Results tagged “sundwall” from Sundwall for Congress - Special Election 2009

This is a message from Eric's dad John, who is the campaign's Treasurer. It will be mailed out this week to all the wonderful contributors who made this campaign possible. - JJN

Thank you for your help these last two months pursuing a campaign that took the libertarian message in New York to new heights. Thanks to your help our message was spread via a live televised debate on public television on March 18th throughout the whole 20th district. Eric was interviewed numerous times by four different commercial television outlets, had at least a dozen radio appearances and countless print articles in newspapers and on the Internet. He also sat for two editorial reviews for the Times Union in the Capital District and Post Star in Glens Falls. Both of these are unprecedented in LPNY campaign history. In the short time of two months, a campaign was run that will have other campaigns looking to it as a model for years to come.

Unfortunately the campaign came to an ignominious end in Poughkeepsie NY on March 25th as Eric made a decision to protect his family and party when faced with the prospect of taking the witness stand to face baseless accusations of fraud. Had Eric assented to the thug tactics of the political machine, the campaign would have been buried in technicalities and intimidation that would not have allowed him to campaign, let alone fight to over turn a decision by the Board of Elections that same day. We believe we could have won our case with the BoE had the court in Poughkeepsie declared the case moot based on that decision. The fix was in from the start. The judge was specifically selected by the top GOP election law lawyer. Given the time and money available to fight it, both Eric and his lawyer Jim Ostrowski elected to concede in order to fight another day.

ELECT ERIC SUNDWALL
PO BOX 503
NIVERVILLE, NY 12130 www.sundwall4congress.org
Contact: Richard Cooper, Campaign Mgr lpnymedia@hotmail.com

Albany, NY 3/25/09 Albany attorney Warren Redlich endorsed Libertarian special election congressional candidate Eric Sundwall, although he is a Republican officeholder (Town of Guilderland board) and was a GOP congressional candidate in the adjoining 21st congressional district. The special election to replace Kirsten Gillibrand will be held March 31st. Campaign manager Richard Cooper announced the endorsement. Cooper notes that Redlich lives outside the district won't be able to vote for Sundwall but GOP candidate Tedisco lives outside the district also and can't vote for himself.

Redlich explained his endorsement of Eric Sundwall "I think Jim Tedisco is a great guy, but I'm endorsing Eric because of our close agreement on policy issues. With bailouts running amok, the people are figuring out that government is causing our problems instead of helping. No one understands that better than Eric Sundwall."

Tedisco supporters launched attacks on Eric Sundwall's petitions to qualify for the ballot. Redlich represented Sundwall at a hearing at the State Board of Elections on Monday

Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio made this interesting observation a day or two ago on his news blog.

Mr. Tedisco was quoted as saying, "Next year, I will, when I'm the congressman. My wife will be able to vote in the district because we own a home there."

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Supporters of Tedisco Seek to Disenfranchise Military Voters

Niverville, New York, March 20, 2009. Eric Sundwall, independent and Libertarian candidate for Congress (20th NY), today criticized three supporters of James Tedisco for seeking to have a state judge void the ballots of military voters.

Three supporters of congressional candidate James Tedisco are asking state Judge James Brands to strike Sundwall from the ballot which would void any military or absentee votes for Sundwall. They are Patricia Killian, Chair of the Dutchess County Conservative Party, Donald J. Neddo and Laurie Kelly Sickles.

Sundwall said, "Ballots with my name on them have already been mailed to our solders in Iraq and Afghanistan, but these Tedisco supporters want to throw me off the ballot so their votes won't count."

"I call on Mr. Tedisco to repudiate this lawsuit so our soldiers in the field can cast the ballot of their choice. I am also shocked that anyone associated with the Conservative Party would lend their names to this disgraceful effort," Sundwall said.

Elect Eric Sundwall
PO Box 503
Niverville, NY 12130
http://www.sundwall4congress.org/
info@sundwall4congress.org
(518) 595-4098

Millionaire's Tax Push & Third-Party Campaigns

From the NY NOW website:

"With less than two weeks to go before New York's spending plan is due on April 1, a coalition of groups is making one last push for a millionaire's tax. Karen DeWitt of New York State Public Radio and Jay Gallagher of the Gannett News Service join host Susan Arbetter for analysis.

Also, we'll explore why it is so difficult to mount a third party campaign in New York. We will be joined by the Libertarian candidate for the 20th Congressional District seat, Eric Sundwall, as well as attorney Warren Redlich to discuss obstacles to ballot access."

Sundwall On Stimulus Scheme "No, With Amendments"

Niverville, NY 3/19/09 Libertarian congressional candidate Eric Sundwall said today that if he had been in Congress he would have voted against Obama's economic stimulus plan but would have introduced amendments to make a bad bill somewhat better. "My position on the Obama plan is no with amendments. The notion of economic stimulus is misguided and false. The government's inflation of the monetary supply causes the boom and bust cycle. Unlike Tedisco who could not be bothered to take a stand for weeks then said yes with amendments and now no, I have always opposed the stimulus scheme. However, I recognize that these sorts of measures are likely to pass anyway. Therefore, I would sponsor amendments to improve this bad bill. "

First, Sundwall would sponsor an amendment to enact Congressman Ron Paul's bill to audit the Federal Reserve System.
Second, Sundwall would bar the use of stimulus money to fund professional sports teams or their facilities.
Third, Sundwall would prohibit the use of stimulus funds to finance eminent domain that would transfer private property to other individuals, firms or associations.
Fourth, Sundwall would prohibit any stimulus financing going to any international lending institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or World Bank.

Sundwall will be in the Times-Union and WMHT TV debate on Thursday 3/19 and the League of Women Voters/WROW Radio debate on Thursday 3/26. He is still trying to get in the debate at WNYT TV on Tuesday 3/24, according to campaign manager Richard Cooper.

Eric Sundwall is the current chair of the Libertarian Party of New York (www.ny.lp.org) and is a resident of Niverville, New York in the Town of Kinderhook in Columbia County. Kinderhook was home of Martin Van Buren, our eighth President and a leading opponent of the Bank of the United States. Sundwall is an information technology consultant, married with two children.

CONTACT:
Elect Eric Sundwall
PO Box 503
Niverville, NY 12130
http://www.sundwall4congress.org
Richard Cooper, Campaign Manager: nylibertarian@hotmail.com
Eric Sundwall: info@sundwall4congress.org

We have been accepted by the MainStream Media! We have been consistent in our push for the open inclusion of any and all candidates in the electoral process. Our message has been heard!

Eric will appear in the WMHT/Times Union 20th Congressional District Candidates' Debate at the station's studio on Thursday March 19th from 7:30pm - 8:30pm.

The debates will be hosted by Susan Arbetter of WMHT's "New York Now" and Times Union staff writer, Casey Seiler. The debate will also be simulcast on public television stations WSKG (Binghamton), and Mountain Lake PBS (Plattsburgh).

As Eric pointed out, my dad, Bill Norris, was the founder and past president of the Korean War Veterans Association. My dad was wounded the first night of his second tour of duty; he was flown by chopper to a MASH field hospital and spent 6 months on a back-board in a Tokyo hospital.

Years later he was partially responsible for the construction of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. I know of Mr. Neddo. He has quite a reputation in the local veterans community over the blatant mis-representation of his military record.

As a contrast to Mr. Neddo's dishonor consider Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations, who killed himself in 1996 when faced with disclosure by a magazine article that he had claimed two Vietnam War decorations to which he was not entitled.