Here are three things about Michael Amo.
First of all, he is a pleasant and intelligent fellow. I find him to be quite likeable - off the floor of the County Legislature.
Secondly, he is quite open about who his constituency is. It's not the people of his district - which is made up primarily of Kiryas Joel, with a little bit of Highland Mills and Harriman thrown in. It is not the people of Kiryas Joel (with those Highland Mills and Harriman people thrown out). He has a constituency of one - Gedalye Szegedin - the Village Administrator of KJ (a made up title that indicates that he out-ranks Mayor Abe Weider). What Gedalye wants to have happen in the County Legislature, Michael Amo wants to have happen.
Thirdly, by leaving the Republican party to become an independent, Michael Amo has now situated himself to be one of the most powerful people in the Legislature. His change of party means that the Leg. now has 20 Republicans, 20 Democrats and one Amo. He is now the swing vote, which puts him in the best possible position to horse-trade.
Up until four years ago, the folks who ran KJ got what they asked for from the Leg., but starting with the vote asking NYC to drop the offer of a KJ Pipeline to the City's water system- a vote that KJ lost 20 to 1- Gedalye Szegedin has lost one important vote after another.
- He lost when the county voted to bring an Article 78 law suit against the pipeline environmental impact filing.
- He lost when the county voted against the Gonzaga water towers.
- He lost when he was forced to put work on hold laying a pipe across the Heritage Trail until the Physical Services Committee was ready to decide on granting an easement.
- He lost when he asked that the Village be handed the middle of County Route 44.
But now he has Michael Amo's new status as the swing vote. And that might just change everything.
If Monroe elects Greg Townsend to the seat he was handed when Spencer McLaughlin died the Legislature will continue to be split 10 to 10 to 1.
However, if Myrna Kemnitz gets the seat, the Democrats will hold a solid majority (11 to 9 to 1). Michael Amo's leverage as the swing vote will evaporate.
Something for Monroe voters to think about.
Jonathan Swiller
12 comments:
Who else is in the Independence party in Woodbury...Palermo? Kelemen? Who??
saddam hussain
Jon, nobody in monroe reads this crap, why bother!
swiller, get a life !!!
This should go in the Record or the Photo News. Sure is something for Monroe to think about.
Think about what, how much of an idiot Swiller is, I'm sure they know already, after all he is a great dresser!
Did you know the Ralph is an aid for senator Larkin?
Did you know that Swiller is an asshole??
We knew that already!! a big asshole!
More like gigantic ASSHOLE!
tahnks for lathing the public knowe that k.j. res. dont support szegedin who led the fraud and steeld the k.j. village vots and want to live in peas with all ther nahbers and the k.j. res. ar the first victems can you imegin no public meetings for the village board & the planing board nor is the budget avail for the k.j. tax payers we ar bing kept in the dark, ther was no public hering befor adp. the new budget we dont know why our taxs wher incr. year after year. ???????
wher is the money gooing. ???????
maby amo or d. nickels know's ??!!
we dont. !!!!!!!!!
clarification !!!!!!!!!!!
frome k.j. res.
the pepol of k.j. want to leav in peas with all ther nahber's but szegedin wont litsen to us we have no privelige over outsider's
so ther is a urgent need!!!
to asteblish a comunicat,
betwen the kj pepol & ther neighbor's to learn that there are good people on both side's,
and can work together for the benefit of all of us.
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