Like I wrote yesterday, David Bellavia has turned in enough signatures to get on the ballot for the special election for New York’s 26th Congressional District in order to replace the half-naked millionaire Chris Lee who resigned from the seat earlier this year. However the $800\/hour lawyers of his Republican opponent, Jane Corwin, also a multi-millionaire, self-financed candidate like Lee, are tearing through his petitions. Bellavia’s other competitor, Jack Davis, has not contested the petitions and has asked Corwin to do the same;<\/p>\n
March 24, 2011<\/p>\n
Statement from Jack Davis, candidate in the special election for U.S. Congress (NY-26) nominated by 12,000 voters, on full access to the ballot:<\/p>\n
We believe in democracy and the people\u2019s right to choose their representatives.<\/p>\n
As in my own campaign, thousands of people signed petitions for David Bellavia to be on the ballot in the May 24th special election for Congress. David deserves the same blessings of liberty here at home which he fought to bring to the people of Iraq. As a citizen, a veteran and a patriot, I honor his service and his bravery. <\/p>\n
David Bellavia has more than earned his place on the ballot.<\/p>\n
The Jack Davis campaign will not challenge the nominating petitions David Bellavia has filed. <\/p>\n
Jane Corwin should do the same. <\/p>\n
The Corwin campaign should stop trying to keep David Bellavia off the ballot. She should do the right thing, and, as our campaign does, respect David\u2019s defense of democracy and respect the wishes of the people of this district to have a fair and open election.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
David played for me a message on his v-mail in which some guy rattled through David’s credit report (had to have been a lawyer) and offered David $75k to drop out of the race if Bellavia would meet him at secluded spots to pick up the cash. Bellavia told me that there were subsequent calls (from throw-away cell phones) in which he was asked how much he’d take to drop out of the race.<\/p>\n
In polling last week, Bellavia led the four-way race by two points and he wasn’t even on the ballot. Obviously someone is feeling the heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"