Ethically Challenged Supervisor Can't Play By The Rules

We have often said that Mr Feiner ignores the laws he doesn't like, often violating those same laws in the process. We've also written quite often that he skirts the law, never mind totally ignoring the intent of the law. We've also stated in numerous articles that he says its just his personal opinion about topics he should remain neutral about. Well, he's at it again.

ABG has just received communications from a number of people who have received phone calls from Mr Feiner on behalf of "his friend", candidate Mike Goldstein. Apparently these calls are being made after hours by Mr Feiner, so of course, its okay because he isn't doing this during business hours. But while he may be able to justify his actions for the takeover of the fire departments, voters will probably not realize the difference. He should remain on the sidelines silent - until after the election.

The intentional, and we'll even go so far as to say the unintentional, consequence of this action is that once again Mr Feiner's unethical action is undermining the fire district election by injecting himself into them. He knows this. But again, the public does not. While the Paul Feiner political machine is behind Mr Goldstein and Ms Pizzuti in Fairview, we should not have Mr Feiner's politicization of our fire services as part of these elections.

Each community with paid fire departments has Fire Commissioners within their respective Fire Districts. That is where you should begin your action for change. Running for a Fire Commissioner position should not be a cavalier undertaking for ulterior motives and causes, but one of commitment and resolve to better both the firematic side and taxpayer side. To date the fire Chiefs from Fairview and Hartsdale have extended themselves to the communities and the civic associations and have proven their resolve to communicate, work with and answer to the public.

We ask our neighbors to not be swayed by in-person or robo calls from Town officials. We have endorsed several candidates and will reiterate that here:

Fairview: Todd Cammisa

Hartsdale: Andrew Lee and Anthony Frasca

Greenville: Walter Grodin

Greenville Propositions 1, 2 & 3: Yes.

If you are curious as to how we made our decisions, please see our previous articles.