Gulluscio for City Council
155-59 102nd Street
Howard Beach, NY 11414
718-848-3434
155-59 102nd Street
Howard Beach, NY 11414
718-848-3434
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 2009
Geraldine Chapey eliminates front runner Frank Gulluscio over legal technicality; the will of thousands of voters rendered null before having a chance to vote.
Howard Beach, Queens- In a stunning judgment today, the front runner for Joe Addabbo's council seat, Frank Gulluscio, was thrown off of the ballot by his opponent, Geraldine Chapey, because of a legal technicality about the nature in which his validating petition was served.
The candidate quickly cried foul stating that, "the idea that this is a system meant to uphold democracy is preposterous when the signatures of thousands of voters can be rendered meaningless by a legal technicality. We must demand that we have a system where the will of the people cannot be overturned by lawyers."
"Geraldine Chapey has been on what can only be described as a witch hunt, dragging her opponents into court, causing us hours of wasted time and thousands of dollars in lawyer's fees. She obviously feels that the only way she can win is to eliminate the competition using her lawyer, rather than in a fair election by the will of the people. I cannot imagine that the voters of the 32nd Council District would want to be represented by someone like that."
The trial was originally scheduled today because Chapey's team was claiming Gulluscio did not have enough signatures to make it on the ballot. Gulluscio had vehemently denied this claim and came into court prepared with hundreds of signatures that he felt had been knocked off erroneously. However, before they had the chance to make their case, the judge threw out the entire case because of what she felt was an error in the service of the validating petition.
"Although I am disappointed by the tactics employed by my opponent, I look forward to pursuing all options to allow me to continue to serve the people of the 32nd Council District."
