Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Oswego County Legislator to Announce Bid for 48th Senate District Seat

   It's game on in the 48th Senate District as Oswego County Legislator Amy Tressider, 56,  makes official her candidacy against freshman Senator Patty Ritchie of Oswegatchie.
    Ms. Tressider will hold a presser tomorrow in Watertown, which is the geographic center of the three-county district.

    It will be a tough race for the challenger as Senator Ritchie is personally popular and is running in a GOP district where people may not want to cede control of the Senate to Democrats. The Senate is now 32-30 in favor of the GOP.
    The Ritchie campaign had no immediate response to the challenge.
    How about this, "The Senator congratulates Ms. Tressider on her candidacy and looks forward to explaining to voters the need for a Republican majority and detailing  the Senator's accomplishments in office."
     Ms. Ritchie has waged a relentless PR campaign, appearing at many events and leaving no maple tree untapped.
     The Senator is a likeable campaigner and popular with voters.

      From what I hear Ms. Tressider is a well spoken and informed challenger, so its not a slam dunk for Senator Ritchie, but she has to be considered a heavy favorite going in.
      As for my response. "I too congratulate Legislator Tressider on her candidacy and while I support Senator Ritchie as the best option for Watertown voters, I welcome the challenger to our City and hope she enjoys her time here."
Oswego County Legislator to Announce Bid for 48th Senate District Seat

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

If people take a minute and listen to Ritchies acomplishments they wont need to take a second minute.. Really think about what has she done....
She is part of the GOP majority in Senate which keeps beating down the little guy like the minimum wage hike negativity.. The no new taxes pledge she signed.. Everyone in her campaign thinks this is wonderful but if thought out it amounts to her pleding not to raise taxes on the rich and the corporate rich...
Her two years has been full of PR and popularity, tending bar, saving chili cookoffs, giving money away to keep the weeds away..
Come on folks think a little...

Anonymous said...

What kind of an idiot voter would contemplate even for a moment of voting for a democrat and thus giving them majority in both houses and the governors office? Only a free stuff idiot that is what kind.
Besides...Ritchie is already a democrat in every way but name.

Anonymous said...

Tresidder is well spoken and very intelligent. She's from St. Lawrence county and she's very popular in Oswego county.

Patty Ritchie won't have a walk in the park with this race.

Tresidder has one thing going for her that will make a big difference- she's not tight with George Williams. That will be Ritchie's downfall in this election.

Anonymous said...

We have already covered this and there is no way for a democrat to win against Patty. Patty voted the democrat way almost every single issue. From saving SUNY presidents to saving Tug Hill bureaucrats to voting for special laws for first responders.

How can you run left of Patty short of saying you will just vote for whatever Silver or Cuomo tell you to vote for?

Besides that, 'swago is full of Italians and Italians are not good for much but they are good for voting for makers instead of takers.

Anonymous said...

The same bunch that conned poor Gavin Regan into blowing his wife's and mom's family savings on last fall's race against Patty Ritchie' handpicked choice for County Clerk have now conned Mrs. Tresidder and her family into blowing their money on another losing proposition. Patty "relentless PR" campaign is just political spin talk for a relentless drive to get things done.
- She singlehandedly forced Oswego and New York State to reevaluate its approach to EEE.
- She saved SUNY Canton from a downstate inspired merger with SUNY Potsdam,
- She singlehandedly kept all of the prisons Watertown and Cape Vincent) open when the doomsayers (aka Democrats) predicted massive closures).
- She stopped the biggest unnecessary tax hike in St. Lawrence County history.
- She led the effort to put action behind the effort to build housing for the soldiers and their families returning to Fort Drum.

Anonymous said...

Don't forget Patti saved our old licence plates, and brought back the STAR rebate.

Anonymous said...

Patty's singlehandedly done everything. We can get rid of the other 61 senators because she does it all.

Anonymous said...

That's right Jim, "Photo Op" Patti saved our rusted out licence plates. Check with anyone in St. Lawrence Co. Gov't and find out what they really think of Grover Norquist's pal "Photo OP" Patti.

Anonymous said...

“Besides that, 'swago is full of Italians and Italians are not good for much but they are good for voting for makers instead of takers.”

I’m with you 11:35, and while we are at it, let’s not forget the Irish are not much good for anything either except maybe getting drunk and making fools of themselves in public. Oh yeah, and boiling potatoes.

Anonymous said...

Hey 1153 lets hear more about the tax increase in St. Lawrence co. How about Jefferson co.? she carried the request for more sales tax % but we the county of jefferson had to pony up 5million to Gentleman Jim, so DANC could continue more of the same old unneeded housing, go around the city and see all the homes abanonded by Ft.
Drum Troops..............

Anonymous said...

Patty is a RINO just like Dede. We've had enough of that.

Anonymous said...

Agreed...she is a RINO
But we don't want to replace a
RINO with a full blown democrat.
If all democrats were like Patty then we could vote democrat and not be morons.
But since Decmorats are controlled by librul extremist idiots, then no one with a brain votes for them.

Anonymous said...

I just sent in 6 vehicle renewals to Albany. Because of Patty, I had the choice of keeping my old plates instead of going to the new, urine colored ones. I also saved money because of it. You can keep making fun of Patty Plate all you want. I'll keep thanking her and voting for her.