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Holding New York's Re-Election-Seeking D.A.s Accountable --
& Testing the Fitness of the Very Few D.A. Candidates Challenging Them

2024 Cortland County D.A. Election
Board of Elections

click here for:
GUIDE FOR CORTLAND COUNTY "LOCAL JOURNALISM"

 

(6th Judicial District)  (3rd Judicial Department) 

CORTLAND COUNTY
2022 population: 46,755 
2022 medium household income: $65,029 

D.A. Perfetti's salary interest
impacting on his duties to Cortland County & its taxpayers
D.A. salary, statutorily-linked to county judge salary: $221,100


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Incumbent Patrick Perfetti (R, C)
no primaries for R & C lines
website    facebook

Elizabeth McGrath (D, WF)
primary for D line, but no primary WF line
website   facebook

 

1.
CJA's July 18, 2024 NOTICE
& grand jury/public corruption complaint
to D.A. Perfetti
--
"
Your D.A. salary increases, the judicial salary increases on which they are based,
and the violations of New York’s penal laws by state legislators and others within your geographic jurisdictions, established by CJA’s  February 23, 2024 grand jury/public corruption complaint to Albany County D.A. Soares that he has been 'sitting on'”

2.
CJA's July 24, 2024 e-mail to D.A. Candidate McGrath --
"GOOD NEWS! You Can Win Your...Cortland D.A. Race[]
& Demonstrate Your fitness for the Office:
NOTICE & Grand Jury/Public Corruption Complaint"

 

3.
OUTREACH TO "LOCAL JOURNALISM" --
with cc's to DA Candidates Perfetti & McGrath

CJA's August 9, 2024 e-mail to Syracuse.com/Post Standard --
"YOUR 2024 ELECTIONS REPORTING: 
Cortland County D.A. Candidiates Perfetti & McGrath --
& Cortland County's re-election-seeking state legislators Oberacker,
Kelles, & Gallahan, etc."

CJA's August 9, 2024 e-mail to Ithaca Times --
"YOUR 2024 ELECTIONS REPORTING..." 

CJA's August 9, 2024 e-mail to Cortland Voice --
"YOUR 2024 ELECTIONS REPORTING..." 

CJA's August 9, 2024 e-mail to WRVO --
"YOUR 2024 ELECTIONS REPORTING..." 

CJA's August 13, 2024 e-mail to WRVO --
"INFORMING THE VOTERS --
YOUR 2024 ELECTIONS REPORTING: 
Cortland County D.A. Candidates Perfetti & McGrath --
& Cortland County's re-election-seeking state legislators
Oberacker, Kelles, & Gallahan, etc."

CJA's August 21, 2024 e-mail to WSKG --
"INFORMING THE VOTERS: 
Cortland County D.A. Candidates Perfetti & McGrath --
& Cortland County's Re-Election-Seeking State Legislators
Oberacker, Kelles, & Gallahan, etc."

CJA's August 21, 2024 e-mail to WAER --
"INFORMING THE VOTERS: 
Cortland County's Re-Election-Seeking Candidates Perfetti & McGrath --
& Cortland County's 3 Re-Election-Seeking State Legislators
Oberacker, Kelles, & Gallahan, etc.

CJA's August 27, 2024 e-mail to Spectrum News --
"INFORMING THE VOTERS: 
Cortland County's Re-Election-Seeking Candidates Perfetti & McGrath --
& Cortland County's 3 Re-Election-Seeking State Legislators
Oberacker, Kelles, & Gallahan, etc.

CJA's August 28, 2024 e-mail to Cortland-Standard --
"INFORMING THE VOTERS:
Cortland County's D.A. Candid& McGrath --
& its 3 Re-Election-Seeking State Legislators
Oberacker, Kelles, & Gallahan, Etc.

 

3 STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS

SD#51
Peter Oberacker (R, C) 
ballotpedia - here  vs. Michelle Frazier (D, WF) here

AD #125
Anna Kelles (D, WF) 
unopposed  no primaries
ballotpedia -- here

AD #131
Jeff Gallahan (R, C)
unopposed no primaries
ballotpedia -- here
 

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CJA's August 8, 2024 e-mail to Cortland County --
"Cortland County D.A. Patrick Perfetti's Salary"

Cortland County's August 9, 2024 e-mail

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PRIOR PAPER TRAIL

2016
cc: Then D.A. Candidate Perfetti --
CJA's November 2, 2016 e-mail to Syracuse Post-Standard

"The corruption-busting electoral significance
of CJA's Oct. 14, 2016 conflict-of-interest/misconduct complaint to the D.A. races
in Madison & Cortland Counties"


2017
CJA's July 31, 2017 e-mail to Cortland County Attorney --
"Has Cortland County NOT paid its district attorney ANY salary increases pursuant to the 2011 and 2015 Commission reports raising judicial salaries?"

 

2020
CJA's June 19, 2020 corruption/grand jury complaint to D.A. Perfetti
against Cortland County state legislators

click here for EVIDENTIARY PROOF,
accessible from CJA's webpage:
Invoking "The power of grand juries to inquire
into the wilful misconduct in office of public officers,
and to find indictments...",
pursuant to Article I, §6 of the New York State Constitution


July 24, 2020 e-mail to D.A. Perfetti --
"Reasonable Questions arising from your nonfeasance..."

attached FOIL

July 27, 2020 acknowledgment

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CJA's 2020 webpage for Cortland County

Cortland County 

Board of Ethics

Code of Ethics

 

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ELECTIONS 2024:
Cleaning up NY's Corrupt & Unconstitutional State Governance --
starting with its most important D.A. race: Albany County


 

 

 

 

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