Originally Posted by
MaxTresmond
Dear Mike,
Jack has done nothing for Hamburg. He hasn't done anything, he won't do anything, and he can't do anything because he is a Republican in a Democratic legislature. The Democrats in the house simply won't allow him to do anything.
If you examine his voting record, as I have carefully done, you will notice that he has voted on an number of bills in one day. This is actually the practice of voting in advance, common to legislators who vote on an issue to get it out of the way so they don't have to show up for the next vote. I think this is wrong because it denys a careful review of each bill. The bills are shuffled out of the way by the legislator as if they are some obstacle in his way of leisure.
I want to show up for every vote and review each bill with a generous amount of time. I want my constituents to get their moneys worth. My opponent has no cash value as a "leader".
Speaking of cash, this guy is picking up a cool $90,500 for not showing up for the votes. It has many of the fiscally conservative minded people in this district asking themselves if we can afford to keep him. $90,500 is too much for any legislator. I believe that the pay for Assemblymen should be decreased. We can't afford to keep this guy at $90,500 per year for doing nothing. Think about it. He does nothing, but he collects a check. Welfare. The voters should be outraged that a middle/high class white person is collecting $90,500 in what is practically welfare each year. This isn't any good! Jack Quinn is not good for New York State, and he isn't good for the Lake District!
"Doing something" means getting things done. Talk is cheap. Very cheap. Getting things done in the Lake District means REVITALIZING THE LAKE, BRINGING IN BIG BUCKS FOR THE DISTRICT, GETTING US OUT OF OUR FISCAL MESS. He hasn't done anything. He can tell us he "personally supports this", or "personally supports that", but it doesn't mean anything unless there are pragmatic, tangible results.
I am a pragmatist who stresses the relation of theory to praxis and hold that the real value and meaning of a legislator is his or her ability to achieve the community's desired end. If Assemblyman Quinn had done anything, people in the 146th Assembly District wouldn't be fed up with politics as usual. There would be stories in the paper about him giving him glowing reviews, like Brian Higgins gets. Alas, he gets nothing in the paper because he has done nothing.
I can do something.
I am a real candidate.
I will obtain the Democratic nomination for this race, and I will win it.
Most importantly, I will help my district by providing legislation with equity, government with accountability, and promote real progress.
Not only do I think I deserve that chance, I think that the People of the 146the 146th District deserve a chance at good leadership which Mr. Quinn denys them.
He won the race due to two major factors:
1. A split Democratic ticket. Fran Pordum and Pat Hoak were engaged in a very heated, very personal primary election. Pordum had won the Democratic primary election in September 2004, but Hoak remained on the ballot. Some Democrats went for Pordum, others Hoak. Events and actions in this election turned many Democrats away from either candidate and they chose to not vote for an Assemblyman altogether. The Republicans had a single-member ticket. Jack Quinn. All of the Republicans voted for him. He garnered a narrow 52% of the vote with low Democratic participation. It was not a landslide election by any stretch of the imagination.
2. Assemblyman Quinn and his father Lobbyist Quinn are liars. He took a vast amount of campaign photographs centred on his father, with him off to the side. They deceived people into thinking that they were voting for ex-Congressman Quinn, when in reality they were voting for the kid. People have wised up to this.
This year is different. This is a year with a strong Democratic ticket, GOP polls at an all time low, and a single Assembly candidate for the 146th District who has the voter registration edge.
I look forward to serving the people and performing the task of Assemblyman as a public service and not as a career.
Sincerely,
Max Tresmond
NYS Assembly Candidate, 146th District