To quote Harvey Keitel from Pulp Fiction, "Let's not start sucking each others' d***s just yet."

Beating Cordaro is not his white whale - it's what he settled for. Cordaro - a bully and a braggard made it easy by lying about the obvious. If he wins on a write in Pilchesky's win is hollow.

It's a win, but it's a pres-season bush league win, it's a win over a guy on the short bus, it's a win over a...you get the idea.

Stay tuned. It just got bad for Cordaro, but he's down, not out.

Personally I wish it was someone else that brought him down. Cordaro's a load, but I hate to see Flamin' Joe get any credit.

From a voter standpoint, this was probably the worst thing that could have happened, especially with electronic voting still being in its infancy.

1. It will likely have no effect as to who appears on the ballot for the Republicans in November. This is addressed in another thread; it's a meaningless "victory" for the old man, but beggars can't be choosers.

2. It will likely make voting for Cordaro more difficult and confusing for those who still choose to go that route. The Board of Elections will now have to decide up front what variations of the name "Robert C. Cordaro" will be acceptable, and this information will need to be disseminated, all in two weeks.

3. Voters are already leery about the new machines, because of a natural fear of the unnown, failure to familiarize themselves with the touch screens, some media playing to those fears and offering only worst case scenarios instead of focusing on how much more efficient reporting is, etc. Because the voter will now have to actually type in the name rather than write it in or affix a silly little sticker, INSTEAD OF SIMPLY TOUCHING HIS NAME ON THE BALLOT SCREEN, this will mean the robots will have begun their takeover. Everybody panic!

4. Instead of allowing the people to take part in the democratic process and elect their own representatives, one small man with a gigantic bug up his ass and an ego to match has decided that he knows better than thousands of registered voters and has attempted to influence a county election. One person's OPINION should never supersede the will of the many. This was not "political activism" at work, it was interference. It infringed upon a citizen's right to vote. God forbid the government did that. (Question--does a registered Republican have any recourse to this violation?)

5. It was simply a case of the old man's ego making HIM the centerpiece of this election rather than any of the issues. Was this primary season about a tax increase? No. Was it about reckless spending? No. Was it about selling assets or putting the county in a position to sell assets? No. Joe made it about something trivial, in the grand scheme of things. He made it about an agenda that benefits him, rather than allowing the residents to decide on the issues that affect them for the greater good. The state Supreme Court was wrong to allow this action to continue, and they should be ashamed of themselves.

I'll gladly volunteer to review that petition.

Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.