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January 25, 2003

Vote 2003 Spring

A steady stream of Port Washington North voters went to the
polls yesterday, with a face-off between longtime Mayor Thomas
Pellegrino and challenger Steven Kaplan, each running with a slate of
two trustees. With Pellegrino were trustees Gary Levi and Noel
Ilberg. Kaplan's running mates were Steven Cohen and Laura Kaye.

Voters complained that campaigning had gotten more than intense in the
last few days. There were fliers, mailings, phone calls and, yes, even
people knocking on doors. "It's a very strange election, because no
one really said what they were going to do" if elected, said voter
Lisa Rynston-Lobel, 38, who thought candidates were busy trashing each
other. The winners were Pellegrino, Levi and Ilberg, leaving the mayor
with a 3-2 majority on the village board.

By contrast, the vote in affluent Hewlett Harbor could have
been characterized as a non-election, or maybe the ultimate
election. With no formal candidates on the ballot - not even
incumbents Richard Rausch and Sanford Ivler collected enough
signatures - every one of the village's 1,200 voters was potentially a
write-in candidate.

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The hot issue in Mineola was illegal housing, with the mayor's seat
and two trustee seats open. Incumbent Mayor John Colbert, of the
Village Party, faced the challenge of former ally Maryanne Warnecke,
of the Mineola First Party. Jack Martins, of the New Line Party, was
running again, after one unsuccessful attempt against Colbert

[CORRECTION: A story yesterday on the results of village elections
incorrectly stated Jack Martins' previous elective record. Martins,
who was elected Mineola's new mayor Tuesday, successfully ran for
trustee with his New Line Party in 2002 and had lost a bid for trustee
with outgoing Mayor John Colbert's Village Party in 1997. pg. A16 NS
03/20/03].

Also, six candidates were running for two trustee seats. They were
Stephen Franzini, James LaMonica, Dorothy Rudolph, incumbent Louis
Santosus Jr., Larry Speciner and Lawrence Werther. Martins won in an
upset; Santosus and Werther also were victorious.

In Roslyn Estates, an uncontested Susan Ben-Moshe was easily
re-elected mayor, but her plan for landmark designation sparked
opposition for the two trustee candidates running with her. Incumbent
Richard Levine and newcomer Todd Street ran with Ben-Moshe. Scott
Henry and Leslie Scharf said the landmark designation would
excessively restrict what homeowners could do with their properties. A
lone trustee candidate, Steven Loane, called Roslyn Estates the
"no-village." Levine and Street won the election.

2003 Mar 22:

Posted by dc at January 25, 2003 09:01 PM

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