The Gallo Era Begins:
His supporters are called Gallonista's according to Political Columnist Hugh Reynolds, and after more than a year of fighting the political establishment Shayne Gallo was able to break down their back door and is now officially in charge; as Kingston's 33rd Mayor.
At the swearing in on New Year's day, well over 400 people packed City Hall to watch Shayne get sworn in. Most has to do with the tremendous outreach Gallo's team had during the election and a lot had to do with the hope that Kingstonians have in another Gallo being Mayor. You could just feel that the people in that room and around the city have a restored sense of pride and hope that they had lost after death of T.R. Gallo.
With insiders describing Shayne as T.R. on steroids, we are going to see a lot of positive changes in the next year. The closing of a boarding house on O'Reilly house was already a positive start by the new mayor.
Noticeably absent from Gallo's swearing in was Kingston Democratic Chairman Frank Cardinale, who has been at odds with Shayne. Cardinale who didn't support Gallo's bid for Mayor during the primary is showing that nothing much has really changed.
I was surprised to see Rich Cahill there. Very classy.
ReplyDeleteNotably absent was Sottile as well. Could it be that the early indications are that there is something more than a friendly rivalry there?
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