Thursday, September 15, 2011

Now We Wait



Democrat Shayne Gallo shocked the political establishment Tuesday night, after being outspent three to one and having the party machine work against him, Gallo fired back putting the race for mayor within just six votes. There are still over 103 votes to be counted and a handful of absentees. This race is far from over and I predict a Gallo victory!

With that being said, I attended a Republican caucus a few weeks ago and it was Butch Dener who said, internal party struggles are awful and you fight like cats and dogs up until primary day but after that you put the past behind you and do what is good for the party.

With that being said, like Shayne Gallo, Hayes Clement ran a great race and I think Shayne would be the first to say he was a worthy adversary. Kevin Buso, Kevin Quality all good people that believe in their candidate, like we believe in Shayne Gallo. Both sides have a lot to be proud of.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I voted for Shayne because of what I heard one of Hayes' supporters say about T.R. Gallo, it was down right nasty. However, Shayne too sent out a negative mailer. At the end of the day for me it was the lesser of two evils.

Anonymous said...

shayne is the best for the job and for the city even hayes knows that lets get behined gallo and put the city back were it belongs on the right track

Anonymous said...

Mr. Clementine has done not one thing for us as our alderman. All he knows is how to throw his money around to try and score brownie points.

Anonymous said...

Gallo will win. I can feel it in my bones! He worked the hardest, and will continue to do so because he's a hard-working guy with a passion to make Kingston what he knows it can and should be. This is just a minor speed bump on the road to VICTORY!

Anonymous said...

no matter what the result shayne should run and let all the people decide

Anonymous said...

This may not be the forum to express this thought...but I am disheartened that NOT ONE candidate found it necessary to come into my neighborhood & introduce themselves to the residents and explain their policies. Am I the only one who remembers when politicians went door to door, handing out pens, nail files (!) and refrigerator magnets and talked, face to face with families. I've never met ANY of the mayoral candidates but, as a registered voter, felt inclined to vote in the primary. Disheartening, to say the least. I didn't have the $50 to attend a fundraiser for Clement, and waited for one of the other candidates to come around but nothing...so sad. For the record, I live in Ponckhockie.

Jeremy Blaber said...

Maybe Shayne did not get a chance to knock on your door but I know for a fact Gallo was down in ponckhockie on more than one occasion knocking on doors.