The Bottom Races

Okay, here is the last part of all the races. I have also come to the conclusion, that since the News-Times can't cover this election well at all (Did you see today's article?....They totally screwed up the candidates running for the bottom of the ticket) I will have to pick up the slack.

To begin with, the Democrats have surrendered a seat on the Board of Education that they could have picked up. That's right, as reported earlier, because of the death of a member last summer, the seat is up for bid this year. Republicans have put up Richard Jannelli, who was chosen to fill the seat last year. He will win automatically because the Democrats decided not to run anyone. They also decided to nominate the current three Democrats on the Board as their candidates. They will all win automatically because Democrats have three seats up for bid this year, and they are the only candidates. Republicans on the other hand, have put up five candidates to run, and they too have only three spots to fill this year (not counting Jannelli's seat). This means that they will be substantially be running against each other. One interesting note is that former Board member and Town Clerk, Joe Scozzafava is running for the Board of Education this year. Currently, the Democrats hold a 6-5 majority on the school board something that will remain the same this year. Having it change to Republican control can only happen during certain elections. For example, in 2005 it could have, but it didn't. It is very confusing, and I'll explain at another time.

The Zonning Board is currently held by Republicans, who hold a 5-4 majority. They also have control of the Alternates. Democrats do have a majority of Constables, having a 3-2 majority. These are never highly anticipated races, so not much may change.

However, the mood of the city at the time, may be what gives either party the chance at holding the majority of these positions. Who knows?