I am taking this opportunity to write to your periodical and others regarding the upcoming races in the Town of Hempstead, New York.
As a concerned resident of Nassau County I am surprised that our local periodicals have limited coverage on the prospective candidates for office in the Town of Hempstead.
All of the candidates are very active community and visionary leaders. On Aug. 13, 2015, I saw an article in the LI Herald regarding the District Attorney race on the upcoming November elections.
There are several other candidates nominated from Democratic Party among others who are potential candidates from Republican Party.
Why? The people of our community want to read all the candidate platforms.
We want name recognition elected officials to state their platform too. The facts is that voter turn out is low in local election more because the community residents are unaware of the candidates position and/ or the incumbent elected officials are just the most recognized name. This is very disappointing. Our local periodicals can do more to objectively build awareness of the candidates running for office along with promoting dates of the election. You can give a voice to all the candidates with just reporting the facts about candidates.
Local elected officials represent a vital part of community leadership. And the local periodical must begin to present readers of the community with unbiased information about the candidates.
The Town of Hempstead’s Democratic Candidates are as follow:
Rita Kestenbaum – Town Of Hempstead Supervisor
Dino G. Amoroso – Town Clerk
Gina Arcabascio – Receiver of Taxes
Tammie Williams- Council woman District 2
Milagros Vicente – Council person District 3
Mike Reid – Councilman District 5
Community residents need the facts about our potential leaders we do not necessarily want incumbents or a recognizable names.
We want leaders who have records of service in the community, like Gina Arabascio, Tammie Williams Who are the candidates in 2015 Town of Hempstead? Tell us about their platform
Nancy Garlick
Elmont
