Since I have been back in AZ I see the Dem. candidate pro wind war on the CV seasonal community continues. Particularly if you have chosen as a seasonal to vote in CV. As you probably already know it centers on some absentee ballots and also the question of CV residency.
One of the candidates running on the Dem. pro wind ticket for CV supervisor is Al Wood. Al is also on a new law suit challenging absentee ballots, many of which will be seasonal voters.
So isn't it really ironic that Al Wood's address according to the TDS CV phone book is CLAYTON, same as a number of his family members! So one of the guys making what we all know is basically a voting residency challenge actually has a Clayton address...Go Figure! Hopefully someone official or the court will also be checking on Al's voting status and residency in CV.
So let's compare Mr. Wood's status vs. a seasonal voter who has chosen to vote in CV. I will use Mr. X as a comparison based on an actual seasonal voter.
Wood: Apparently has a NY driver's license with what appears to be an out of CV address.(Clayton)
Mr. X: Also has a NY license out of town with a Rochester address.
Wood: Owns property in CV and pays CV and Jefferson County taxes.
Mr.X: Owns several properties in CV and pays same taxes as Wood.
Wood: Apparently has mail and utility bills on his house addressed in Clayton and sent to address apparently of Clayton, NY.
Mr. X: Has utility bills on house addressed in CV, sent to Rochester address. On this account it appears Mr. X lives in CV and Wood doesn't!
I guess the judge could say show me your utility bills Al to prove you live year round in CV. But how do we know Al lives in that house year round? Maybe he goes to Florida for 6 months just like Mr X. Maybe someone is renting Al's house or house sitting while he is away and he pays the utility bills and the renter pays him back to keep it simple, or make it look as if Al lives in CV year round.
Of course Wood could say that his a family and pro wind friends will verify that he lives in CV year round, even though he has a Clayton address, and we could take their word for it.
Of course to that the judge or somebody could say..."yeah but weren't some in your family and some of your friends of the former CV town govt. under investigation by the NYAG's office for potential violations of state and CV ethics laws and codes?" To which the answer would be yes!
Wood: Could choose to vote absentee if he wanted...even with his Clayton address.
Mr. X: Could choose to vote absentee with his Rochester address.
So the bottom line is...how do we know that Al Wood actually lives full time in CV???? Maybe Al rents in Clayton, has a house in CV and for 6 months escapes CV and Clayton and for Florida...how do we know?
Al Wood and my seasonal voter example simply aren't that different when it comes to voting, whether it be absentee or otherwise. So if you are going to challenge one voter's ballot and residency you better challenge Al Wood's too!!!
So like many other things in the industrial wind battle we are once again immersed in the absurd Cape Vincent industrial wind Bizzaro World.
STOP, The regional wind energy industrialization of one of New York State's most beautiful and environmentally sensitive areas, the 1000 Islands of the St. Lawrence River and the Golden Crescent of Eastern Lake Ontario. If you don't think you are seeing the most recent posts click on the current month in the archives to the right.
Al Wood gets a tax bill payable to Town of Cape Vincent. How could you living that close to his farm not know he is a Cape Vincent Resident.
ReplyDeleteI know exactly where Al lives...or appears to live. The tax bill proves NOTHING! I get a tax bill payable to the town of CV too and so does every seasonal resident in CV who owns property. All that proves is he has property there. It doesn't prove either way he resides there.
ReplyDeleteHis phone book address is Clayton, so his tax bill is probably sent to a Clayton address, just like mine is sent to an AZ addrerss.
Nice try!!! If I was the judge I would be asking old Al some questions!
And thank you for verifying by your tax logic that myself and all seasonal tax payer scould be residents of CV!!!
You make my point for me about the voting issue.
The voter residency law has nothing to do with being a taxpayer. You could rent an apartment in Cape Vincent,, crash at a friends place, or live in a tent in the Ashland game preserve,as long as you could prove you lived there for thirty days prior to an election.
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ReplyDeleteYou are right. But how do you PROVE you crashed at your buddy's place or lived in Ashland for 30 days, or on a boat at a marina. Al Wood has a house and pays taxes in CV and has a mailing address of Clayton. But how does he PROVE he was living in CV for 30 days prior to the election? Does Mr. Wood ever travel anywhere????
The whole thing and the law suit becomes a bit absurd if you really think about it. I was residing in CV for an easy 30 days plus a lot more prior to the election...but how would you KNOW, and how could I PROVE that. Maybe we should be checking that a lot of BP people and local pro wind "cousins" from out of town weren't crashed around town or in Ashland for 30 days and then voted too and then headed out for parts unknown.!!!!
See my next post.