Candidate seeks six debates around the city
NEWBURGH - Democratic mayoral challenger Lillie Howard - fresh from a courtroom victory over City Councilman Sal Cracolici, the machine-backed candidate - today issued a call for a series of six debates between the two before the September 18 primary election. The winner of the primary will be the Democrat facing the incumbent Republican mayor, Nick Valentine, in the November election.
Cracolici had sought to avoid the primary by petitioning the court to have Howard thrown off the ballot. A decision last week found that Cracolici's case - brought by a campaign aide - was completely meritless.
Howard said each debate should center on a specific area of community concern and that they should take place in a variety of neighborhoods representative of the city as a whole. She proposed individual, dedicated debates dealing with the specific issues of housing, recreation, police-community relations, redevelopment, the role of the community in education, and building the tax base.
Howard called on the local cable carrier, Time Warner, to carry the debates on local cable TV.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
It's Howard vs. Cracolici in September Dem Primary for Newburgh Mayor
Cracolici/Curry challenge fails in court; Howard will appear on September ballot
NEWBURGH - It's official: Lillie Howard has fended off a lawsuit seeking to kick her off the September ballot. The well-known community activist will face City Council member Salvatore Cracolici in a Democratic primary election scheduled for September 18.
The primary will determine who will face off against Republican Mayor Nick Valentine in November.
Cracolici's campaign, through a running-mate's campaign operative, had originally challenged Howard's ballot petitions last month, filing objections with the Orange County Board of Elections. The Board denied the challenge, however, and placed Howard's name on the ballot. Cracolici's side then sued in state Supreme Court to overturn the Board's determination; that bid failed in a trial in Goshen today.
Howard said that Cracolici's actions were "the frightened actions of a scared candidate." She chastised Cracolici - and Michael Curry, an aide to his running-mate R. Yaniyah Pearson - for forcing the trial, saying that the party's candidate should be chosen by Democratic voters, not the courts.
"The Court has spoken, now it's the voters' turn, as it should be," said her attorney, Michael Sussman, outside of the courtroom today.
NEWBURGH - It's official: Lillie Howard has fended off a lawsuit seeking to kick her off the September ballot. The well-known community activist will face City Council member Salvatore Cracolici in a Democratic primary election scheduled for September 18.
The primary will determine who will face off against Republican Mayor Nick Valentine in November.
Cracolici's campaign, through a running-mate's campaign operative, had originally challenged Howard's ballot petitions last month, filing objections with the Orange County Board of Elections. The Board denied the challenge, however, and placed Howard's name on the ballot. Cracolici's side then sued in state Supreme Court to overturn the Board's determination; that bid failed in a trial in Goshen today.
Howard said that Cracolici's actions were "the frightened actions of a scared candidate." She chastised Cracolici - and Michael Curry, an aide to his running-mate R. Yaniyah Pearson - for forcing the trial, saying that the party's candidate should be chosen by Democratic voters, not the courts.
"The Court has spoken, now it's the voters' turn, as it should be," said her attorney, Michael Sussman, outside of the courtroom today.
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