The Clam Before The Storm

Caruso Denounces Larkin

Ralph Caruso, in a daring break from his meal ticket, has made a pursuasive argument for kicking State Senator, and reknowned double-dipper, Bill Larkin, out of office.

In this week's Woodbury Gazette Caruso argues that we must judge candidates by the endorsements they accept.  For years the political leaders of Kiryas Joel have endorsed Larkin.  Caruso himself has denounced those same KJ leaders.

The implication is unavoidable.

Kudos Ralph!

Assembling A Split Ticket

So, here are the first two of the Uncle’s endorsements (fat lot of good it will do the candidates).

For the Assembly in the 97th AD we’re going with Annie Rabbitt. She actually has been available to constituents and actually listens (or does a damn fine job of faking it). This matters. Of even greater importance this time around, she’s not Gerry McQuade – if you have any difficulty understanding the import of that, listen to the recording in the post below.

In the 99th AD, the Uncle smiles upon Woodbury’s own James Skoufis. He’s been a terrific member of the town board (to the degree that that board allows terrificness to flourish). His newsletters have actually been informative (as well as being a wonderful substitute for our actually writing something original for this blog). From the start he understood that constituent services meant actually doing stuff for townspeople. Wow, now that’s a concept!

If we want to encourage responsive office holders and discourage the other sort, voting for these two folks seems like a good idea.

Assemblers Dissemble!

Gerry McQuade, Democratic candidate in the 98th Assembly District, promises the Kiryas Joel community that he is with them on all their issues and will be their voice in Albany: