As summer draws to a close this election year, some of us start paying more attention to the very important local races.
Albany has been a cesspool of corruption for sometime. State Assemblyman Silver, state Sen. Skelos, and Sen. Skelos’ son Adam have recently been convicted of multiple felonies.
Personally, I want a change. I want to vote for a man of integrity — a man I know thinks for himself and is not beholden to any special interests, a man whose career has not been that of a professional politician.
We have a real choice in the 19th Assembly District.
We can vote for a man whose career has not been linked to his father’s position, a man who has tackled the hard issues and done the hard work without any “connections.”
The man I am voting for is Gary Port.
Gary is a lawyer, a husband, a father of four, and a vet who served his country over twenty years on active duty and in the reserves.
He is a thoughtful man who approaches the issues with an impartial lens, unclouded by party affiliation.
Unlike his opponent, Gary Port is in favor of term limits, something we have on the presidential level, but not in the State House.
Term limits make it difficult for the entrenched to perpetuate corruption.
Gary has been active in his community.
He serves as a Boy Scout troop leader and is the past president of the West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce.
I hope when you enter the voting booth this November, you vote your conscience rather than rubber stamp the party line.
I hope you vote, as I will, for Gary Port.
Barbara Thompson
Garden City
