Alphonse D’Amato to testify, DASNY Contract Procedure Violated After adding MOB Firm (tags)
Former Senator D’Amato is scheduled to testify next week, in NY State Supreme Court, June 15 -16, 2010 as to his alleged role as the lobbyist who influenced New York State officials to include a MOB related construction firm onto a list of qualified contractors after they had already been disqualified by the quality control people within the New York State Dormitory Authority (DASNY). Thomas Murphy, then Executive Director of DASNY, testified that Richard Nasti told him to add the Scalamadres onto the list of qualified contractors even though Joseph and Fred Scalamandre both pleaded guilty to paying off the MOB and stealing tens of millions of dollars from several government agencies.
LET A THOUSAND PROTESTS BLOOM! (tags)
While thousands protesting in the streets against this rotten war is a great and necessary thing... all you need are a few friends and associates to pull off a creative and hard hitting protest that will impact people on the street. These photos illustrate two such successful actions. Highly visual protests like the "Iraqi Prisoner" street theatre are simple to do and should be replicated all over the city. LET A THOUSAND PROTESTS BLOOM!