The-Leader_1989-03-09

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Judge rules Party petitions
invalid, appeal planned
hy Sue Morgan
TOIINO SIONS In th* n in war* Futui* Party auppoctara who
pidotad Horn* Ruta-Danwcnt fundialaar Siuidav-
Home Rule-Democrat
fete picketed
A group of about half« dpzea
Future Paity supporters braved
Suoday^E nun to picket a Home
Rule Party gatherint at tbe VOla
Rosa, protesting a cbmpfaiint
fikd by three Home Role Pirty
members wluch could eliminate .
t£e Future Party from the March
21 VUbge ballot
John Helfrich, who toted a
sign outside tbe restaurant, said
be had come *^o prbtbt tbe tak­ing
away of our freedom of cho­ice.
Disenfranchising voters on a
, tecbnicality b what tbcy do in
dicutorships."
Couit decision
The Fuiore Party u in the pro-'
cess of appealing a court dcdsioa
declaring its nominating petitions
inTaHd because tbe candidata'
addresses were onutted from the
coversbeet .
"Mrs^Caeciatore and her sup-portere
have deprived us of a via­ble
dittoe for mayor,^ laid Deb­bie
Weber, anotber Future Party
supporter.-
Len Nezln. who said be bad
.joined' tbfr Future^ Party at the
besJnning of the* election *to
bring about change.** told Tbe
Leader. "I want a breath of fresh
air, not dishonesty and collusion
in local governmenL"
Tbe picketen were jdned
briefly try two Home Rule sup-poiters
carrying campaign »gns.
Insidetbc Vdla Rosa, Home
rule mayoral ca'ndidatev Village
Tntstee Aima Jean Cacciatore
and her runmng mates bad been
joined by about 120 supporters.
Mrs. Cacciatore refused com­ment
on the picketers. but one
supporter remarked that sbe felt
one of the picket signs contiioed
"ethnic sluii."
Mn. Cacciatore was to address
(oonSn^edon pag* 18)
- A Nassau County Supreme
Court Judge Friday upheld a rul­ing
made earlier last week by the
County Board of Elections ihat
the Freeport Future Party^ nocs-inatiog
petitions for tbe ViUage'^
Mareb 21 election were invalid
because of a technical flaw.
Judge Robert Roberto agreed
with the Boardt decision that the
petitions were imalid because the
co\<er letter lacked tbe addresses
of tbe-candidates. Th<;.Fuiurc:e.
Pirty^i petitions bad been chal­lenged
on a number of grounds-by
three Home Rok Party sup­porters,
but tbe Board of Elec­tion*
held only the address ohje^.
tiontobevalid.'. . ..c^- ••
Future Party mayoral caiid>-'
date Vincent Gunpion said the
PaHy wotlld appeal Judge
Roboto^ decisioa to tbe Appel­late
Division and request an early
healing of tbe case. Unless the
decision is reversed it would
appear the Future Party will be
offtbebaBot.
Tbe Hotne Rule Party is afraid
they can^ win on tbe bidlot. so
tbeyVe trying to win in tbe
courts." a frustrated Mr. Cam-
|M6n told The Leader. "Tbcy're
disenfranchising tbe Freeport
voter and to me ibai** not what
h^aUabout What^ importtnt in
the Village election are tbe
issues."
Carol Busketta, asstsunt to
Board of EkctioQS Commiv
, siooer Sinita Walker, waroed.
"IVt a UXMI mistake if an>thiDg on
tbe cowr sheet is oAitted."
But Mr. Campion maintained
that tbe Future Party had used
the ume format for tt^petiUons
during tbe last two ViAage elec­tions
without incident
ViUagc Ocrk Thomas DeVin^
cenzo told the Leader last wee(
that tbe Clerks OfTice would
have accepted the Future Party^
petitions had they not been cbal-'
leoged by tbe Hoirie Rule
supporters.
"Technicalities are a grey area"
without much legal precedence,
Mr. DeVincenzosaid.indicating
that the Village ClCrkV OfTice
"team.^ toward accepting pcti-
' tions" if no fundamental discrc-
^Txkseust
Future Partyattoroey DougUx
Hoffmann, who is also the Par­ty^
candidate for Village Justice,
said that "Village Law is stkntoa
cover sheets" and argued that
prior cases have <tealf witB" state
and coontryHride ckctioos with
pe^ons beariitg signatures in tbe
tem fo thousands.-
Mr. Hoflmann said be felt
Judge Roberto had ignored tbe
fact that a "minor defea" woula
eliminate a large bloc of Freeport
voters, but added he realized, the
Judge "had to apply the law as be
ff«djt"
"As a Uw>Tr, 1 don*t And U
shocking," be continued. "But as
a citizen i-find itshocldog."
' Home Rule-Dcmoa^CoaU-tion
mayoral candidate Anna
Jean Cacciatore. a Village trus­tee,
declined to commem on tbe
legal aspecu of Judge Roberto^
decision, but sbe termed Mr.
Campion^ charge that tbe Home
Rule Party Was using tbe couru
to decide the election
"ridiculous."
"I'm out knocking on doors."
Mts.'Cacciatoreto1dTbe Leader.
"WeN-c been very clear on the
issues — a better, more fiscally
responsible VilUge adminisira--
tton which will work to loner the
tax burdcrL"
Meanwhile, Mr. DcVincenzo
was preparing to prinuwo sets of
ballots, abicnr«rbalk>is and vot­ing
michinc strips while au-aiting
the outcome of the Future Party's
appeal ^
If tbe appeal were not beard
before Mareh I4.absentecballots
wou]d^ha\'e to be sent omitting
the Future Party line, Mr.
DcVinccnzo sud, recalling a past
Village dectioo in which a trustee
race was dcdded by absentee bal­lots.
About 300 such ballots are
,|naile4..
Tbe chaUenge and resulting
apjpeal have also resulted in a
sbuflliag of party lines On tbe
ekctipn balloL Bttause of tioccr-tainty
over tbe Future Party'i
participation in tbe election it has
been designated to occupy Row
D on the ballot, although the
Party would have originally been
listed on Row B based upon the
results of tbe last election. '
Mr. DeViQccnzo said a draw:
ing had been held Friday-morn­ing
with tbe Home Rule and Vil­lage
parties, at which tbe Village
Party drew Row B, and the
Home Rule Party Row C. Tbe
Democratic Party occupies Row
A.
"We ha\-c to go ahead with
what we know at the time." Mr.
DeVtnceozo said, adding that
legal notices of the election would
have to omit the Future Party if
the appeal was not decided in
their favor by early this week.
Senator Levy hears constituent concerns
Voters registration Saturday
Voter re^st^ation for Free*
pon^ March 21 Village election
win take pbce at Village HaU
Saturday. March II. from 12
noon to 9 p-ia. in tbe Main
Lobby. Unrepstered voters and
those who have not voted in a
County election in the last four
'years and thus have been
dropped from tbcNaisau County
rt^amst rtpster on that date to
be digible to vote in the Village.
Applxatiocci for those wishhig
to cast absentee baUots are avail­able
intbe Village Oerk'k OfTice.
If tbe Clerk-S Ofnce wiU be
required to mail tbe ballot to an
absentK. voter, an app&catioo
must be recdved in tbe Office ^
March 14, whereupon a baBot
win be mailed. BaBou mt»t be
received in the Clerkli Office by
Mardi21.
Freeporten who win be out of
tbe County on election day. or
who are snaUe to get to th« pons
on March 21 doe to illness or dis­ability,
may vote as absentees. If a
person or his agent plans to pick
up tbe ballot, be can deliver his
apptication up.to Mardi 20. Tbe
completed ballot most be
received in the Clerks Office by
March 21.
byJocaiDelaney
Tbe real impact of Governor
Mario Cnomo'a Propoaed
Executive Budget vaa aeen in
nnmaQ terms i s the commmn'
ty fonim bocted by Senator
Norman I^evy at Baldwin
Senior IC^'Sebool GO Than-day
evening, Mareh 2,1989.
This foram was the flrst of
three such meeting tbe Sena­tor
will host for his con-stitueaU
in the 8th Senatorial
Diatziet.
Ibe Senator described the
Govamar's propoea) as a 'dis­aster
for Nasssa Ccnnty^ Long
Island and Kew York Sute'
and added that "if enacted, it
would be a calamity for our
taxpayers, for those w ^ own
homes, who rent or who run
businesses.' The truth of
these statemenu was made
^elear as various individnals
Hmd Ttpreaentativcs of organi-zations
and ecbooU presented
statements.
The most touching of these
presentations was that of
yoong Donald SoroUn, a stu­dent
oi the Human Rceoorces
School. Present with his par-ents
and with several mother*
c^ diildren with hanfeapping
conditions, young Donald
expressed concern aboat what
would happen if the Gover­nor's
proposal to redirect ccr-t^
n funding responsihiHty for
certain adiocU from the State
to local echo^ distrieU should
occur. Donald described his
classes In sdeoce. home eco­nomies
and gym which were
only possibte becausa of spe-daHzed
adaptive facilities. He
then said that such education
would not be possible in the
regular public schools, ^ii
emotional conclusion
sUtedplt's not Cur that they
can cut u* off like we're noth­ing."
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Presentation by adtilt con­stituents,
while less emoUon-al,
predicted just as devastat­ing
results. Senator Levy
(contnuod on page U)