In a race that gained significant attention following Brookhaven's disastrous response to the Feb. 8 blizzard, State Assemb. Dan Losquadro, R-Shoreham, beat town councilwoman Kathy Walsh, scoring 51 percent of the vote with 294 out of 295 precincts reporting.
According to Newsday, Walsh conceded the election at campaign event in Medford.
As of 10:56 p.m., 23,501 residents turned out at the polls, voting 12,169 to 11,332 in favor of Losquadro, according to Suffolk County Board of Elections results, a low turnout considering the town has close to 300,000 registered voters.
Losquadro was named Brookhaven's Republican candidate early in January. Walsh, formerly a Republican, changed party affiliations and registered as an Independence party member after the Republican committee went with Losquadro as its candidate. She was later endorsed by the Brookhaven Democratic Committee to run on that party line in the highway superintendent race.
The vacancy was created after former highway superintendent John Rouse was voted in as a county judge.
Losquadro won Tuesday despite attempts by several write-in candidates to score votes away from the candidates. Losquadro may also have staved off a push from gun rights supporters to back Walsh as retaliation for the assemblyman's vote for the New York's strict new gun control law.
The win for Losquadro sets up a special election to fill his Assembly seat; he was re-elected to his state post this past November.
The highway superintendent race gained more attention in the aftermath of the blizzard in February, during which the town was widely criticized for leaving many streets unplowed for days.
"Town officials have also reached out to outside snow removal contractors, putting them on call for the impending nor`easter. The contractors will be receiving a new, higher pay after the town board approved legislation raising the hourly rate for outside contractors at its Feb. 26 meeting. " New higher pay for private contractors, but layoffs and cut backs for everyone else. If this doesn't sum up exactly what's wrong with Brookhaven town government, I don't know what does. This "solution" to the snow removal issue is an egregious insult to the taxpayers fo Brookhaven. Why HOURLY rates for contractors?????? Let them BID on the streets. This is a transparent invitation to every unqualified clown with a truck to steal taxpayer money. There is NO excuse for this BS. But it will continue, because Brookhaven town government is rotten to the core.
OC offices shoud be hired by first a resume'. A resume' with no political party and no name on top, only a code number to do the final association. Have an impartial firm protect anonimity until the actual person chosen for the job is chosen. Experience in the job and views on how certain scenarios should be played out (ie. major snow storm etc.) shoud also be gone over in the resume' have the selection committee which should be chosen like a jury review all resume's and put a final 2 or three up for a debate where identities are still hidden somehow. And vote. Now your choices are non partisan, non special interest ie unions etc., no nepotism, you get the picture you would be very surprised at the outcome. Pele wou D be voting against their party all day long and not by choice. Think about all elections for a moment, would most of our leaders from local, all the way up to the Presidency have ever even made the first cut? The sad thing is, all people stick to party lines when in fact parties have Evolved so greatly year to year, you are no longer with the party that your belief systems made you register as in the first place. History is ignored, but it always repeats itself. Like sheep to the slaughter. Just to prove my theory, I asked a die hard left wing friend of mine to point out one thing he is unhappy about with his party, he couldn't. Impossible.
Of course, she was fired by Murphy--you know the one who was missing in action during the blizzard.
Union membership is at its lowest in 70 years. Here's the link "dr": http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/business/22union.html?_r=0 and the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Village Clerk-A former Trustee who quit to avoid ??? No interviews for the position...immediate appointment by the mayor. Husband does a lot of gigs for the Village and nip joints on the River. Conflict?? Public Works Chief-Former Village Hack 100K/yr appointment and he cant find the potholes so he needs help form the residents of our tiny village of 2.2 miles. PP relatives galore!!! Everywhere. Consultant buddies of PP to do silly studies that are never read by the Admin. On and on. Where is the State ATTNY GENERAL on this???? No interviews and all appointments. No wonder the audit was scathing.....why is the Clerk still employed.....so many mistakes made, so much money unaccounted for.....not to mention many many many gallons of gasoline used, reciepts submitted, cars sold to the village. You roll through a right on red.....pay up or go to jail....what is going on in our society when blatent crooks run things for their own gain completely fearless of any prosecution???? Why the investigators are also crooks so the beat goes on and the poor hardworking taxpayer pays again and again and again.
I hope your read Liberty and Tyranny! Check out the latest news on immigration. Our Fed rep Bishop says it is good for America! Look at the attendee list. All will benefit from slave labor......someones union job making a fair wage is in jeopardy. If you are a union worker just look at the apartment project in Patchogue. See who stole those construction jobs from unemployed americans??? Swing by a homebuilding site and see who is doing all the skilled labor work for 8 bucks an hour. And we hear this all the time from the DEMS, who aim to addict all newcomers to this country with handouts(taxpayer money),so they can get their votes. All those promises(lies) from these folks of a utopian life......yeah right.....nothing like a good Brooklyn Housing Project to see how that destroyed the human spirit of the vulnerable....just so these so called progressive pols can ride their high horses and be a member of the elite. Where else in the world can you drive a business into bankruptcy, run for office and became the worlds smartest person....right here in Southhampton and the good ole USA!