Apparently, right after postponing the GOP convention in an effort to get more (some?) candidates, Tony Sinagra resigned as City Chair.
No official reason has been made public nor has it even been publicly confirmed. My information comes from GOP Committeemen.
A few months ago, Sinagra engineered a coup and deposed Bruce McLean. One assumed he had a plan. Guess not.
My belief is that he resigned rather than be the Chair of record when the City GOP leaves as many as 12 positions blank.
The City Republicans were on the verge of becoming a force in city politics until 2 major blunders by Sinagra crippled the party for the foreseeable future.
First, after deciding to support Alderman Turco-Levin as Minority Leader, he went on the attack against Ron Polacco for absolutely no reason. He should have made a statement complimenting Ron and saying something like he knew Ron might be interested in seeking Alderman at Large and thus might not have time to be leader.
Instead, he attacked him for no reason. This made Ron an enemy. Ron thereafter had no reason to make any deals with him and guaranteed a primary.
Second, he privately promised me support For Mayor. Then, at the last minute, turned on me the night before the convention. By then, I had received the endorsement of the Conservative Party and had given my word to them that I would run.
Had he come to me a few weeks before like a man and told me he was backing Andi, I would have gotten out and ran for Alderman at Large. Andi and I would have made a good ticket. Campaigning together, we would have beaten Ron and had a real chance in the general.
Instead, he knifed me at the last minute and left me in a position to either walk away with my tail between my legs and break my word to the Conservatives or fight back. I chose to fight.
The result was that Ron won the primary, and my supporters and Andi's supporters were all upset and felt robbed. Ron never got the full support of the City Committee and felt gipped.
Numerous committeemen resigned and the committee was never the same. A few months later, Sinagra resigned.
Now, after coming back with promises of great things, he resigns on the eve of the convention and leaves Joe Ingarra and Jerry Brown (his Vice Chairs and 2 good men) holding the bag.
Meanwhile, the Conservative Party will interview candidates on Tuesday, June 9th, at 7 pm. I cannot promise a full ticket, but we will be close.
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16 comments:
That's not true.
Sinagra should have never been re-elected.
2:06, What is not true? Can you be any more vague?
Sinagra should not have ever been elected Chairman he was terrible before and over his head and once again over his head.
Sinagra has not resigned.
6:34,
Not what Republican committee are saying.
6:34,
Not what Republican committee are saying.
6:34,
Not what Republican committee are saying.
Sinagra told the county Republican leadership that he has resigned. Now he's backpedaling. He's a failure. Tony Sinagra is personally and completely responsible for the total loss of influence the Republicans have suffered in Kingston.
If Tony had done the smart thing four years ago, there would be a Republican Mayor and a healthy Republican minority on the Common Council. Instead, he chose to back Turco-Levin because his libido took control.
There was only one person who stood any chance of beating Gallo back then. Richard Cahill. Turco-Levin was a joke and Polacco never had any shot at winning or of being able to do the job if had had won. And Polacco can't win this year.
Sinagra and his weird obsession with regaining his youth by fawning over a woman he couldn't have no matter what he did handed the City of Kingston to the Democrats on a silver platter.
Ironically, Gallo turned out to be a pretty conservative mayor, probably more conservative than either Polacco or Turco-Levin could possibly be. He would be a far better choice for Kingston this year than Polacco or Noble.
You have to admit one thing. For a small city of 20,000; Kingston politics could very well form the basis of a television reality show.Never a dull moment!!
I agree with the post of 11:03 regarding the qualifications of Ron Polacco. He has no qualifications only that he is an actor and can perhaps act the part of a city Mayor. Gallo is more like a conservative Democrat and has governed as a conservative in some aspects of the job. Steve Noble has NO experience in any kind of management capacity. Heck, I read where he couldn't even manage the dispersing of a grant. Or lack of follow up to grants....Asleep at the switch? Not Mayoral material. If Noble is really interested in politics he should start as a alderman and work his way up. Kinda' like his Uncle Jim has been doing for over a decade...!
10:51,
NO question that the elder Noble is qualified to be Mayor. Jim has been Alderman at Large for over a decade.
However, Steve Noble is not qualified. If the ticket was reversed, it would be much stronger.
Mr. Polacco served 2 terms as Kingston alderman, being elected despite the overwhelming advantage of enrolled Democrats in the district. Mr. Polacco won the Republican primary election for mayor last time in spite of no support from the Rep committee (in winning he got twice as many votes as Mr. Cahill who also sought the Rep nomination.)
don't know if I could vote for a noble/noble ticket
Got to speak of some form of nepotism...who would be really be doing their job elected for.? Tag team??? Best to get away from that ticket. Can only breed distrust.
Jimmy be cleaning up Stevie's mess or vice versa... Could this become in house fighting in a family situation?
Factually true. Also true that I won the Conservative Primary 2 to 1.
It looks like Ron wrote the comments re: MR. Polacco. The fact is, he has no experience to run a city. Seriously...the city will be better off with Gallo.
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