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They were trying to prove that he didnt live in the Long Island district he represents.
In what many say is an alarming first, a private eye hired by Assembly Republicans placed a GPS device on a Long Island assemblymans car for two months in an unsuccessful effort to prove the pol didnt live in his district.
According to court transcripts, investigator Adam Rosenblatt said he was hired in March by attorney James Walsh, repping the Assembly Republican Campaign Committee, to find out where Assemblyman Edward Hennessey (D-Suffolk) actually lives. Walsh that same month was paid $3,000 by the GOP campaign committee.
Rosenblatt testified about his actions at a hearing last month in which Republicans unsuccessfully sought to bounce Hennessey, who is seeking reelection, from the race.
Read more: http://www.alan.com/2014/09/07/republicans-had-gps-secretly-placed-on-democratic-assemblymans-car/
valerief
(53,235 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)Jerry442
(1,265 posts)...with a little <koff> cement to make sure they don't fall off.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)are one of the first steps in a lot of races. I had a friend bounced from a Suffolk race because as an attorney, she spent one of the prior 7 years living in pennsylvania while she worked on a case. She never changed her residency, but the appellate judges in NY were mostly Republicans who upheld the challenge to her residency.
Some states make it too easy for carpetbaggers, NY makes it too easy for folks looking to bounce you from the race to accuse you of not living where you do.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I was a PI and this kind of thing happened all the time.
Baitball Blogger
(46,753 posts)Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)Keith Alexander is coming to the rescue
ReRe
(10,597 posts)Thanks for the link, Galraedia!
Duval
(4,280 posts)has come to light!! Thanks for the post, Galraedia.
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)who here believes the Govt. won't use their powers for political purposes like stifling dissent from the underclass or interfering in investigations of corruption?
Only fools think this behavior is an exception.
Man from Pickens
(1,713 posts)up to things like blackmailing judges, representatives, and even leaders of other nations
these surveillance systems are clearly NOT for intelligence gathering, or we wouldn't be so surprised when things happen around the globe as we routinely appear to be
they are there to intimidate and blackmail and control
I don't like being subject to it and I don't like being forced to pay for it and I don't like being lied to about it by the people we have paid to do it.
whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)This was done for the "Assembly Republican Campaign Committee" by a lawyer, who hired a PI, that the committee hired. While some of the members of this committee maybe members of the government the committee isn't part of the government.
http://www.nyracc.com/
cstanleytech
(26,314 posts)whereisjustice
(2,941 posts)between the behavior of politicians and those who stuff them into office?
Omaha Steve
(99,689 posts)K&R!
Anansi1171
(793 posts)That it is legal to place a GPS or any tracking device on any one's vehicle is In -effin- sane!!
In New York or anywhere. These arent leaflets and fliers left on a windshield.
Cant wait for the Tea Party Brown Shirts to start tracking actual voters.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)GPS trackers on GOP autos