It's also why
a rival public petition, signed by over 8,000 indie authors (at last count), also has been posted, opposing Hachette and Big Publishing in this dispute.
Michelle McCulloch, of Attica, confirmed in a phone interview Monday night, that she filed a complaint with the state's Joint Commission on
Public Ethics accusing Ranzenhofer of coercing staff into gathering
petitions for Bellavia's GOP
rival, Chris Collins.