Help! I've been sued and I can't get up!

Well, I was getting ready to prepare some kind of detailed announcement that I'm running for Guilderland Town Board, and a whole bunch of things have happened before I can do that.

For now I am running with Mark Grimm, and you can read more about our campaign at Guilderland NY. My specific candidate page is at: Warren Redlich for Guilderland Town Board.

Here's what happened. Another candidate was supposed to run with Mark Grimm. That candidate declined. The Albany GOP substituted me as the candidate, and I filed the paperwork on July 26th. On July 30th, current Guilderland town board member Michael Ricard filed an "Objection" to the document I filed. I submitted a letter on August 1 (today) stating why his objection was wrong.

If I understand the further details, the Board of Elections denied his objection (probably by a 1-1 vote - majority required to sustain it), and he has now sued me (and others) in Albany County Supreme Court (Index # 6002-07).

So now we'll see what happens with all of that. In the meantime, I will continue to campaign. What's funny is I always like to say I'm not running against someone, I'm running for something (in this case, fair tax assessments).

But since Mike Ricard is trying to knock me off the ballot and is suing me, I am finally happy to say I'm running against someone. I'm running against Mike Ricard, because Mike Ricard does not want voters to have a choice. While I'm at it, Mike Ricard has an unreasonably favorable tax assessment on his house. More on that later.