<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><head><title>Albert Baldeo for City Council</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- img { border: none; } .tah10 { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .tah11 { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .ver10 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .ver11 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .tah9 { font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } .ver9 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; } td { vertical-align: top; } --> </style> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .bgdown { background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: bottom; } span.xcmaintext {} h2 {margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-autospace:none; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:normal; margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-top:0in} --> </style> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16945" name="GENERATOR"></head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"><!-- ImageReady Slices (0005_red.psd - Slices: 03, 04, 05) --> <table height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="center" bgColor=#ffffff background=images/bg.gif border=0> <tbody> <tr> <td width="50%" background="images/bg.gif" bgcolor="#000000" rowSpan=3>&nbsp;</td> <td> <object codeBase=http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0 height=278 width=780 classid=clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000><param name="_cx" value="20638"><param name="_cy" value="7355"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="flash/0488.swf"><param name="Src" value="flash/0488.swf"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value=""><param name="Scale" value="ShowAll"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value=""><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="false"> <embed src="flash/0488.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="278" width="780"></object></td> <td width="50%" background="images/bg.gif" bgcolor="#000000" rowSpan=3>&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr> <td> <table height="996" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="96%" align="center" border=0> <tbody> <tr> <td width="2" height="990">&nbsp; </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" height="990"> <blockquote>&nbsp;</blockquote></td> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff" height="990"> <div align="left"> <div style="WIDTH: 610px; HEIGHT: 2722px"> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u></u></strong>&nbsp;</p> <div id="cityroom"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><u><span style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WHY ALBERT BALDEO'S NAME WAS NOT ON THE LAST ELECTION BALLOT<o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div> <div><img height="320" hspace="0" src="images/IMG_0142.JPG" width="480" border=0><br>&nbsp;</div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Prior to the Special Election disenfranchisement, Attorney at Law and Community advocate</span></u></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Albert Baldeo was the clear front runner in the race to replace Assemblyman Seminerio</span></u></strong></p><span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Our community, the fourth largest growing group in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">New York City</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,&nbsp;was&nbsp;wrongly deprived&nbsp;of a seat at the table of government when a Special Election was called&nbsp;to cancel the Primary Election. Despite being the front runner on the Primary ballot, and the candidate most favored to win the seat,&nbsp;Albert Baldeo, and&nbsp;all other candidates, were removed from the ballot. The </span><st1:place><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Queens</span></st1:place><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Democratic Organization unilaterally designated Mike Miller, whose selection&nbsp;was guaranteed by this back door process.&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">This election will be recorded as a terrible travesty in which a full and open primary process was quashed-one in which your right to vote for and choose your own candidate was taken away from you in a most un-American manner.&nbsp; While this certainly will undermine Mr. Miller's legitimacy as an Assembly member, it also casts an unfortunate and dark cloud over the entire process, which was really a farce, and sends the wrong message to voters that your votes do not count.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Commenting on this injustice, Community advocate Albert Baldeo said, "Nevertheless, I will&nbsp;continue to work for all of you,&nbsp;the constituents of our entire district, on the issues that are important to this community and improving the quality of life for all residents. I ask you to renew your commitment with me to make our neighborhoods a better place to live and work for each succeeding generation.&nbsp; We will continue to fight for the resources and services we need to improve our schools, health care, senior centers, bring good jobs and wages back and improve our quality of life<span style="COLOR: black">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><span style="COLOR: black"></span></span>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span><span style="COLOR: black">I want to thank the many people who supported and encouraged me in this race, even as it was being taken away from us. Your work on the campaign, collecting petitions, distributing literature and talking to the voters of this district about the issues is the most selfless form of civic engagement in a Democracy. You have honored me with your efforts, and I hope to honor you in the future as I continue to work in our community to improve our collective quality of life. </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="ecmsonormal" style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><span style="COLOR: black">As Americans, and as tax payers, we must continue this historic&nbsp;fight for representation for our kids and for generations to come." </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="ecmsonormal" style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><strong><u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Source:</span></u><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> United Communities </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Alliance</span></st1:place></st1:city></strong></p> <p class="ecmsonormal" style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><strong><st1:city><st1:place><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><img height=871 hspace=0 src="images/38th_sp_ForumSouth.jpg" width=655 border=0></span></st1:place></st1:city></strong></p><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="EC_aol_ad_footer" id=EC_f3661c76807f3646d62bc1bbb2a163df><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5jNcZftGVF8/Spa384caTNI/AAAAAAAABSo/YkJ8lfrl824/s1600-h/38th+sp+west+cover.jpg">Link:</a><br></div> <div class="EC_aol_ad_footer"><a href="http://juniperparkpatriots.blogspot.com/2009/08/dems-turn-screws-to-fix-38th-ad.html">Link:</a></div></div></div></div></td> <td width="238" height="990">&nbsp; </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> <tr> <td height="100%"> <table height="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="780" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="780" background="images/bg_down.gif" height="63"> <div class="tah11" style="WIDTH: 780px; PADDING-TOP: 13px; HEIGHT: 40px" align=center><strong>&nbsp; <font style="COLOR: rgb(188,130,130)">AlbertBaldeo.Com © 2005</font> </strong></div></td></tr> <tr> <td width="780" height="100%">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></body></html>