Democrat Against Susan Zimet

Thanks for the trash you left in my mailbox Susan Zimet. Thanks for the sole piece of negative campaigning I’ve gotten this election you douchebags at the NY State DSCC located on Madison Avenue. The junk mail reminded me I needed to do my research and remember who the hell Zimet and Bonacic are in the race for the 42nd district in the New York state Senate.

The incumbent, Bonacic, would seem to be a strong supporter of the environment, the arts, the College and the village of New Paltz. He has brought home the bacon and brought funds that SUNY New Paltz desperately needed. A win for SUNY New Paltz is a win for education in this state and a win for the village due to the amount of money it brings into the local economy. He would seem from his legislative record to be very liberal Republican. The best slander his opposition can come up with is that he received the same benefits every other legislator did and some rubbish about the evils of casinos in the Catskills.

The challenger, Zimet, would seem to have been the retard who once opened her mouth and advocated the dismantling of the New Paltz Town Police. A plan that was monumentally unpopular with full year residents of the town. Smooth move. The trash in my mailbox reminded me of some literature I had received in previous elections with her name on it which contained the usual whining about the Indian Point nuclear power plant with no mention of specifics. Worse yet it was for political positions where she would have had no power to do anything about it and yet it was one of her main reasons for people to vote for her.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Zimet was part of the rather brain damaged Green contingent plaguing New Paltz politics. From articles I’ve found via Google it seems she supports the contingent in their abuse of executive positions to further activist goals. It is OK for Greens to pull this shit over gay marriage but not Republican presidents for conservative goals? Am I the only one who is annoyed by activists as executives?

The point of this post is that I am generally annoyed that I received this trash via mail from her and the political party I belong to. To top it off I couldn’t even find a list of positive things she has done in previous positions on her own website. I see lots of crap like “so and so has demonstrated…” but no concrete actions.

Before tonight I probably would have voted for her but it annoyed me enough to spend some time doing research on her and frankly I don’t like what I see. Oh well, it just means I’ll have to move my finger up or down a notch in the one column, even if it spoils what is looking so far to be a straight democratic vote for me.

A Zimet win in my opinion would be a reminder of the fact in a political wave less than desirable elements can be swept into power as a side effect.

With that said I should probably get going on researching the rest of the ballot…