"Still Waiting" Rep John Sweeney (R-NY) fails to produce police report

[Cooley Hurd]

http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=2639

November 2, 2006 at 6:03 pm by Elizabeth Benjamin

A day after U.S. Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, said he would authorize State Police to release documents on a 911 call to his home last December, his campaign has yet to share the letter or the police reports with the media.

Sweeney and his wife, Gaia M. “Gayle” Sweeney, have challenged the veracity of a document reported on by three newspapers- including the Times Union - that detailed how State Police were summoned to their home after Gayle Sweeney called 911 to say her husband was “knocking her around the house.'’

Both Sweeneys acknowledged the State Police came to their house on Dec. 2. They refused to discuss exactly what happened that night with reporters, but gave verbal permission for what they called the “real report” on the incident to be released by law enforcement.

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Sweeney said his staff was working on the letter, but as of 5 p.m., it still was not available.

“Our office is still working to obtain the document in question, and as soon as we have it, we will be sure to share it with you,” Sweeney’s deputy chief of staff, Melissa Carlson, said is an e-mail sent to TU reporter Tim O’Brien at 5:42 p.m. “It was not as quick as we had hoped, but we are still working on it.”
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More at link.



:rofl::bounce::woohoo:

[Cooley Hurd]

1. more...

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The State Police said they needed a notarized letter signed by both Sweeneys in order to make that report public. Such a letter has yet to materialize

In a meeting today with the Times Union’s editorial board, Sweeney declined an invitation from Editor Rex Smith to have a staffer type a letter right then and there that could be signed in front of a notary employed by the newspaper.
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Not looking too good for Sweeney.:o

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Kick - read more at:

http://therealjohnsweeney.com/

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Early bird kick...

:kick:

[Binka]

4. Gaia = Gayle? Why Change Her Name?

Is she of foreign birth and Sweeney wants her to appear Western? My neighbor and friend is named Gaia she is from the Philippines. Does Sweeney have a mail order bride?

[Rhiannon12866]

5. My take on her name change, as I told CH, is that this is what he called her

when he was four sheets to the wind and just couldn't pronounce her name, Gayle. :eyes:

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Sweeney yet to release police records

Latest local TU story on this unfortunate Sweeney domestic abuse story, just in time for the midterms...

http://timesunion.com:80/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=531510&category=REGIONOTHER&BCCode=HOME&newsdate=11/3/2006

[Cooley Hurd]

9. "Gaia, schweetie, please don't *burp* run away. Ya know I loves ya..."

"Ah brought home some new *burp* friends with me. How's about a lap dance for my buddies?"

:rofl:

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Jesus! These are all boys!

Why was he with them, when he could have been home with Gayle/Gaia...:shrug:

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Hey there, Binka!

:hi:

Rumor has it that, before marrying the congressthug, she was an "exotic dancer..." Perhaps Gaia was her stage name?:shrug:

AFAIK, she's of US birth...

[Binka]

8. Is She A Second Or Third Spouse?

How old is Sweeney? Gaia is in her mid 30s from what I read. :hi: Exotic dancer you say? Oh my what family values! I wonder if they have a pole in their bedroom?

[Cooley Hurd]

11. It's his second, and this latest incident mirrors a similar one back in 1998:

http://www.wnyt.com/x10629.xml?ag=x156&sb=x183

Rep. John Sweeney, R-Clifton Park, has faced allegations of domestic discord before.

The congressman and his wife, Gayle Sweeney, insisted Wednesday that reports the state police responded to a domestic incident at their home in December are false.

Back in 1998, Rep. Sweeney's then-estranged first wife, Elizabeth Sweeney, made a similar statement. She was responding to a letter sent to the Post-Star newspaper suggesting she filed for an order of protection against her husband.

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Elizabeth Sweeney blamed the Democratic opponent in the race of starting the rumors. Bordewich denied it.
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His son also has a history of violence:

http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/121805ReverseJailSentence.html

GOP Judge Reverses Jail Sentence For Sweeney's Son
BALLSTON SPA---No jail time for the son of Republican Congressman John Sweeney despite him pleading guilty to felony second degree assault as the result of a fight which seriously injured the victim.

In a rare action, Fulton County Judge Richard Giardino reversed his earlier decision to sentence John J. Sweeney, 19, of Schaghticoke and John J. Manupella of Troy, also 19, to jail for a brutal assault of another teen last year that left the victim with long-term vision damage and recurring nightmares. He will also have to undergo reconstructive dental work after losing one tooth and having three other teeth chipped in the assault.

The pair had pleaded guilty to second degree assault last month in a plea bargain negotiated with the Montgomery County district attorney's office in exchange for a sentence of four months of weekends in jail or 45 consecutive days in jail plus probation and community service.

Second degree assault is a class D felony and they could have received up to seven years in state prison.

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Giardino was hand-picked for the case after Saratoga County Court Judge Jerry Scarano, also a Republican, recused himself. Scarano's wife, Jennifer, is chairman of the Saratoga Springs Republican Committee, vice chairman for special events of the county Republican committee and is employed by Republican Assemblyman Willis H. Stephes (R-Brewster), the minority leader pro tempore.
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[Binka]

13. What A Scuzzy Ass Carrot

I just sent more money to his opponent!

[Cooley Hurd]

14. You know, the thing that makes me oppose Sweeney the MOST is...

...that he was the architect of the "Brooks Brothers Riot" in FL, 2000...

http://archive.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/28/miami/



Miami's rent-a-riot
Remember last week's ugly protest of the hand recount? Elián all over? Guess again -- Washington GOP operatives were running this circus.

By John Lantigua

Nov. 28, 2000 | MIAMI -- On the surface, it looked like the good people of Miami at their worst again. Last week's melee at the county offices here -- followed by the local canvassing board's abrupt cancellation of a hand recount -- had all the trademarks of Miami's notorious tantrum politics. Screaming, shoving, fist-waving, intimidation, ties to Elián González and even hints of good ol' Cuban-American political corruption.

But the fact is that the fracas at Miami's recount headquarters was engineered and carried out by Republican Party operatives imported from the heartland, far from South Florida. They might have reminded viewers of Elián's Army -- and might even have taken lessons from the Cubans -- but, by all accounts, the city's strident conservative exile community was very much in the minority. As one observer put it: "There were no guayaberas. This crowd looked tweedy. They were from out of town."

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The halt of the Miami-Dade County hand count, where 10,750 ballots remain uncounted -- more than enough to flip the outcome of the Florida election or further buttress George W. Bush's lead in the state -- dealt a devastating blow to Al Gore's presidential campaign. The vice president's attorneys are arguing that intimidation influenced the canvassing board's decision to stop the hand recount and that it should be resumed.

<snip>

The incident -- the ugliest single set piece of the Election 2000 epic and possibly the most decisive one -- was set in motion by one imported GOP operative: Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., who from an office in that same county building has led the Miami fight against the recount.

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On hearing of the decision to move the vote tally, Sweeney uttered a three-word order to his troops: "Shut it down." Those words were reported by Paul Gigot, who was in the room with GOP operatives, in his Wall Street Journal column Friday.
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He's a thug, and he needs to GO!:grr:

[Rhiannon12866]

15. His opponent is very good, thanks!

She's smart, well-spoken and well-qualified. This is the one chance that we have to unseat Sweeney. Previously, the Dems didn't bother to support a real challenger, because he was assumed to have the job for life, if he wanted it, as was said in the local paper. But Kirsten Gillibrand definitely has him on the ropes and I believe his time has finally come!:D

[Rhiannon12866]

12. She's the second, from what we know.

Apparently there are also allegations from the unfortunate first wife, Elizabeth (who knows what he called her?!), the mother of his sons, one of whom has also gotten into trouble for violence. :-(

[annabanana]

16. "still working on it"

It takes a l-o-o-o-ong time to release something, you know...

[Cooley Hurd]

17. According to the Times union article published today, Mrs Sweeney...

...was already given the paperwork at the time of the incident:

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Typically, a domestic incident call triggers an electronic blotter entry in which a trooper gives an account of what unfolded. The call also generates a domestic incident report (DIR), in which an alleged victim provides details about what he or she contends took place. A copy of the domestic incident report is given to the victim.
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They know EXACTLY what's in the report - they're just stalling until next Wednesday...;)