SECTARIAN STRUGGLE CONTINUES

Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court Judge, Christian Hummel has ruled that North Greenbush Democrats must conduct another organizational meeting for the election of officers in the next thirty days. Hummel also ordered them to stop acting like Democrats.

Last fall two groups held meetings and elected party officers. One group elected Jeffrey Spain as chairman. The other group elected Dan Ashley.

A few weeks ago, Hummel held a hearing. The Judge characterized the testimony as:

...so contradictory and convoluted that it was difficult to believe that the witnesses were testifying about the same series of events."

And left no doubt as to their party affiliation.

The Judge also ordered a prisoner exchange and ruled that all captured combatants must be accorded all rights and privileges under the Geneva Convention. If a vote does not take place in the next 30 days, all U.S. Troops will be withdrawn from North Greenbush by October.