Monthly Archives: January 2013

Death of a Citizen; Birth of a Christian

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

In the homeless shelter, I was required to apply for Social Security Disability (SSD).  In July 1991 I was declared totally disabled and awarded SSD; with that came Medicare and Medicaid.  Transitional Living Services got me out of the shelter and … Continue reading →

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Thereafter

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

The essential defense of the political corruption between the Onondaga County government and the Republican Party was twofold:  (1) everybody does it and (2) we’ve always done it. There was a conspiracy among county department heads to sell political fundraising … Continue reading →

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From The New York Times (Part II)

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Citing those remarks [“We need another sodomizer in Attica like we need another Peter Andreoli in Onondaga County.”], Mr. Andreoli asked Judge Cunningham to disqualify himself when he was called upon to rule in a jurisdictional dispute between the special prosecutor and the … Continue reading →

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From The New York Times (Part I)

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Andreoli’s Investigations Stir a Debate in Syracuse By Charles Kaiser, September 3, 1979 SYRACUSE—Since 1976, when Governor Carey made Peter D. Andreoli the special prosecutor for Onondaga County, three special grand juries have indicted the County Executive, a former district … Continue reading →

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The Verdict

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Onondaga County Deputy Comptroller Richard Sheeran was indicted on 134 charges of violating Civil Service and Election Laws pertaining to making his employees contribute to the Republican Party.  When the trial verdict was announced, he was acquitted of all the felonies and convicted of … Continue reading →

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Exercise or Insulin?

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

Sorry.  A doctor poisoned me with unmonitored lithium.  There is no literature about the effect of lithium poisoning on the immune system, however, I clearly have immune dysfunction, type unknown.  It causes, among other things, chronic fatigue syndrome and hypersensitivity … Continue reading →

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The Trial (Part II)

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

The first rule of being a good trial attorney is never to ask a question to which you don’t already know the answer.  Gerber does not know why I went to the prosecutor’s office, but John does.  The day before, … Continue reading →

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The Trial (Part I)

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

When I walked into the courtroom, Special Assistant Prosecutors John Lang and William Day respectfully rose to their feet.  Lead defense attorney Edward Gerber and his co-counsel did not.  This had been the way throughout the trial:  the prosecution treated … Continue reading →

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The Decision

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

In any event, John talks slowly and asks many, many small, precise questions.  The standard laugh line around the Special Prosecutor’s Office is that Richard Sheeran’s trial should take three weeks but since John is prosecuting it, it will take … Continue reading →

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The Doctors Testify

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

I thought that attorney Ed Gerber and the rest of the defense team, as well as the county governors and the bosses of the Republican Committee, were all running the show and for all their personal and political reasons they … Continue reading →

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