MOLINARO RESPONDS TO MAHAN’S PERSONAL ATTACK

September 25, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Becky Miller
518.727.1841

MOLINARO RESPONDS TO MAHAN’S PERSONAL ATTACK
Statement from Peter Molinaro, Candidate for Colonie Town Board

September 23, 2011 - The comments by Colonie Supervisor Paula Mahan at last evening’s Town Board meeting, in a public forum and on record, questioning my fitness as a role model for my children based solely on my opposition to the landfill deal, is deeply disappointing and demeaning of the office she holds on behalf of all Colonie residents. For Ms. Mahan to equate democratic discourse—and disagreement—on substantive issues affecting all taxpayers, my capacity as a citizen and parent leads me to the conclusion that she has neither the temperament nor the perspective to serve as supervisor.

Ms. Mahan believes that disagreement in the public debate on the landfill deal, economic development and other critical issues is akin to bad parenting; if you don’t agree with her simply for whom she is and not for the merits of her proposals or actions, she scolds. Well, I can think of no better role model for my sons and for all the children of the town than being a responsible participant in the democratic process, as a citizen or candidate, passionately advocating for what one believes within the system of government — that is the foundation of our free society. If the pressure of our democracy is too much for her to maintain her composure, discipline and objectivity, then the town has far deeper troubles than those we have been discussing in this campaign.

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SHEEHAN CONDEMNS MAHAN’S COLONIE LANDFILL DEAL

September 21, 2011

On the eve of the transfer of control of the Colonie landfill to a private contractor, Denise Sheehan, candidate for Colonie Supervisor, condemned incumbent Supervisor Mahan’s landfill deal as a “sellout of all of the citizens of the Town of Colonie and a deal designed to mask Supervisor Mahan’s mismanagement of Colonie’s finances by bringing in an initially large sum of cash while giving away the landfill for a fraction of its actual value.” Read the press release on her website to find out more.

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