Candidate letters

Thursday, 15 October 2009 11:45

No to Brancati

With employee morale at an all-time low and tax increases at an all-time high, I will not make the same mistake I made two years ago when I worked to get our current supervisor elected.

The bungled town attorney dismissal led to wasteful legal fees and undeserved lifetime benefits. Inattention lost the town $180,000 in interest payments. Even as he was about to tell the board that the surplus was gone, he was pushing to hire a buddy for a town job.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

LINDA GREEN

Goldens Bridge, Oct. 12

Yes to Republicans

Lewisboro voters should regard themselves employers interviewing job candidates. I have, and endorse Charlie Duffy for town supervisor and Frank Kelly for Town Board, along with Peter DeLucia. Mr. Duffy is a certified public accountant and has a master’s in business administration, which makes him best suited as the town’s “chief financial officer.” Rather than cutting staff/services, he’s for maximizing revenues and improving cash management.

Mr. Kelly, invaluable as the only attorney on the board, is a proven leader (private practice and military) managing significant budgets, priorities, litigation; he will curb the town’s run-up legal fees.

Elected as a majority, they’ll make the difference to reverse Lewisboro’s financial woes given their credentials/experience.

AL PERRUZZA

South Salem, Oct. 12

Brancati deserves budget blame

Not running again in 2007 was a difficult choice. Our board obtained Lewisboro’s AA+ bond rating, implemented a long-range infrastructure plan, put the library and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance on track, and left an audited $2.4-million surplus.

Hoping for a smooth transition, I involved then Town Board member Edward Brancati in every step of preparations for the 2008 budget, which he voted in favor of.

Unfortunately, it is a measure of character that he now blames the town’s current mess on my administration rather than obvious factors like his secretive and unresponsive management style, or the irresponsible revenue projections used in his 2009 budget.

EDWARD MAHONEY

Goldens Bridge, Oct. 12