Dear Editor,
In the last village election I gave all my votes to one candidate.
I think the compromise that the village of Port Chester came up with is terrific.
Commutative voting has been very good for Port Chester.
The new voting system opened things up for a lot more village residents.
Village Hispanics benefited, as well as, other minorities and independents.
For the first time the village board had a real cross section of Port Chester residents.
I just can't understand why Sam Terenzi and Bart Didden want to destroy a system that leveled the playing field and opened up government in Port Chester.
It is just foolish for Terenzi and Didden to want to take Port Chester back to the old days of back room deals and corruption.
The Journal News and the Westmore news have done a poor job of explaining that the goal of the cumulative voting system was not to elect a Hispanic, but to only create a system whereby the Hispanic community would be able to nominate and elect a candidate of their choice.
That candidate of choice could be a Hispanic or it could be a non-Hispanic.
By leveling the playing field we have created a system where all Port Chester residents have benefited - Hispanics, African Americans, Conservatives and Independents.
For this I give Port Chester Mayor Dennis Pilla a thumbs up.
Personally, I would like to see a Right to Life candidate run and win in Port Chester.
In Greenwich, they are proud to have something special.
It is called the Representative Town Meeting. That's where 230 elected citizens hold a monthly meeting to decide town issues.
Greenwich owes much to a very high degree of citizen participation both in its government and in many non-governmental bodies that contribute to the quality of life the Town enjoys.
Indeed, volunteerism is a hallmark of Greenwich life.
The RTM is where many of its citizens get their start in civic involvement; equally, it is where many who have served the Town in other capacities continue to contribute to it.
In Rye Brook they are proud that there is no Republican or Democratic parties on the local ballot. They only have local independent village parties and write in candidates.
Now in we have something special in Port Chester.
Let's keep it and build upon it as we bring all the citizens of Port Chester together to solve our common problems.
Please withhold my name.
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