“just a loudmouth” connie murray #taxamazon #abolishtheedc #scamazon #queensmachine #stopsrb #ourlic #yimbygohome #lic #queens #nyc also 
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the people who deny the long presence and deep reality of the queens democratic machine are the very people who make it run and/or benefit off of its existence
it is a lie to say the #queensmachine isn’t real or doesn’t exist: it is a lie to deny its presence
the #queensmachine, in fact, has been chugging along for decades: it is insidious & well-funded as it continues to fight to keep its power. events this summer have demonstrated & proven the machine’s power, influence and ability to control our local communities
unless we stop it
it won’t be easy to stop it but confronting it, and hopefully beating it, election by election, can be done
aoc’s defeat last year of entrenched queens machine member #joecrowley was a confirming victory for the people’s voice and the first hard blow to the almighty machine
the most crucial players in the #queensmachine are the 3 lawyers who have long protected the machine, for decades, in fact: frank bolz, gerard sweeney and michael reich #gerardsweeney #frankbolz #michaelreich these guys are more important than the actual politicians unfortunately
think on that for a second: the queens democratic party is essentially run by three non-elected #queensmachine men who have been in place for decades
decades
isn’t it time that we, as citizens, did something about this?
benjamin yee @yben tried to do something about it, about #michaelreich specifically, last fall https://twitter.com/yben/status/1047170282849554432?s=20 … https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Progressive-faction-tries-to-participate-in-State-13272482.php … so did @patfnelson who can we trust in albany when non-electeds are running committee meetings?
#queensmachine
and “chaos ensues” when the non-electeds (#queensmachine lawyers
) are confronted? chaos?!?! for speaking truth to power?
and then the *non-electeds* (#queensmachine lawyers) get to shut it all down, w/zero accountability?!?
what the hell is going on?https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Progressive-faction-tries-to-participate-in-State-13272482.php …
"i am happy to be #michaelreich's worst enemy,” states @patfnelson, after a contentious back&forth where nelson was ultimately shut down by reich: “perhaps it's time for younger people to take leadership roles in this party" #queensmachinehttps://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Progressive-faction-tries-to-participate-in-State-13272482.php …
because “this party” is literally run by lawyers *lawyers* *lawyers* who were not elected to queens office but nonetheless have decades of tenure in said queens offices, are the ones who run the show, *our show*, the queens democratic process, and they do it even in albany
juicy in-depth #queensmachine primer on #gerardsweeney #frankbolz #michaelreich from 2017 by @rossbarkan https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/lawyers-controlled-queens-dems-party-30-years-article-1.3017007?cid=bitly … also mentions other critical players like qns county public administrator #loisrosenblatt, surrogate judge #peterkelly and the late #tommanton
#joecrowley’s brother #seancrowley was kicked out of #queensmachine in the mid-2000s for nepotism, became a lobbyist and worked with #scottkaufman, his brother’s campaign treasurer
other significant mentions are #billdriscoll, #robertnahman, #stephaniegoldstone and #kennethbrown
this piece, again by reliable @rossbarkan also from 2017, is a disturbing expose on the “tasty side hustle” of #queensmachine lawyers #gerardsweeney #frankbolz #michaelreich, i.e., pilfering property from the deadhttps://www.villagevoice.com/2017/05/18/the-queens-machine-that-turns-foreclosures-into-cash/ …
just because someone has died without a *valid* will doesn’t mean they don’t have family or even close longtime friends who deserve the decedent’s property (way) more than these 3 lying stealing greedy #queensmachine lawyers who profit off of *all* these innocent people
a crazy fact is that many residents of queens are homeowners and many do not have their affairs firmly in order when they pass: the lawyers of the #queensmachine love this trend
because they take ownership of the decedent’s property
#davidgallo was the fourth partner in this game: he left the #queensmachine in 2015, via “unclear circumstances” but had been an entrenched lawyer in the queens machine for decades; he was the expert real estate arm of it
here from march2001 “well-oiled party machine is squeaking in queens: roiled by term limits and ethnic shifts” https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/29/nyregion/well-oiled-party-machine-squeaking-queens-roiled-term-limits-ethnic-shifts.html … the towers were still standing when this was published
“ethnic shifts” 
#queensmachine
an appalling expose from a year ago aug2018 “how a political machine works: candidates running for 21 seats, all unaware” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/nyregion/queens-candidates-nominated-without-knowing.html … elderly florida residents and unwilling 94yr olds on the ballot without their knowledge
#queensmachine
“it’s disheartening to learn that the board of elections, a body that is supposed to be upholding the law, is willing to go to such great lengths in order to try to keep people from getting on the ballot when the court has ruled that they should be on the ballot” #queensmachine
“it is not entirely clear why the party would want to populate the committee with people who did not know they were on it”
“but any seats filled by party candidates would not be filled by insurgents” #queensmachinehttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/nyregion/queens-candidates-nominated-without-knowing.html …
“pol consultant #georgearzt said the county org shouldn't be counted out yet. ‘the death of the machine is premature. the machine lives, the organization will strengthen. don't forget that #gregmeeks, this was the 1st time out of the box’” #queensmachinehttps://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2019/07/30/queens-district-attorney-race-melinda-katz-tiffany-caban-queens-democratic-machine-may-still-reign-supreme …
again: *"the machine lives"*
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2019/07/30/queens-district-attorney-race-melinda-katz-tiffany-caban-queens-democratic-machine-may-still-reign-supreme … #queensmachine
one woman’s journey in the #queensmachine https://www.wnyc.org/story/queens-machine-part-one-you-gotta-pay-your-dues/ … southeast queens resident kimberly roberts from springfield gardens did not succeed
neither did #erykamontoya who was kicked off the ballot by a persistent and determined #frankbolz because she didn’t have a fax number (a fax number?!?!) on her cover letter: who uses faxes anymore? the old powerful weird #queensmachine, that’s whohttps://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/11/can-local-candidates-ever-defeat-the-political-machine/545141/ …
much of #frankbolz’s work seems to entail going to the @boenyc and arguing against the candidacies of hopeful locals: he seeks to invalidate the campaign efforts of residents who he suspects will be troublesome to the #queensmachine
in the embedded audio clip, you can hear #frankbolz arguing to get #erykamontoya removed from the ballot, becoz of a fax number: why would a lawyer “object” to any citizen’s presence on an nyc ballot? https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/11/can-local-candidates-ever-defeat-the-political-machine/545141/ …
and how is any of this legal or morally appropriate?
more on roberts’ and montoya’s experience from august2018
https://historicpca.blogspot.com/2018/08/blogger-candidate-forum-more-lessons.html?m=1 … #queensmachine
once again from @rossbarkan in feb2019 https://gothamist.com/2019/02/20/joe_crowley_queens_machine.php … comments confirm local voter frustration with the #queensmachine, featuring all the same old players
this turned out to be a long thread but i barely touched on all the parts and all the players of the #queensmachine: this thread is one bucket of information about an entity which absolutely exists
the machine is no urban legend: it’s not sasquatch
it’s a real monster
if anyone denies its existence, they are denying a screaming truth which most likely directly benefits them
they’re pretending that the truth is a lie and a that big lie is the truth
but no one else is pretending: *we* all see it, blatantly and clearly
and we will change it
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