Comments on: Sleazy election tactics

By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:34:43 +0000

[...] guess this what Minarik was holding over their heads when he got them to cancel the Democratic phone bank the day before the election (via the D&C): CooperVision Inc. will receive a sales tax [...]

By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:30:41 +0000

[...] on the story of the Democratic phone bank that Maggie’s minions shut down.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ We broke the earlier this week.Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ Here’s more from Channel 10: Monroe County Democrats say something strange happened to [...]

By: rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate

rochesterturning.com: turning the tide upstate — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:31:54 +0000

[...] We have more on the controversy over the shut down of the phone bank operation at Cooper Vision: [...]

By: Exile on Ericsson St.

Exile on Ericsson St. — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:22:05 +0000

Yes, it’s illegal for sure.

By: Pete B

Pete B — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:15:57 +0000

OMG…doesn’t this have legal issues that can be charged to Maggie??

By: tom

tom — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:52:46 +0000

As disgusting as this action is, this changes nothing. The phone banking continues as if Maggie didn’t even exist.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:44:52 +0000

This action is absolutely disgusting.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:43:25 +0000

I can’t confirm why, but I can confirm that I was turned away at coopervision. I’m home now doing calls from here. Just stopped in to use your polling place link. Thanks.

By: hiwayman17

hiwayman17 — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:39:19 +0000

Maggie will do anything to squash democracy. People really need to fear Maggie and the Republicans. This tactic to suppress voting is inexcusable.

America under George Bush and Monroe County under the rule of Maggie and Steve is seeming more and more like Nazi Germany….

By: Tom Wega

Tom Wega — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:36:48 +0000

Speaking for myself, I have personal knowledge of this and can say as best I can tel from up close inspection it did happen. People were threatened. The company was concerned and withdrew its permission for us to make calls. But we have moved on to alternaste locatiohns with a vengence and a new message. I have heard from people with first hand knowledge of many of these threats. It will be hard to prove as plausible deniability is always hard to overcome. If you were management in the company would you assist in verifying this? Your fear is likely ‘what’s in it for me but more grief’. I won’t blame them if they don’t. This is people’s jobs, careers and more. This is the sleaziest of the sleaziest. It shows these reugs know the dark side of human nature all too well and are not hesitant to expoit it. We are looking into ways this might be proved. It went so far as to have prominnent law firms involved in tossing threats to thecompany over the phone of course. These are not Maggie’s or Steve’s or Republican tax exemptions, they are from the County of Monroe taxpayers. I can only hope an investigation into this by the new Democratic majority of the CoLeg will resolve this and the proper sanctions administered. Thanks for letting me blow off this steam.

By: hsrstud

hsrstud — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:01:19 +0000

If this event did indeed occur, is it legal for a political party to blackmail a company in this way?

By: itchy

itchy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:53:13 +0000

How very New Hampshire of them. Dirty tricks indeed.

By: hsrstud

hsrstud — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:34:30 +0000

But I thought Minarik scoffed at the idea that people might face retribution for expressing ideas counter to his own, when he debated Morelle on CW-16?