Was Carlucci’s $17,000 on criminal lawyers just the start?

Did you see the Journal News story a while back where Carlucci tried to weasel out of his responsibility for the failure of the Women’s Equality Act and campaign finance reform?

The biggest news in the story might actually be this:

“Carlucci said he continues to cooperate with the investigation.”

Maybe this means that the $17,000 in legal fees he already paid was just the start of it.  If there was just one meeting like he said, and he did nothing wrong (like he also says) then why is there more coming?  What does his cooperation entail?  Is he cooperating like that guy in the Bronx or the women from Queens who wore a wire on other crooked pols?

Carlucci's Endorsement = Kiss of Death

If you saw yesterday's MemeMonday, or read the Journal News, by now you know that Carlucci's handpicked candidate tried to violate the law and submit petitions without enough signatures. I saw Lacorte's people outside the supermarket and I guess I wasn't the only one who refused to sign so he had to get Republicans to sign instead. Who's a bigger loser? Lacorte, who had to go to court to try and keep himself alive, or Carlucci, who endorsed this tool?

It's #MemeMonday once again

Welcome back to Meme Monday!  Thanks for all the encouraging emails, photos, and suggestions. Today's Meme is about how pathetic it is that Carlucci's handpicked candidate for County Executive was disqualified already when the election isn't even until November.

#FF for @font90

I don’t know who this @Font90 person is, but it turns out that I owe him or her a debt of gratitude.  They have been calling out Carlucci even longer than I have. Sorry that I’m late to the party, but here’s a little of what they have had to say about Carlucci: 

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@font90: .@davidcarlucci we will not let you get away with your double talk. Youmight have hoodwinked the Democratic party, not us.

@font90:  .@davidcarlucciwe need to reform campaign finance so no politician can take money from a partyand then turn his back. @IDC4NY

@font90:  .@davidcarluccifirst apologize to the Jewish community for attending an anti-Semitic event.

@font90:  .@JeffKleinNYwhat about a commercial promoting tolerance of Jews. @davidcarlucci attendedAnti-Semitic event 59 days ago. @IDC4NY

Hey @Font90 don’t feel bad that Carlucci blocked you from twitter.  He tried to shut me down.  Hit me up on twitter: @sencarlucci

Gutless Albany Democrats May Be Finally Fed Up With Carlucci & The Weasels

According to the New York Post:

Senate Democrats may have a big “surprise’’ for Sen. Jeff Klein of The Bronx, the leader of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC), which is allied with Senate Republicans. Insiders say the regular Democrats are actively seeking a candidate to challenge Klein, and possibly other members of the IDC, in the Democratic primary next year.

If they are really going to go after Carlucci, count me in. But in the meantime, I'm supporting NARAL, who hasn't been afraid to go after Carlucci and the rest of them.

Why I'm NEVER voting for Dagan Lacorte

I don't really know much about the other candidates though. Who should I vote for?  Email me at carluccitruth@gmail.com and you can win me over (as long as you're not Dagan Lacorte).

By the way, who names their son Dagan?  You are pretty much guaranteeing that he will go through life with a constipated smirk like in the photo above.

Carlucci & other politicians spent $7 Million in legal fees

Did you see the big story in Sunday’s Journal News about crooked politicians using their campaign contributions to hire their criminal defense lawyers? The Journal News said:

“Sen. David Carlucci, D-Clarkstown, showed about $17,700 in legal fees after he was named in a court document outlining federal charges against fellow Sen. Malcolm Smith, D-Queens, and top officials in Spring Valley.”

Is Carlucci telling the truth about cooperating fully?  It doesn’t cost $17,000 to truthfully cooperate about one meeting, does it?  What is Carlucci hiding?  Why isn’t he paying his lawyers out of his own pocket?  Is this why he helped the Republicans block campaign finance reform?

July Showers Bring MemeMonday Flowers

In case all the rain we’ve been getting made you sad, here’s a floral Meme to brighten your week.  You must have seen the big Journal News story yesterday about Carlucci and other politicians spending $7 Million on legal fees? We’ll have more on that tomorrow.

Carlucci’s First Lie

Even before he took office Carlucci was lying.  Someone emailed me last night and told me that he apparently testified to a Senate Committee that he could never, ever, ever support gerrymandering (and then, according to the person who emailed me, he supported gerrymandering that divided Rockland in half)

“I cannot support a process that does not include Non-Partisan, Independent Redistricting.”

and

“I did not make that pledge lightly. My support for independent redistricting is not an empty campaign promise made to curry favor with advocacy groups or political action committees; it is a commitment to my constituents in the 38th Senate District and to all of the people of New York who deserve more from their legislature and their elected officials.”

Well, maybe he did make the pledge lightly.  Or maybe he was just testilying.

Good for NARAL

Someone forwarded over to me another story from this upstatewebsite called State of Politics.  Apparently NARAL is still mad over how Carlucci and his boys helped the Republicans block the Women’s Equality Act. They said the “Senate failed us” and are going to target them in the next election.

Bravo and count me in.

Click here to donate to NARAL and help them.

Carlucci sold his soul for $37,500 and counting

Last week someone told me that Carlucci got an extra $12,500 a year from the Republicans in 2011 and 2012 for being in charge of something called the Administrative Regulations Review Commission.  This year he apparently got another $12,500 this year for being in charge of the Mental Health Committee.  In other words, he sold out to the Republicans and helped them block the Women’s Equality Act to repay the $37,500 they put in his pocket.

Carlucci Helps ID Thieves & Spammers

Apparently a lot of people were really pissed last week when Carlucci sent out an email containing the personal email addresses of donors and supporters.  After some fat cat lobbyists complained that their private information could be viewed by people, he apparently made one of his lackeys send out another email taking responsibility and claiming that Carlucci had nothing to do with it.  Looks like either he didn’t care that the email addresses could be used by identity thieves and spammers to target his supporters (David’s only really ever cared about himself) or he and his people are just incompetent.  You decide.

Welcome Back to MemeMonday!

Thanks to the person who sent me this photo.  You know who you are!

Correction/I was wrong.

So it turns out that when I said that Carlucci cost us $8,800 for every law he passed last year I was wrong.  I didn’t know until someone emailed me that in addition to collecting a $79,500 salary for part-time work, Carlucci also got another $12,500 as Chairman of the Administrative Regulations Review Commission (whatever that is). So the actual bill for his 9 laws was $10,222 per bill.  No wonder taxes are so high in Rockland.

Carlucci Costs $8,800 US a Law

Remember that report that I wrote about showing that Carlucci votes with the Republicans and the crooked Democrats more than most anybody else? It turns out that last year he passed only 9 bills through the Legislature. Based on his $79,500 salary, that works out to be $8,800 a law.  Seems like a lot to spend for not a lot of legislating.

More on Carlucci and the Crooks

I wrote a couple of times about a report proving that Carlucci votes with an indicted Senator named John Sampson more than almostanybody else.  Well one of the others who voted with Sampson a lot is another crook named Malcolm Smith.  Smith is the same one who was indicted for bribery with the Mayor of Spring Valley.  And who was mentioned prominently in the court papers? DavidCarlucci.  While Carlucci was not chargedwith anything, he seems pretty cozy with the ones who were.

Carlucci and Republicans Buy Each Other Off

As some of you know, I don’t really follow politics all that much. One of my readers who does sent me this article about how Carlucci’s group is raising money for Republicans.  Apparently, after stopping campaign finance reform, Carlucci’s boss Jeff Klein went to Buffalo to raise money for a Republican Senator.  It’s the least that Carlucci and Klein can do since the Republicans apparently offered to fund their campaigns.  According to an upstate website: “Republicans plan on returning the favor, according to Senate Deputy GOP Leader Tom Libous, who has repeatedly pledged to assist the IDC members – even financially, if necessary – if they face primary challenges from the left next fall.”

#MemeMonday Part 2!

I know that July 4^th was last week, but someone sent me this over the weekend while I was away, and it was too good not to post.  Keep those photos coming!

The Blog Is On Vacation. Check Back Monday

I'm away for the long weekend, but check back Monday for a new installment of #MemeMonday!

Carlucci’s Goes Along With Indicted Senator

 

Remember that report I wrote about last week that Carlucci voted with the pro-life Republican leadership in Albany 99% of the time?  I looked through it some more and found out that Carlucci was more likely to vote with John Sampson than all but three Senators.  Sampson was indicted for stealing money and of the two other Senators who voted with Sampson as much as Carlucci, one of them is Malcolm Smith, who was indicted for bribery.  What’s that about?   Why isn’t Carlucci standing up to these criminals?

Rockland Democrats Criticize Carlucci

I always vote Democratic but I’m not really into politics. I just created this blog after reading about what Carlucci did to stop the Women’s Equality Act and as a pro-choice woman I felt that somebody needed to call him out. As I read more about him on my own (and read what some of his own people sent me in confidence) I knew I was right.  What I never understood is why the so-called leaders in the Democratic party  in Rockland never told us what he was doing.  They should be ashamed for letting him do what he did so I’m not really a big fan of theirs. But after I posted Kim Moscaritolo’s letter last week several people emailed me to ask why I didn’t post the letter from the Democratic Party.  So here’s a link to it from the Rockland County Times.

Welcome to #MemeMonday !

As promised here is the first post from my new weekly series Meme Monday.  I was really surprised how many “friends” of Carlucci were disgusted by Carlucci (and what he did with the Republicans this year) and are encouraging and helping me. Some of the pictures were really great and I will keep on posting them.  If you have a photo or a caption idea send it along to me. Thank you to all of the people who sent me photos. I promise to post yours soon.