Rye City Councilman Peter Jovanovich will run as an independent for Rye City mayor this fall, challenging Rye City Councilman Joe Sack.
Here is the announcement from Jovanovich. What do you think? Leave a comment below.
Jovanovich Declares Candidacy for Mayor of Rye
Councilman and Deputy Mayor Peter Jovanovich announced today that he is running for Mayor as an Independent. Through the petition process, he plans to be on the ballot this fall.
“I believe that the City of Rye can only be made a better place through the collaboration of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents,” explains Jovanovich. “The challenges we face are practical, not partisan; and we need volunteers from all points of the political spectrum.”
Here are some of the issues that he has addressed in his first term on the Council and will focus on as Mayor:
1. Infrastructure
Rye made a good step forward by approving the infrastructure bond last fall. But there is more work to be done: rebuilding the road bed and walkways at Station Plaza, improving traffic and pedestrian signals at Theodore Fremd/Purdy Avenue intersection, and upgrading crosswalks and sidewalks, particularly near schools.
2. Labor Negotiations
With the total compensation of City employees rising 7-8% a year, the City needs a new deal with its unions. In particular, the City must slow the rise in health care costs. The City Manager has advocated, in numerous negotiating sessions with our unions, to reform our labor agreements. “The Council must continue to support the City Manager in his negotiations with our unions,” says Jovanovich.
3. Environment
Working with members of the Sustainability Committee, Councilman Jovanovich enthusiastically supported the plastic bag ordinance. He further supports the Sustainability Committee’s agenda to preserve open space in Rye.
He pledges to protect our land use commissions from political influence. The Mayor and Jovanovich were pressured by the chairman of a Rye political party to fire the Chairman of the Planning Commission, and to appoint a “developer-friendly” replacement. They refused. Jovanovich states: “I promise to only appoint members to the land use commissions and boards who believe they are stewards of Rye’s neighborhoods, wetlands, and wetland buffers.”
4. Financial Sustainability
The City is now in excellent financial health because of the difficult decisions made over the last four years to deal with the worst recession in 75 years. Services were maintained while taxes stayed under the tax cap, expenses held flat, reserves restored, and our AAA rating reaffirmed.
5. The Rye Free Reading Room
The Recession put pressure on all City Departments and its non-profit partners like the Library. As Council liaison to the Library, Jovanovich worked closely with the Board of the Rye Free Reading Room to negotiate a sustainable labor agreement. He strongly promoted the use of bond funds to provide sprinklers and other improvements to the library’s historic building.
6. Golf Club
The Golf Club scandal revealed several shortcomings in the way the City of Rye conducts its business – particularly at the Enterprise Funds (Boat Basin and Golf Club.). First, the City needs stronger auditing oversight. Jovanovich proposes the City hire a full-time internal auditor, and, to supplement and provide further oversight, also contract with specialist outside auditors to review the Golf Club and the Boat Basin — places where a great deal of monetary transactions take place.
Second, to provide proper checks and balances in the operation of Enterprise Funds, Jovanovich supports new governance procedures, including the expansion of the Golf Club and Boat Basin Commissions to include citizens with financial expertise.
Third, reinforce the mission of providing low-cost recreation amenities. “We have lost sight of this goal: to provide affordable access to recreation,” says Jovanovich. “The cost of a pool membership at the Golf Club is now three times the average cost of other pools in Westchester. That’s not right.”
7. Playland
Councilman Jovanovich has strongly supported Sustainable Playland Inc.’s proposal, from its inception, to save the Park. If elected Mayor, he will work tirelessly to see this innovative approach to recreation in a parkland setting come to fruition.
Jovanovich says he will pursue a balanced approach to governing, combining sound fiscal management with improvements to Rye’s infrastructure and enhancements to its quality of life.
“That’s been my approach throughout my life in Rye,” he states. “Whether as a Director and Treasurer of the Friends of the Rye Nature Center, Council Liaison to the Rye Free Reading Room, or as a member of the Board of Architectural Review and the Planning Commission, I have concentrated on serving the best interests of Rye ¬without regard to political affiliation. If elected Mayor, I will continue in that manner.”
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and the candidate supplied bio:
Peter Jovanovich has enjoyed a varied career in book publishing, philanthropy, and public service.
Publishing
A graduate of Princeton University, he started in publishing as a college sales representative for Macmillan in 1972. He held various editorial and marketing positions in Macmillan’s College and Trade Divisions until 1977, when he was named a vice president of Macmillan Publishing and head of its trade division.
Mr. Jovanovich joined Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. in 1980 and held a series of positions, including President of HBJ’s Trade Division, Managing Director of HBJ, Ltd. (London), and President of Academic Press. In 1989, he was named President and CEO of HBJ.
In 1992, Mr. Jovanovich was recruited to become CEO of Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing. In 1995, he became President of McGraw-Hill’s Educational and Professional Group. During his tenure, McGraw-Hill became the largest educational publisher in the world.
In 1997, Mr. Jovanovich joined Pearson, plc where he oversaw the creation of Pearson Education, which eventually surpassed McGraw-Hill to become the world’s largest education company with over $4 billion in sales and 20,000 employees. Mr. Jovanovich held the position of Chairman and CEO of Pearson Education until 2005, when, because of health reasons, he went on long-term leave.
Jovanovich also served as a director and Chairman of the Board of the Association of American Publishers. He was elected to the Educational Publishers Hall of Fame in 2007.
Philanthropy
For the past six years, Peter Jovanovich has served pro bono as president of the Alfred Harcourt Foundation, based in Rye. The Foundation provides college scholarships to low-income students from some of the lowest-performing high schools in the metropolitan area. Currently, the Foundation gives approximately $650,000 a year in scholarships supporting approximately 110 students, most of whom attend the City University of New York.
Uniquely, the Harcourt Foundation seeks students whose test scores are not stellar, but who have exhibited the personal strength to overcome significant life challenges. Through the provision of tutors and mentors, and the personal intervention of Mr. Jovanovich, who interviews each one of the students each year, approximately 75% of the Harcourt scholars graduate in four years. (The national average for low-income students is closer to 30%.)
Public Service in Rye
Peter Jovanovich was elected City Councilman in 2009, and for the last two years has served as Deputy Mayor. He has helped Rye restore its financial health, improve and invest in its infrastructure, and enhance our quality of life.
Mr. Jovanovich joined the Board of the Friends of Rye Nature Center in 2007, eventually serving as Treasurer. During the difficult times of the last recession, he worked with the Director and other Board members to make the difficult decisions necessary to save the “Friends” organization. Today, the Friends of Rye Nature Center is thriving: more programs are being provided to more children than ever before.
He served Rye as a member of the Board of Architectural Review and the Rye Planning Commission. As Council liaison to the Rye Library, Jovanovich worked closely with the Board to negotiate a sustainable labor agreement. He strongly promoted the use of bond funds to provide sprinklers and other improvements to the library’s historic building.
His wife Robin, publisher of The Rye Record, has served as a director of the Rye Arts Center, and Vice-President of the Rye Free Reading Room. She is currently a member of the Board of Architectural Review. Her engagement in helping the non-profits around town is known throughout the community.
Robin and Peter have two grown sons, one a graduate of Rye High, and the other a graduate of Rye Country Day School. Both are married and living in Brooklyn.
Holy Mackerel!
When I first saw the picture of this jackass I figured it was because he got arrested for all the corruption that has been going on in Rye since he became a councilman.
This apparent delusional individual actually thinks he is running for Mayor. Alfano, Ted Dunn, Matthews, French, Filippi, Suzanna Keith, Matt Fahey and his sister Robin adds up to 9 signatures on a petition assuming he signs his own petition This leaves him about 500 signatures short of getting on the ballot.
Now that Jovanovich was rejected by his own Republican party, and no doubt laughed at when he tried to get on the Democrat ticket, he now cites collaboration and non-bitarisanship. How convenient.
Hit the bricks you pompous jackass and save us from having to look at your face and from throwing up reading your bogus accomplishments.
Interesting bio, but I have never been one to buy into the “Princeton” bullshit. They don’t have a top 5 MBA program or a top 3 law school, therefore there are limited choices for undergrades to get exposure from the best Professors the country has to offer – frankly the degree is irrelevant except if you want to pimp yourself as God’s gift to international studies – bullshit in and of it self. Ok, let’s focus and get off the Princeton bashing. 1. OK, choice is good; 2. running against the Republican candidate to vet policy differences where Sack snatched the RGC investigation out of the hands of his fellow “Republicans” and handed it to a pipe hitting, all bitch Battery Park law firm (quickly do the math because I know Old Garnet will be – 1400 members and an average family of 4, and your frauding roughly 1/3 of the population) and where he narrowly escaped involving City government in a felony fraud for the police uniform bidding, and what other major policy differences is he going to hang his hat on; 3. draw away support from Rye Republicans and receive registered Democrats, seriously? He’s running independently rather than primarying Sack because he doesn’t want to get knocked out of the box in September but continue his poorly disguised facade until November. Bottomline, at this point in time August 2013, Sack literally walks on water in this town – he’s unbeatable. Fast forward to election results this November: Joseph A. Sack, Esq. 90.9%, Peter Jovanovich 9.1%, if that. Remember you saw it here first, folks…;)…and, most importantly, who is vetting his 377 signatures, and can he be trusted considering his performance since, what 2009?
The real question is: WHY IS RODNEY A. BROWN STILL CHAIRMAN OF THE RYE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE?????
UNITED STATES DISTRICK COURT
NORTHEN DISTRICK OF CALIFORINA (SAN JOSE)CASE No. C93-20824RMW
Judith A. Hill V. Jovanovich/ McGraw-Hill
8. (a) In April 1992, JOVANOVICH began working for
MACMILLAN McGRAW-HILL.
(b) At that time, JOVANOVICH began subjecting plaintiff
to unwelcome physical contact and verbal sexual harassment, and
continued with this behavior throughout plaintiff;s employment
with MACMILLAN McGRAW-HILL.
(c) Such unwelcome physical contact and verbal sexual harassment included:
(i) At plaintiff’s first meeting with JOVANOVICH, during a dinner at Peter B’s Restaurant in Monterey, as plaintiff passed JOVANOVICH to take her seat, JOVANOVICH grabbed her hand and told her to sit next to him.
(ii) Later, during the same meeting, JOVANOVICH looked directly at plaintiff and said,”I’m looking for a moll in the organization.”
The below is taken from:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
moll (m l)
n. Slang
1. A woman companion of a gunman or gangster.
2. A woman prostitute.
Hill v. Jovanovich,
NO, NO, NO…..Let him run, open your arms and welcome him so we can then finish him off, squash him like a freaking bug!!!
Let’s look at ‘The Record’
PETER J’S MANY SO CALLED ‘SIDE SHOWS.’
-Hen Island filth continues; infected cisterns now breeding West Nile Virus – a side show.
-Dead boy’s family & neighborhood fights years for stop sign test – a side show.
-Stop sign test finally reveals new signs are safe, effective & welcome – a side show.
-Historic protected wetland swamp mysteriously dries up overnight – a side show.
-Senior citizen swamp owner complains publicly; is mocked & dismissed – a side show.
-Public records vanish from city hall about illegal upstream construction – a side show.
-Mental health officials sent by city manager to examine complainer – a side show.
-Senior citizen is secretly recorded by the city manager inside city hall – a side show.
-Senior citizen falsely arrested for complaining about wetland violations – a side show.
-Senior citizen falsely arraigned and charged in retaliation maneuver – a side show.
-Senior citizen dies fighting to clear his name from false charges – a side show.
-Missing and stolen city records recovered via subpoena; ignored – a side show.
-Depositions under oath admitting illegal wetland destruction; ignored – a side show.
-City Mayor revealed to be serial housing and tax law violator – a side show.
-City attorney and manager lie about nature of mayor’s housing violations – a side show.
-City sends false legal description of mayor’s property to title company – a side show.
-Mayor’s violations “investigated” by his political appointees – a side show.
-Mayor fully absolved of wrongdoing by his appointees – a side show.
-Mayor forced to repay thousands in improper tax exemptions & penalties – a side show.
-Mayor’s house illegally “cured” of all housing and property tax violations – a side show.
-$5 Million of city working capital stripped & repurposed without a vote – a side show.
-City roadways and properties deteriorate from lack of maintenance funds – a side show.
-Special capital project bond required to partially replace missing funds – a side show.
-City council set to accept largest loss in history rather than hire a broker – a side show.
-Broker delivers bids far above prior city council “best offer available” – a side show.
-City manager orders a public record concealed – a Class E felony – a side show.
-Whistleblower exposing record concealment issued false reprimand – a side show.
-Only whistleblower is privately questioned by mayoral appointees – a side show.
-City senior staff never questioned (at all) about concealment violations – a side show.
-City spends over $20K on lawyers to force whistleblower to resign – a side show.
-City attorney repeatedly violates FOIL laws; council doesn’t stop her – a side show.
-City labor lawyer billings top $600K, no new police contract in sight – a side show.
-Police Comm has history of working for labor lawyer opposing PBA – a side show.
-Golf Club members complain of opaque management & overcharges – a side show.
-Golf scandal previously mocked mushrooms into largest loss in city history – a side show.
-Former top city officials who initiated Golf Fraud arrangements not testifying – a side show.
-City Mger, Atty & Police Comm get council to authorize fraudulent bid – a side show.
-Current PBA head on front page of Journal News big shakedown story – a side show.
-Rye’s corrupt influence peddlers panic at Sack Reform Slate accent. Developing.
Am delighted to hear this. Peter will make a great mayor.
Bowing to peer pressure, when I referred to Brune & Richard as a “pipe hitting, all ‘bitch’, Battery Park law firm,” it was intended as a 100+++% compliment. Having already been accused to be a “sub-human misogynist troglodyte”…;)… it was an attempt to point out that they are a predominately female law firm, and nothing more.
Mary,
1st of all, he ain’t got a shot in hell, so we have nothing to worry about.
2nd – Have you fallen and hit your head, please tell me your post is in the best interest of sarcasm?
Mr. Lamont,
We’ve never met so for now I’ll take you at your word that you intended to compliment Brune & Richard.
It was the wonderful Tina Fey who first said (on SNL during the 2008 Democratic Primary) that Bitch is the New Black and, further, Bitches Get Things Done.
Yes, we are are and yes we do.
So you get a pass. Should another such phrase find its way from your keyboard to the Internet I will not be so understanding.
Capisce?
Ms. Neary, as I commented, I am very impressed with BR. When your time allows, I am wondering what your view is of the ADA handling the issue who has an alleged personal relationship with the City Manager, the same City Manager who allegedly approved $7 million in invoices over a number of years. Thanks.
On October 10, 2012, the City Council voted 6-0 to take over the investigation into Rye Golf Club. Councilman Peter Jovanovich was absent from the meeting and therefore did not participate in the vote. Councilman Jovanovich also missed five additional meetings before the year-end including some special sessions where important decisions were made regarding the investigation. Prior to the investigation, when Golf Club members began questioning the excessive overtime hours and costly invoices (information obtained through FOIL), Councilman Jovanovich called the Rye Golf Club matter and/or Councilman Sack’s effort to obtain information from the City Manager on the part of club members, “a faux cause célèbres”, the “the latest mini-drama”, and “another Rye City Council sideshow”.
“The latest mini-drama” actually turned out to be the largest theft in City of Rye history. It has been said that the city’s investigation report reads like a crime novel, and golf club members were shocked to learn of failure after failure to spot the level of fraud which took place over a six year period. City Manager Pickup signed off on $4 million dollars worth of the invoices- it remains unclear exactly how many hundreds of thousands of dollars paid out to the staffing company were fraudulent, and how much was syphoned out the other end to the ex-Golf Club Manager.
Unfortunately in our city, right now, there is no accountability because of people like Peter Jovanovich. In 2010, Mr. Jovanovich sat on the City of Rye Audit Committee and was not only issued a written report which spotted bidding deficiencies and cash flow problems at Rye Golf Club, but he sat in Council Chambers and listened to a televised summary. Not once has Mr. Jovanovich been made to answer for his “mini-drama” comments and ridicule before the investigation even began. We never heard a public apology, or admission once the findings were made public. Further, Mr. Jovanovich has refused to address numerous problems with City Management- an issue he politicized in his 2009 campaign.
Last fall, we learned the value of Open Government and transparency through FOIL, for without the efforts of club members, Commissioners, residents, and Councilman Sack asking for information, an investigation into Rye Golf Club might never had happened. It took months and months for Mr. Sculti, a golf club member, to obtain the information he requested through FOIL, and even now, in Council discussions regarding the city FOIL policy, Mr. Jovanovich has supported keeping the old system (in which the City Attorney and City Management have total control over what documents are released) and moving to a new system in which the honest people on our City Council- the people we elect to represent us- have no involvement.
Councilman Jovanovich continues to support a City Manager who lied to club members at a September Commission Meeting- something that was documented in the Brune and Richard report earlier this year. In the past year and a half, City Manager Pickup has displayed numerous other examples of dishonesty and complete incompetence, yet none of them move Mr. Jovanovich in the least.
No Rye resident deserves to be talked down to the way Mr. Jovanovich condescends members of the public. His snickering, eye rolling, and whispering at Council Meetings with the Mayor, reflect his pomposity and inability to represent his constituents.
On October 10, 2012, the City Council voted 6-0 to take over the investigation into Rye Golf Club. Councilman Peter Jovanovich was absent from the meeting and therefore did not participate in the vote. Councilman Jovanovich also missed five additional meetings before the year-end including some special sessions where important decisions were made regarding the investigation. Prior to the investigation, when Golf Club members began questioning the excessive overtime hours and costly invoices (information obtained through FOIL), Councilman Jovanovich called the Rye Golf Club matter and/or Councilman Sack’s effort to obtain information from the City Manager on the part of club members, “a faux cause célèbres”, the “the latest mini-drama”, and “another Rye City Council sideshow”.
“The latest mini-drama” actually turned out to be the largest theft in City of Rye history. It has been said that the city’s investigation report reads like a crime novel, and golf club members were shocked to learn of failure after failure to spot the level of fraud which took place over a six year period. City Manager Pickup signed off on $4 million dollars worth of the invoices- it remains unclear exactly how many hundreds of thousands of dollars paid out to the staffing company were fraudulent, and how much was syphoned out the other end to the ex-Golf Club Manager.
Unfortunately in our city, right now, there is no accountability because of people like Peter Jovanovich. In 2010, Mr. Jovanovich sat on the City of Rye Audit Committee and was not only issued a written report which spotted bidding deficiencies and cash flow problems at Rye Golf Club, but he sat in Council Chambers and listened to a televised summary. Not once has Mr. Jovanovich been made to answer for his “mini-drama” comments and ridicule before the investigation even began. We never heard a public apology, or admission once the findings were made public. Further, Mr. Jovanovich has refused to address numerous problems with City Management- an issue he politicized in his 2009 campaign.
Last fall, we learned the value of Open Government and transparency through FOIL, for without the efforts of club members, Commissioners, residents, and Councilman Sack asking for information, an investigation into Rye Golf Club might never had happened. It took months and months for Mr. Sculti, a golf club member, to obtain the information he requested through FOIL, and even now, in Council discussions regarding the city FOIL policy, Mr. Jovanovich has supported keeping the old system (in which the City Attorney and City Management have total control over what documents are released) and moving to a new system in which the honest people on our City Council- the people we elect to represent us- have no involvement.
Councilman Jovanovich continues to support a City Manager who lied to club members at a September Commission Meeting- something that was documented in the Brune and Richard report earlier this year. In the past year and a half, City Manager Pickup has displayed numerous other examples of dishonesty and complete incompetence, yet none of them move Mr. Jovanovich in the least.
No Rye resident deserves to be talked down to the way Mr. Jovanovich condescends members of the public. His snickering, eye rolling, and whispering at Council Meetings with the Mayor, reflect his pomposity and inability to represent his constituents.
Andrew,
I APPLAUD YOU YOUNG MAN!!!!
Very well said/written!!!
I know what you were forced to accept broke your heart, always keep in mind, your heart was broken because you have a heart…condescending corrupt cowardly above the law thinking individuals such as P. JOVANOVICH, S. PICKUP, D. FRENCH. W. CONNORS, F. COMPAGNONE, D. CASALE DO NOT POSSESS A HEART!
At your young age you are a far better human being than any of these formentioned individuals could possibly dream of being in a lifetime!
After several weeks of fruitless discussions with the Republican leadership, and in my final act for the 2013 election season, at 2:00 PM today I filed a Complaint with the Westchester County Board of Elections against Julie Killian and the Rye Republican Committee for alleged statutory violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act in light of its express preemption clause of State and local law requesting the disqualification of Ms. Killian for the November 5, 2013 election. Available for a limited time only at
http://www.iviewitholdings.com/home/News/litigation
OMG…PSL calls Killian on her conflicts. I guess there still is hope for this world!
Jury gives $450,000 to fired executive
By Ken Schultz
Herald Staff Writer
A former CTB/McGraw-Hill executive in Monterey who was fired from her $125,000 a year job was awarded $450,000 by a federal court jury for wrongful termination.
The jury of three men and five women in federal district court in San Jose also ruled the former Macmillian/McGraw Hill School Publishing Co. acted in bad faith when Judith Ann Hill, 41, was fired on June 10, 1993, from her position as vice president of finance.
In her lawsuit, Hill said that Peter Jovanovich, president and chief executive officer of what is now McGraw Hill School Publishing Co., owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies, flew to Monterey from corporate headquarters in New York to personally fire her after she complained of being sexually harassed by him.
Jovanovich told Hill at one point that “he wanted her to be his moll,” said Novato attorney Nancy Krop, who represented Hill.
When Hill protested, “basically” that was the end of her career” with the company, Krop said.
Hill had also accused the company of sex discrimination and Jovanovich with sexual harassment in her lawsuit, but the jury ruled against her on those points, said company spokesman Steve Weiss.
The $450,000 judgment against the company, which later in 1993 became The McGraw-Hill Companies, was the maximum award allowed, Krop said.
“I think the company had to learn you treat people more humanely,” Krop said yesterday.
Weiss said the jury award was likely the result of the company’s failure to give Hill written warning that her job was in jeopardy before firing her.
Even so, “We do believe that we have a very valid basis for appealing the jury’s decision,” Weiss said. He added that the company hasn’t decided whether to appeal.
Hill, the mother of two college-aged daughters, began her career as a $17,500 senior accountant and rose in 11 years to become the chief financial officer of the company’s CTB division in Monterey, earning $125,000 a year, Krop said.
Reporting that there were 83 downloands of the Killian Complaint at http://www.iviewitholdings.com over the weekend, since removed. Apparently, it is an item of interest.
I don’t mean to disappoint anyone, but I doubt there is any validity to the complaint about Julie Killian’s involvement with New Yorkers for Growth. It’s a legitimate PAC which backs fiscal conservatives but, as far as I know, they don’t lobby.
Regardless, this is a thread about Peter Jovanovich so let’s post about Julie elsewhere.
Regarding Peter, his quixotic run for mayor reminds me of Vito Lopez running for NYC Council, the primary difference being, Lopez could win. Learning about his history in the private sector, I find Peter’s hostility toward Andrew Dapolite (as a whistleblower) understandable, but still unforgivable.
Quite honestly everyone on the council now has nothing to be proud of regarding Andrew. You all know he was telling the truth. If you were stand up people, he’d get his job back with back pay and an apology. Some of you of course are more craven than others but you all should be ashamed of your behavior regarding Andrew.
Peter was especially nasty though. He has to live with that. He should not under any circumstances be rewarded with a term as mayor of Rye.
Charmian,
GODFORBID….RYE WOULD SURELY BE DOOMED FOREVER!!!
Especially given that he wants to reward INCOMPETENCE & CORRUPTION with a hefty exit dollar amount.
If, and that is a significantly HUGE IF, he pulls this off, we will never wave farewell to FAB 4!!!
WE WILL BE SCREWED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME!!!
A. Dapolite efficiently outlines Jovanovich’s failures and character flaws, making a strong case for why he would be a dreadful mayor. An important point to note about Jovanovich’s refusal to hold Pickup accountable for the RGC fleecing is his apparent lack of understanding of the word SCOPE in an audit. I’d guesstimate Jovanovich has said at least a dozen times that the auditors who raised concerns about financial controls at RGC didn’t say anything about fraud or embezzlement. Therefore, Pickup gets off Scott-free. It would seem Jovanovich, a former CEO, would need to be spoon-fed a fraud report before taking action. CEOs should be familiar with the scope of an audit, as outlined in the engagement letter with the auditing firm. In most cases, the purpose of an audit is to prepare and present financial statements and opine on the effectiveness of internal controls (among other purposes agreed upon in the engagement letter). It would seem the audit firm did just that. It wasn’t in their scope and they didn’t have the resources to investigate fraud and embezzlement. Peter Jovanovich, a former CEO, has demonstrated he lacks the financial acumen to be mayor. Perhaps if he had spent less time harassing his CFO and more time on financials, he might have a clue about the word SCOPE.
Anne,
If you read the 2012 City of Rye audit you will see that all the matters concerning the Rye Golf Club were conveniently and intentionally left out of the audit.
Every time Jowannasniffherpanties, Filipout and Stench get caught doing something wrong it seems they conspire to withhold information that is damaging to them and Stickup from the public.
However, page 172 of the audit does say:
We noted certain matters that we reported to the management of the City in a separate letter.
Why wasn’t this letter released to the public with the rest of the audit?
Maybe Jowannasniffherpanties will have his sister Robin report on this in the Rye Jerkoff.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE,
BEFORE THE HONORABLE RONALD M. WHYTE, JUDGE
CASE NO.
JUDITH A. HILL,
PLAINTIFF,
VS.
MACMILLAN MCGRAW-HILL,
DEFENDANT.
THE CLERK: CALLING CASE C-93-20824, JUDITH HILL
VERSUS MACMILLAN MCGRAW-HILL
From the testomoney of George Simon
Q I’D LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN PETER JOVANOVICH TOOK OVER THE JOINT VENTURE IN 1992. WERE YOU PRESENT AT A DINNER AT PETER B’S WITH MR. JOVANOVICH AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM?
A YES.
Q WHEN HE WAS FIRST MEETING THE EXECUTIVE TEAM?
A YES.
Q AND WHERE WERE YOU SITTING AT? WHERE WERE YOU SITTING RELATIVE TO JUDY HILL DURING THAT DINNER, IF YOU REMEMBER?
A I WAS SITTING TO HER LEFT, AND PETER JOVANOVICH WAS SITTING TO HER RIGHT.
Q OKAY. DID YOU — DID YOU HEAR OR OBSERVE MR. JOVANOVICH, PETER JOVANOVICH, SAYING ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY TO JUDY HILL AT THAT DINNER?
A NO.
Q DID YOU HEAR ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT A MOLE OR A MOLL COMMENT AT THAT DINNER?
A I DIDN’T HEAR A DISCUSSION, BUT JUDY HILL TURNED TO ME AND
MR. GREEN: OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
THE COURT: WELL, THE QUESTION WAS, DID YOU HEAR ANY COMMENT BY MR. JOVANOVICH?
THE WITNESS: NO.
THE COURT: AND THE ANSWER WAS NO.
BY MS. KROP:
Q DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING FROM JUDY HILL ABOUT ANYTHING BEING SAID TO HER BY MR. JOVANOVICH?
MR. GREEN: OBJECTION.
BY MS. KROP:
Q ABOUT A MOLE OR A MOLL COMMENT?
MR. GREEN: HEARSAY, YOUR HONOR.
THE COURT: SUSTAINED AT THIS POINT.
MS. KROP: YOUR HONOR, MAY I APPROACH THE BENCH ON THIS SUBJECT?
THE COURT: . YES.
(SIDEBAR DISCUSSION OFF THE RECORD.)
BY MS. KROP:
Q WHEN YOU SAT — AS YOU WERE SITTING NEXT TO JUDY HILL AT THAT DINNER, DID SHE SEEM, TO YOU, EXCITED OR UPSET ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED?
A YES.
Q AND WHAT WAS THAT?
A SHE TURNED TO ME AND SAID THAT PETER JOVANOVICH ASKED HER TO BE HIS MOLL AND SHE SEEMED AGGITATED BY THAT,UPSET.
The below is taken from:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
moll (m l)
n. Slang
1. A woman companion of a gunman or gangster.
2. A woman prostitute.
Dear Judith,
Please practice saying my name, it is spelt “STUCKUP”!
Civily,
Scott
But Anne,
Yovanovich is no CEO, he is a freakin’ book merchant. He prints, binds, puts a cover on, and advertises OTHER PEOPLE’S WORK!!! Have you ever heard of a Nobel Prize for book merchants??? He is about as relevant in Corporate America as he is in Rye Government. Sack 90.9%, Yovanovich 9.1%. As a registered Democrat, we should have had a candidate but ROD BROWN couldn’t find someone “even keeled” enough!!! Time to step aside…
By PETER LANE from the SSR
What do Peter Jovanovich, Scott Pickup, Joe Sack and snow in August all have in common?
If you allow me the political equivalent of poetic license, I will attempt to make the connection. Outgoing Councilman Peter Jovanovich, whose term ends this coming Dec. 31, has announced his intention to seek an independent line so that he can challenge Councilman Joe Sack, the Republican candidate for the post of Rye’s mayor, thereby seeking to extend the reign of outgoing Mayor Doug French, whose term also ends this Dec. 31, and the continuing city employment of Rye City Manager Scott Pickup.
Now, I assume that most of us who follow Rye City politics know that: a) Jovanovich is a Doug French guy; b) Pickup is a French and Jovanovich guy; c) neither French nor Jovanovich had a prayer of becoming the Republican nominee for mayor; d) French, Jovanovich and Pickup have made it crystal clear they want Sack anyplace else in the world but on the Rye City Council, let alone on that council as the city’s mayor; and e) Sack has made no secret that he disapproves of French’s‑and Jovanovich’s‑governance of the city and that he is no fan of Pickup’s performance as city manager.
Okay, so far Peter Jovanovich’s candidacy looks like an attempt to garner some payback for French, keep Scott Pickup running Rye post-January 2014 and to thwart Sack and his “Rye United” team‑which includes candidates for City Council Kirstin Bucci, Terry McCartney and Julie Killian‑come Election Day this November.
But, you may rightfully ask: Where does the snow in August allusion come in?
Before I explain my rhetorical device, let me, in the interests of full disclosure state that, while I enjoy cordial personal relationships with Doug French and Peter Jovanovich, politically I stand firmly in the Joe Sack camp. Further, I, along with the very same Joe Sack, am a candidate for district leader in Election District 9 in the Sept. 10 Republican Party primary. Finally, Joe’s other political supporters and effective running mates in this Sept. 10 esoteric exercise‑Rye Republicans, please mark your calendars and hang on to a copy of this column‑that I’m about to describe are: Andrew Dapolite and Diane Tolve in Election District 2; Daniela Vitiello in Election District 3; Grace Nemarow and Al Vitiello in Election District 4; Bob Cypher and Angela Sculti in Election District 8; and Jim Flick and Bill Soviero in Election District 13.
Now, it seems that a small handful of Republicans actually support Doug, Peter and even Scott Pickup and believe that Peter, as “Doug Redux,” and Scott should continue to plot Rye’s future and run our city. This handful of disaffected GOPers was unable to stop the vast majority, myself included, of the Rye Republican City Committee‑the official body of the local Republican Party‑from nominating Joe and the rest of the “Rye United” team as its candidates in the November general election. They couldn’t even come up with alternative candidates to present to the committee, or to oppose its ticket in Republican primaries for mayor or city councilmembers. So, they have decided to attempt to take over the Rye Republican City Committee on Doug’s, Peter’s‑and, indirectly, on Scott’s‑behalf by running Republican primaries on Sept. 10 for the political posts of district leaders in six out of a total of 14 of our city’s geo-political subdivisions known as election districts.
The district leaders‑officially known as Members of the Westchester Republican County Committee‑from their respective, election districts are the folks who compose the Rye Republican City Committee.
All political parties are entitled to have their own respective local committees.
Now, if you’re still with me, I will tell you where the snow in August comes from. In Rye, Republican primaries, particularly those for the political posts of district leader, are as rare as, you got it, snow in August.
Okay, I admit that going from Republican primary to snow in August is a bit attenuated, but, in my defense, what kind of a title would “Peter, Scott and Joe and Republican primaries for district leader in six of Rye’s 14 election districts” have made?
Peter Lane retired as the Rye City court judge and an acting Westchester County Family Court judge at the end of 2009 and is now, among other things, a political consultant.
Did you mean to post this under Judith A. Hill?
PSL,
“E” vonavich probably only got the job of binding books because of his daddy.
I see that head and for some reason I start checking my pockets for quarters.
“E” vonavich is a huge loser whose legacy in Rye is he was and always will be a complete @zzhole.
On another note has anyone seen Grudge John Alfano running around town with “E” vonovich petitions?
Wry,
Ahh, so he’s even more irrelevant than I thought. Fine, let him have his fun and thereby embarrass himself. Question is why didn’t Rod Brown (nose up Steve Otis’s butt) put him on the Democratic ticket? Maybe Yovanich is not “even keeled” enough. Outgoing Chairman Brown has coined a term “even keeled” that is going to be laughed about for decades to come and will make history: the Brown/Otis 2013 EVEN KEELED campaign…
“Mr. Jovanovich meets with each one of the students each year.” I bet he has molls on campuses across the country. Log on to the Harcourt Foundation website. The last news release was in 2008. There’s no pie-chart of how revenue is spent: scholarships vs. administration. And there’s a donation section that tells you where to send a donation. This guy is a joke.
Carolyn Cunningham (D) was out gathering signatures for Peter Jovanovich this week…
Here is a 2012 sample of what I believe Jovanovich lists as his only job.
ALFRED HARCOURT FOUNDATION INC
Physical Address:
14 Elm Place
Rye, NY 10580.
Does this address sound familiar? It should. It’s the same address as the Rye Record.
EIN:13-6084636
(914) 481-5346
2012 Compensation:
Peter Jovanovich $4,000
Scholarships awarded in 2012:
CUNY Hunter College $159,000
College of New Jersey $167,000
Xavier University of Louisiana $3,750
Baruch College $0
CUNY Staten Island $4,000
City College of New York $0
Roger Williams University $0.
This totals $333,750 in scholarships for four schools.
And the administrative and operating expenses for all this work?
A whopping $171,000.
This includes about $80,000 for “Other” professional fees. I wonder who got this money?
There was also about $17,000 paid in rent. I wonder if this was part of the rent the Rye Record paid to its landlord at 14 Elm Place?
It must be a tough job for Jovanovich to award these scholarships to four whole schools because Jovanovich needed $1,000 for Cablevision (14 Elm Place?), $3,000 in office maintenance (14 Elm Place?), and $2,700 in office supplies (14 Elm Place?)
It seems it takes Jovanovich an entire year to award $333,500 in scholarships to only four schools and this costs $171,000 in administrative and operating costs.
No wonder Rye is such a mess.
This is so wrong, I had to rewrite it again. It is evident; in addition to Peter’s Peter problem he has many others.
Here is a 2012 sample of what I believe Jovanovich lists as his only job.
ALFRED HARCOURT FOUNDATION INC
Physical Address:
14 Elm Place
Rye, NY 10580.
Does this address sound familiar? It should. It’s the same address as the Rye Record.
EIN:13-6084636
(914) 481-5346
2012 Compensation:
Peter Jovanovich $4,000
Scholarships awarded in 2012:
CUNY Hunter College $159,000
College of New Jersey $167,000
Xavier University of Louisiana $3,750
Baruch College $0
CUNY Staten Island $4,000
City College of New York $0
Roger Williams University $0.
This totals $333,750 in scholarships for four schools.
And the administrative and operating expenses for all this work?
A whopping $171,000.
This includes about $80,000 for “Other” professional fees. I wonder who got this money?
There was also about $17,000 paid in rent. I wonder if this was part of the rent the Rye Record paid to its landlord at 14 Elm Place?
It must be a tough job for Jovanovich to award these scholarships to four whole schools because Jovanovich needed $1,000 for Cablevision (14 Elm Place?), $3,000 in office maintenance (14 Elm Place?), and $2,700 in office supplies (14 Elm Place?)
It seems it takes Jovanovich an entire year to award $333,500 in scholarships to only four schools and this costs $171,000 in administrative and operating costs.
Judith,
I’ve been away for awhile. What’s Peter’s “Peter problem”? I’m curious.
Thanks Andrew…good information. What we have here is outgoing Chairman Rod Brown’s (nose up Otis’s butt) Mayoral place holder candidate crossing party lines to support Yovanovich. Time to step aside, Rod, before some run around and collect signatures for your removal. You got slaughtered in 2009 (Parker won by one vote) and you are going to get blanked in 2013. The result is that under your “leadership” the Democratic Party will have no voice for 8 years running as you “straw man” to the Otis/Plunkett agenda…nice job.
Where the frick has Filippi been? He missed the last meeting. How many meetings has he missed so far this year? Ever since his “Civility Speech” he has been in hiding. He never even formally announced his um uh re- uh election uh um duh bah uh um.
“There was also about $17,000 paid in rent.” $17,000? The rent for the entire building at the Rye Record was only $24,000 a year. Sounds like the ALFRED HARCOURT FOUNDATION was picking up most of the tab for Rye’s # 1 newspaper. Where is the IRS when you need them?
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/comics/archie-comics-execs-bring-feud-court-harass-claims-article-1.1433249
We have already seen what Jovanovich has done to our City of Rye employees and have read what he allegedly did to Judith Hill. This on top of the corruption he was either directly involved in or led the efforts to cover it up in Rye.
Jovanovich is a huge stain on Rye.
Now this news about Silberkleit.
Looks like were back to only one real candidate for Mayor. Joe Sack.
“Incidentally, the local blogs have been tearing Jovanovich apart for a sexual harassment charge dating to 1997 when he was the chief of McGraw-Hill School Publishing and was accused of telling a female executive that “he wanted her to be his moll.”
The woman claimed she was wrongfully terminated after protesting Jovanovich’s entreaty, and a jury awarded her $450,000.
At this point Sack must be thinking that, short of getting struck by lightning, he can’t possibly lose this race.”
http://www.lohud.com/article/20130907/COLUMNIST08/309070074/Phil-Reisman-Archie-exec-running-Rye-puts-positive-spin-puerile-patter
Thank goodness Catherine’s on my side; she appears to be winning the County race.
http://www.lausdeo10580.com/lausdeo10580/2013/09/catherine-parker-jumps-in-sack-with-gops-french-and-jovanovich-as-sexual-harassment-charges-dog-depu.html
That bus she chartered for Milton Harbor House voters was well worth it! Silver Lining: only 3 1/2 more mos. on Rye City Council.
Question: Is the candidacy of Peter Jovanovich disqualifiable by virtue of his affiliation with the Rye Record?
Answer:
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA, Pub.L. 92–225, 86 Stat. 3, enacted February 7, 1972, 2 U.S.C. § 431 et seq)
§315. Candidates for public office
(a) Equal opportunities requirement; censorship prohibition; allowance of station use; news appearances exception; public interest; public
Issues discussion opportunities. If any licensee shall permit any person who is a legally qualified candidate for any public office to use a broadcasting station, he shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates for that office in the use of such broadcasting station: Provided, That such licensee shall have no power of censorship over the material broadcast under the provisions of this section….
…(4)…Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as relieving broadcasters, in connection with the presentation of newscasts, news interviews, news documentaries, and on-the-spot coverage of news events, from the obligation imposed upon them under this chapter to operate in the public interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance.
§ 453. Express Preemption Clause
(a) In general. Subject to subsection (b), the provisions of this Act, and of rules prescribed under this Act, supersede and preempt any provision of State law…
Dissemination in General
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third-party or mass audience. A 1972 law did not take into account a ”tsunami” of digital dissemination of news (see http://www.ryerecord.com) and courts are empowered to issue rulings to keep up with the times, in effect amending laws from the bench.
Word on the street is that the Jovanovich campaign is in big, big trouble. People on both sides of the aisle – Democrats and Republicans — are ready to file for his disqualification in light of his Rye Record affiliation. I guess his Petition carriers never thought of that, or did they???
From The New York Times ethics guidelines: Voting, Campaigns and Public Issues
89. Journalists do not take part in politics. While staff members are entitled to vote and to register in party primaries, they must do nothing that might raise questions about their professional neutrality or that of our news operations. In particular, they may not campaign for, demonstrate for, or endorse candidates, ballot causes or efforts to enact legislation. They may not wear campaign buttons or themselves display any other insignia of partisan politics.
Nice ad for Peter Jovanovich in the Rye Record
Activist Rye resident and 26 year Democrat, P. Stephen Lamont the CEO of Iviewit Holdings, Inc. and former candidate for the Rye City Council, files a SECOND Complaint with the Westchester County Board of Elections this time against Peter Jovanovich for a statutory violation of FECA pertaining to Campaign Advocacy. Available for a limited time only at http://www.iviewitholdings.com/home/News.
In an early morning phone call with Lamont, PDT, he stated “the candidates for elected positions of influence in ‘Ryyyyyye’, simply, must follow the rules of engagement, nothing less. The BOE Commissioners or the court of appropriate jurisdiction will eventually have the opportunity to speak. We will applaud them for finding Mr. Jovanovich’s behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that cheating isn’t right. I am very proud of the support that my Co-Complainants have supplied. Starting as of today, ethical values will win and I hope the whole world listens!”
By the way, in this regard, Mr. Lamont is sitting in for the utterly ineffective, even keeled Chairman of the Rye Democratic Committee, Rodney A. (“Rod”) Brown.
The Jovanovich Complaint link is:
http://www.iviewitholdings.com/home/News
PSL, just read your complaint. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but that isn’t going to fly. Jovanovich in not in violation of any laws that you mention. As for equal time, if a candidate requests to express their opinion, then the Rye Record will need to publish that point of view.
“Keep moving folks. Nothing to see here…”
Average,
It’s the familian association and his power to influence that are the violations not anything he did, though I am sure he did, does, and will continue to do until 11/5. Go back and read the law again.
The law doesn’t forbid him to run, it just imposes certain issues that if arise, must be properly addressed.
That is why he will not be disqualified as per your request.
A double espresso says I’m right?
oh, Average, Average, Average,
OF COURSE, he’s not going to get disqualied. But, it is not because the law doesn’t fit, it is because the French crowd have been pumping Commissioner Colety all day — now, how are we going to handle that one in this little bet???
Let me try to paraphrase here and help the readers out:
“…such Rye Record shall have no power of censorship over the candidates’ material – STRIKE 1; Nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as relieving The Rye Record from the obligation imposed upon them under this chapter to operate in the public interest — STRIKE 2; and, nothing in the foregoing sentence shall be construed as relieving The Rye Record from the obligation imposed upon them to afford reasonable opportunity to Joe Sack to put forth conflicting views — STRIKE 3, and yer’ ???, are you a baseball fan?
Now about that double expresso, Wednesday morning, November 6, the issue will be a fait accompli – Starbucks at 10:00 AM sharp — be there…;)
Yuck on Starbucks! Rye needs a real Italian sidewalk cafe!
Right, Average, best to get out of Rye, the scene of your defeat. I know a few places near where grew up…you’ll love it…
Red eye flight in….few hours of sleep…now, let’s get back to Jovanovich. The 9 Co-Complainants (or co-plaintiffs as the case may be) have given Mr. Jovanovich ten (10) business days to remove himself from his unlawful candidacy before we take it to the next step…
Breaking News…
Rye residents, in a bipartisan action (Democrats, Republicans, and Independents) form the Committee for Election Equality in Rye, New York (“CEER”) dedicated to the proposition that unlawful candidacies are contributing to conflicts of interest and appearances of impropriety in Rye, New York. CEER will register as a political committee with the New York State Board of Elections in order to rectify instances of unlawful candidacies.
Pursuant to Section 14-118 of NYS Election Law, a political committee, Committee for Election Equality (“CEER”) has been registered with the New York Board of Elections to oppose the candidacies of Julie Killian and Peter Jovanovich and, if necessary, act as the Petitioner in any proceedings. Thank you.
Mr. Lamont:
Thank you for all the work you are doing pointing out and keeping the community abreast with regard to some of our local politicians appearing to be violating election law.
If they happen to remain on the ballot I will not be voting for Jovanovich or Killian.
Jovanovich is a parking metered looking head numskull who is obnoxious and boorish who I believe lacks any ethics and morals.
Killian seems nice and is probably a very nice person but the fact she has supported Pickup, French and Jovanovich through scandal after scandal while letting Mr. Dapolite get railroaded by these same pieces of garbage has left me no choice but to look elsewhere.
Lets hope we get a fresh start in Rye in 2014.
Pickup, Wilson, Nodarse and Connors all have to leave.
It looks like Connors has already been fired so that’s a good start.
Word is Pickup is looking for a job. Good riddance.
I don’t know if Wilson is smart enough to know that she should be looking for a new job.
Nodarse will follow the rest of these mutts out the door.
Well, Wry, what can I say? I have been courteous enough to give them both ample warning to remove themselves. I have been asked by some of the more aggrieved residents in Rye to use my skill sets as “gatekeeper” to which I have obliged. If they continue to play this game of chicken, they are going to lose and lose big…;)
PSL, what is your legal objection to Killian?
Average,
She is a candidate at the same time she is a Board member of a political action committee (“PAC” and used interchangeably with a lobbying organization) who funds the campaigns of NY elections and thereby, with a wink and a nod, funds her own campaigns through the back door…the Committee isn’t stupid; it’s a violation of FECA that was expressly designed to SEPARATE candidates from PAC’s (used interchangeably with lobbying organizations). The “cesspool” that Rye has become, we just can’t afford even the slightest conflict of interest and appearance of impropriety — enough is enough, would you agree?
Secondly, and we could care less about this, but someone is spending a awful lot of money finding her something to do (Holy Child…Republican Party…probably upwards of $250k right there). If you want to sign on as a member of CEER, shoot an email to p.stephenlamont@gmail.com and I’ll add you to the list. Now, about that double espresso that would have me vibrating for 24 hours…
Here’s a real hoot! Peter Jovanovich the favorite son of the Rye Democrats??? It is said that there are invitations going out for an event (fundraiser) for PJ held by a Democrat using a Democratic mailing list. Favorite son? So was Josef Stalin pre-Yalta. Me thinks that the utterly ineffective, outgoing Chairman, Rod Brown, has a “lot of splain’ to do, Lucy.” Allow me to be a little clearer, the registered Democrats in Rye publically DEMAND the resignation of Rod Brown as Chairman of the Rye Democratic Party by Jan. 1, 2014, prior to our embarrassing him into resigning.
Friends, Rye residents, countrymen, lend me your ears; we come to today to block the inequality of Peter Jovanovich and The Rye Record, not to praise them. The evil that men do lives after their tenure in office. The good, if any, is oft interred with their retirement. So, let it be with Jovanovich and The Rye Record where on Friday September 27, 2013, an Emergency Petition for Extraordinary Relief was filed and properly served in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Foley Square) styled as Committee for Election Equality v. Peter Jovanovich and The Rye Record that requests entry of an Order directing as follows: (a) Disqualifying the candidacy of Peter Jovanovich for the Mayor of the City of Rye; (b) Directing Commissioner Reginald Lafayette and Commissioner Douglas Colety of the Westchester Board of Elections to remove Jovanovich’s name from the ballot; (c) Permanently enjoining Jovanovich from running for elected office in Rye while being an affiliate of The Rye Record; (d) Permanently enjoining The Rye Record from violating FECA in their affiliation with Jovanovich; (e) This Petition is an emergency; and (f) Granting such other and further relief as the Court seems just and proper. Available for a limited time only at http://www.iviewitholdings.com/home/News.
The basis of Petitioners’ claim is that allowing Mr. Jovanovich to continue as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Rye, and The Rye Record’s complicity in such, while being an affiliate of the most widely read community newspaper in the City of Rye is a direct conflict of interest, morally unacceptable, is a statutory violation of Federal election laws that govern campaign advocacy, and violates the principles of democracy. After these last four years of inequality, the Southern District of New York (Foley Square) will emergently have the opportunity to speak. We will applaud them for finding Jovanovich’s and The Rye Record’s behavior unlawful and for sending a loud and clear message that cheating isn’t right. I am very proud of the support that each of the Committee members have supplied. Starting as of today, values will win and we hope the whole world listens.
Does PSL stand for Pious Sack Lackey?
AJSFOC- Why are you so unhappy?
Today, a case was docketed in the US District Court, SDNY (Foley Square) styled as 13-misc-03337 Committee for Election Equality v. Peter Jovanovich and The Rye Record
Update…
13-misc-03337 Committee for Election Equality v. Peter Jovanovich and The Rye Record – Assigned Judge
Honorable Katherine B. Forrest
Former Partner of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, cited as one of the top 50 young litigators in the U.S., married to New Zealand native Sean Baldwin, mother of two children.
A 2011 appointee by Democratic President Barack Obama.
…awaiting scheduling orders
Looks like Peter was caught red handed trying to deceive once again. He just can’t seem to get the Karma thing right.
http://rye.patch.com/groups/elections/p/lamont-files-lawsuit-to-stop-jovanovich-from-running-for-mayor_59884a64?ncid=newsltuspatc00000010
Municipal Porn
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104607005@N07/
It costs Peter Jovanovich $171,000 to “award” $333,750 of scholarships each year, most of them at 2 colleges. That’s astoundingly inefficient (greedy?). His mayoral campaign serves 2 purposes: 1) perpetuate his delusions of grandeur and 2) provide a fantastically strong exhibit in a white paper advocating the return of the inheritance tax. If it weren’t for William Jovanovich, Peter would be sweeping floors.
Snarky,
Too bad William apparently wasn’t pro-abortion.
Ask Jovanovich who gets the $80,000 a year in “professional” fees from Harcourt. The answer will probably not surprise you.
How would you like this guy Jovanovich doing a one on one interview with your high school daughter while holding a scholarship over her head?
I wouldn’t even let this creep Jovanovich sweep the floors unless he was inside a prison.
Judith,
Thanks for providing the videos of Jovanovich, who I believe is the biggest Jerkoff ever to walk the streets of Rye.
How does a guy who was sleeping in a church a couple months ago find the money to file a lawsuit to prevent a citizen from running for Mayor in Rye where the Mayor is a volunteer gig? I smell a turd.
Hey Form of Community,
I am funding him, now you can direct your cowardly BS directly at me.
Looks like the loyal Joe Sack thugs are out trying to intimidate again. How can you not love the Joe Sack Form of Community?
@ Community Coward,
If you have nothing intelligent to add then why say anything at all? Can you not carry a conversation without cowardly calling people “thugs”???
I’m curious to know why you do not post with your true identity?
A little tough to recognize without the ers, uhs, and ums but that is outgoing (lame duck ) councilman Richard “I’m in the business” Filippi. Of course he posts anonymously…the same way he slams people from up on the dais when he knows they’re not in the audience then scurries away like a rodent when they are in the audience. A vote for Jovanovich is an endorsement of Filippi.
JUST IN:
Message control – or controlling the message. Or both?
JOVANOVICH REFUSES TO DEBATE SACK LIVE ON WVOX–COUNCILMAN APPEARS ON THE AIR WITH ‘EMPTY CHAIR’
http://www.lausdeo10580.com/lausdeo10580/2013/10/jovanovich-refuses-to-debate-sack-live-on-wvoxcouncilman-appears-on-the-air-empty-chair-now.html
Ted, I’d say it is more like ducking questions about the Petition (ordered to turn into a Complaint and OTSC) to disqualify him…the facts are INCONTROVERTIBLE by any stretch of the Jovanovich/Thomas/Robin interpretation. Rye voters between now and November 5, when you look into the mirror, take a long hard look and ask yourselves “do I want a liar and a cheater as the defacto CEO of my City???” Trust me, this November’s election is about VALUES and the whole City is listening.!!!
PSL – don’t look now – but the LD site has updated its story. And it’s juicy.
Now we can SEE long time Rye Democrats and Plutocrats by NAME and DOLLAR amount funneling contributions to Mr. (GOP) Jovanovich to eventually help underwrite his retention of campaign manager Matt Thomas – who as Bob Cohen Campaign finance chair pumped out garbage truckloads of local GOP robo-call slime and false innuendo’s against George Latimer last fall. Remember folks? It wasn’t really that long ago.
And look at those Rye donor names – including Democratic political-class grandees – and the money they have now funneled to stoke the Thomas-Jovanovich “Keep Rye Corrupt Just for US!” jugger-nut-case. Think back folks – those were some of the very same names decrying the shameful, unlawful, despicable tactics of Cohen’s GOP scorched-earth slime-o-rama that ran in the spring and summer of 2012.
And none of them CAME TO HELP STOP some of the biggest financial losses Rye has ever ducked (1037 BPR Sale) – or sucked (RGC) – under the just concluding French-O-Vitch malfeasance & mismanagement fiesta.
How very very sad for Rye.
http://www.lausdeo10580.com/lausdeo10580/2013/10/jovanovich-refuses-to-debate-sack-live-on-wvoxcouncilman-appears-on-the-air-empty-chair-now.html
Question for Tony Piscionere and Joe Sack: Why is Julie Killian on your ticket? She won’t even 2nd your motion for a vote. It’s one thing to think independently and make your own voting decisions. It’s another to not even 2nd a motion put forth by the head of your ticket. Julie is a problem. You need to take care of your problem…before election day. Rye can’t afford another term for Pebbles Killian.
Snarky, where have you been? Killy-Ann BOUGHT her way onto the ticket ($75k in GOP donations it is reported) just like she BOUGHT her way onto the Board of the School of the Holy Child. It seems that someone is spending an awful lot of money to give this 53 year old mother of 5 something to do. The last thing the Rye City Council needs is a debutante with multiple facial reconstructions and poor ones at that.
LMAO. Thank you PSL. BTW, we haven’t heard from “A Joe Sack Form of Community” since he was outed as Filippi. I already miss that trademark Filippi “civility”.
PSL,
YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE WITH YOUR MOST RECENT POST!!!
You seem to have a great deal of knowledge on many topics, stay on course. Take the high road.
There is no need to go on a personal attack. You did make one good point, she is a mother of 5…SO RESPECT IT!!!
Snarky writes :
“It’s one thing to think independently and make your own voting decisions. It’s another to not even 2nd a motion put forth by the head of your ticket. ”
Snarky ,
I agree, the rest of the Council and Scott Pickup are out of touch. It would be impossible that the problem was Joe and not the other 7 that sit at the dais each Council meeting.
Take the high road PSL…like Jim does. His wife is on Pebbles payroll, too.
But Jim, I was just trying to point out the “pattern” in all of this. Some people succeed into trying to buy their way into positions of influence, as Killy-Ann has, and try to be and look like something they are not…it’s all connected, and she is the candidate that wants to make decisions in YOUR town at the same time as she supports candidates at State that support the same positions she lobbies against — special interest groups. Quid pro quo (“this for that” in Latin) means an exchange of goods or services, where one transfer is contingent upon the other…;)
Jim Amico asking someone to take the high road? That’s like A-Rod asking someone not to take HGH.
Don’t worry, Jim, I have not unleashed the best of my Killy-Ann ammo yet, but it will come just before election day — an insanely, pathetic look at one who wants to sit on the council. Julie Killian is right for the Rye Woman’s Club, the Rye New Comers Club, and the like, but she is SO WRONG FOR CITY COUNCIL…Lord, what was Tony Piscionere thinking???
The only “pattern” in all this is Joe Sack’s loyal thugs are trying to justify Joe smelling like a well known human turd. Jovanovich didn’t show up to the radio interview because the room smelled like a human turd and Jovanovich didn’t want to spring for a close pin for his nose. Peter also didn’t want to be seen in the same room as Joe Sack given his extremely close ties to Mr. Flotie.
PSL,
Why do you think the insulting facial remarks are necessary?
If you are going to stoop to the level of the cowards on here, then please exclude me from all of your future emails.
It’s obvious that Jay Sears would rather have a site that resembles trash rather than a clean respectful one, he doesn’t seem to interested in removing personal attacks, especially after he is asked to do so!!!
@ Form of S**T,
I just love invisible losers that talk from both sides. I laugh at losers like you who don’t have the B***S to face someone as they FORM S**T!!!
Jim, perhaps I could have worked a better comparative point here about buying her way in. Clearly, it is something particularly offensive to you, so please accept my apology.
PSL,
What do these remarks have to do with any topic in Rye and on any blog???
You wrote:
“It seems that someone is spending an awful lot of money to give this 53 year old mother of 5 something to do. The last thing the Rye City Council needs is a debutante with multiple facial reconstructions and poor ones at that.”
Jim, the topic is this November’s election for City Council where, from my point of view and I am not alone, the candidacy of Julie Killian is not in the best interests of Rye. The part of my comment you paraphrased pertains to the reason she was appointed (GOP donations) to the detriment of a well qualified candidate who got shot down (she didn’t make donations). The last sentence you paraphrased was another comparison of a person who feels the need put forth an impression of someone she is not, a poor comparison on my part. If you have any other points to make, put it in an email as we don’t need to come to closure about it on this blog.
Jim, PSL is correct here. Firstly, if in fact you benefit economically from your relationship with Mrs. Killian, you are biased.
Secondly, the political landscape with Peter Jovanovich running for mayor is that of scorched earth. He created this environment and it will last until he’s beaten down in November. From now until then, it will be ugly. Every day voters should be reminded of the mess Chief Thief and his sexual predator deputy mayor have created. Ms. Hill’s testimony should be printed every single day. The public should be reminded daily of Peter’s many mistakes and shortcomings including his perversions and ongoing pillaging of a charity.
Mrs. Killian bought her way onto the Council. We don’t all have her husband’s resources. We have to scratch and claw…and we will. Mrs. Killian made (apparently multiple) decisions to have expensive surgery on her face. The results are terrifying. Since she doesn’t have any other record to examine, these basic decisions are fair game.
As to your clear rage at those who post anonymously, you of all people should understand why. You are familiar with the Rye Police, aren’t you? Enough said.
In a Joe Sack Form of Community, the only person not attacked and slandered is Joe Sack. Wonder why?
Just for the record, where did I say that “you benefit economically from your relationship with Mrs. Killian”….because it is news to me, but I am willing to listen. Community, I don’t know why, but I am sure you’ll get around to it eventually.
Everyone, do yourselves a favor and watch the Old Business/Miscellaneous ( items 22-25 ) part of Wed’s ( 10/9 ) Council Meeting.
http://ryeny.swagit.com/play/10092013-876
You will see how unreasonable and out of touch the 7 other Council members and City Manager are and how King Joe operates. He’s going to be such a unifier once he gets elected Mayor. The citizens of this city will be falling all over each other volunteering for committee assignments when they find out that Joe’s loyal thugs will be slandering them nightly on MyRye.com.
Jim Amico,
Rye Scorched writes:
“Mrs. Killian made (apparently multiple) decisions to have expensive surgery …………….. Since she doesn’t have any other record to examine, these basic decisions are fair game. ”
Why do you only demand the identities of people who don’t support Joe Sack but let comments like that go? These latest comments in regard to Julie Killian are downright unacceptable but par for the course with regard to Joe Sack’s loyal thugs..
I said Jim’s wife worked for Killian. He said it at a City Council meeting once.
Filippi (“Form”), you need to stop posting. You can’t do two things period, never mind at once. All this posting is confusing you…Wednesday night you couldn’t even remember what ridiculous points you wanted to make. The entire City of Rye cringes when you speak. Even Mayor French can’t bear it anymore and has to interrupt you.
There are 7 people up on the dais. The people of Rye find 3 of these 7 (you, French & Jovanovich) so repugnant, there wasn’t any discussion as to your running for re-election. Everything you say and do from the dais is a mere indulgence of your egos.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE,
BEFORE THE HONORABLE RONALD M. WHYTE, JUDGE
CASE NO.
JUDITH A. HILL,
PLAINTIFF,
VS.
MACMILLAN MCGRAW-HILL,
DEFENDANT.
THE CLERK: CALLING CASE C-93-20824, JUDITH HILL
VERSUS MACMILLAN MCGRAW-HILL
From the testomoney of George Simon
Q I’D LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN PETER JOVANOVICH TOOK OVER THE JOINT VENTURE IN 1992. WERE YOU PRESENT AT A DINNER AT PETER B’S WITH MR. JOVANOVICH AND THE EXECUTIVE TEAM?
A YES.
Q WHEN HE WAS FIRST MEETING THE EXECUTIVE TEAM?
A YES.
Q AND WHERE WERE YOU SITTING AT? WHERE WERE YOU SITTING RELATIVE TO JUDY HILL DURING THAT DINNER, IF YOU REMEMBER?
A I WAS SITTING TO HER LEFT, AND PETER JOVANOVICH WAS SITTING TO HER RIGHT.
Q OKAY. DID YOU — DID YOU HEAR OR OBSERVE MR. JOVANOVICH, PETER JOVANOVICH, SAYING ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY TO JUDY HILL AT THAT DINNER?
A NO.
Q DID YOU HEAR ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT A MOLE OR A MOLL COMMENT AT THAT DINNER?
A I DIDN’T HEAR A DISCUSSION, BUT JUDY HILL TURNED TO ME AND
MR. GREEN: OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.
THE COURT: WELL, THE QUESTION WAS, DID YOU HEAR ANY COMMENT BY MR. JOVANOVICH?
THE WITNESS: NO.
THE COURT: AND THE ANSWER WAS NO.
BY MS. KROP:
Q DID YOU HEAR ANYTHING FROM JUDY HILL ABOUT ANYTHING BEING SAID TO HER BY MR. JOVANOVICH?
MR. GREEN: OBJECTION.
BY MS. KROP:
Q ABOUT A MOLE OR A MOLL COMMENT?
MR. GREEN: HEARSAY, YOUR HONOR.
THE COURT: SUSTAINED AT THIS POINT.
MS. KROP: YOUR HONOR, MAY I APPROACH THE BENCH ON THIS SUBJECT?
THE COURT: . YES.
(SIDEBAR DISCUSSION OFF THE RECORD.)
BY MS. KROP:
Q WHEN YOU SAT — AS YOU WERE SITTING NEXT TO JUDY HILL AT THAT DINNER, DID SHE SEEM, TO YOU, EXCITED OR UPSET ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED?
A YES.
Q AND WHAT WAS THAT?
A SHE TURNED TO ME AND SAID THAT PETER JOVANOVICH ASKED HER TO BE HIS MOLL AND SHE SEEMED AGGITATED BY THAT,UPSET.
The below is taken from:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
moll (m l)
n. Slang
1. A woman companion of a gunman or gangster.
2. A woman prostitute.
@ Form,
You answered your own question….”I MISSED IT”!
I am not bias, dishonest, and I DO NOT SIDE WITH PEOPLE…I SIDE WITH MY OPINION BASED ON FACTS….PERIOD!
As for my wife, GET A GRIP!!!
Bias? Seriously? My wife watches her dog every now & then and has been for years, so what is your point?
What does Joe Sack have to do with me defending someone who was wrongly personally attacked?
@ PSL,
I am well aware of Julie’s Political status, yes we all know she donated money, I personally could care less, it’s her money she can support who ever the hell she damn pleases. You like anyone else is entitled to your opinion, I made no comments on your opinion of the topic, I am ONLY referring to your unnecessary personal insults!
I am getting tired of all this crap, everyone needs to grow up, say what you have to say and do it with respect.
I have to give you one prop, your not afraid to put your name on your words like all these other cowards that sling with no identity.
@Scorched,
Rye Cops…YA WHAT IS YOUR POINT?
If you stay within the law & your rights what can they do, harass you like they do me, big deal,I am not saying I appreciate being harassed but they can have at it, we all have rights!
A bright shiny tin says your career is Police Enforcement, it doesn’t give a cop the right to work outside the laws they are sworn in on nor does it make them better than any citizen!!!
Their job is to enforce laws as they are dictated and protect their community, not harass their public!
…NEGLIGENCE
Legal Standard
20.The elements to be established in a negligence action are fivefold: duty, breach, actual cause, proximate cause, and damages.
a.Duty.
i.Defendant Jovanovich is the Deputy Mayor and a Councilman in Rye, New York.
b.Breach.
i.Holding those offices, it is established that Jovanovich owed a duty to the Plaintiff and others, but rather than upholding that duty Jovanovich exposed Plaintiff to a substantial risk of loss, thus breaching that duty. Where Jovanovich failed to realize the substantial risk of loss to Plaintiff, which any reasonable person in the same situation would clearly have realized, he also breaches that duty.
ii.Where Jovanovich engaged in activities or failed to dis-engage others in activities that posed an unreasonable risk to others and their property that resulted in harm, thereby Jovanovich breached his duty of reasonable care.
Andrew Dapolite Affair
iii.On or about March 5, 2013, Scott D. Pickup, City Manager in Rye, New York (“Pickup”) portrayed to the city council, on camera, that “he (Pickup) didn’t have the ability to film a controversial Fire Department workshop meeting because he didn’t have the staff available,” or words to that effect.
iv.Dapolite, one of the members of a two member department, was in the control room at City Hall on the night of February 9, 2013, and did record the meeting, contrary to the false claims of Pickup.
v.Defendant Jovanovich has refused to listen to these tapes; Jovanovich has instead chastised Dapolite for making the recordings.
vi.Where Jovanovich refuses to listen to the tapes, chastises Dapolite for making the recordings, in diametric opposition to the provisions in the Rye City Charter, failed in his responsibilities for making sure Pickup faithfully upholds, and follows, the law on residents’ behalves, Jovanovich negligently breaches his duty of reasonable care.
…BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTIES
Legal Standard
21.A fiduciary duty is an obligation to act in the best interest of another party, in the case, the residents of Rye, New York.
22.A fiduciary obligation exists whenever the relationship with a party involves a special trust, confidence, and reliance on the fiduciary to exercise his discretion or expertise in acting for the party.
23.In being sworn into office in January 2010, Jovanovich knowingly accepted that trust and confidence to exercise his expertise and discretion to act on the residents of Rye, New York.
24.When Jovanovich swore by oath to act for the residents of Rye, New York in a fiduciary relationship, the law forbids Jovanovich from acting in any manner adverse or contrary to the interests of the residents of Rye, New York. The residents of Rye, New York are entitled to the best efforts of the fiduciary on his behalf and the fiduciary must exercise all of the skill, care and diligence at his disposal when acting on behalf of the client.
25.Where Jovanovich failed in his responsibilities to prevent the exploitation of deficiencies at Rye Golf Club, he breached his fiduciary duty to an approximate one third of the population of the residents of Rye, New York.
…WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully request entry of an Order directing as follows:
a.Disqualifying the candidacy of Peter Jovanovich for the Mayor of the City of Rye;
b.Directing Commissioner Reginald Lafayette and Commissioner Douglas Colety of the Westchester County Board of Elections to remove Respondent’s name from the ballot for the November 5, 2013 election;
c.Permanently enjoining Peter Jovanovich from running for elected office in Rye while being an affiliate of The Rye Record;
d.Permanently enjoining The Rye Record from violating FECA in their affiliation with Jovanovich;
e.Granting such other and further relief as to the Court seems just and proper.
…and now, and since 08/01, Mr. Jovanovich is campaigning to be your Mayor, the Mayor of the City of Rye, a community he so negligently breached his fiduciary duties to uphold the rules of law.
From the below analysis of the draft Complaint (lawsuit), and the Sack “Empty Chair Debate” video, it should be clear to the Rye City voters that Jovanovich and The Rye Record portray themselves, and have for many years portrayed themselves, as unrepentant, recidivist, incestuoans while Jovanovich holds public office and now seeks further public office which the Court must finally stop. The Southern District of New York will soon have the opportunity to speak. The Committee for Election Equality will applaud them for finding Jovanovich’s and The Rye Record’s behavior willful and for sending a loud and clear message that CHEATING ISN’T RIGHT!. Between now and November 5, VALUES WILL WIN AND WE HOPE THE WHOLE CITY OF RYE LISTENS!!!
Peter Jovanovich MUST REMOVE HIMSELF from his unlawful candidacy immediately and take his Rye Brook Campaign Manager with him. Draft Civil Complaint and Emergency Order to Show Cause available for a limited time only at http://www.iviewitholdings.com/home/News
PSL – check your mailbox tonight. Mr. Thomas has birthed a deep slime mailer on Rye Golf that bears zero resemblance to the facts nor reality. Peter Jovanovich must really think Rye people are stupid. What a foolish false note.
lol…you think I read that garbage, Tedc??? It goes right from my mailbox to a recycling bin. We all know what went down at RGC…keep spending your money Mr. Jovanovich, just keep some aside in case you have to pay a nice $25k retainer. As for Mr. Thomas, I would remove yourself from this scene before you get neck deep in it; you are an accomplice, you aid, and you abet Jovanovich’s unlawful candidacy…get the “picture????”…;)
Tedc, this is Peter Jovanovich’s RGC legacy, THIS, and there’s not a damn thing Matt (in over his head) Thomas can do about it:
Rye Golf Club Affair
vii.As Deputy Mayor and Councilman, Jovanovich is responsible for making sure that City Manager Pickup faithfully upholds, and follows, the law on residents’ behalves.
viii.On June 14, 2010, auditors from the firm of O’Connor Davies Muns Dobbins presented a live report to the Rye City Council where, Jean Gribbins, the newly hired City Comptroller at the time, recommended that the auditors “take a deeper look” at the operations of one department in particular – Rye Golf Club; Jovanovich sat on the Audit Committee and, therefore, was already familiar with, and had a dialogue regarding, the meeting.
ix.On September 12, 2012, in a meeting of the Rye Golf Club Commission, it was revealed that the general manager of Rye Golf Club, Scott Yandrasevich, had a financial relationship with a staffing company that has billed the club over $2.2 million dollars in the last 18 months alone, unchecked by Pickup.
x.Manhattan law firm Brune & Richard LLP, determined that “Mr. Yandrasevich controlled a staffing company that, over a six-year period, was used to steal many hundreds of thousands of dollars from the City of Rye.”
xi.Pickup, told club-goers that Yandrasevich had no conflict of interest, that everything was above board, and that the city attorney had previously vetted the situation herself and found nothing wrong; the claim was publically contradicted by the city attorney.
xii.That same Brune & Richard report documented that Pickup, misled the public on Sept 27, 2012, when he – twice – said Rye’s corporation counsel had reviewed Mr. Yandrasevich’s relationship with the staffing company.
xiii.Where Jovanovich failed in his responsibilities for making sure Pickup faithfully upholds, and follows, the law on residents’ behalves, Jovanovich negligently breaches his duty of reasonable care.
c.Factual causation.
i.It must be shown that the particular acts or omissions were the cause of the loss or damage sustained.
ii.The causation between Jovanovich’s breach of duty and the harm that results to Rye Golf Club members increases the risk of harm, then the breaching party is liable in suit.
iii.At the September 12, 2012 meeting at Rye Golf Club an alleged staffing company that has billed the club over $2.2 million dollars in the last 18 months alone, went unchecked by Pickup.
iv.Where Jovanovich failed in his responsibilities for making sure Pickup faithfully upholds, and follows, the law on residents’ behalves, this instance provides the factual causation of the harm Jovanovich caused to occur.
d.Legal causation.
i.Jovanovich foresaw deficiencies at Rye Golf Club by the June 14, 2010, auditors’ report to the Rye City Council; Jovanovich sat on the Audit Committee.
ii.Seeing deficiencies at Rye Golf Club, Jovanovich had a duty to take care to avoid it.
iii.Where Jovanovich failed in his responsibilities to prevent the exploitation of deficiencies at Rye Golf Club, this instance provides the legal causation of the harm Jovanovich caused to occur.
e.Damages.
i.Damages place a monetary value on the harm done by Jovanovich.
ii.For most purposes connected with the quantification of damages, the degree of culpability in the breach of the duty of care is irrelevant.
iii.Once the breach of the duty is established, the only requirement is to compensate the victims of the Rye Golf Club affair.
iv.Where Jovanovich failed in his responsibilities to prevent the exploitation of deficiencies at Rye Golf Club, this instance provides for the recovery of damages or equitable relief by Plaintiff; in this action, subject to any amended complaint as of right, Plaintiff prays for equitable relief.
nothing Matt (in over his head) Thomas can do about except feed quarters into his “parking meter” and hopes it finally sinks in…
Another of Peter Jovanovich’s legacy, an ATTACK on a son of Rye; what if he were YOUR son???
Andrew Dapolite Affair
iii.On or about March 5, 2013, Scott D. Pickup, City Manager in Rye, New York (“Pickup”) portrayed to the city council, on camera, that “he (Pickup) didn’t have the ability to film a controversial Fire Department workshop meeting because he didn’t have the staff available,” or words to that effect.
iv.Dapolite, one of the members of a two member department, was in the control room at City Hall on the night of February 9, 2013, and did record the meeting, contrary to the false claims of Pickup.
v.Defendant Jovanovich has refused to listen to these tapes; Jovanovich has instead chastised Dapolite for making the recordings.
vi.Where Jovanovich refuses to listen to the tapes, chastises Dapolite for making the recordings, in diametric opposition to the provisions in the Rye City Charter, failed in his responsibilities for making sure Pickup faithfully upholds, and follows, the law on residents’ behalves, Jovanovich negligently breaches his duty of reasonable care.
Election Day minus 19: Peter Jovanovich, Matt Thomas, and Julie Killian continue their unlawful campaigns consisting of conflicts of interest and appearances of improprieties than run so wide and so deep that they tear at the very fabric of what has come to be known as election equality in this country and in the fact that it pertain to civil rights, tears at the very fabric of the Constitution of the United States. From this day forward from Ridge Street to Greenhaven and from North Street to the L.I. Sound let this be known as The Greatest Rip-Off of Rye Voters Ever Told.
Jury gives $450,000 to fired executive
By Ken Schultz
Herald Staff Writer
A former CTB/McGraw-Hill executive in Monterey who was fired from her $125,000 a year job was awarded $450,000 by a federal court jury for wrongful termination.
The jury of three men and five women in federal district court in San Jose also ruled the former Macmillian/McGraw Hill School Publishing Co. acted in bad faith when Judith Ann Hill, 41, was fired on June 10, 1993, from her position as vice president of finance.
In her lawsuit, Hill said that Peter Jovanovich, president and chief executive officer of what is now McGraw Hill School Publishing Co., owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies, flew to Monterey from corporate headquarters in New York to personally fire her after she complained of being sexually harassed by him.
Jovanovich told Hill at one point that “he wanted her to be his moll,” said Novato attorney Nancy Krop, who represented Hill.
When Hill protested, “basically” that was the end of her career” with the company, Krop said.
Hill had also accused the company of sex discrimination and Jovanovich with sexual harassment in her lawsuit, but the jury ruled against her on those points, said company spokesman Steve Weiss.
The $450,000 judgment against the company, which later in 1993 became The McGraw-Hill Companies, was the maximum award allowed, Krop said.
“I think the company had to learn you treat people more humanely,” Krop said yesterday.
Weiss said the jury award was likely the result of the company’s failure to give Hill written warning that her job was in jeopardy before firing her.
Even so, “We do believe that we have a very valid basis for appealing the jury’s decision,” Weiss said. He added that the company hasn’t decided whether to appeal.
Hill, the mother of two college-aged daughters, began her career as a $17,500 senior accountant and rose in 11 years to become the chief financial officer of the company’s CTB division in Monterey, earning $125,000 a year, Krop said.
Municipal Pornography
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104607005@N07/
Why are you all so hell bent on Jovanovich walking away from the election…..don’t you want to see him further embarrass himself as he gets his A** handed to him???
Let him stay, it will be fun,lol!
Jim, I agree with you 100% (including the civility comments the other day).
PSL is hellbent on getting Jov out of the race. Why? He has every right to run (regardless of the lawsuits/petitions he is filing. As a matter of fact, he is going to owe me an Espresso!). Without knowing a ton about what is going on currently, I see no way that Sack loses this race. I have a feeling that Rye politics are going to take on a whole new look come the new year. New PC, new city mgr — it is going to be interesting to see what other changes Joe makes.
Avg.,
Thank You.
I remember a time when Jay Sears use to show some class by monitoring his site and removing personal attacks and comments not related to the articles one is posting under.
I am not all that surprised but I am in shock that after I personally emailed Jay Sears respectfully requesting that he remove those nasty remarks about Councilwoman Killian that he showed her NO RESPECT WHAT SO EVER by leaving that up….UNACCEPTABLE!!!
…and the answer is: DON’T SUPPORT CHEATERS, it is just not the Sagittarian way. Look at the sad, sad state of affairs these past 4 years: a sitting elected Mayor CHEATING on his tax exemptions; a 20 something CHEATED out of his job and thrown under the bus; a full 1/3 of the population CHEATED out of inflated member dues and waiters tips at Rye Golf Club; need I go on? Sure, let him CHEAT and run, let him win, vote for him in fact. When he does, if he does, and this sad, sad state proliferates, don’t come crying to me. Bye, bye. Average we have not pinned down the location for that Espresso you will be buying me.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/104607005@N07/
Check out this video of jerk off E-Vonasniff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRHHcbCjx2Q
This jerk off E-Vonasniff wants to be Mayor really bad. He has spent at least $15,000 of his own money for a job that pays $0.00. That is a huge red flag.
Does E-Vonasniff want to be Mayor to protect himself Pickup and French from any future investigations of their conduct?
Andrew Dapolite Affair
iii.On or about March 5, 2013, Scott D. Pickup, City Manager in Rye, New York (“Pickup”) portrayed to the city council, on camera, that “he (Pickup) didn’t have the ability to film a controversial Fire Department workshop meeting because he didn’t have the staff available,” or words to that effect.
iv.Dapolite, one of the members of a two member department, was in the control room at City Hall on the night of February 9, 2013, and did record the meeting, contrary to the false claims of Pickup.
v.Defendant Jovanovich has refused to listen to these tapes; Jovanovich has instead chastised Dapolite for making the recordings.
vi.Where Jovanovich refuses to listen to the tapes, chastises Dapolite for making the recordings, in diametric opposition to the provisions in the Rye City Charter, failed in his responsibilities for making sure Pickup faithfully upholds, and follows, the law on residents’ behalves, Jovanovich negligently breaches his duty of reasonable care.
I have written that a vote for Jason Mehler for City Council is a vote for values and responsibility. A vote for Peter Jovanovich is a vote for valueless and irresponsibility and HIS RECORD SHOWS IT…
Rye Golf Club Affair
i.As Deputy Mayor and Councilman, Jovanovich is responsible for making sure that City Manager Pickup faithfully upholds, and follows, the law on residents’ behalves.
ii.On June 14, 2010, auditors from the firm of O’Connor Davies Muns Dobbins presented a live report to the Rye City Council where, Jean Gribbins, the newly hired City Comptroller at the time, recommended that the auditors “take a deeper look” at the operations of one department in particular – Rye Golf Club; Jovanovich sat on the Audit Committee and, therefore, was already familiar with, and had a dialogue regarding, the meeting.
iii.On September 12, 2012, in a meeting of the Rye Golf Club Commission, it was revealed that the general manager of Rye Golf Club, Scott Yandrasevich, had a financial relationship with a staffing company that has billed the club over $2.2 million dollars in the last 18 months alone, unchecked by Pickup.
iv.Manhattan law firm Brune & Richard LLP, determined that “Mr. Yandrasevich controlled a staffing company that, over a six-year period, was used to steal many hundreds of thousands of dollars from the City of Rye.”
v.Pickup, told club-goers that Yandrasevich had no conflict of interest, that everything was above board, and that the city attorney had previously vetted the situation herself and found nothing wrong; the claim was publically contradicted by the city attorney.
vi.That same Brune & Richard report documented that Pickup, misled the public on Sept 27, 2012, when he – twice – said Rye’s corporation counsel had reviewed Mr. Yandrasevich’s relationship with the staffing company.
vii.Where Jovanovich failed in his responsibilities for making sure Pickup faithfully upholds, and follows, the law on residents’ behalves, Jovanovich negligently breaches his duty of reasonable care.