Tony “The Tulip” Nunziato Announces Future Defeat

It’s official. Tony numb nut Nunziato has announced his candidacy for the NY State Assembly. The self proclaimed savior of Maspeth must be off his medication or sniffing lawn fertilizer if he thinks he can win the seat. We can’t want to observe Tony’s stump speeches that will most certainly feature Holden’s hand up his anal cavity which will prove to be the best ventriloquist act since Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.

Maspeth business owner, Bob Holden lap dog and community buffoon Tony Nunziato announced last week that he will be running against incumbent Assemblywoman Marge Markey who has never had an opponent and who has been effectively representing the community since 1999.

Let's review Nunziato’s limited and over exaggerated qualifications:

Vice President of the Maspeth Chamber of Commerce – wow! Maybe he should run for President of the United States with that qualification.

Executive board member of the Juniper Park Civic Association – that position is better known as Robert Holden’s whipping boy. This ridiculous post qualifies you to be a door mat and little else.

Member of CB5 for 10 years, chair of environmental committee – why is Tony no longer a member of Community Board #5? Why is Bob Holden no longer an executive board member? It is because Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumber are ineffective in community affairs and cause more problems than solutions

Co-founder of the Newtown Historical Society – duh, ok. Strike up the band

At the forefront of issues such as the Elmhurst Gas Tank park fight (According to our research Numb Nuts had very little to do with the final outcome at KeySpan Park except for holding up a “Thank You Mayor” sign as he stood behind Holden), Cross Harbor Tunnel fight (whining and crying public does not constitute fighting), getting trucks off of Grand Avenue (I drove down Grand Avenue this morning on my way to the senior center and observed many trucks driving along Grand Avenue so looks like Tony failed), preserving St. Saviour's Church (we all know how that fiasco turned out looks so like Tony failed again) and a community representative for the Kosciusko Bridge project (duh, ok. Strike up the band again).

Marge Markey's qualifications:
Wife of a clubhouse judge, Director of Marketing & Tourism under Claire Shulman

Assemblywoman Margaret Markey was elected to the New York State Assembly in November of 1998 as the representative of the 30th Assembly District. The 30th Assembly District is comprised of the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Woodside and parts of Long Island City, Middle Village, Astoria and Sunnyside.

Assemblywoman Markey has been working to strengthen and better Queens for over twenty years, starting her public service career as the Assistant Director of Economic Development for former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman. She was promoted to Director of Marketing & Tourism. In this capacity Mrs. Markey was responsible for creating much of the marketing materials still distributed today to promote the Queens tourism industry. Assemblywoman Markey is a long time community activist, a former member of Community Boards two and five and is the founder of Maspeth Town Hall, Inc,. a community center that serves over eight hundred families.

In Albany, Assemblywoman Markey has focused on sponsoring legislation to protect consumers and improve the quality of life for Queens residents and all New Yorkers. In her second term, Assemblywoman Markey took the lead for legislators in fighting for tougher standards in the farm and food industry to protect against BSE also known as ‘mad cow disease’ and it’s human forms. The following term, The Speaker appointed Assemblywoman Markey as Chair of the Sub-Committee on Child Product Safety. In this position Assemblywoman Markey was able to continue her work in fighting for stronger consumer protections to safeguard New York children.

Fighting for funding increases for education, healthcare and senior services have been some of Assemblywoman Markey’s top priorities in Albany. She has been fully committed to improving New York’s economy, healthcare, education and affordable housing through her work in the Assembly. In 2005, Assemblywoman Markey won passage of a bill into law to ban the sale of boxcutters to minors statewide and introduced important legislation to extend the statute of limitations for sexual assault against minors.

Assemblywoman Markey is the chair of the Assembly House Operations Committee and is a sitting member of the Agriculture, Government Operations, Labor, Racing & Wagering, Consumer Affairs & Protection and Tourism, Arts & Sports Development committees. Mrs. Markey is a member of the Legislative Women’s Caucus and is the President of the New York State American Irish Legislators Society. She is a graduate of the Berkeley Business School and a member of the Maspeth Kiwanis.

Assemblywoman Markey has received awards in recognition of her work from; the New York City Department of Parks, American Irish Legislators Society, New York State Court Clerks Association, United Federation of Teachers, Police & Fire Line of Duty Widows of New York City, Samaritan Village, Maspeth SelfHelp and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer.

Assemblywoman Markey is married to State Supreme Court Judge Charles Markey. Mr. & Mrs. Markey live in Maspeth and are the proud parents of Charles, John and Margaret, all of whom live in Queens.

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Looks like Assemblywoman Markey has done a lot more than be a vice-president of a chamber of commerce, or be an Executive Board member of a rogue civic, or be a Holden lackey, or be a founder of some historical society, or be a florist. Looks like she’s been busy fighting for Maspeth and New York State while Tony Nunziato has done nothing more than talk to plants, be Holden’s houseboy and cry like a baby offering no real solutions to very real community problems.

Please Tony stick to flowers and leave politics in the hands of the intelligent.