Wednesday, March 05, 2014
Judge throws out Bloomingburg developer Shalom Lamm's challenge on petitions
A Sullivan County Supreme Court Judge has dismissed all of developer Shalom Lamm's challenges to the nominating petitions for the candidates who oppose his 396-home Hasidic development.
This means that Rural Heritage Party candidate for Village of Bloomingburg mayor, Frank Gerardi, and his running mates who oppose the development, can run against incumbent Mayor Mark Berentsen and his Bloomingburg Strong team in the March 18 election.
Lamm had submitted a laundry list of at least 58 objections to the 39 signatures. But his lawyer ended up with only four claims - that the use of a post office box for a candidate's address on some petitions but not others invalidated the petitions; that the candidate for Village Justice must currently live in Bloomingburg to be on the ballot; that the petitions for Trustee candidates were invalid because they didn't say which candidate is running for what term and that a witness didn't sign the petitions.
The Sullivan County Board of Elections - which Lamm sued - had said that all the petitions were valid.
Judge Stephan Schick agreed with the Board and ruled that “the petition must be denied in all respects.”
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This means that Rural Heritage Party candidate for Village of Bloomingburg mayor, Frank Gerardi, and his running mates who oppose the development, can run against incumbent Mayor Mark Berentsen and his Bloomingburg Strong team in the March 18 election.
Lamm had submitted a laundry list of at least 58 objections to the 39 signatures. But his lawyer ended up with only four claims - that the use of a post office box for a candidate's address on some petitions but not others invalidated the petitions; that the candidate for Village Justice must currently live in Bloomingburg to be on the ballot; that the petitions for Trustee candidates were invalid because they didn't say which candidate is running for what term and that a witness didn't sign the petitions.
The Sullivan County Board of Elections - which Lamm sued - had said that all the petitions were valid.
Judge Stephan Schick agreed with the Board and ruled that “the petition must be denied in all respects.”
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140304/NEWS/140309901/-1/SITEMAP
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