Saturday, September 13, 2014

McCoy: Clyne will step down as party chair and BOE commissioner



MCCOY
Albany County Executive Dan McCoy, appearing on Talk 1300 Saturday, said Matt Clyne has decided to step down as Democratic Party chairman and from his post as Board of Elections commissioner.
Stepping down as chair - an unpaid, largely thankless job - comes as no surprise after he got trounced in his re-election bid to a committee seat on Primary Day and likely wouldn't win re-election anyway. But as BOE commissioner he earned $88,000 and the spot is filled by Democrats on the Legislature.
Clyne could not immediately be reached for comment.
McCoy would not say who he would like to see as the next county chair or take over as the party’s representative at the Board of Elections. Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, who has called for Clyne’s ouster and heads up the “progressive” faction of Democrats, could not be reached for comment.
SHEEHAN
The intraparty rift between the old line Democrats, of which Clyne is a part and McCoy is tied into, and the progressive Democrats came to a head when Clyne tried to bounce off the ballot a slate of judicial delegates in an effort to ensure the Supreme Court nomination went to Legislator Justin Cocoran.
The strategy failed, the courts put the ousted slate of delegates back on the ballot and, according to the Times Union, won at least 17 of the 30 primaries. Those delegates will likely back Albany County Family Court Judge Margaret “Peggy” Walsh for Supreme Court at the judicial nominating convention later this month.
Walsh is also running for re-election to her spot on Family Court. It seems to contradict one of the biggest grips Sheehan and the “progressive” faction of Democrats have is that not enough people – read that “their people” – were benefitting from party controlled jobs.
CLYNE
Walsh cannot wear both robes at the same time, so should she get the nod at the judicial nominating convention the Democrats will hold on Sept. 19, she may have to drop out of the Family Court race and allow the committee to fill vacancies to fill the slot. Petitions for the three-person committee were circulated in June along with other nominating petitions.
The organizational meeting, where the party will pick Clyne’s replacement, will occur before the end of the month.
The county committee won’t have the choice of choosing Clyne, but who they do pick could swing towards the “progressive” Democrats or the old guard. Some names bantered about include Common Council President Carolynn McLaughlin, the party’s secretary, who the TU described as not fitting in nicely with either faction and County Legislature Noelle Kinsch, the wife of city Treasurer Darius Shahinfar.
Who is picked for Family Court Judge to replace Walsh is not clear at this time. As is who will replace Clyne at the Board of Elections.


16 comments:

  1. You can kiss Tonkos ass goodbye Troys had enough of this phony too what a joke this Tonko is
    He is just a whore for the old line He goes for the DNC party first Not what's rite but rather what his marching orders are

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  2. Tonko's time is done go away Tonko

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  3. Lmao. The group of people that marched in the parade today for "Take Back Troy" consisted of a multiple felon for drugs, a DWI that hit 5 cars, a man who last I heard about stole a cash jar off a counter at Stewards around Christmas time a women who drives threw the Burgh speeding around schools and a women who had her children taken away from her. Nice group.

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    1. Yet they're already kicking Jim Gordon's phony-morality political whore ass all over the burgh. Funny how that works.

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    2. Don't forget about the numerous bar fights, keepin' it classy!

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    3. 5:01 take back troy is a laughing stock all over the burgh, all of troy even.

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    4. Sorry Jimbo, we know you hate to share the press but get used to it.

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    5. Jim for got how he likes rubbing elbows with junkies and scam artists who and fraudulent absentee ballot collectors like Vito

      Sorry Jim the gloves are coming off this go round

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  4. PLEASE run for mayor Mark McGrath or Jim Gordon!!
    -said every Troy Democrat ever

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  5. Who cares, lets get back to the crooked stuff in Troy!

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  6. McGrath running for mayor would never happen. That would make to much sense and we all know that never prevails in Troy. Mayor Lou gives his staff raises but offers 4 0's to CSEA.

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  7. Marks Case was Sealed only a Judge can unseal it any takers

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  8. For the love of God no more McGraths!

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