Monday Endorsements: David O’B. Martin, One Nation

October 26, 2009 | Watertown Daily Times

By Jude Seymour

Former Rep. David O’Brien Martin, a St. Lawrence County native who preceded Rep. John McHugh as Congressman for most of what is now the 23rd Congressional District, endorsed Dede Scozzafava Monday.

Mr. Martin represented the old 30th Congressional District from 1981 to 1983, and the old 26th Congressional District from 1983 to 1993.

“As the old saying goes, all politics is local, and the candidate with the most experience and understanding of issues important to the district is the candidate best suited to represent this area in Congress,” said the former congressman in a statement. “After serving in Congress for more than a decade, I know that your number one priority must be your district and your constituency, not the talking heads circuit on cable television. Having the endorsement of big names from Washington is fine, but if you can’t articulate the most basic needs of the constituents of the 23rd District, you have no business running for this congressional seat.”

“From the three candidates in this race, the only one with a record of getting things done for her community is Dede Scozzafava. I can say with certainty that Dede has a better understanding of this district than either of her opponents. Dede is unequivocally the most qualified candidate in this race and I endorse her wholeheartedly.

“It is also important to note that Republican Leader Boehner has pledged to secure Dede a seat on the House Armed Services Committee. From that important vantage point she will be able to look after the needs of Fort Drum and our soldiers. That is very important to the 10th Mountain Division, our national security and, of course, to the economy of the north country.” he concluded.

One Nation PAC, a conservative political action committee, endorsed Doug Hoffman.

The group supports candidates who will advocate for lower taxes, limited government, strong national defense, energy independence, common sense healthcare, environmental conservation, superior education, and family values.

“Winning this seat will be the beginnings of the conservative comeback in Congress. With just one year to go until the November 2010 congressional elections, a victory will show that conservative values and strong leadership matter to the American people,” said Kelly S. Eustis, executive director of One Nation PAC. Mr. Eustis attended college at SUNY Potsdam from 2005 to 2007.

“The choice is clear,” said the executive director said in a statement. “A conservative leader that represents the values of the North Country, or choosing between a left-wing Republican and ‘Nancy Pelosi’ Democrat who share the same liberal views of being pro-choice, anti-traditional marriage, higher taxes, big labor, and socialized healthcare.”

Mr. Hoffman also announced endorsements from 10 Republican leaders across the district. They include:

* Bob Dugan, who the campaign said resigned today as first vice chairman of the Fulton County Republican Committee
* Mark Flack, a Franklin County GOP committeeman
* Mary Ashley Carroll, former St. Lawrence County Republican committeewoman
* William Eschler, Fulton County clerk, county Republican committeeman
* Al Bohn, former Fulton County treasurerRichard Simpson, Lee Town GOP committee
* Lucien Leroux, Franklin County Republican committee, Fort Covington GOP chair
* Mark J. Wells, Fort Covington GOP committee
* Joe Spadaro, Harrietstown GOP chairman
* June Iby, Westville GOP committeewoman

Mr. Dugan, Mayfield and Mr. Flack Wells, Fort Covington, are serving as co-chairmen of Republican Officials for Doug Hoffman.

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D.A. Kevin Kortright shamed in the press

Once again, incumbent Washington County District Attorney Kevin Kortright has been publicly declared a failure and incompetent in the Post-Star newspaper.  This time it wasn’t about him dropping the ball on some important prosecution, it was a slaying piece concerning his re-election campaign practices at the Washington County Fair.

Up until this point his campaign, or lack thereof, has barely made an impact during this Republican primary race. If it wasn’t for the Washington County Republican Committee strong-arming its committeemen, he would barely have a chance, so  it’s surprising his first real efforts of trying to get his name out there in an election — which is only weeks away — could turn so negatively against him.  He even made flyers with the wrong times to vote!  Kortright’s campaign is reflective of his mentality and work ethic during his term in office as District Attorney.

Robert Winn, who is challenging Kevin Kortright for the Republican ballot line on September 15th, has received the Conservative Party endorsement and is receiving tremendous growing support for his campaign.  Winn was District Attorney for 16 years until 2005 and has a record of proven fairness and integrity while the lead prosecutor for Washington County.  Winn proscuted high profile murder cases and established programs for the county, including a domestic violence program and a victim’s advocate program.

In comparison of both candidates, you can see a stark difference in the quality and competency of who is currently in office and who should actually be in office.

Here are some excerpts of the news article titled “Opponent cries foul at Kortright campaign” from the Post-Star’s August 26th issue:

“Washington County District Attorney Kevin Kortright’s decision to spend a week campaigning at the Washington County Fair has his opponent questioning whether he is violating an ethical rule for prosecutors.

Former District Attorney Robert Winn said he believes Kortright is violating an ethical guideline of the New York State District Attorneys Association that prosecutors should not “engage in any political activity during normal business hours.”

He said Kortright is creating a bad appearance by spending a week of workdays at the fair, which could undermine confidence in the district attorney’s office and which “offends the public’s sensibilities.”

Kortright said he saw nothing wrong with his decision to campaign at the fair.”

And here’s another great snippet of Kortright being proven wrong again:

“Kortright said he believes the district attorney’s association rules on political activity pertain to prosecutors assisting other candidates’ campaigns, not their own.

That prompted Winn to say he has a video of Kortright at a weekday campaign rally for Assemblyman James Tedisco during Tedisco’s failed bid for the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this year. Kortright said he took compensatory time that day to attend the rally.”

Want to see the video of D.A. Kevin Kortright mingling with politicos during office hours at the Jim Tedisco for Congress rally?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ8vbJfHBvI

Must be nice to be paid $120,000 a year to be the “no-show D.A.”  Makes one wonder: does he take a county car while out-and-about?  What else has he done to cause the D.A.’s office to go vastly over-budget at the taxpayers expense?

Check out Lloyd Marcus’ new song!

Check out black conservative singer and songwriter Lloyd Marcus’ new song, “We the People”!

Lloyd was a huge part of the Our Country Deserves PAC “Stop Obama Tour” during fall 2008 and is a major player in the “tea party” movement.

Here’s Lloyd’s post about the success of “We the People” (http://www.lloydmarcus.com/?p=377):

“Hi Folks, Just want to give a shout out, great big, THANK YOU to ALL who helped to make the debut of my new Tea Party Unity song, WE THE PEOPLE a huge hit yesterday! No man is an island and the release could not have been successful without you. You guys ROCK!

To all the bloggers, Man, you guys are powerful! You embraced my first song, “American Tea Party Anthem” and made it a hit. Thanks for taking “WE THE PEOPLE” under your wings.

I also wish to thank the geniuses at Our Country Deserves Better PAC. Last year, I had the honor of being a part of the team on their national “Stop Obama” tour. They have a great team including brilliant strategist, Joe Wierzbicki and young internet wiz Kelly Eustis. BTW, Kelly has the coolest hair in politics.

I’ve been blessed with so many friends in our awesome movement. I don’t want to begin naming too many names because I KNOW I will leave out someone. Again, I thank ALL of my fellow patriots from the bottom of my heart! Let’s Roll Folks, we’ve got a country to rescue…AMERICA!

View WE THE PEOPLE: http://www.Youtube.com/LloydMarcususa“

Murphy already a target of conservative PAC

May 6, 2009 | The Post-Star – “All Politics is Local”

By Maury Thompson

Anyone out there experiencing 20th Congressional District campaign withdrawal?

Take heart — the next round of political jousting is already in the works.

Our Country Deserves Better, a conservative political action committee, announced Wednesday it has scheduled a rally at 5 p.m. Sept. 10 in Albany to target new U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls.

The rally will be a stop on a cross country “Tea Party Express” tour from August 28-Sept. 12.

“It will be a two-week long tour targeting politically vulnerable tax-and-spend liberals across the country,” said Kelly Eustis, a spokesman for the California-based organization.

Murphy took office last week, after winning the March 31 special election for the 20th Congressional District seat vacated when Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Greenport, was appointed to the U.S. Senate.

Murphy won by just over 50 percent of the vote against Republican James Tedisco, a state Assemblyman from Glenville.

Our Country Deserves Better PAC ran radio and television commercials targeting Murphy and supporting Tedisco during the special election campaign.

Murphy is expected to run for re-election in 2010.

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Eusatrix Designs District Attorney Campaign Website

April 27, 2009

Argyle, NY — Eusatrix Corporation, a strategic public relations and political consulting firm based in Washington County, New York, was contracted to design and maintain attorney Robert M. Winn’s campaign website for Washington County District Attorney. The website is available at www.WinnForDistrictAttorney.com.

Robert Winn was originally elected District Attorney for Washington County in 1989 and served until 2005.  During his initial terms in office, Winn handled some of the most significant and historical prosecutions in Washington County history, including the prosecutions of convicted murderers David Pope, Everett Corey, James Jordan, Colin Murphy, William Burdick, and Frederick Wiedl.  Winn also established new programs for the District Attorney’s Office, including a Domestic Violence Program, a Victim Advocate’s Program and the computerization of the District Attorney’s Office.

Winn indicated that he hopes that this campaign will be an opportunity to present plans and initiatives to improve the criminal justice system for Washington County residents.  In the early portion of this campaign, Winn had proposed a military advisory panel to assist the courts in dealing with cases involving veterans in an informed manner. Winn also indicated that, during the course of the campaign, he would be proposing initiatives to increase the efficiency of the criminal justice system as well as reducing the costs of prosecution to the county taxpayers.  “These are challenging economic times which require every elected official to take every reasonable effort to make appropriate use of the taxpayers’ hard-earned money,” Winn said.  “Hopefully, all candidates have received the message that voters are tired of negative campaigning and want to hear about positive initiatives, not negative ads.”

“Mr. Winn is committed to conservative values and understands the need for efficient government which will reduce the tax-burden to the taxpayers,” said Kelly S. Eustis, owner of Eusatrix.  “We were pleased that Winn has chosen to work with us as even county-wide political races can benefit from having an Internet presence.  The Internet is a more economical manner of getting the message out than filling mailboxes with flyers.”  Eustis, age 21, indicated that, during the preparation of the website, Winn, age 55, surprised him with his knowledge of computers.  “In today’s world, whether you are prosecuting criminal cases in New York City, or Washington County, you better have a working knowledge of the Internet,” said Eustis.

“Eusatrix is a dynamic political consulting firm,” said Eustis.  “We not only offer strategic advice and media relations solutions, but we put conservative candidates and organizations on the forefront with detailed websites, social networking outreach capabilities, and online fundraising.”

For more information on Eusatrix Corporation, visit www.eusatrix.com.

For more information on Robert Winn, visit www.winnfordistrictattorney.com.

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April 21, 2009 | The Post-Star – “The Wash”

Save this Web site: http://www.betterargyle.com/transparency/index.html

Argyle residents Kelly Eustis and Kameron Spaulding put together a great community service with this new Web site of government information. The duo have compiled meeting minutes and budget documents from the town government.

Better Argyle is a bi-partisan effort, too. Eustis is active in the Republican Party and Spaulding is an organizer for the Democrats. The project started in the winter, Spaulding said in a phone interview this afternoon.

“It’s not always easy getting your hands on it even though it’s supposed to be,” Spaulding said. “It’s always been something we wanted to do.”

While the Web site is confined to Argyle for now, the pair plan on expanding the site’s reach to other areas of Washington County.

“Especially in small towns in counties like Washington County, it’s easy to hide what’s going on,” Spaulding said. “Right now it’s going to stay Argyle. Eventually it is something we’d like to expand at least through Washington County.”

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Military Ballots Should Favor Tedisco

April 1, 2009 | NewsBlaze

Military ballots could provide Republican Jim Tedisco the winning margin in the Special Election for Congress in NY-20. The Our Country Deserves Better Committee (website: http://www.OurCountryDeservesBetter.com) – one of the nation’s largest political action committees – waged an aggressive campaign targeting military families to support Tedisco.

Besides TV and radio ads aired by the Our Country Deserves Better PAC that highlighted Democratic Scott Murphy’s poor stands on military and national security issues, the Our Country Deserves Better Committee also reached out to military families to ensure military ballots were cast for Tedisco.

“Our Vice Chairman, Deborah Johns, is a Marine Mom whose son is serving in the War on Terror. We thus made a special effort to reach out to military families to ensure that Tedisco would win the military ballots cast in this race,” said Kelly S. Eustis, e-Campaign Coordinator for the Our Country Deserves Better Committee.

Eustis is a resident of the 20th congressional district who oversaw Get Out the Vote efforts on behalf of the Our Country Deserves Better Committee.

The Our Country Deserves Better Committee has already spent over $156,000 in the Special Election campaign, supporting Republican Jim Tedisco and opposing Democrat Scott Murphy.

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