Frei-Pearson’s press release omits important information

Thursday, 26 January 2012 01:00

To the Editors:

After reading about Jeremiah Frei-Pearson's announcement of his candidacy for the 89th Assembly District, I decided to learn more about him on the Web and found some interesting omissions in his press release.

Mr. Frei-Pearson, a 32-year-old attorney, claims he grew up in northern Westchester. But, according to the candidate's biography from his 2010 assembly race in Queens, he actually grew up in Baltimore and moved to Lewisboro at age 16. More importantly, the article leaves out the fact that Mr. Frei-Pearson has spent a decade since leaving school in Queens where he unsuccessfully ran for office twice, running for state Senate in 2009, and state Assembly in 2010. Apparently, he was even too liberal for Queens Democrats.

In fact, Mr. Frei-Pearson is only able to run in the 89th District this year because of a loophole in the election law that applies only during redistricting years.

Personally, when it comes to representing the best interests of northern Westchester, including working to build bipartisan consensus for crafting effective firearms, domestic violence and sex crimes legislation, and working to cut taxes, I will continue to place my faith in Assemblyman Robert Castelli for his remarkable record in just his first term, and his background as a small-business owner, a 21-year member of the state police and a college professor lecturing on criminal justice matters.

GREA J. KULHANEK

South Salem, Jan. 19