ERNIE DAVIS RUNNING MATE LISA COPELAND MAKES DEFAMATORY REMARKS ABOUT MOUNT VERNON FREE MASONS; BIG TIFF IN CRIME BOSS LAFAYETTE MV DEM PARTY

CRIME BOSS REGGIE LAFAYETTE Mount Vernon candidate Lisa Copeland has recently went on a rant on her Facebook page.  In a statement on her Facebook page she accuses "outsiders" for making a name for themselves for bringing up issues that she claimed are untruths. Copeland was not specific on what untruths were told neither did she bring up any facts to the subject she was speaking about. CORRUPT FORMER CITY CLERK LISA COPLAND Lisa Copland is the third cast member of the criminal syndicate ticket put together by Westchester Crime Dem Boss Reginald Lafayette.  Lisa Copeland, by her own admission, has been involved in the "Costra Nostra" Style of politics that currently runs the City Of Mount Vernon since she was 14 years old.  Electing Lisa Copeland as a City Councilperson would be a travesty to the taxpayers of Mount Vernon.  The embattled former City Clerk obstructed federal investigators by purposely destroying financial disclosure statements and other documents of Mayor Ernie Davis and other city officials.   LISA COPLAND RUNNING MATE JOHN BOYKIN Copland specifically called out Westchester Democratic Chairman, Mount Vernon Democratic City Committee Chairman and Board of Elections Commissioner Reginald Lafayette, Mount Vernon City Council President Marcus Griffith, and City Clerk George Brown and the fraternal organization of the Masons for not doing anything, but she was never clear on what was not done. CONVICTED CRIMINAL MAYOR ERNIE DAVIS The Facebook statement of Copeland has clearly shown that there is a riff in the Democratic ticket put together by Crime Boss Lafayette. Copeland is on the Democratic Party line with the Mayor on Probation Ernie Davis, but there is no secret in Mt. Vernon political circles that Copeland is constantly seen at events and social gatherings with Sen. Ruth Hassle Thompson. Maybe she is questioning her own party loyalty. Lastly, Copeland goes on to say that she has a lawsuit ready for those who decide to right anything about her.  Unfortunately, Copeland has failed her due diligence in understanding her place as a public official who is running for office.  Lisa Copeland is a very delusional and narcissistic person.  She will stop at noting to get elected.  Lisa has previously ran for Westchester County Clerk (2x), Comptroller, and even was in talks with Crime Boss Lafayette to become a Judge in 2018. To become a judge one must first be a lawyer, and to become a lawyer, one must go to law school.  Lisa Copeland has never attended law school.  The arrogance of this pompous individual is just one more reason why the endorsed candidates of Crime Boss Lafayette must be defeated on September 10, 2015.  These individuals are: ERNEST D. DAVIS LISA COPELAND JOHN BOYKIN The Fact of the Matter is; Supreme Court decisions make it extremely difficult for a public figure – especially anyone running for public office – to win a libel case even if what is said about them is false. What was said in a Special Report in 2004 bears repeating: "Candidates have a legal right to lie to voters just about as much as they want." There is no federal truth-in-advertising law that applies to political ads, and the very few states that have tried such legislation have had little or no success. Regarding private lawsuits, the Supreme Court held in the landmark Times v. Sullivan case in 1964 that a public official can’t collect damages for a defamatory statement – even if it is false – unless he or she can prove "that the statement was made with knowledge of its falsity or with reckless disregard of whether it was true or false." Proving that somebody knew something was false is a very tough thing to do. And a defendant can always claim that he or she believed the false statement to be true, or can show that there was at least a grain of truth to it, and thus claim that there was no "reckless disregard" for the truth. Either Copland is talking off the cuff about a lawsuit being prepared or her legal council is ignorant to the fact of already established case law that has established that she has no legal bearing to file anything.  Copeland’s Facebook rant is more proof that the Mount Vernon Democratic Party, under the leadership of Reginald Lafayette is lacking candidates with intellectual fortitude.  .