Tyner speaks out on fired treasurer
Tyner speaks out on fired treasurer
Tyner speaks out on fired treasurer
Angry Tyner: "She showed her true colors"
RHINEBECK – Temperatures were not the only thing heating up outside Rhinebeck Town Hall Wednesday morning. Standing in the sweltering summer solstice sun, and surrounded by core supporters, visibly angry Joel Tyner spoke about his former campaign treasurer.
The Dutchess legislator, currently running in a Democratic primary for the new 19th Congressional District, has fired treasurer Misha Fredricks, for allegedly mismanaging receipts and launching an attack Facebook page which disparaged Tyner.
Fredricks was replaced with another staffer and could not be reached for comment.
Tyner said Fredricks’ actions prove, in his mind, to be politically motivated.
“If she had supported me at all to begin with, don’t you thing she would have sent me a letter, or four or five people on the campaign team, but, no. Misha gave us all a great campaign gift”, he told supporters. “She showed her true colors. She made it very clear, it is politically motivated and was never on my side. Usually I am a good judge of character; I stank this time.”
The revelations come on the heels of the endorsement of endorsed candidate Julian Schreibman by Congressman Maurice Hinchey.
Tyner charged that Hinchey broke his promise to remain neutral before the primary. Citing issues such as single payer Medicaid and a ban on fracking, Hinchey would be undermining his own legacy to support Schreibman, Tyner said.
“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated,” Tyner joked.
Tyner attributed the developments to dirty tricks by his opponent. “The only reason this is happening is because I kicked Julian Schreibman's buttocks six ways to Sunday in the debate,” he said.
Tyner speaks out on fired treasurer
Tyner speaks out on fired treasurer
