Politicians want to get credit, but for how long?
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- May
- 7
Haverstraw Town Supervisor Howard Phillips left me a message on my answering machine Friday (I was off for working Saturday).
In response to my story on the Gurnee Avenue tunnel replacement project in Haverstraw village, which was published the day before, he said that next time I wrote about the project, I should include him in the story because the project was his achievement as a county legislator in 1998.
I always try to give fair credit to officials, but I’m not sure for how long that credit stands.
I’m also afraid it could be unfair if I gave credit to him but not to others.
So here’s something from our archives:
In a letter to the editor published in The Journal News on April 27, 2000, Phillips wrote:
“… We then turned our attention to the expansion of the Gurnee Avenue tunnel. With the help of (Assemblyman Alexander) Gromack, state Sen. Thomas Morahan and County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, we have been able to place the tunnel on the federal TIP Program.”
Also, in January 1999, The Journal News reported that then-county Legislators Phillips, Peter Branti and Sal Corallo — all Democrats from Haverstraw — sponsored the bill to designate Gurnee Avenue as a county road. The bill was an attempt to increase its chance of getting state/federal funding for the tunnel replacement. The County Legislature approved the bill, but Vanderhoef vetoed it.
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on Monday, May 7th, 2007 at 1:38 pm by Akiko Matsuda.
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What does Howie want credit for nothing has been done? Where was he in 1998 with Mirant…now there is a real fumble…..Its time for change I hope the people of Haverstraw speak loud and clear on Election day