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MEET YOUR CANDIDATES Suffolk County Executive
REPUBLICAN Ahmad Ali Mitchel-El Mitchel-El is a lifelong resident of Suffolk County, a professional musician and producer on radio WBAI 99.5 FM.He is also a peace and justice activist who has performed at the Peace Smiths Coffeehouse in Amityville. He supports President Bush's guest worker program and Gov. Eliot Spitzer's decision to issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants saying the two programs show the kind of "progressive leadership" that is lacking at the county level in Suffolk. He says he offers voters an alternative to the Democrats and Republicans and with his party promotes social and economic justice and diversity. DEMOCRAT
GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE Steve Levy Also running on the Democratic, Conservative, WorkingFamilies lines STEVE LEVY - Levy is seeking his third term as Suffolk County Executive after having been first elected in 2003. He was elected to the S.C Legislature at age 26, in 1985 and served for 15 years before being elected to the New York State Assembly in 2000. He is a graduate of Sachem High School, Stony Brook University and St. John's University Law School.
He is a supporter of workforce housing and has formed a commission that has identified 5,000 acres of environmentally sensitive properties and farmland parcels, targeting them for acquisition under the county's program. County Legislature - 11th District REPUBLICAN Thomas F. Barraga (incumbent) Republican, Independence, Conservative, Working Families lines Barraga is seeking his second, twoyear term as county legislator. Prior to that, he was a New York State Assemblyman from the area and served as Islip Town Clerk from 1977 to 1982. He supports maintaining county budget increases to no more than the rate of inflation and legalizing two-family homes. He worked to get Keyspan, now a part of National Grid, to clean up a former gas site in Bay Shore. He lives in West Islip with his wife and has two daughters and five grandaughters. DEMOCRAT
John R. Alberts Democratic line No information available atpress time
County Legislature - 14th District
Mark Gallo Republican Gallo is a retired United States immigration officer and Navy veteran who served in the Persian Gulf. He now owns Patriot Security Services in Lindenhurt. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from SUNY Empire State College and ran, unsuccessfully, for the Babylon Town Board two years ago. He is a strong proponent of programs to secure America's borders and address problems with illegal immigration, and describes himself as a fiscal conservative who believes the county should work to bring down costs of government, including schools. Wayne Horsley (incumbent) Democratic, Conservative, Independence, Working Families lines
Horsley was first elected as Babylon Town Councilman in 1999, and is seeking his second, two-year term in the legislature. He is chair of Suffolk County's Development, Higher Education, and Energy Committee and he serves as vice chair of the Health and Human Services Committee. As a county lawmaker, he has spearheaded a drive for a bi-county wi-fiproject and supports an initiative to recycle plastic supermarket bags. He holds a doctorate in Modern World History from St. John's University and lives in Babylon Village with his wife and children. He also worked to amend the 2005 capital budget to appropriate funds for the improvements to the Nautical Park in Amityville and helped to establish a policy to protect the identity of children. Election Day is Tuesday, November 6th. The Polls are Open from 6am - 9pm
County Legislature - 15th District
REPUBLICAN Ed Brown Republican, Conservative Brown is a North Amityville resident, having lived in that community almost all of his life. He is an employee with the Suffolk County Water Authority and said that he decided to run for office because he believes the district needs an aggressive lawmaker who will address the issues faced by families and young people- housing, domestic violence, gang activity, and jobs- and added that he would work to improve the quality of life for everyone. Mr. Brown's photo was not available at press time.
DEMOCRAT Elie Mystal (incumbent) Democratic, Working Families lines Mystal is seeking his third term of office, a seat he was first elected to upon the death of Leg. Maxine Postal, his fiancée. He is chairman of the Health and Social Services committees in the legislature and sits on the Ways and Means and Consumer Affairs committees.
He worked to restore funding to two health care centers and has worked to ensure that taxpayer money is spent wisely. He supported bringing more foot and bike police patrols to the district and for a greater police presence. He fought to ensure that the offices for the Department of Social Services in Wyandanch did not close until a new one was built and operating and has been an advocate for health care workers, fighting for better pay and sponsoring a bill that requires the county to release back pay owed to these workers.
INDEPENDENT
White is an attorney, specializing in telecommunications law. He lives in Lindenhurst and has been active with the Copiague Youth League for 20 years, serving voluntarily as that organization's legal counsel. If elected, White said that he would bring an independent voice to the legislature. (No candidate has the Independence line in this race)
County Legislature - 16th District
Matthew Groh, Republican, Conservative
Groh is a resident of North Babylon and past president of the Parkdale Civic Association. He worked to defeat the installation of a cellular communications tower in his community and said that if elected he would work to reduce taxes, and increase police patrols. He also supports legislation to protect children from sexual predators such as the civil confinement and GPS tracking meausres. Groh is a newspaper delivery truck driver who put himself through St. Joseph's College and Hofstra Law School. He opposes the development of the Tanger Mall project in Deer Park and a proposed intermodal railway on the site of the former Pilgrim State Hospital. He lives in North Babylon with his wife, his son and their two dogs.
Steven Stern (incumbent) Democratic, Independence, Working Families lines Stern is an attorney who was first elected to the seat in 2005, after defeating Republican Frank Gargano. He supports the County Executive's efforts to deal with the effects of illegal immigation and a county law adopted last year that requires that county contractors verify that employees are citizens or in the country legally before hiring them. While on the legislature, the county cut taxes for the past two years and has focused on issues of fiscal responsibility, environmental protection and protection of the rights of veterans and senior citizens. He currently chairs a countywide Senior Citizen task force to concentrate on the challenges faced by the elderly and the disabled throughout Suffolk.
County Legislature - 17th District
Robert S. Cook Republican
Cook is an out-of-state developer and volunteer firefighter with the Plainview Fire Department, currently serving his final year as Commissioner. He lives in Melville. While with the fire department, Cook helped usher it through some tough financial times, worked to bring about major facilities improvements and started the paramedic program. He is running, he said, to provide an independent voice in the legislature. He supports measures to help put illegal immigrants on the road to legalization so they pay their fair share of taxes and the elimination of the county's 2.5 percent energy tax. He also said he would work to hire more police, if elected.
Louis D'Amaro (incumbent), Independence, Conservative, Working Families lines
D'Amaro serves on the Ways and Means Committee and helped to spearhead a law that gives the control of drawing legislative lines to an independent committee. He chaired a bi-partisan committee to look at ways of reducing school costs and worked to expand the county's GPS program for sexual offenders. He is also a supporter of post civil confinement for sexual offenders and called upon the state to enact that legislation.
Babylon Town Council (2 Seats)
REPUBLICAN
Connors was born and raised in West Babylon. He graduated from West Babylon High School in 1976. In 1978, he began his professional career working at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as a page. After one year, he was hired at a firm to work on the floor of the Stock Exchange as a clerk. By 1987, he had worked his way up to head clerk and became a stockbroker as well as a member of the New York Stock Exchange in 1991. In 1998, he became a partner in his firm. If elected, he'd like to use his experience in business to reduce the Town's bonded indebtedness. He'd also bring a different voice to the Town board as a Repblican, Conservative council member. Connors is a lifelong resident of the Town of Babylon. He left his job on Wall Street in order to raise his two daughters, and has resided in Amityville for almost twenty years.
Republican Philip C. Giambruno
DEMOCRAT Ellen McVeety (incumbent) Democatic, Independence, Conservative, Working Families lines McVeety began her political career in 1991 after raising her two children with her husband Don, a retired Suffolk County Police Officer. She was elected Babylon Town Clerk, winning three more terms in 1993, 1995 and 1997. She ran for Babylon Town Board and was sworn in to that position in 2000. She currently serves as the Town of Babylon's Deputy Supervisor, Chair of the Department of Human Services, Chair of the Anti-Graffiti Committee and Chair of the Americans with Disabilities Compliance Committee. She was the proud recipient of the 2001 Gertrude VanKirk Women in Government Award and is a member and past-President of Kiwanis International. Recently, she led the Town's renovation project and is working to redesign the Town's building department to make it more "customer friendly."
Jacqueline Gordon (incumbent) Democratic, Independence, Working Familes lines
Babylon Receiver of Taxes Corinne DiSomma (incumbent) Running on the Republican, Democratic, Conservative, Independence lines
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