The Gannett Editorial Board Endorses Morabito, Lagana and Borrelli
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"The Republicans have made strong charges of corruption and cronyism in this campaign. However, the Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee, an independent volunteer body formed in 1991 by the League of Women Voters of Westchester, found such charges unfair and unsubstantiated."
EDITORIAL:
It's hard to argue with the experience that the three incumbent Democrats bring to the Rye Town Board, as hard as their Republican challengers have tried.
Supervisor Robert Morabito, deputy commissioner of environmental facilities for Westchester County, has been on the board for 14 years - seven as supervisor and another seven as councilman.
Dominick Lagana, an engineer, adds another 12 years of experience as councilman, and Michael Borrelli, who owns an insurance agency in town, was first elected to the Town Board in 1997. All three are also running with Conservative and Working Families support.
As in years past, the Editorial Board endorses Morabito, Lagana and Borrelli, thius time to voters in next Tuesday's election. Again, we commend them and the rest of the board for having the political courage to undertake a townwide revaluation to reduce tax inequities and generate more corporate income for the town's villages and school districts. We wish other towns and cities would do the same.
More recently, the board has been working toward the installation of a legacy sports complex at Port Chester Middle School, beefing up flood-mitigation efforts for the Blind Brook River, and overseeing many improvements at town parks using state, county and federal grants.
This year, Morabito is facing a spirited challenge for his supervisor post from Republican Joseph Carvin, a hedge fund manager who lost a bid for a Town Board seat in 2005. We endorsed him in that campaign.
Joining Carvin on the Republican line for the two Town Board seats are David Gelfarb, an attorney who is active in the Bellefair Homeowners Association, and Robert Nioras, a management consultant. Town Board members serve four-year terms, and supervisors serve for two years.
The Republicans have made strong charges of corruption and cronyism in this campaign. However, the Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee, an independent volunteer body formed in 1991 by the League of Women Voters of Westchester, found such charges unfair and unsubstantiated.
COMMENT:
Year After Year I Have Seen Political Ads And Inserts In The Westmore News That Mentioned Or Reprinted Entire Journal News Editorial Endorsements.
I Think Morabito, Lagana and Borrelli should all chip in and buy some ad space in the hopelessly biased rag known as the Westmore News.
Morabito, Lagana and Borrelli should print this endorsement so that the Westmore News readers that have had to endure pages and pages of the Abel's Tax Vendetta against the citizens of the Town Of Rye can hear the other side.
But we all know that Richard "The Rye Town Drama Queen" Abel would reject the ad, because the Westmore News is all Carvin Distotions all the time.
Let's Put An End To Abel's Fables.
Call
939-6864
and tell Bernie "I Forgot To Pay 100 Property Tax Bills" Abel to cancel your subscription to The Hopelessly Biased We$tmore $nooze.
Port Chester has enough of Abel's Fables.
Richard And Jananne Abel Are Treating Their Subscribers Like Mushrooms.
Why are the Subscribers to the hopelessly biased Westmore News paying to be kept in the dark and have tons of manure dumped on them?
