Well, the Primary and the incumbent Commissioner Madigan
lost. Madigan will not be on the
Democratic line on the ballot but instead will be down near the bottom because
she received the nod from 2 endorsement Party’s. She should step down and let the Democrats
run their choice if she is really a Democrat.
The Democratic Committee should now pull their endorsement of Madigan
and give it to Morrison along with a $1,000.00 donation as they did for
Madigan, anything short of this is political gamesmanship and further shows
that along with Committee Chairman Courtney DeLeonardis as the lead instigator
is further dividing the Dems. Also
having your husband as the City Attorney (Vincent J. DeLeonardis)
who just received his second large
raise in salary she may owe Madigan for her vote. I guess in Saratoga a Democrat
is not really a Democrat unless you have a friend as leader of the Party in the
City to protect a loser. Maybe, with all
the large Republican donations Madigan received there appears what was talked
about months ago that Madigan, Mayor Kelly and candidate for Public Safety
Robin Dalton (which will be a discussion in the future) met with the County Republican Chairman to run
as a team with promises to benefit the 3 candidates. This could be the collusion the Democrats have
been talking about. Also watching
Tuesday’s Council meeting Madigan looked like a deer in front of headlights
along with Super Skippy , that is dazed and confused most likely from her
stinging loss but Skip did what he does best and tried to complete a few
sentences. He stated after 23 uh’s and uhm’s
that he has been in politics for a long time and has never, never seen a board
get along so well together (um, it looks like he truly is in bed with Madigan).
The Democratic Party should do the right thing and
support the winner of the Primary so she can carry the Democratic line to
victory.
Now, moving on to another topic. The City Hall renovations are spiraling out
of control with the City’s insurance company paying much less than
expected. Madigan, in her zeal of not
raising taxes over her time in office which is not a good thing and spending
down the reserve fund to keep homeowners from not having a tax increase may see
in the bad results of this in a large tax increase in this year’s budget or
certainly next year’s no matter who win the election for that position. Madigan has duped taxpayer’s in Saratoga for
years and that should be a good reason to vote for Morrison.
