BOOK NOTES:
TITLE: Breach of Honor (pending)
CATEGORY: Fiction Novel
AUTHOR: Asta Dido (Pen name of Sam DiBernardo)
WRITTEN: Writing started September 2009
COMPLETION DATE: Unknown (Part 1 completed to pg. 97) Proofing, Editing and Literary Agent still pending.
SUBJECT: NYPD; A Police Officer’s Life and work on the “job” in the 1970’s
CAUTIONS: (Violence and “R” rated language and non-graphic sexual content)
Highlighting Scenes: 1. The protagonist is called to a scene of an accidental death where a male white is found suspended from a broken rope device impaled on the foot of a chair in an accidental death while masturbating. 2. Protagonist responds to a couple trying to murder a pregnant woman to steal her unborn infant. 3. An infant is found in the garbage with umbilical chord still attached. 4. Fist fight with a drug addict on a subway train 5. The Officer is accidentally wounded in a “friendly fire” incident by another Cop while trying to stop a gas station robbery. 6. Hospital scenes. 7. A suitcase is stolen containing millions of dollars in Diamonds, Gold and Notes and an Assassin is sent after it and is lured into a trap and killed by the protagonist.
Thrilling action and “snappy dialog” with black humor…
For more information email askastadido@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
COOKIEGATE!!!
March 5, 2009
Candidate condemned by his own statement!
I believe that Eric Ulrich is in clear violation of the election laws and should prohibit him from being certified as a NY City Councilman for the 32nd District, Queens, NY. His statement below, I believe constitutes and effort to influence the outcome of an election by bribery! Whether the bribery is dollars, cookies or even buying coffee for poll workers it is still an effort to sway the opinions of poll workers , eventually the voters opinion, and that is contrary to the election laws of The State of New York. And, I believe this to be “pernicious behavior” according to Election Law thus it is a serious matter for The Board Of Election, it’s General Council and New York State Attorney General and NY State Election officials.
Furthermore, the law is clear about electioneering and campaigning at poll sites on election day! Poll workers and attending officials are legally and adequately compensated for their work that day and are legally bound NOT to collect or seek any other forms of reward be it cookies, coffee, bagels, cannoli or offers of the same and it is illegal to proffer such offers!
“During his impromptu victory speech at Villa Russo in Ozone Park on February 24th, 2009 Mr. Ulrich said: Of course, the young Ozone Park Republican district leader didn’t do it alone. During his impromptu victory speech at Villa Russo in Ozone Park Tuesday night, Ulrich thanked his grandmother —‘who baked cookies for every single poll site in the district…’”
This statement was reported in several local newspapers including the Queens Chronicle, Vol XXXII No. 9 dated Thursday, February 26, 2009 by. Lee Landor, Editor. This information is being passed on to Mr. Steven H. Richman, Attorney for the NYC Board of Elections and should be passed on, in turn, to The Conflicts of Interest Board. It is being issued by Sam DiBernardo who says: “If I have to live by the rules and laws so, does everyone else without exception and insists on urgent action. Your respective agencies are familiar with the “chapter and verse” of the law as they pertain to this matter and they should be enforced evenly and equally!”
Thank you,
Sam DiBernardo
Candidate condemned by his own statement!
I believe that Eric Ulrich is in clear violation of the election laws and should prohibit him from being certified as a NY City Councilman for the 32nd District, Queens, NY. His statement below, I believe constitutes and effort to influence the outcome of an election by bribery! Whether the bribery is dollars, cookies or even buying coffee for poll workers it is still an effort to sway the opinions of poll workers , eventually the voters opinion, and that is contrary to the election laws of The State of New York. And, I believe this to be “pernicious behavior” according to Election Law thus it is a serious matter for The Board Of Election, it’s General Council and New York State Attorney General and NY State Election officials.
Furthermore, the law is clear about electioneering and campaigning at poll sites on election day! Poll workers and attending officials are legally and adequately compensated for their work that day and are legally bound NOT to collect or seek any other forms of reward be it cookies, coffee, bagels, cannoli or offers of the same and it is illegal to proffer such offers!
“During his impromptu victory speech at Villa Russo in Ozone Park on February 24th, 2009 Mr. Ulrich said: Of course, the young Ozone Park Republican district leader didn’t do it alone. During his impromptu victory speech at Villa Russo in Ozone Park Tuesday night, Ulrich thanked his grandmother —‘who baked cookies for every single poll site in the district…’”
This statement was reported in several local newspapers including the Queens Chronicle, Vol XXXII No. 9 dated Thursday, February 26, 2009 by. Lee Landor, Editor. This information is being passed on to Mr. Steven H. Richman, Attorney for the NYC Board of Elections and should be passed on, in turn, to The Conflicts of Interest Board. It is being issued by Sam DiBernardo who says: “If I have to live by the rules and laws so, does everyone else without exception and insists on urgent action. Your respective agencies are familiar with the “chapter and verse” of the law as they pertain to this matter and they should be enforced evenly and equally!”
Thank you,
Sam DiBernardo
Monday, February 16, 2009
GIVE THEM HELL!!!
SHAME, SHAME, SHAME ON THE NYC BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THEIR ATTORNEYS FOR REMOVING ME FROM THE BALLOT ON A TRIVIAL (AND i MEAN TRIVIAL) ERROR ON MY PETITIONS DENYING MY CONSTITUENTS AND VOTERS FREEDOM OF CHOICE. IT IS UNDEMOCRATIC, UNFAIR AND AS UN- AMERICAN AS CAN BE. WRITE THE NYC BOARD OF ELECTIONS, 32 BROADWAY, NY,NY 10007 AND LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT FOR 3 OUT OF SEVEN HATCHETED.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Setting The Record Straight!
Setting The Record Straight!
I, Sam DiBernardo, was not ruled off the ballot for lack of signatures. I was knocked off for a "Prima Facie " error-- because instead of putting on the petition "candidate for City Council Dist 32. I Put "INDEPENDENT" See Attached. The number of signatures on my petition was NEVER CHALLENGED BY THE BOARD OR ANY OTHER CANDIDATE! And, if not challenged whether one gets 10 or 10,000 signatures is totally irrelevant. If I could have won my challenge in NY State Supreme Court on Tue. Feb. 10th I would have been placed on the ballot for the Special Election to be held on Feb 24th to fill the vacant NYC Council seat in the 32nd District!
I was a witness to the “blood bath” that took place at the Board of Elections hearing on Feb. 3rd and I saw the Attorneys or, I should call sharks go after Frank Gallusio and Glenn DiResto only to administer the ”death blow” in court on February 9th. And in my case on the 10th.
After spending 2 days in the NY State Supreme Court chasing around like crazy my appeal was finally heard Feb 10. and denied by (unsympathetic) Justice Phyllis Orlikoff Flug. The Prima Facie error (using the word “Independent” instead of listing the 32nd City Council Dist., Queens NY) and that was the only matter under discussion. She said that the Election Law is as stated and that I didn't follow the rules. See the petition sample incl. and, denied my placement on the ballot. The Law was never cited in this case and the attorney’s overheard exiting the courtroom saying “we beat him!”
I wrote and argued my own case: PETITION IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO PLACE CANDIDATES NAME ON THE BALLOT and filed every single supporting document and those legal forms required to file a case. I did not have a fool for a client—I fought a good battle and did as well or better than expected. With this judge Clarence Darrow would have failed!
I went up against 2 Board Of elections Attorneys and I got the judge to silence one for a fair fight. I was doing good for a while. They argued they weren't served properly and I won that --then they said I was late in filing the Appeal and I won that because the case was filed on the 9th Feb, the last day for filing. First the BOE sent some "schlub" a non-attorney and the judge tossed him out of the court room and told him to get the attorneys there and the case was held over 2 hrs more and, the judge refused to rule a default in my favor. Please note that if I were to be as late in arriving as the BOE atty’s (3 hours total) my case would have been thrown out the window! In all there were 4 hold overs, 2 courtrooms, and 2 judges the final being Hon. Judge Flug who, I’m not sure but, I believe, had ruled against Mr. Gallusio, myself and probably against Mr. DiResto who’s case was postponed over a week? You know Elections should NOT be decided by Attorneys, Boards of elections and certainly not by the courts and its judges. It seems that “the people be damned, and the voter left with little or no choice. ELECTIONS SHOULD BE BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND LEFT TO THE PEOPLE To Elect WHO THEY WANT TO REPRESENT THEM… Sam DiBernardo
I, Sam DiBernardo, was not ruled off the ballot for lack of signatures. I was knocked off for a "Prima Facie " error-- because instead of putting on the petition "candidate for City Council Dist 32. I Put "INDEPENDENT" See Attached. The number of signatures on my petition was NEVER CHALLENGED BY THE BOARD OR ANY OTHER CANDIDATE! And, if not challenged whether one gets 10 or 10,000 signatures is totally irrelevant. If I could have won my challenge in NY State Supreme Court on Tue. Feb. 10th I would have been placed on the ballot for the Special Election to be held on Feb 24th to fill the vacant NYC Council seat in the 32nd District!
I was a witness to the “blood bath” that took place at the Board of Elections hearing on Feb. 3rd and I saw the Attorneys or, I should call sharks go after Frank Gallusio and Glenn DiResto only to administer the ”death blow” in court on February 9th. And in my case on the 10th.
After spending 2 days in the NY State Supreme Court chasing around like crazy my appeal was finally heard Feb 10. and denied by (unsympathetic) Justice Phyllis Orlikoff Flug. The Prima Facie error (using the word “Independent” instead of listing the 32nd City Council Dist., Queens NY) and that was the only matter under discussion. She said that the Election Law is as stated and that I didn't follow the rules. See the petition sample incl. and, denied my placement on the ballot. The Law was never cited in this case and the attorney’s overheard exiting the courtroom saying “we beat him!”
I wrote and argued my own case: PETITION IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO PLACE CANDIDATES NAME ON THE BALLOT and filed every single supporting document and those legal forms required to file a case. I did not have a fool for a client—I fought a good battle and did as well or better than expected. With this judge Clarence Darrow would have failed!
I went up against 2 Board Of elections Attorneys and I got the judge to silence one for a fair fight. I was doing good for a while. They argued they weren't served properly and I won that --then they said I was late in filing the Appeal and I won that because the case was filed on the 9th Feb, the last day for filing. First the BOE sent some "schlub" a non-attorney and the judge tossed him out of the court room and told him to get the attorneys there and the case was held over 2 hrs more and, the judge refused to rule a default in my favor. Please note that if I were to be as late in arriving as the BOE atty’s (3 hours total) my case would have been thrown out the window! In all there were 4 hold overs, 2 courtrooms, and 2 judges the final being Hon. Judge Flug who, I’m not sure but, I believe, had ruled against Mr. Gallusio, myself and probably against Mr. DiResto who’s case was postponed over a week? You know Elections should NOT be decided by Attorneys, Boards of elections and certainly not by the courts and its judges. It seems that “the people be damned, and the voter left with little or no choice. ELECTIONS SHOULD BE BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND LEFT TO THE PEOPLE To Elect WHO THEY WANT TO REPRESENT THEM… Sam DiBernardo
Thursday, February 5, 2009
VOTERS BLINDSIDED!
by Sam DiBernardo
Voters you are loosing it. You are being had! You are being screwed! You are being dooped! You are being fooled into thinking you have a choice of which candidate to vote for when in fact if the Board of Elections and Hired Gunsell lawyers, big mouth bullies, hired by the most vicious of candidates, who are calling the shots and controlling the electoral process and controlling who you can vote for!
SORRY, HOMEY DON’T PLAY THAT!!
Forget about choice! Forget about getting the most qualified and dedicated candidate; a candidate who can and will do the things you want from your elected official—one who's in tune with your needs, desires and, who is laying the groundwork for a newer and better generation; the one who’s ultimate concern is your family and especially YOUR CHILDREN!!!
This ridiculous and often outrageous process is why you end up with selfish political hacks who muck thing up so badly that it costs you big time. Forget about the big shots on Wall Street—they were left to their devices and greed by who else? By stupid, lazy, corrupt or all of the above politicians and that’s because you never had a CHOICE!
We don’t need politicians who can do us special favors—yes you would love that if you were on the receiving end—what we need is managers and leaders and bright and energetic men and women who say: “We can do more with less and do it better!” “Those who say we are not going to feed you but, teach you how to grow your own food so you can feed your family and your children—we will provide the “climate!”
The climate change we need is not in the atmosphere it is in government and business—IT IS IN US!!!
Sam DiBernardo
Voters you are loosing it. You are being had! You are being screwed! You are being dooped! You are being fooled into thinking you have a choice of which candidate to vote for when in fact if the Board of Elections and Hired Gunsell lawyers, big mouth bullies, hired by the most vicious of candidates, who are calling the shots and controlling the electoral process and controlling who you can vote for!
SORRY, HOMEY DON’T PLAY THAT!!
Forget about choice! Forget about getting the most qualified and dedicated candidate; a candidate who can and will do the things you want from your elected official—one who's in tune with your needs, desires and, who is laying the groundwork for a newer and better generation; the one who’s ultimate concern is your family and especially YOUR CHILDREN!!!
This ridiculous and often outrageous process is why you end up with selfish political hacks who muck thing up so badly that it costs you big time. Forget about the big shots on Wall Street—they were left to their devices and greed by who else? By stupid, lazy, corrupt or all of the above politicians and that’s because you never had a CHOICE!
We don’t need politicians who can do us special favors—yes you would love that if you were on the receiving end—what we need is managers and leaders and bright and energetic men and women who say: “We can do more with less and do it better!” “Those who say we are not going to feed you but, teach you how to grow your own food so you can feed your family and your children—we will provide the “climate!”
The climate change we need is not in the atmosphere it is in government and business—IT IS IN US!!!
Sam DiBernardo
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
KANGAROO COURT
Yes Virginia, today it was like a Kangaroo Court at the Board Of Elections and they kicked me off the ballot for a chickenshit, what they called, a "Prima Facie" fatal error. They said my petitions didn't let the signers know what district I was running for yet, ironically, when the called me to the podium I was called as the candidate from the 32nd Dist. Aren’t they saying “the hell with the voters in the NY City council District 32?” I guess they don’t read the newspapers naming me as one of seven candidates running for office in, again, the 32 District, Queens NY!
The Board Attorney sat there like Madam Defarge in “A Tale of Two Cities” and instead of "off with his head" it was "off the ballot!" And cut me short? Heck, they were afraid to let me speak my piece and called a guard to threaten and push me off my stand! Now I know what Jesus must have felt as he stood before Mr. P. Pilate!
It was like a gray suited lawyers convention, or more accurately, like a gathering of sharks at feeding time and oh don’t they love the smell of blood in the water! Those who hired the Attys with the biggest and loudest mouths made it onto the ballot. It was like the board and the Attys have a language and partnership of their own—their own club so to speak! Today I witnessed Attorney’s and Board Members arguing aloud about nick names and stars on petition sheets and I expected an argument of “how many angels can you fit on the head of a pin!” I'm going to fight and appeal but this kind of action should be totally unnecessary in a Democratic Society—the outcome of an election should NOT BE DECEIDED BY A BOARD OF ELECTIONS; IT SHOULD BE DECEIDED BY THE VOTERS—BY THE PEOPLE. I personally took the time and made the effort to put together a campaign for public office-- that I spent countless hours and, I went out and gathered signatures in the coldest and meanest of weather conditions just to be dismissed like some minor irritation to the Board Of Elections comprised of members from just the two and only two major parties. Who are they trying to kid? That Independent guy be damned!
Finally, let me point out that some Candidates backed by the Republican and Democratic Party’s sailed through the BOE’s hearings right onto the ballot with barely a whimper by board members although they are not safe either; one of the Candidates placed a shark in the water with them too! Do I have to draw you a picture? The score now—three down and four to go from the original seven candidates. At this rate who knows where it will end and this is why I believe the power to remove a candidate from the ballot be taken away from the BOE and that they be commissioned to act solely as an instrument to provide information and opinion to the public! Yes, this would mean more Candidates on the ballot and more freedom of choice for the Voting Public…
Folks, nothing is going to change unless people like you and I speak up and start to gather the supporters for meaningful change. God knows it is needed! Come on people, get behind me and let’s strike another blow for Democracy!!!
Write me and let me know how you feel.
Sam DiBernardo
The Board Attorney sat there like Madam Defarge in “A Tale of Two Cities” and instead of "off with his head" it was "off the ballot!" And cut me short? Heck, they were afraid to let me speak my piece and called a guard to threaten and push me off my stand! Now I know what Jesus must have felt as he stood before Mr. P. Pilate!
It was like a gray suited lawyers convention, or more accurately, like a gathering of sharks at feeding time and oh don’t they love the smell of blood in the water! Those who hired the Attys with the biggest and loudest mouths made it onto the ballot. It was like the board and the Attys have a language and partnership of their own—their own club so to speak! Today I witnessed Attorney’s and Board Members arguing aloud about nick names and stars on petition sheets and I expected an argument of “how many angels can you fit on the head of a pin!” I'm going to fight and appeal but this kind of action should be totally unnecessary in a Democratic Society—the outcome of an election should NOT BE DECEIDED BY A BOARD OF ELECTIONS; IT SHOULD BE DECEIDED BY THE VOTERS—BY THE PEOPLE. I personally took the time and made the effort to put together a campaign for public office-- that I spent countless hours and, I went out and gathered signatures in the coldest and meanest of weather conditions just to be dismissed like some minor irritation to the Board Of Elections comprised of members from just the two and only two major parties. Who are they trying to kid? That Independent guy be damned!
Finally, let me point out that some Candidates backed by the Republican and Democratic Party’s sailed through the BOE’s hearings right onto the ballot with barely a whimper by board members although they are not safe either; one of the Candidates placed a shark in the water with them too! Do I have to draw you a picture? The score now—three down and four to go from the original seven candidates. At this rate who knows where it will end and this is why I believe the power to remove a candidate from the ballot be taken away from the BOE and that they be commissioned to act solely as an instrument to provide information and opinion to the public! Yes, this would mean more Candidates on the ballot and more freedom of choice for the Voting Public…
Folks, nothing is going to change unless people like you and I speak up and start to gather the supporters for meaningful change. God knows it is needed! Come on people, get behind me and let’s strike another blow for Democracy!!!
Write me and let me know how you feel.
Sam DiBernardo
Thursday, January 29, 2009
REFORM THE NY STATE ELECTION LAWS
Let me speak in the vernacular "New York State's Election Laws SUCK! They need to be changed and updated to meet the needs of the people and the election process brought into the 21st Century. Old processes, systems, voting machines are so outdated that it is a horrendous joke. A change in the number of signatures required to get on the ballot should be drastically lowered to "reasonable amounts" ascending from say 100 for lower offices to perhaps a couple of thousand for any presidential race and that all petitions and Election documents written clearly in plain English as to be understood by a fifth grade reader. THE "PLAYING FIELD SHOULD BE LEVELED" to allow all Candidates a chance to run for office and even win regardless of Party or "Non" affiliations.I'm writing this because this is effecting the recently called "Special Election" and in particular, my Candidacy and I want to direct your attention to my prior blog below this. If Iraq can have an Election with 14,000 candidates why can't we New Yorkers have an election where all the people who went out and got signatures (and there are only seven for my race) are allowed to be on the ballot without cutthroat challenges!!!
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