Supporters of Assemb. Earlene Hooper have filed objections to the petitions of both her oppoinents, Hempstead Village Trustee Henry Conyers and anti-gang advocate Sergio Argueta.
The specific objections to Argueta’s petitions, filed Friday, claimed that of Argueta’s 918 signatures, 724 were invalid, leaving him with only 193 qualified signatures -- far below the 500 minimum required by law.
Hooper backers also filed specific objections against Conyers' 968 signatures, claiming 648 were invalid, leaving him with only 338 legitimate sigantures, not enough to qualify. However, since Hooper backers did not take the preliminary step of filing general objections to Conyers' signatures, William Biamonte, Nassau’s Democratic elections commissioner, said the board of elections will not rule on the specifics and Hooper forces will have to take their challenge to court.
Earlier in the week, a campaign finance filing showed that Hooper had raised $4,326 in the past six months and had $6,108 cash on hand while Conyers raised $10,021, but had only $4,421 on hand after expenses.Conyers' filing shows that $8,771 came from his village campaign fund and the bulk of his $5,600 in spending went to pay campaign manager S. Eric Blackwell. Argueta’s fundraising committee has filed no report.
Rick Brand
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Hooper is the worst state legislator on Long Island. This is a fact both Democrats and Republicans agree on. Both parties would CHEER if she was defeated in a primary. That AD is so much in need and deserves so much better.
Unfortunately, Speaker Silver will protect all his conference members, regardless of how arrogant or idiotic they really are.