Pawling, NY - HQ for NYS Assembly Candidate Painted with Hate Messages

Pawling, NY - Workers at the campaign headquarters for Republican Assembly candidate Greg Ball arrived at the office to find someone had left messages of hate and swastikas all over the doors and walls.
The storefront in Pawling had the words "scum" and "fascist" spray-painted on the doors and walls, along with some orange swastikas.

Ball is running in the 99th state Assembly district, which covers parts of Dutchess, Putnam, and Westchester counties. He defeated long-time incumbent Willis Stephens in a Republican Primary. He now faces Democrat Kenneth Harper.
But Ball doesn't think Harper had anything to do with the vandalism. Ball said, "This is the work of a sick and deranged individual who needs to get help." He also said, "Politics is a blood sport but there is no need for these types of actions."

Ball has taken a hard line on illegal immigration and day laborers in the Hudson Valley, but says he is not "anti-immigrant." He said he is just opposed to illegal immigration.

State police are investigating the vandalism.