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Jim Smith on Our Facebook Community and Political Labels
Facebook community chatter. Not so productive. It drives residents to tune out, participate less, and potential residents to flee. The good news is the Facebook dumpster fire doesn’t represent the Town I’m seeing from my vantage point running for Town Supervisor. The conversations I’ve had, one at a time over the last seven months, with…
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Local Elected Officials and their Politics
by Jim Smith My opponents and their surrogates have deployed a to-be-expected political-attack strategy. It’s time to set the record straight. I have a bi-partisan history focused on specific issues; and I’m proud that I become stronger as a non-partisan candidate every day. While most of what is said is a diversion back to national politics and…
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SAM Party of New York Endorses Jim Smith for New Castle Supervisor, Lauren Levin and Sean Maraynes for Town Board
Team New Castle is proud to announce that New York’s newest political party, the SAM Party, has just announced that we will be their candidates on the ballot for the November election. We are proud to be amongst the very first candidates in New York State that SAM has announced for their party line. See…
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Jim on the Bi-Partisan SAM Party Announcement
Team New Castle is proud to announce that New York’s newest political party, the SAM Party, has just announced that we will be their candidates on the ballot for the November election. We are proud to be amongst the very first candidates in New York State that SAM has announced for their party line. See…
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An Independent Party to be proud of
After meeting the signature requirement (which appears to have been higher than any candidates in the history of the Town of New Castle) we successfully created the Independent Party, TEAM NEW CASTLE. It’s a rebuke of partisan politics and we hope that eventually elections in our Town will be without party labels similar to the…
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Supreme Court Rules Independent Party “TEAM NEW CASTLE” Will Appear on November Ballot
N.Y. Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenge Filed by Opponent Pool, Saland and Lichtenthal Surrogates and Attorney Kristen Browde Board of Elections Determination of Validity Stands Can you believe our opponents did this? Following a rare ballot access challenge by surrogates of our opponents and attorney Kristen Browde, New York Supreme Court Justice Janet Malone ruled…
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Board of Elections Rules in Favor of “TEAM NEW CASTLE” Ballot Line; Opponents Pool, Saland & Lichtenthal Surrogates hire Kristen Browde to Challenge BOE decision in court.
On Friday, June 14 the bi-partisan Board of Elections (BOE) ruled in favor of Team New Castle and declared that “…the names of James A. Smith, Lauren L. Levin and Sean B. Maraynes will appear on the Independent Party “TEAM NEW CASTLE” ballot…” in November’s election. That decision of the bi-partisan BOE was not…
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A Petition Challenge Update
Additional General Objections filed against Team New Castle petitions We talked to so many people at Town events this weekend, and with more than a few, the conversation led to local elections. We were asked too many times, “What’s going on with the objections to Team New Castle petitions?” So we’re posting an update to…
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Last Call for Democracy
A petition challenge has been filed against us. We have obtained well over the minimum number of signatures required on the Independent Nominating Petition to create a Team New Castle line on the ballot. But to honor the voters whose signatures may be challenged, we are collecting additional signatures up until today’s deadline. We will…
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Not Left. Not Right. Forward!
Help Team New Castle collect signatures to create an independent line on the November ballot Why are we seeking a Team New Castle line on the ballot? Before Team New Castle candidates won 6 years ago, the New Castle Democratic Committee held a monopoly on Town government. This monopoly was built on the premise that…
