Dem's Endorsement Meeting
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Originally Posted by
leavintown
Does anyone know how the Democratic Endorsements went last night?
From what I understand leavin, it was the best show in town. The people think they have a choice in government, ha ha, they don’t. They have the choice of choosing between the handpicked puppets of the political structure which is unfortunately made up of mostly self interested, corrupt people who have something to gain from getting their particular person in place.
But how did the meeting go… this is what I know, and Rumor’s initial post in this thread is a good lead in for what happened. Matt English got the highway endorsement, as did Dale McCabe for town justice and Jackie Felser got the nod for town clerk. Those three positions went unopposed.
Then we got to the two council seats and supervisor. Dale Clarke got the 4 year endorsement and John Rusinski got the 2 year. John I guess is a volunteer fire fighter at Winchester and yes a good friend of Dale Clarke.
The Supervisor’s endorsement went to Sheila Meegan. I guess Matt English seconded her nomination and had some “unprofessional” and nasty things to say about our current Supervisor, the only mudslinging of the night, which I guess was appropriate from a guy that used to clean sh*t out of our sewers. During Mrs. Meegan’s speech she thanked the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party for their advanced endorsement, something unbeknownst to most of the rest of the Democratic Committee. She also thanked her good friend Dale Clarke and looked forward to working with him again. This meeting was also scheduled with about 3 or 4 days of prior notice, conveniently when a lot of the current Supervisor’s supporters were out of town or not available to make the meeting. Funny how that works out.
Finally, at the very end of the meeting, with no notice or formal agenda item, a motion was made to endorse Christina Bove for Erie Co. Legislator. This was done after most of the committee members had already left. I guess she acted surprised, but c’mon, this had to have been planned well in advance.
I just hope that the voters out there, especially registered democrats are smart enough to see through this planning and realize that most of the Democratic Committee is made up of town employees who endorse the candidates they think they will get the most out of. Voters need to make an effort to keep their eyes and ears open and choose the candidates they think will best represent the community, not the self interest and the unions, and take these endorsements for what they are worth, absolutely nothing.