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Great result for tea party favorite, Congressional candidate, Anthony Melé, who won the Republican primary on September 14, but b-i-z-a-r-r-e process that took 14 days to announce the winner. So bizarre that as of Thursday, September 30 at 11:00 PM, fully 16 days after the polls closed, NY1 continues to erroneously show York Kleinhandler, the loser in the race, in the lead by 153 votes! It cost New York State $70 million to install a new system of paper ballots in order to make things easier, not more difficult to count the vote. In fact, counting the 7,000 votes cast...

With two Republican candidates on the ballot and one primary race, results will boil down to Tuesday September 14, where Republicans who reside in Congressional District 17 (parts of Rockland, Westchester and Bronx Counties), will cast a vote for Army Veteran and Security Expert, Anthony Melé or National Guard Reservist and Insurance Broker, York Kleinhandler. If Republicans want a candidate who speaks boldly for them – the People – with the US Constitution in hand and best intentions in mind, the choice is simple, Anthony Melé for Congress. Anthony Melé’s life- long service and dedication to America is nothing short...

“Duty, Honor, Country” is the way Brigadier General Arthur Jackson closes his letter addressed “Dear Fellow Republican” dated July 2010, yet there is not one shred of duty, honor, or country comprised in the letter that falsely smears a fellow decorated U.S. Army Veteran, Republican Anthony “Tony” Melé, candidate for U.S. Congress. What the good general neglected to disclose in his letter distributed to Republicans residing in New York’s District 17, is his avid support for Republican York Kleinhandler for Congress, Tony Melé’s GOP primary opponent. Indeed, Jackson wrote an ill-conceived, without merit, personal attack letter on Anthony Melé, his...

Republicans are up to their old tricks again – non-aggression pacts to be exact. These are deals Republicans make with Democrats to keep incumbents in office. One has to wonder why Democrats make deals at all, they do run New York State government –some say running into the ground – however Democrats make deals because what is at stake this election cycle is redistricting of election seats. 2010 is the U.S. Census year when federal officials attempt to calculate the number of people residing in America. Analysis provided to state governments gives states like New York the ammunition to redistrict...

This year’s election cycle 2010 – voters are paying attention! Like it or not, they are learning quickly that the political process is not pretty. Laden with power structuring, job making, back slapping deals, the electorate is more than disappointed, if they were a pot of hot water they’d be boiling over by now. Electing the most liberal Senator in Congress to the Presidency, together with a Democrat controlled Senate and left-leaning House of Representatives; a strong reaction from the right leaning public was bound to happen. Add in the audacity of a government that feeds a parroting press, and...

If you are looking to throw your support behind a candidate who understands the U.S. Constitution — find Anthony Melé. That is why Melé is running for Congress in New York’s 17th District (representing parts of Rockland, Bronx, and Westchester counties) to return the direction of the state of government to one that mirrors what the Founding Fathers intended. Anthony Melé is one of just a few congressional candidates that refer to the U.S. Constitution to defend his policy positions. (When was the last time you saw a sitting representative do that?) His opinions are on the mark; he supports...

KBTX-TV, Bryan-College Station is partnering with KWTX-TV, Waco and KAMU-TV, Texas A&M University to host a live hour-long District 17 candidate forum Saturday, October 7. This is the first meeting of Republican Van Taylor and incumbent Democrat Chet Edwards in this type forum. KBTX-TV weekend anchor Chace Murphy will moderate the forum. Panelists include KBTX-TV six and ten o'clock anchor Joe Brown, KBTX-TV five o'clock anchor Crystal Galny, and KWTX-TV six and ten o'clock anchor Julie Shelton. The candidate forum is closed to the public, however, it will air live on KBTX-TV, KWTX-TV, KAMU-TV, KAMU-FM, KBTX.com, and KWTX.com from 7...

In an interview with News 3, Democratic Congressman Chet Edwards made an offer to Republican candidate Van Taylor to end the negative political ad campaigning. "I would offer to Mr. Taylor to take down all of our television ads and from here forward, run nothing but positive ads about what we're going to do for this country, and what we believe we can do, positively, for our district," Edwards said. Late Wednesday afternoon, Taylor's campaign manager, Casey Phillips, made the following statement: "To me, this offer really reminds me of a school yard bully backing down from a fight once...