elections can be rough / not *those* elections

 
LincolnTowers coop board election generates defamation suit
The Daily News reported on a defamation suit brought by a candidate for the coop board in one of the Lincoln Towers, showing that electoral hardball is not confined to traditional politics.
 
playing hardball in Manhattan coop board elections can be costly 
One resident dug up some dirt on a Board candidate last May and will answer to a jury in a defamation suit. It was okay to call the candidate a pornographer (based on photos on his modeling agency website) and to talk about his 24 year old grand larceny conviction, but it was not okay to imply that the candidate had sex with minors. The 56 year old candidate explained that his girlfriend is 22 (and “turning 23 soon”).
 
You can’t make this stuff up….
 
THX to Gothamist for the head’s up.
 
© Sandy Mattingly 2006
 
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