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For my readers in the New York tech scene (and many outside of it), Sanford Dickert’s name is probably quite familiar — he’s one of the more dedicated community members and has made his mark in everything from business, politics, coworking and academia. He’s a gracious mentor to many.

The reason I’m writing about Sanford is that I’m pleased to hear, through a posting on his blog, that the Massa v Dickert case has finally come to an end. From the post:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sanford Dickert, the New York based political consultant, and Eric Massa, the Democratic candidate for New York’s 29th Congressional District, are pleased to have amicably resolved the litigation which arose during Eric Massa’s 2006 Congressional race in which Sanford Dickert served as Campaign Manager. Eric Massa narrowly lost that race to the incumbent, but is well underway with a reinvigorated effort to take the seat in 2008.

Sanford Dickert and Eric Massa express mutual regret that issues arose. Eric Massa has since learned that the allegations regarding Sanford Dickert were unfounded.

Eric Massa regrets and acknowledges the unrealized benefit to Democratic political campaigns as a result of Sanford Dickert’s absence from organized political activity during the pendency of this litigation.

(read more of the release here)

I want to congratulate Sanford on this resolve and say how glad I am that Eric Massa has humbly expressed his regret for bringing on the original allegations. Hopefully this is the end of an unfortunate period of both their lives.

One thing I know: the world will benefit from them focusing on other things!