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Monday, April 22, 2013 at 12:52PM The Bayshore Tea Party Group supports the candidates of Republicans for Conservative Leadership:
Daniel Peters for Monmouth County Sheriff
Stephen Boracchia for NJ Assembly from the 15th District (Middletown, NJ)
Leigh-Ann Bellew for State Senate
Monday, April 22, 2013 at 11:31AM By Barbara Gonzalez
Recently, there have been some comments posted on blogs and reported in the Asbury Park Press regarding the Bayshore Tea Party Group and the “Republicans For Conservative Leadership” slate that is running in the June Primary.
While many who read this response to those comments already know FULL WELL the reasons for the actions of the Bayshore Tea Party Group and the Candidates themselves, we will, never the less, post our comments.
There were several citizens that are aligned with the Tea Party platform that had expressed an interest, or even a NEED, to run for office. Once this interest was expressed to the Bayshore Tea Party group, and other Tea Party Groups, it was decided that a full slate would be the right thing to do. Again, most of you reading this know that this was one of those actions that would be considered… necessary.
Regarding the “Convention” that was held in March, although initiatives to improve the system were definitely taken by Chairman Bennett, and very much appreciated, the whole event was nothing more than a show that could have been called “Come See the Anointing of the Incumbents”.
There was no option to “oppose” any of the Incumbents….only “all in favor” was presented as an option.
We considered our awareness of the process desired by the Founders. The citizens of this country hold the ultimate responsibility for the establishment of the required functions of government and in the selection of those who represent us. We firmly believe in the citizen representative/politician theme of the Founders and the citizen’s inherent responsibility for maintaining the Republic.
We did take into consideration, the current process defined in statutes and by a variety of rules to place an individual on the primary ballot. While this process is fairly straightforward, we encountered some concerns in complying with the requirements of the by-laws of the Monmouth County Republican Committee.
The first of which was, why have this layered process? Why another obstacle requiring permission to work for the state….the country….the People??
In addition, a large part of the difficulty revolved around the limited time available to obtain petition signatures from members of the County Committee, as required by the by-laws. Some County Committee members were more than reluctant to sign the “challenger” petitions.
Most of the requirements to run for elected office, were created by those already IN office and seem designed to eliminate the public’s voice and to protect the Incumbents. An example of this protection of Incumbents can be seen when reflecting on the last round of Redistricting. The lack of interest in the unconstitutional “gerrymandering” by the State Republican party, in order to protect Incumbents, further disenfranchises the voters of both parties. Has anyone checked out voter turnout lately?
This issue was discussed amongst ourselves as well as with County Committee members and determined that it would not be practical for us to bring Candidates to the Convention. It was not an easy decision, due to our relationship with Chairman Bennett who has been very accommodating with respect to the Monmouth County Tea Parties.
Now, let’s direct the discussion to why we are doing this.
Along with enduring the re-election of a president who deserved nothing more than removal from office, we survived Hurricane Sandy. Shortly thereafter, we were confronted with the horrific tragedy in Newtown Connecticut. There were the debates over the Fiscal Cliff and other issues and more and more, the question arose….”who represents us?”
There was Governor Christie’s “over the top” treatment of the president during his visit to NJ and his rather abusive treatment of the Republicans in Congress over the pork laden bill to aid N.J. during an attempt to structure a reasonable economic response to the needs of the people who suffered catastrophic damage from Hurricane Sandy.
He was willing to throw out the Republicans with the bath water in order to get aid to the victims.
In the end, the Republicans were vilified for trying to maintain fiscal responsibility while also trying to craft an aid bill.
Yes, this was an emergency, but the amounts and purposes of the spending were irresponsible.
Regarding the Newtown tragedy, the answer, according to the left, was to pass 23 new firearm restriction bills in a state that already has some of the strictest laws! These bills went through Committee and passed the Assembly. Some of the “yes” votes were from REPUBLICANS!
Citizens from all over the state, attended hearings, wrote letters and made phone calls crying out AGAINST these bills.
NOT A WORD FROM OUR REPUBLICAN DELEGATIONS. We asked, we pleaded….Not a word.
So, you ask “WHY challenge the Republicans?” You tell us they are good and are doing a good job. Are they really? Our rights are being TRAMPLED into the earth and the Republicans of Monmouth County have nothing to say!
Understanding it is difficult to defeat Democrat bills in NJ, why have they remained silent? We are there, at hearings trying to defend what’s left of our rights, but our representatives are nowhere to be found. We stand alone.
These elected officials have a responsibility to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the State of New Jersey. Yet, not a word…not a declaration that they will fulfill that responsibility.
These Republicans may do some good but they utterly fail in supporting the principles of a free people with RIGHTS THAT ARE NOT TO BE INFRINGED.
The Sheriff’s Association met at the end of February. We were told that a statement to protect our 2nd amendment rights might be publicly made by some of the Sheriffs. Not a word. Again, silence. This may be a multi-party association, but we DAMN WELL expect the Republicans to stand up for our rights.
We don’t need Republicans who act like Democrats and who are afraid to STAND UP to the political power structure of either party. Silence is inaction. Silence has consequences for all of us.
What about the Governor’s adding 100,000 individuals to Medicaid? This is a massive, increased load on a system that is already broken. A continuing failure of the government to deliver health care to those truly in need. This will deliver a crushing blow to emergency rooms because the number of doctors taking Medicaid patients is declining at a record pace. Doctors are retiring early, leaving the state or reducing the categories of patients that they take in. Common sense and thousands of health care providers will tell you that this is a failing system. Any Republicans that embrace any form of a government controlled health care system, can no longer be considered “principled” Republicans.
ObamaCare Is NOT the law of the land, as stated by Governor Christie, if you have the political spine to stand by the Constitution of the United States. Other States across the country are resisting under the 9th and 10th amendments. ObamaCare is not an enumerated power. The States are the final arbiter of which laws are the law of the land and which are not.
Republicans should be championing alternatives to ObamaCare and not stand idly by while the Governor imposes the implementation of this system on us.
In closing, we will reiterate, that those Republicans, who some say so ably serve us, are dead silent. So, you may think that our Tea Party activity is misguided, but if you who are TRUE Republicans are honest with yourselves, you would look around and wonder……
Why are my taxes so high? Why is education so expensive and yet declining in performance? Why is NJ 49th in the country in freedoms? Why are so many fleeing the state? Why is unemployment at 9.3 per cent?
Who represents us?
It is time for a change.
Thank you,
Robert Gordon
Barbara Gonzalez
Bayshore Tea Party Group.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 10:53AM (From Barbara Gonzolez)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Below is the Charter of The American Tea Party Congress. If you would like to vote, please reply with one of the following:
Yea, Nay, Abstain
Please vote by Thursday the 7th at noon.
Can also be found on website www.bayshoreteaparty.org
(Reply to bargonzo57@comcast.net.)
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 10:43AM
The full and fully formatted Charter of the American Tea Party Congress may be found here, as a PDF. The contents of the PDF are authoritative; the contents below are a guide, but please read the PDF, since the contents below might have copied out with an error.
Article I Organization and Mission
Section 1
The American Tea Party Congress, hereinafter referred to as the ATPC, shall be comprised of, and represent, a confederation of Tea Party groups and kindred conservative organizations and shall function entirely as an agency at the consensual discretion of the member Tea Parties and conservative groups, each of which retains its individual sovereignty.
Section 2 The mission of the ATPC is to promote unity and cooperation among Tea Parties and like-minded organizations seeking to restore, preserve and protect the constitutional law and the supporting principles upon which the United States were founded. Section 3 The ATPC shall govern itself subject to the Constitutions of the United States and of those states in which it is incorporated. Article II Governing Structure Article III Enumerated Powers Section 1 The Board of Representatives shall have the following powers: a) Establish by two-thirds majority vote all By-Laws, statutes, and policies governing the organization b) Officially interpret the Charter, By-Laws and statutes c) Establish Officers and ancillary personnel and prescribe their duties and responsibilities d) Remove Representatives, Officers and ancillary personnel from office e) Approve admission of new member groups to the ATPC f) Expel, if and when necessary, any existing member group or groups g) Endorse and support candidates for political office h) Appropriate expenditures and engage in fundraising Section 2 The general membership of constituent organizations shall have the following powers: a) Appoint a delegation of two Representatives to serve on the Board of Representatives b) Recall one or both of their Representatives from the Board c) Approve the initial Charter and any subsequent amendments Section 3 The enumerated powers of the Board of Representatives and the constituent organizations in this Charter may be expanded or contracted only through the amendment process described in Article IX. Article IV Membership Article V Board of Representatives Section 1 Except where indicated in this Charter, the policy-making and primary executive power of the ATPC shall reside in the Board of Representatives. Section 2 Section 3 No Representative shall receive compensation or emolument for any service rendered to the organization except where expenses incurred personally by them on behalf of the organization require reimbursement or the Board of Representatives determines by two-thirds majority vote that compensation on a periodic or regular basis is required. Section 4 With exception of the provisions set forth in Section 5 below, all acts of the Board of Representatives passed in accordance with this Charter shall bind all constituent member organizations, Representatives, Officers and ancillary personnel. Section 5 1. Member organizations may, through their Representative delegations, invoke their sovereignty and exempt themselves from any act passed by the Board if: a) The act is inherently inimical to the status or mission statement of their organization; and/or b) The act violates the collective conscience of their organization; and/or c) The act substantively hinders the local or regional agenda of their organization. 2. Any member organization of the ATPC that exempts itself from an act of the Board of Representatives may not intentionally obstruct that act or otherwise undermine the mission of the ATPC. Section 6 Questions or disputes regarding the interpretation of any part of this Charter or the By-Laws shall be resolved by two-thirds majority vote of the Board of Representatives. Article VI Officers and Ancillary Personnel Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Neither Officers nor ancillary personnel of any office or designation shall receive compensation or emolument for any service rendered to the organization except where expenses incurred personally by them on behalf of the organization require reimbursement or the Board of Representatives determines by two-thirds majority vote that compensation on a periodic or regular basis is required. Section 4 Pursuant to this Charter, the powers and responsibilities of the Officers and ancillary personnel of all offices or designations shall be established in the By-Laws by the Board of Representatives. Article VII Appropriations and Expenditures Section 1 The Board of Representatives shall be empowered to determine the fiscal year of the ATPC and establish such in the By-Laws as well as appropriate and spend funds on behalf of the organization, pursuant to this Charter and provisions set forth in the By-Laws. Section 2 The President shall be empowered to appropriate and spend funds on behalf of the organization, pursuant to this Charter and provisions set forth in the By-Laws. Article VIII Meetings Section 1 The Board of Representatives shall meet at a time and place and in a manner to be determined by them and set forth in the By-Laws. Section 2 The President shall be empowered to call a special meeting of the Board of Representatives and shall chair any such meetings that he calls. Section 3 Article IX Force of Law and Amendments Section 1 This Charter shall become effective at 12:01 AM on the day following the date of its ratification by the general membership of no fewer than two-thirds of the signatory organizations and it may not be interpreted to function ex post facto. Section 2 1. Amendments to this Charter may be proposed by any member of the Board at any regular Board meeting. 2. If a two-thirds voting majority of the Board members approve of the proposed amendment, it shall be submitted to the general membership of each member organization for a yea or nay vote. A three-quarters voting majority of the member organizations must approve of the amendment for it to be incorporated into the Charter. 3. If ratification by three-quarters of the member organizations has not taken place after a period of three months from the date the proposed amendment was approved by the Board of Representatives, the amendment shall be deemed null and void. 4. If the proposed amendment is ratified, the Secretary shall prepare a new version of the amended Charter, certify it with an actual or electronic signature and send a copy of it to all member organizations via U.S. postal service or e-mail. Article X Adoption and Ratification At the 2 March 2013 session of the American Tea Party Congress, this Charter was adopted by an unanimous vote of the delegations present. On ______________ 2013, the general membership of two-thirds of the signatory organizations ratified this Charter, which shall acquire the force of law at 12:01 AM on _______________, 2013.
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 11:42AM Friday, September 21, 2012—BTPG Founder Barbara Gonzalez and member Pat Iurelli are quoted in Romney Videotape: In the Modern World, no candidate's speech is truly private, published yesterday in the Asbury Park Press. (Paywall with limited free viewings.)
Buried at the end of the article is this spin:
Bayshore Tea Party Group founder Barbara Gonzalez did not condone Romney’s remarks, but said they are rooted in fact and reflect the vision of the Republican ticket, to shrink government and wean the nation off its support.
Gonzalez continues:
“The Middle East is fighting, the world is burning and now the media is saying, ‘Romney, Romney, Romney,’ ” Gonzalez said. “It’s another distraction.”
The article does not explain why one would need to "condone" or apologize for the telling of a well-known and important truth. It's another distraction.
The article splits Pat Iurelli's statement across a page break:
Pat Iurilli, a 55-year-old Republican resident of Highland Park, in Middlesex County, agreed. He pointed to Obama’s remarks at a news conference just a few months ago when he said, “The private sector is doing fine,” which led to complaints Obama is out of touch about weak job growth. The press didn’t hound him the same way it has hounded Romney, Iurilli said.
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“It just shows, I think, that they’re not giving equal scrutiny,” Iurilli said.
(end of quote)
The paper quotes the director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling at Rutgers University:
It is important to note that voter memories are short, Redlawsk said, and though Romney’s campaign is viewed by Democrats as foundering, there could be something to give the Romney campaign momentum.
Mr. Redlawski knows or surely should know, that the public's memories of fact are very short, but its memories of impressions are long indeed. That's why the media "spins the narrative": if they can convince you now, when you're not really paying attention, that something bad happened, you'll remember that in the future, even if you've seen facts to the contrary. It's only if you are in the habit of analysis that you'll get the facts right in the beginning, or correct your impression later. And most of us cannot maintain the habit of analysis. We have to live in the here and now. We have to stop at the stop sign, and check off our grocery lists, and balance our checkbooks. And so we can be misled by those whom we trust for our news.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 2:06PM Tuesday, July 17, 2012—On Saturday, July 14, in The Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Twelve, representatives of twenty-two New Jersey Tea Party groups and affiliated New Jersey conservative advocacy groups met in conclave to pursue closer cooperation and mutual support, and in free association and mutual consent, have founded The American Tea Party Congress.
Incorporation papers have been filed. Two out-of-state groups have announced interest. Other matters under consideration are trademarks and logos.
In the coming days and weeks, the representatives of those groups will place the question of membership and participation in this Congress before their full memberships for approval. As the 2012 election looms, the Congress, through its member organizations, must plunge into the great work of electing legislators and Executives who will return this nation to its founding principles and restore its future, for ourselves and our posterity.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 10:24PM Tueday, June 12, 2012—A few months ago, we limited comments on articles to registered members of the Bayshore Tea Party Group. This was not a happy decision, but the effort required to police against spambots threatened to become unbearable.
After reviewing the CAPTCHA service available through our hosting service, we have decided to enable CAPTHCAs and turn commenting back on for everybody. The downside is that our hosting service will not registered users to bypass the CAPTCHA. The BTPG leadership agreed that this is an acceptable price, especially since each successful entry benefits literary preservation. (See how the reCAPTCHA service works.)
In the past we were honored to receive a well-defended dissenting view from a distinguished writer and producer in the comments on a blog article. Shutting off public comments cut of the possibility of future visits of this kind. We're very pleased to reopen the gate, even with the hoop that we must force our visitors to go through.
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Friday, June 8, 2012 at 3:21AM 
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Anna Little has a fine singing voice and fine technique. She is also skilled with a microphone, probably a good thing after the exertions of the campaign. Between her thanks for the campaign over and her call to arms for the campaign ahead, she sang God Bless America.
While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free,
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.
God bless America,
Land that I love.
Stand beside her, and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America, My home sweet home
God bless America, My home sweet home.
Many voices joined her for the verse, and more than a few were choked up.
It is presumptuous to substitute my judgement for that of Irving Berlin but in these troubled times, we could substitute in remote DC for far across the sea.
Friday, June 8, 2012—On Election Night, supporters of Anna Little joined the candidate in Atlantic Highlands to wait for the election results. Among them were members of the Tea Party groups that endorsed and campaigned for Little.
A buffet was provided and devoured, but most of the attention was focused on the television screens and on web pages viewed on smartphones (whose batteries ran low as the evening wore on).;)
As results began to trickle in, the numbers looked promising. Meanwhile, smartphone users watched for reports from the recall elections in Wisconsin. As the precinct reports piled in, the numbers looked better and better for Anna Little, and the preliminary numbers from Wisconsin also looked promising.
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Anna and the KingmakersThe numbers slowly rolled in, getting better and better. It seemed to many that the press was overly cautious in declaring for the GOP "outsider." The conservatives present fought back their elation, afraid to get ahead of the "official" results provided by the media. The good news in NJ 6 was reflected in the more distant light cast by the Wisconsin recalls. A few stalwarts watched the televisions; others clustered in groups or wandered from group to group.
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The Race is Called
Finally News 12 called the election for Anna Little. Cheers cascaded across the room and people stood to hear Anna. As they gathered, they formed a large open circle with only Anna's own table in it. When the circle became solid Anna stood and accepted a microphone.
She began with thanks, for her mentors, for her staff, and for her supporters.
Anna Little speaks of her singing with needless self-deprecation. This evening she joked that she had a more or less captive audience. Then she brought the microphone a little closer and led the room in God Bless America (sidebar).
As eyes were wiped and throats re-opened Anna turned to the campaign ahead.
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Her themes connect the voters and taxpayers with the authority and power of political office and the need to establish accountability and uphold the Constitution.
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Without dwelling on the difficulties ahead, she stressed the importance of all her staff, campaign workers and supporters and wrapped up her address.
Later though, in individual conversations, she acknowledged that the hard road lies ahead, but never failing to congratulate or to thank the people with whom she spoke.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 9:10AM Wednesday, June 6, 2012—Tea Party favorite Anna Little took 70% of the vote for a compelling victory in Tuesday's GOP primary for the New Jersey 6th Congressional District, defeating GOP establishment candidate Ernesto Cullari.
In recent weeks, the race has been marked by signs of desperation. On May 23rd Cullari failed to appear at a debate sponsored by the Jersey Shore Tea Party, leading that group to provide a ham sandwich as a stand-in. Starting on May 31st, Cullari's campaign mailed at least two "exposes" to a mailing list which is alleged to have been taken from the Little campaign. These presented cases from Little's legal career in a highly slanted light, suggesting unsavory behavior but not actually stating the accusation. They were quickly debunked by the Little campaign.
Anna Little will face Democrat Frank Pallone in the general election in November. This will be her second attempt to challenge Pallone. In her first attempt, she suprised everyone except herself and her supporters by coming within eleven percent of unseating the long-entrenched liberal Democrat. The combination of name recognition, redistricting, and possible negative coat-tails from the Presidential campaign may favor Little. The contentious primary and the fierce struggle for control of Congress raise the prospect of a no-holds-barred race for New Jersey 6.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 8:29AM Wednesday, June 6, 2012—Today is the 68th anniversary of the Allied landings at Normandy. It would be fitting on this day for every American to spend some time in prayer for the brave men who died, and for those who survived, and in thanksgiving for the freedom they bought us with their courage and their blood.
It would also be fitting to spend some time reading, not about the entire operation, but just one part of it. There are too many stories to list, but here are a few: the floating tanks that failed and drowned their brave crews, the Navy destroyers that moved in on their own initiative, scraping their bottoms to provide fire support, the generals who led frightened soldiers in dashes across the beach.
D-Day was the beginning of the end of the war in Europe, but only the beginning. There would be weeks of hard fighting to break out of Normandy, including an actual bayonet charge. There was the war of the hedgerows. And there was the beginning of the massive logistical effort that was still never quite enough, struggling to keep up with the armies that would soon move across Europe.
The Greatest Generation failed us in one way. In their modesty, they failed to teach us about what they had endured, what sacrifices they had made, and why. And so when the 1960s came, the Left was able to drive a wedge between that generation and their children. It is time now for us to step into that breach, and reconnect the youth of our country with the free Constitutional Republic that Chesterton called "the only nation ever founded on a creed." For ourselves and our posterity, we owe that generation nothing less.
Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 10:35PM Saturday, June 2, 2012—Anna Little has issued a position statement with regard to the second case that the Cullari campaign has ripped from her records and distorted. The common factor among the two cases is an adverse action by the IRS under our byzantine tax code, whose complexity and uncertainty make compliance costly and uncertain, and which requires the collectors to have the power to seize what they think is owed without regard for the consequences.
Anna writes:
Every taxpayer has the civil right to challenge an arbitrary assessment of tax against him or her by the IRS. This is the nature of the case I handled in tax court. In this case two arbitrary assessments were levied simultaneously against the taxpayer's business, and an arbitrary amount was assessed against the taxpayer personally. There was no proof of income used to justify the assessments. In this case the business was closed, and the taxpayer is liquidating all assets acquired through other means throughout a lifetime. Still the assessment may not be satisfied. The present tax code permits such arbitrary assessments.
The present tax code must be challenged and should be reformed. One way to challenge the tax code is through the court system bringing to light these arbitrary assessments and the damage they cause. Another way to bring about tax reform is to elect true representatives of the people to Congress to establish a Fair Tax policy which would eliminate such arbitrary assessments which infringe on the right of Americans to keep the earnings from their labor and pursue happiness.
On June 5 you have the opportunity to elect Anna Little as a candidate for Congress who understands the need for Tax Reform.
Our tax code is very profitable for the legislators and executives who decry ordinary business deductions as subsidies, then quietly rig the rules to benefit the industries that pony up millions in campaign donations. Of course, they can just as easily threaten businesses or entire industries with consequences if they don't pony up. The power to tax is the power to destroy. As Anna's client could tell you.
Friday, June 1, 2012 at 9:15PM ;)
Friday, June 1, 2012—The Ernesto Cullari campaign has pulled another file from the Casebook of Anna Little and cooked, processed, rendered, and dressed it to look like sleaze.
The case in question concerns the owner of a "seedy" strip club—and having condemned the club and the operation, they allow that the nature of the business is not relevant to the case—and then repeat the word "seedy" at every opportunity. So it does matter—or does it?
We don't know whether the establishment was seedy, bohemian, or opulent, but it was a strip club, and the Cullari people want you to believe that its owner has no right to appeal an IRS tax assessment. I leave it to you to decide which represents a greater threat: the strip club at which patronage is purely voluntary or the IRS whose "voluntary" exactions can send you to the poor house or send you to jail.
Kathleen Tartivita, strip club operator, is entitled to the same legal representation as the next person, prince, president, or plumber.
Mr. Cullari's particular competency includes splinting broken bones. If Ms. Tartitiva were to have a broken bone that needed splinting, would Mr. Cullari refuse to treat her because of her business? Hardly! Both mercy and professional ethics would require him to offer the appropriate care.
So the fact of Ms. Tartitiva operating a strip club is irrelevant, as is its seediness or opulence. What matters is whether she complied with the law and whether her case with the IRS was conducted in accordance with the law. Here's what attorney Jim Bennett has to say:
Subject: Fwd: Anna Little, Seedy Strip Clubs & Abuse of Process
Here's another one. You can read the opinion of the Appellate Division at http://caselaw.findlaw.com/nj-superior-court-appellate-division/1565818.html .
I see no dilatory behavior on Anna's part. The assessment is from 1999, and there are strict deadlines for requesting a conference or appealing the matter to the Tax Court. The Tax Court took 18 months to render a decision, which unfortunately is often the case. Once the Tax Court enters its order, there is a 45-day window to take the matter to the Appellate Division. There is no evidence that the case bounced up and down.
Interestingly, the appeal of Kathleen Tartivita was pro se. Anna Little was on the appeal probably because a corporation cannot be represented in the Appellate Division by a non-attorney. Tartivita, a non-attorney, appears to have been running the show for herself.
Also interestingly, Tartivita had to pay post-assessment interest from 1999 for her delay in paying the tax, so the state did not lose anything. If she had paid the assessments or paid them into court, she would have been protected from that consequence.
So there you have it: another non-story from the Cullari campaign.
Friday, June 1, 2012 at 4:25PM Friday, June 1, 20112—Anna Little replied today to the Cullari Campaign's squalid attack:
Every citizen has the right to seek legal redress if they believe they have been wronged. The other party also has the right to defend themselves, and be judged by a judge or a jury of their peers. The pending legal action is an allegation. There is no final money judgement in the matter. It has just come to my attention that Default has been entered, which is a technicality which occurs when one party doesn't answer on time. I have filed an Answer and have sought legal counsel to defend me. I intend to seek to vacate default, defend myself, and make motion for the complaint to be dismissed as we deem appropriate after thorough review of the matter.
Attorney Jim Bennett adds the following:
I just received this e-mail. The passage about a judgment having been entered against Anna's firm is an outright misstatement. I obtained the court's docket sheet, and I learned that a default has been requested against the law firm, but not against Anna, who filed an answer. Anna could very easily move to amend her answer to include the LLC, and then there would be no default at all. ...
The last development before the request for entry of default was the dismissal without prejudice of Anna's motion for summary judgment. All that means is that there are triable issues of fact. Anna can still prevail on the merits.
The bottom line is that there has been no judgment. The case is ongoing.
Friday, June 1, 2012 at 4:22PM 
Friday, June 1, 2012—Last night the Cullari campaign e-mailed a report of a lawsuit that one of Anna Little's clients filed two years ago. Tellingly, the lawsuit targeted not only Anna and her firm but the company's own accountant.
According to Anna Little, the firm in question was investigated by the IRS and subjected to a fine that brought business operations to a halt, and sought to recover the loss from somebody, hence the inclusion of attorney, firm, and accountant.
Further information and Anna Little's response may be found here.
Note that this lawsuit is two years old. The Cullari campaign held this attack until the last days before the election. The accusation suggests that a crime has been committed, but the action is a civil lawsuit, not a criminal action. The letter also suggests to the casual reader that there has been a final judgement. Nothing could be further from the truth, as Anna explains in her reply.
The timestamp on the email was for a time between 5:00 and 6:00 PM, but it did not appear in my mailbox until after 10:00 PM, which suggests that the timestamp was deliberately manipulated to hide the late hour at which it was sent, a tactic consistent with the character of this attack.
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 9:52PM One of our correspondents has an undercover identity as a MoveOn.Org contributor. This intrepid agent found the following missive in one of his inboxes:;)
First, notice the emotional, save-the-manatees tone: The various battleground issues and elections are "babies" and the author doesn't want to have to choose between them, doesn't want to prioritize them. Not "What do we want most" but "We want it all!"
What can we infer about the actual state of their warchest relative to the challenges ahead? Well, if I were running an advocacy group I would try to announce my desperate appeals for money some weeks before they actually became desperate. But he's right on one thing: every one of those battlegrounds is well-contested, and at least some will be lost.
This is not the confident tone of someone calling for money to secure a new, "irreversible" gain. It is the tone you use when your audience already hears defeat padding around past the next corner.
They are also asking for small donations. It takes twenty five-dollar donations to match one one-hundred dollar donation, and many thousands to match a $15,000-per-plate dinner. They are apparently not counting on massive donations from Soros and Streisand and her fans. Whether the money is tied up elsewhere, or not available to Mo-dot-org, or not available period, it seems that either it's not there or else Mo-dot-org is so desperate that even with big donations in hand they are scraping for crumbs.
On the whole, this looks like a good sign. If you are a contributor to groups that work against Mo-dot-org and its ilk, rest assured that your work is helping. But don't actually rest. Continue to stoke the engines of Constitutional Reform.
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 6:39PM Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 2:07AM Thursday, May 31, 2012—Ed Morrissey at Hot Air has an interview with Staff Sgt. David Bellavia ("Bella-via") (Retired), the author of House-to-House and Tea-Party approved candidate for Congress in western New York State. Bellavia enters the show at about 23:10.
It's not so important how they died [as] why they died, how they lived, and every one of them understood by signing, by defending that Constitution ... inspired by God and written by man ... that we were willing to write a check up to and including our life and then, they wrote that check.
(Background and book link here.)
(Update: A note, and a video.)
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 6:50PM 
How Large WAS That Fish Story?
Tuesday, May 29, 2012—The Monmouth County GOP has taken a page from the Obama Administration. They have begun the Friday Night Document Dumps. On Friday, May 25, before the Memorial Day weekend, they issued a disingenuous "challenge." Just after noon Tuesday the 29th, after the solemn celebration of our Nation's war dead, they issued a condemnation of Anna Little for not jumping to their demands.
Today the campaign of Ernesto Cullari emailed this missive:
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Cullari's Tuesday Morning BeefNote first that this demand was sent just before the Memorial Day Weekend. Next, note the claim that this is the first debate. The first debate was scheduled for last Wednesday, 5/23, but Ernesto did not show up. His campaign claims that he did not know it was a debate. This is false; Mark Falzone of the Jersey Shore Tea Party has communications indicating that it was scheduled as a debate. And even if it were true, why is a candidate for Congress not ready to debate issues when the opportunity arises?
Mark Falzone has added that, prior to the debate, he had not personally endorsed any candidate. In light of Cullari's failure to appear, he has now endorsed Anna Little.
If someone sent you a letter on Friday night before a long weekend, could you promise you would have dealt with it before morning's end? This is a Democratic Party tactic, not ours.
Sunday, May 27, 2012 at 4:07PM Paul Greenberg may not fit the definition of a conservative stalwart, but there should be no doubt on one claim: He. Can. Write. His Memorial Day article is here. If you aspire to write, if you think you can write, measure yourself against this article. And if you can't see why, Grasshopper, your lessons have just begun.
Neither is the New York Times known as a friend to the patriot and the military, but Lily Burana's article is moving and fitting. Tellingly, it is titled As Memorial Day Nears, a Single Image Continues to Haunt. Responding to the subject would be atavistic; discussing its effect as art is sociology. The fault is in the title, not the article. 