james zecca

A ruling by a State Supreme Court Judge in Rome today has upheld a claim by two Utica councilmen stating that Jim Zecca cannot run in this November's special election for the Common Council at Large position.

City Councilman Frank Vescera and former Councilman and Comptroller candidate James Zecca have been denied permission to appeal a recent court ruling that deemed them ineligible to appear on the ballot on the Democratic party line during Tuesday’s primary.

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The dispute over Democratic petitions collected by current Utica Councilman Frank Vescera and former city councilor Jim Zecca remains unresolved following several hours of reviewing signatures Monday.

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WIBX has learned that actions were taken at the meeting of the Oneida County Democratic Committee on Thursday that resulted in official reprimands of several committee members and the ousting of two others.

How ugly is Utica politics?  From the sound of it...pretty ugly.  Regardless of where you stand, or do not stand, politically, one might think from the examples below that civility in politics is severely lacking.  Fortunately, there exists other discourse to prove otherwise.

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