Voters Should Choose Arena, Slater, Lawler This November

With election season rolling around, we should all take a good look at the facts before we make up our mind about who to support.

In better times, it would be easy to be content with the status quo and stay home on Election Day. But these days we have serious problems, and we need serious leaders to solve them.

Our state senator, Peter Harkham, has put forth legislation to override local government control, which would pave the way for the dangerous Mahopac-Somers battery plant that will threaten the clean air and clean water we cherish. Voters should support the smart alternative. Candidate Gina Arena stands with our community against this battery plant, against New York’s disastrous catch-and-release bail reforms that Harkham supported and against one-party rule in New York State government.

On a positive note, we’re blessed to have leadership from Congressman Mike Lawler and Assemblyman Matt Slater. They are deeply principled, they show up in our community and they truly listen to the voters.

Arena, Slater and Lawler all came out to see firsthand the proposed site of the battery plant. They did the homework and based their position on the facts, not on talking points from the industry and its activists.

Mondaire Jones, Lawler’s opponent, hasn’t even weighed in on this plan, which would impact tens of thousands of residents of Putnam and northern Westchester. That’s totally disqualifying in my eyes.

Too much is at stake to stay home this November. I encourage everyone to support the common-sense leadership and pragmatism of state Senate candidate Gina Arena,

Assemblyman Matt Slater and Congressman Mike Lawler so that we can send a strong message to Albany and Washington, D.C. that our votes cannot be taken for granted.

Lisa Vanga
Baldwin Place

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