Way to go Mr. Sutich!

Let’s give a big Patriot’s applause to Mr. Peter Sutich from Whitestone!



Please see below the great letter he wrote to the Forest Hills Ledger. We couldn't have stated it better ourselves.

Councilman Avella's actions politically motivated
06/21/2007

TIMESLEDGER

Whenever I hear a politician call someone's actions "politically motivated," I have to chuckle, especially when the quintessential politician, Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside), says it.

In his recent response to Vincent Tabone (May 31, TimesLedger Newspapers) regarding school funding, Avella made the bizarre accusation of dismissing Tabone's criticism as being "politically motivated." Is he kidding? I think we would have to look far and wide to find a more political politician than Avella.
Has he ever done anything that was not political in his entire career? Maybe there was time that he led a witch hunt against a local businessman who purchased the dilapidated Beechurst Yacht Club in hopes of making it into a restaurant. When Avella accused the owner of attempting to make a topless club out of it, was that a politically motivated attack? I hope so, because no elected official in this city could be that ignorant of zoning laws that he would think that a club could exist right next to homes.

When he cast a vote against higher property taxes, knowing with absolute certainty that his fellow Democrats would vote overwhelming for it, would that be considered politically motivated? Or would it be considered political when he urged the parishioners of a church not to give donations to force the pastor to break a legal cell tower contract?

Maybe not. Maybe Avella did all these things out of his convictions and love for his community. Maybe he respects the wishes and beliefs of his constituents.

So how does he explain the recent Sonny Carson vote? Avella owns the dubious precedent of voting for a New York City street to be named after one of the biggest racists in modern times. Carson's proud statement of being "anti-white" was the mark of his distinction, along with his threats against Asian store owners in Harlem and his statement of pride in the brutal mob killing on an innocent Jewish scholar.

What could have possibly been Avella's motivation to vote for this disgraceful bill? He states that it was a vote for the legislative process and the right for African Americans to vote for their heroes. At what cost? If a group of white Council members decided that the grand wizard of the KKK should be so honored, should we allow it? No, of course not.

Don't look too far for the real reason behind Avella's vote. If his constituency was polled today, a huge majority would most assuredly vote against a public street being named after Sonny Carson. Avella doesn't care any more, though. His term limits are about up. He has bigger fish to fry. He no longer needs to please this constituency. He needs to please the entire city of New York, so his strategy is to attempt to please whatever constituency he can to get him the Democratic nomination for the next mayoral election.

As usual, his actions are purely politically motivated.

Peter Sutich

Whitestone