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

ELECTIONS 2020 -- YATES COUNTY

wikipedia: Yates County
The median income for a household in the county was $34,640, and the median income for a family was $40,681. Males had a median income of $29,671 versus $21,566 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,781. About 8.90% of families and 13.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.90% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.

"As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,348"

Board of Election


YATES COUNTY STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
& STATE LEGISLATORS

58th SD  (Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates Counties, part of Tompkins County)
Thomas O'Mara, ESQ. (Syracuse Law School)  (Nov 2010)
Ranking Member: Judiciary

Member: Codes, Ethics & Internal Governance


132nd AD (Schuyler, Yates Counties, most of Steuben County, parts of Chemung & Seneca Counties)
Philip Palmesano 
(elected Nov 2010)
Member: Ways & Means, Corporations, Authorities & Commissions; Correction

 

YATES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Todd Casella, ESQ.

1.
CJA's June 22, 2020 corruption/grand jury complaint to D.A. Casella
against Yates' state legislators

Senator Thomas O'Mara, ESQ. -- 58th SD
Assemblyman Philip Palmesano -- 132nd 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 31, 2020 e-mail to D.A. Casella --
 "Reasonable questions arising from your nonfeasance..."
attached FOIL

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Correspondence with Yates County

YATES COUNTY ATTORNEY: Scott P. Falvey, ESQ.


1.
CJA's July 11, 2016 e-mail to County Attorney --
"Notice to Yates Co. Government: Your duty to repudiate & challenge the state-imposed D.A. salary increases based on your own D.A. Gardner's findings of facts and conclusions of law"
cc: D.A. Gardner -- & 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 
 July 19, 2016 acknowledgment  
August 16, 2016 letter with enclosures


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

transmitting e-mail   August 9, 2016 acknowledgment    September 7, 2016 responding e-mail

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 31, 2020 FOIL --
"(1) the functioning of the Yates 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 Yates 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 Yates County district attorney."

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D.A. Press

November 1, 2017
"Two District Attorney hopefuls battle to the wire"
The Chronicle Express (Gwen Chamberlain)
Four years ago, as an independent candidate, Valerie Gardner defeated Republican incumbent Jason Cook to win the Yates County District Attorney race. Last year, she fell to Cook in the race for Yates County Judge, and this year she is being challenged in a heated campaign with independent Todd Casella, Steuben County Assistant District Attorney. 
Their battle has included legal challenges that ended up in courtroom arguments over the validity of petitions. As a result, Casella was not allowed to challenge Gardner in the Republican Primary in September, but his name will appear on the Independence and Reform lines.

November 5, 2017
"Yates DA race is the talk of the town"
Finger Lake Times (Mike Hibbard)

November 8, 2017
"Casella looks to be new Yates DA"
Finger Lake Times (Mike Hibbard)

January 3, 2020
"Yates County DA appointed to prosecute Kolb DWI case"
Spectrum News

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