Garfunkel Thinking Of Mayoral Run

Thankx TG. Don’t we all have dust bunnies under our sofa.

Hey people lets try to focus on who would be the best man/women for the job…why does it always have to come down to personal attacks.
Many people work for years to overcome things they may or may not have done in their past and believe it or not many have overcome many obstacles and have put much into this community.

The candidates should also know that voters do not like negative campains.

Lets try to put a positive spin on things and stick to the issues at hand. There are plenty of issues to pick at so have at it.

Don’t look at party lines, look at the individual seeking office and what they have done or not done that affects you as an individual and the community as a whole.

The good candidates are the ones who you don’t just see for photo opps…they are the ones you see rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty!

No, thats not what I meant…there are thos who will do just that because they can get their picture in the paper and then there are those who actually work at getting things done. And…it is up to the voter to familiarize themselves with those who are elcted, running for office or sit on commissions and committees in order tomake educated decisions. Many candidates will sell you a bill of goods thats not worth the paper its printed on just because to them it sounds good. Educate yourself, seek out others who know about these people, go to meetings and see them first hand but its not necessary that if you don’t have the information you need to go out and try to dig up dirt and trash someone because you are too lazy to do your homework. and I don’t mean you in particular…its a general statement.

The Mayors office will now be filled with ALL women under 100 pounds that wear the sexiest clothes …God Help City Hall..If Andy gets to be Mayor, I will move for sure..Go into Andy’s office and see if you ever see a man work there since Andy took the job..Womanizer..Your poor 6th future wife!!!

Sorry, wasn’t that Kevin Fritzgerald? I think you need to recheck that. I think Mr. Garfunkel worked at Stew’s with out any experience. His office was in good shape due to the knowlegde of Kevin whom became ill.

Nahh. I’ve done many recordings, it was Andy. I remember the article in “The Hour” when the announcement was made regarding the new software that was going to be purchased to expedite the recording process. It was then, that I noticed a major improvement.

Hmm, 29. So if Andy runs, do you think it’s time for Hempstead to take on the opposing challenge?

#26 and #28 Yes, it was Fitzgerald who first started the upgrades in the Town Clerks office and did so without the open pocketbook that Andy was afforded. Unfortunately Fitzgerald had cancer in 5 places while he served as Town Clerk (went through chemo and radiation and went to work every day no matter how badly he felt) and the democrats made sure he didn’t get re-elected with the help of Alex Knopp who refused to cross endorse Fitzgerald after all the years that the republicans cross endorsed mary Keegan, a democrat. Alex Knopp said he would wipe out the republicans and that included fitzgerald. So # 28, get your facts staright because those of us who used that office when Fitzgerald was Town Clerk were so greatful for the computers he put in and the many changes he made and had planned on making but wasn’t allowed to continue. Andy is never in the office, his staff runs the place. The hands on only happens at election time.

OK… #32. You are arguing with yourself. I never said anything negative about Mr. Fitzgerald. You brought him into your response while trying to dis-credit Andy Garfunkel. In fact I will even agree with you. It is very admirable that Mr. Fitzpatrick stayed so dedicated to his job while suffering such a nasty illness. However, my point was that Andy Garfunkel definately streamlined the clerks office. Regardlass of the budget afforded to him. I would certainly hope that there were computers in the clerks office when Mr. Fitzgerald was there. This is 2009. I had an Apple IIe in my 2nd grade class in 1981. If he is able to manage the clerks office without having to be there all the time, than imagine the job he could apply to managing the City of Norwalk. It is a known belief that Knopp was too controlling, and micro managing. We don’t need that either.

I wasn’t trying to discredit Andy..I was merely stating facts that the upgrades started way before he was elected. I actually agree that Andy would be a formidable opponent to Moccia but it would be a poor judgement call for Andy to give up the Town clerks position now since things have progressed in that office. Why would he want to take on another huge responsibility when he has put this much time where he is? As far as him always being in the office, I have to disagree on that one. For some reason when I and others have been there the staff is running the show. Perhaps we just go there at different times. As far as mudslinging goes, you will see alot of that in the coming months, it part of the whole political game. Can you imagine whats going to happen with the hopefuls on the democrat side? They’ll be chewing each other up and spitting each other out and the same would be the case if someone on the republican side decided to primary Moccia. Its all politics at its best/worse.

#37 you can do better than that…what B/S

In my life time, we have had some pretty bad mayors, I would hesitate to call Moccia anywhere near the worst. Who would you say was the best ?

#39, where’s the love?

You must be on drugs, #43. Knopp was by far the worst mayor to his this town in the last 20 years. And I really loved how he “forgot” that he took all those files with him when he left office. Not to mention the mess he made with his various “committees formed to watch comissions appointed to check on other commissions” style of micro-management.

#44 you seem to be the one on drugs because you are see things….or could it be that you are the bum moccia himself pretending to be otherwise

Yeah, he made the firefighters work without a contract for 4 years. What a guy!

And explain to us exactly how successful Knopp’s style of management really was, #49.

You had a mayor whose micro-management of commissions and committees turned the city into a laughingstock and alienated most of the employees of City Hall.

Whose City Clerk/grantwriter was a joke, at a cost of $73,000 to the City.

Whose BOE piddled away vast sums of money on overly-expensive school repairs and unneeded revamping of lunch programs without being reined in (and the shady dealings of Opdahl took place under Knopp’s watch also).

Who left office carrying with him innumerable files of material that he just happened to “forget” he had (shades of Sandy Berger).

Compared to Knopp’s so-called “management” he makes Moccia look like Barack Obama.