The Blogger Law Suit - Do They Have a Clue??????

There is a very  interesting side to the law suit against the two  Cape Vincent  blogs.  The two former town councilmen and the others are making an inadvertent statement that they may not be aware of or want to make that empowers every seasonal resident in the State in communities just like CV. And they made this  big miscalculation by attaching it to an extremely sensitive issue like freedom of speech that will fire up all kinds of resources against the suit. 

Note that the Masons are claiming that they lost their office due to the remarks made on the blogs.  Note also and more importantly that the two councilmen Marty and Donnie Mason are saying they were deprived of office because of the remarks, and NOT challenging the  actual vote that removed them from office.  Come on folks, political campaigns all over the country  every single day are rough arena’s to play in, that is a given.   That’s life.

What I think is interesting here is they are not challenging the seasonal vote or the process to register them and let them vote.  Why aren’t the two Mason’s and Harvey White challenging or suing the NYS Board of Elections…or the County Board of Elections over the results of the seasonal vote or on voter fraud.  That was the big deal with this group before the elections.  I thought they would sue close after the elections on the results but they didn’t

The fact they are claiming they lost their office was due instead to negative remarks of the bloggers says they clearly recognize the real issue that  the actual seasonal registration and voting process was perfectly fair and legal despite all Harold Wiley’s hoopla over the issue.

Thanks boys for endorsing the obvious.  The nature of your law suit clearly says  to every seasonal community here, and in the rest of NYS, that if seasonal residents want to exercise some control in their seasonal community, then  register and vote there.  They are sending a clear message that the actual vote was not fraudulent and this process was  perfectly  legal and is not worth challenging.  Instead they have to find some nonsense backdoor way to try to get revenge for  their defeat at the hands of a perfectly fair and legal system.  That is all that is left, because the actual issue that actually IS the result of their removal  can’t be successfully challenged and that is what the subject of this suit is telling us.    In addition to defamation and free speech this suit will be watched on this level all over the place and encourage and empower seasonal voters to vote in their seasonal communities.  And even if they were to  win on defamation which ain’t likely, they will have still fully endorsed the seasonal voting process. 

Like their  previous goofy pro wind  moves, they are once again pissing up the wrong rope and not seeing the significant  unintended consequences that have much larger implications.  Like when they rejected the 800 name petition and had  absolutely no clue that only one aspect was getting a moratorium.  We wanted a moratorium but it was extremely unlikely. We knew for fact we wouldn’t get that.  It was essentially also a  political  tactic.  But their actions pissed off a lot of people when they ignored those names and that helped lead to Rienbeck’s defeat and ultimately  to be one more thing that helped the defeat of the Masons…all in a perfectly legal process.  They may have denied the moratorium but handed us something far more valuable in the end.

But hey…thanks for helping us out again.  When are you pro wind people ever going to get it??? You keep entrenching and just keep digging yourself a deeper hole each time.

Trumped up voter fraud laws.

Trashing 800 name petitions.

Arresting people video taping meetings.

Trashing wind laws and the committees that worked on them.

Defending conflicts of interest.

And the list goes on.  And this suit just like the other moves just hardens a community’s resolve, and this time the resolve is going to go a long way beyond this community on several levels.  Gee I wonder how many major news papers across the country have blogs or comments attached??????  Think they might be interested in this????? You can bet on it.  These guys in their whining about their loss have no clue the can of worms they have opened up!!!

And the additional benefit of their behavior  is this time they verified  the legal process to empower seasonals to register and vote in their seasonal communities right here in CV and all over NYS. The very thing they have wanted to squash.