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OUTING CORRUPT & COLLUSIVE INCUMBENTS 
& Ending their Road to Re-Election & Higher Office -- WITH EVIDENCE
 

ELECTIONS 2020 -- TOMPKINS COUNTY

wikipedia: Tompkins County

As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,564...
The median income for a household in the county was $37,272,
and the median income for a family was $53,041.
Males had a median income of $35,420 versus $27,686 for females.
The
per capita income for the county was $19,659.
About 6.80% of families and 17.60% of the population were below the
poverty line,
including 11.00% of those under age 18 and 5.40% of those age 65 or over.

Board of Elections

TOMPKINS COUNTY STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
& STATE LEGISLATORS

51st SD (Cortland, Otsego, Schoharie Counties, parts of Cayuga, Chenango, Delaware, Herkimer, Tompkins, Ulster Counties) 
James Seward 
(elected 1986)
Ranking Member: Finance
Member: Rules


54th SD  (Seneca & Wayne Counties & parts of Cayuga, Monroe, Ontario, Tompkins)
Pat Helming

58th SD (Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates Counties & part of Tompkins)
Thomas O'Mara, ESQ. (elected -- Nov. 2010)  Syracuse Law School)

Member: Judiciary, Codes, Ethics & Internal Governance

125th AD  (all of Tompkins County, part of Cortland County)
Barbara Lifton (elected 2002)
Member: Election Law

 

TOMPKINS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Matthew Van Houton, ESQ.
click here for: 2020 UNCONTESTED election for Tompkins County DA


1.
CJA's June 15, 2020 corruption/grand jury complaint to D.A. Van Houten
against Tompkins County state legislators

* Senator James Seward -- 51st SD
Senator Pamela Helming -- 54th SD
Senator Thomas O'Mara, ESQ. -- 58th SD
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton -- 125th AD

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

2.
CJA's July 28, 2020 e-mail to D.A. Van Houten --
"Reasonable questions arising from your nonfeasance"

 -- attached FOIL

* * *

Correspondence with Tompkins County

TOMPKINS COUNTY ATTORNEY:  Jonathan Wood, ESQ.

 

1.
CJA's July 11, 2016 e-mail to County Attorney
"Notice to Tompkins Co. Government: Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own Acting D.A. Bonavia's findings of facts and conclusions of law"
cc: Acting D.A. Bonavia -- &
attaching:

CJA's July 8, 2016 letter -- ATT: County Board, County Executive, County Treasurer/Comptroller, & County Attorney --
     "GIVING NOTICE:  Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed district attorney salary increases based on your own district attorney's findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to rock-solid, prima facie evidence establishing them to be based on judicial salary increases that are statutorily-violative, fraudulent -- & unconstitutional"
click here for:  evidentiary webpage

2.
CJA's July 14, 2016 FOIL REQUEST --   
"Salaries & Other 'Compensation & Non-Salary Benefits' --
for District Attorneys and Other Full-Time Elected County Officers  

transmitting e-mail   no response

3.
CJA's August 8, 2016 FOIL REQUEST --
"State Aid for District Attorney Salaries" 

transmitting e-mail   no response

4.
CJA's September 7, 2016 e-mail to County Attorney --
"Notice of Right to Seek Intervention --
Citizen-Taxpayer Action to Void D.A. Salary Increases
& State Reimbursement to the Counties"
--
webpage with accompanying NOTICE

5.
CJA's July 28, 2020 FOIL --
"(1) the functioning of the Tompkins County district attorney’s office and performance of its duties with respect to public corruption complaints filed by members of the public; (2) access to the Tompkins County grand jury so that it can discharge its duty pursuant to Article I, §6 of the New York State Constitution and Criminal Procedure Law Article 190, unobstructed by the Tompkins County district attorney."

August 5, 2020 response

 

 

 

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