash off Adam Levy, I think Borkrowski was going to run for DA & maybe someone else too, then we have an agreement between Levy and Leibell chief of staff McGuire for a $75,000 consulting contract, and suddenly the DA race was uncontested. anyone who thinks that’s not what happened, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I’d love to sell you, Levy has lost a lot of freinds this past 3-4 years due to the way he’s conducted himself in office, & he knows itBorkrowski should have run anyway, he should run for DA when Levy is up for re-election, i think this year. Tell him, I walked away once, I’m not doing it again.
“well he (Borkowski) can try. He’s run for every other position in Putnam County”.
LOL
Odell agreed. “Jim Borkowski clearly wants to hold public office,” she said. “Obviously, this year he couldn’t make up his mind what he wants to do.” Odell suggested that instead of seeking political office, Borkowski instead start his own reality TV show, the “Real Candidates of Putnam County,” in which he can run for multiple offices.
– Putnam County Courier, 5/13/10.
possibly the greatest quote ever
Run Jim Run
Muchos Gracias for your blog post.Really looking forward to read more. Want more.
“Run Jim run”?????
i thought Katz’s “big announcement” was today? I guess his wife ordered him to stay home today.
seriously is Katz running for senate, or not? I read many of these posting from 18 months back. Vinny Leibell and Ray Maguire are both in federal prison.
@Tibor RU just jealous because Katz’ wife is smokin hot? Thought so.
I don’t know if she’s smoking hot but I’d say his wife is smoking SOMETHING if she’s making her husband Steve Katz run against Greg Ball.
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