Bradley City’s New Mayor. Buchwald, Roach Smayda to Council. Ryan-Hyland Even.

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2009. November 4,2009 Updated 2:40 A.M. E.S.T.: Assemblyman Adam Bradley, lifelong resident of White Plains, son of Bill Bradley, longtime  Democrat leader in White Plains, with no opposition on the ballot except for a write-in campaign waged by ballot-bumped Glen Hockley, was elected the seventeenth Mayor of White Plains Tuesday. 



Adam Bradley, and Mrs. Bradley, toast his Democratic Team at Asian Temptation Tuesday Night.


 Bradley received over 6,000 votes–about half the normal amount of votes cast in a contested election in a very low turnout. (Usually White Plains city elections turn out some 12 to 13,000 voters. This city turn out was half what it usually is. Adam Bradley becomes the 17th Mayor to enter 255 Main Street,  beginning in January, as Mayor Joseph Delfino, who declined to run for a fourth term last spring, leaves office.


Mr. Delfino did not appear at Asian Temptation Restaurant  to congratulate Mr. Bradley while WPCNR was there. Bradley said he expected to have his transition team in place to work with the Delfino Administration in the coming weeks, to prepare the new administration, and get a number of questions answered. Bradley said he would be bringing a number of his Albany staff who work with him in the Assembly to his administration.


Glen Hockley, the write-in candidate, was said to have received 25% of the votes on writeins, but that has not been reported on the Board of Elections results as of 1:20 A.M.  Hockley was removed from the ballot by the New York State Appellate Court, 2nd Department two weeks ago, a decision upheld by the New York Court of Appeals refusal to review the Appellate ruling.



Mr. Bradley’s  running mates, incumbent Councilman Tom Roach, and first-time councilperson contenders, David Buchwald and Beth Smayda outdistanced Republican contenders, James Arndt and Leonard Lolis by 2,000 votes  respectively.



Mayor-Elect Adam Bradley and his new Common Council: Left to right: David Buchwald, Beth Smayda, Tom Roach, Mr. Bradley, Benjamin Boykin, Dennis Power and Milagros Lecouna. “We’re  going to do the people’s work together…really work to make this city the greater city it can be…We’re all going to have to work together, and bring the city together, not just Democrats, but all of White Plains,” he said in his address to the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd of well-wishers.



County Legislator Bill Ryan running against Bob Hyland for the 5th Legislative District was in a very close race, but claimed he had won “by a little closer than I’d  like” at  an appearance at Asian Temptation restaurant in White Plains about 11 P.M. where White Plains Democrats and the Bradley team were celebrating.



However, the race has tightened as of 1 A.M. with 2 votes, 4,183 to 4,181, separating Ryan and Hyland with 5 White Plains districts out and 2 Scarsdale districts yet to report.  Brian Maloney, City Republican Party Head’s communications gizmo displays the incredible race as of 1 A.M.  The Ryan-Hyland Race is the only undecided contest. The County Legislature majority at this time is 12 Democratic Legislators to 4 Republicans.


Afreda Williams won Lois Bronz County Legislator seat in District 8, by a 2 to 1 margin over Tom Bock, the Republican. District 8 represents a sliver of White Plains.


At Republican headquarters, there were additional reports of widespread voting machine irregularities in White Plains, in addition to the 6 known voting machine failures reported by the Board of Elections earlier today. There were 6 White Plains districts known to have experienced voting machine irregularities, which may account for the lag in the final numbers on the Ryan-Hyland dead heat as of the wee hours of November 4.



Astorino Landslide Buries Spano — with Radio/Phone Blitz. Rob Astorino with the satisfaction of victory, vindication, and an eye to the future, at the Crowne Plaza Tuesday night. He had just achieved the most stunning election victory in Westchester in this reporter’s memory.


Republican Rob Astorino stunned Westchester County, the State, and the nation by defeating Andy Spano, the three term incumbent County Executive by 21,000 votes, 80,592 to 59,314 with 87% of the districts reporting. Astorino told WPCNR he attributed his victory to voters being tired of county spending and their skyrocketing tax bill — a theme Astorino spots hammered home on AM talk radio stations in New York City: WABC, WOR and WCBS, and on the World Series television sportscasts,and by frequent telephone callouts to voters.


Astorino told WPCNR Tuesday night that he attributed his victory to running strongly in the Democratic strongholds of New Rochelle, Mount Vernon and Yonkers, “all over the county.” Mr. Astorino told WPCNR he would be forming his “transition team” in about two weeks.


The Astorino victory confirmed the results of a poll of 483 voters by Siena College reported by WPCNR last week that showed that Astorino had closed the gap to within 7% of Spano, and that Independent voters could swing the election to Mr. Astorino. The poll did not predict Astorino victory, but pointed out that the race was much closer than any one was reporting, or expecting. Kudos are to be handed out to Siena College on conduct of that poll. The poll, in this reporter’s opinion, indicated why the Spano team spent wildly in the last week of the campaign. They knew they were behind.


Brian Maloney, city Republican Leader, told WPCNR at Republican Headquarters at the Crowne Plaza, when the Astorino numbers continued to grow up the roars were deafening,”people were jumping up and down,” he said.


Janet DiFiori won a second term as County District Attorney, defeating Dan Schorr and Tony Castro, handily.


The White Plains Results:


 


 























































































































































































































Office   MAYOR-WHITE PLAINS    
PARTY 38 Districts out of   43 Reporting (88)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM ADAM T BRADLEY 4,195 63%
REP ADAM T BRADLEY 1,765 27%
IND ADAM T BRADLEY 287 4%
CON ADAM T BRADLEY 213 3%
WOR ADAM T BRADLEY 154 2%
  ADAM T BRADLEY  Totals 6,614 100%
  Office Totals 6,614 100%
Office   COUNCILMAN-WHITE PLAINS    
  VOTE-FOR-THREE    
PARTY 38 Districts out of   43 Reporting (88)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM THOMAS M ROACH 4,229 19%
REP THOMAS M ROACH 2,117 10%
CON THOMAS M ROACH 296 1%
WOR THOMAS M ROACH 181 1%
  THOMAS M ROACH  Totals 6,823 31%
DEM DAVID BUCHWALD 4,142 19%
IND DAVID BUCHWALD 339 2%
WOR DAVID BUCHWALD 189 1%
  DAVID BUCHWALD  Totals 4,670 21%
DEM BETH N SMAYDA 4,196 19%
IND BETH N SMAYDA 353 2%
WOR BETH N SMAYDA 191 1%
  BETH N SMAYDA  Totals 4,740 22%
REP JIM ARNDT 2,307 11%
CON JIM ARNDT 356 2%
  JIM ARNDT  Totals 2,663 12%
REP LEONARD G LOLIS 2,310 11%
IND LEONARD G LOLIS 388 2%
CON LEONARD G LOLIS 345 2%
  LEONARD G LOLIS  Totals 3,043 14%
  Office Totals 21,939 100%


 














































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Office   PROP1-AMENDMENT    
PARTY 904 Districts out of   1033 Reporting (87)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
YES 34,954 64%
NO 19,387 36%
  Proposition Totals 54,341 100%
Office   PROP2-AMENDMENT    
PARTY 904 Districts out of   1033 Reporting (87)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
YES 29,669 61%
NO 18,861 39%
  Proposition Totals 48,530 100%
Office   JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT    
  VOTE-FOR-FOUR    
PARTY 904 Districts out of   1033 Reporting (87)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM FRAN E CONNOLLY 57,069 12%
DEM DAVID STEINBERG 53,076 11%
WOR DAVID STEINBERG 2,503 1%
  DAVID STEINBERG  Totals 55,579 12%
DEM JAMES HUBERT 52,118 11%
IND JAMES HUBERT 4,612 1%
WOR JAMES HUBERT 2,331 0%
  JAMES HUBERT  Totals 59,061 12%
DEM JEFFREY A COHEN 54,538 11%
IND JEFFREY A COHEN 4,779 1%
CON JEFFREY A COHEN 5,356 1%
WOR JEFFREY A COHEN 2,296 0%
  JEFFREY A COHEN  Totals 66,969 14%
REP ORAZIO BELLANTONI 50,296 11%
IND ORAZIO BELLANTONI 6,379 1%
CON ORAZIO BELLANTONI 6,596 1%
NON ORAZIO BELLANTONI 3,852 1%
  ORAZIO BELLANTONI  Totals 67,123 14%
REP CHARLEY WOOD 47,002 10%
IND CHARLEY WOOD 5,298 1%
CON CHARLEY WOOD 6,814 1%
  CHARLEY WOOD  Totals 59,114 12%
REP CHARLES E STEWART 45,885 10%
CON CHARLES E STEWART 6,685 1%
  CHARLES E STEWART  Totals 52,570 11%
REP WILLIAM L MAHER 44,684 9%
WOR FRAN A CONNOLLY 3,072 1%
NON JAMES A BURKE 3,337 1%
NON MARY N CLARK 4,461 1%
NON STASIA T VOGEL 3,224 1%
  Office Totals 476,263 100%
Office   COUNTY EXECUTIVE    
PARTY 904 Districts out of   1033 Reporting (87)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM ANDY SPANO 54,123 39%
CON ANDY SPANO 2,815 2%
WOR ANDY SPANO 2,376 2%
  ANDY SPANO  Totals 59,314 42%
REP ROB ASTORINO 69,640 50%
IND ROB ASTORINO 10,952 8%
  ROB ASTORINO  Totals 80,592 58%
  Office Totals 139,906 100%
Office   DISTRICT ATTORNEY    
PARTY 904 Districts out of   1033 Reporting (87)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM JANET DIFIORE 64,562 48%
CON JANET DIFIORE 6,076 5%
  JANET DIFIORE  Totals 70,638 52%
REP DAN SCHORR 49,372 37%
IND TONY CASTRO 10,159 8%
WOR TONY CASTRO 2,903 2%
  TONY CASTRO  Totals 13,062 10%
NON ANTHONY DECINTIO 2,042 2%
  Office Totals 135,114 100%
Office   COUNTY CLERK    
PARTY 904 Districts out of   1033 Reporting (87)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM TIMOTHY C IDONI 61,693 50%
WOR TIMOTHY C IDONI 3,100 3%
  TIMOTHY C IDONI  Totals 64,793 52%
REP ROBERT A MORABITO 46,167 37%
IND ROBERT A MORABITO 5,043 4%
CON ROBERT A MORABITO 5,546 4%
  ROBERT A MORABITO  Totals 56,756 46%
NON RAPHAEL L GUIDA 2,743 2%
  Office Totals 124,292 100%
Office   COUNTY COURT JUDGE    
PARTY 904 Districts out of   1033 Reporting (87)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM JOHN P COLANGELO 62,938 87%
WOR JOHN P COLANGELO 3,864 5%
  JOHN P COLANGELO  Totals 66,802 92%
NON RAYMOND W BELAIR 5,961 8%
  Office Totals 72,763 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 01    
PARTY 52 Districts out of   55 Reporting (94)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM DOMENIC VOLPE 4,585 45%
WOR DOMENIC VOLPE 318 3%
  DOMENIC VOLPE  Totals 4,903 48%
REP JOHN G TESTA 4,111 40%
IND JOHN G TESTA 553 5%
CON JOHN G TESTA 676 7%
  JOHN G TESTA  Totals 5,340 52%
  Office Totals 10,243 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 02    
PARTY 49 Districts out of   54 Reporting (90)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM PETER B HARCKHAM 4,961 83%
IND PETER B HARCKHAM 831 14%
WOR PETER B HARCKHAM 212 4%
  PETER B HARCKHAM  Totals 6,004 100%
  Office Totals 6,004 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 03    
PARTY 50 Districts out of   53 Reporting (94)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM JOHN M NONNA 4,367 79%
IND JOHN M NONNA 852 15%
WOR JOHN M NONNA 305 6%
  JOHN M NONNA  Totals 5,524 100%
  Office Totals 5,524 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 04    
PARTY 53 Districts out of   60 Reporting (88)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM MICHAEL KAPLOWITZ 5,762 50%
IND MICHAEL KAPLOWITZ 638 6%
  MICHAEL KAPLOWITZ  Totals 6,400 56%
REP GREGORY P KANE 4,344 38%
CON GREGORY P KANE 711 6%
  GREGORY P KANE  Totals 5,055 44%
  Office Totals 11,455 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 05    
PARTY 44 Districts out of   51 Reporting (86)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM WILLIAM J RYAN 4,383 48%
WOR WILLIAM J RYAN 200 2%
  WILLIAM J RYAN  Totals 4,583 50%
REP BOB HYLAND 3,674 40%
IND BOB HYLAND 573 6%
CON BOB HYLAND 334 4%
  BOB HYLAND  Totals 4,581 50%
  Office Totals 9,164 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 06    
PARTY 32 Districts out of   39 Reporting (82)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM MARTIN L ROGOWSKY 3,317 88%
CON MARTIN L ROGOWSKY 454 12%
  MARTIN L ROGOWSKY  Totals 3,771 100%
  Office Totals 3,771 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 07    
PARTY 38 Districts out of   50 Reporting (76)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM JUDY MYERS 3,650 94%
WOR JUDY MYERS 231 6%
  JUDY MYERS  Totals 3,881 100%
  Office Totals 3,881 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 08    
PARTY 45 Districts out of   48 Reporting (93)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM ALFREDA WILLIAMS 4,039 61%
WOR ALFREDA WILLIAMS 209 3%
  ALFREDA WILLIAMS  Totals 4,248 64%
REP THOMAS J BOCK 1,889 29%
IND THOMAS J BOCK 258 4%
CON THOMAS J BOCK 229 3%
  THOMAS J BOCK  Totals 2,376 36%
  Office Totals 6,624 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 09    
PARTY 46 Districts out of   50 Reporting (92)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM WILLIAM E BURTON 3,912 48%
WOR WILLIAM E BURTON 266 3%
  WILLIAM E BURTON  Totals 4,178 51%
REP SUSAN B KONIG 3,062 38%
IND SUSAN B KONIG 414 5%
CON SUSAN B KONIG 460 6%
  SUSAN B KONIG  Totals 3,936 49%
  Office Totals 8,114 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 10    
PARTY 62 Districts out of   67 Reporting (92)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM VITO J PINTO 4,613 93%
WOR VITO J PINTO 361 7%
  VITO J PINTO  Totals 4,974 100%
  Office Totals 4,974 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 11    
PARTY 51 Districts out of   55 Reporting (92)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
REP JAMES MAISANO 2,319 71%
IND JAMES MAISANO 408 13%
CON JAMES MAISANO 320 10%
WOR JAMES MAISANO 208 6%
  JAMES MAISANO  Totals 3,255 100%
  Office Totals 3,255 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 12    
PARTY 46 Districts out of   52 Reporting (88)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM THOMAS J ABINANTI 5,620 100%
  Office Totals 5,620 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 13    
PARTY 47 Districts out of   62 Reporting (75)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM LYNDON D WILLIAMS 2,610 77%
REP DOROTHY FIORILLO 494 15%
IND DOROTHY FIORILLO 159 5%
CON DOROTHY FIORILLO 124 4%
  DOROTHY FIORILLO  Totals 777 23%
  Office Totals 3,387 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 14    
PARTY 65 Districts out of   74 Reporting (87)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
REP BERNICE SPRECKMAN 2,196 72%
IND BERNICE SPRECKMAN 456 15%
CON BERNICE SPRECKMAN 381 13%
  BERNICE SPRECKMAN  Totals 3,033 100%
  Office Totals 3,033 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 15    
PARTY 77 Districts out of   85 Reporting (90)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
REP GORDON A BURROWS 4,351 75%
IND GORDON A BURROWS 620 11%
CON GORDON A BURROWS 796 14%
  GORDON A BURROWS  Totals 5,767 100%
  Office Totals 5,767 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 16    
PARTY 80 Districts out of   97 Reporting (82)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM KEN JENKINS 2,943 81%
IND KEN JENKINS 237 7%
CON KEN JENKINS 317 9%
WOR KEN JENKINS 136 4%
  KEN JENKINS  Totals 3,633 100%
  Office Totals 3,633 100%
Office   CO LEGISLATOR DISTRICT 17    
PARTY 67 Districts out of   81 Reporting (82)% Votes Percent
0 Absentee Votes Cast
DEM JOSE I ALVARADO 1,657 52%
WOR JOSE I ALVARADO 144 5%
  JOSE I ALVARADO  Totals 1,801 57%
IND SANDY S ANNABI 896 28%
CON SANDY S ANNABI 463 15%
  SANDY S ANNABI  Totals 1,359 43%
  Office Totals 3,160 100%




Last Update: 11/04/2009
Time:  00:00:49


 

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As of 2:45 P.M.–6 Election Districts Report Problems in WP

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2009. November 3, 2009: The Board of Elections reports that 6 Election Districts in White Plains have had voting machine malfuncions, according to Dottie Dipalo, of the Westchester County Board of Elections.


The districts are 4, 9 &13, 14 and 18. In one district, District 14, a problem was caused when a person opened the wrong write in window to record a write-in vote, and it wound up “locking” one of the Common Council candidates, Leonard Lolis. In Districts 9 & 13 the machines had to use write-in ballots for a while but a WPCNR correspondent says the machine voting was restored as of 30 minutes ago.


A complete report of voting machine irregularities would be issued most likely on Thursday, according to Ms. Dipalo, she explained that these were the only districts so far reported in White Plains having problems.

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Public Safety Commissioner Announces He Is Leaving at End of Year

WPCNR POLICE GAZETTE. November 2, 2009:  Commissioner of Public Safety Dr. Frank Straub is the first of  Delfino Administration  officials to announce he is leaving the city.


 


All weekend the rumors were swirling in the Department of Public Safety: Straub was out. But no one would go on the record.


 


This afternoon at a hiring swearing-in ceremony for five police officers.Straub made it official, telling the audience he would only be with the department  the next two months.


 



Dr.  Frank Straub. June 14,2002, in happier times,  when he was appointed Commissioner of Public Safety, coming  to the Delfino Administration from the NYPD, replacing interim Commissioner Dan Hickey after John Doltz departure. WPCNR News Archive.


 


Mayor Joseph Delfino professed he had no knowledge of the impending departure of his 7-year safety commissioner until Straub announced his decision to the gathering.


 



Dr. Straub addressing the Common Council last Tuesday, October 27, when the controversy over the 12-24 Work Shifts for Dr. Straub’s department came to a head.


 


Last week, WPCNR had asked Straub, after a particularly testy session with the Common Council on the 12 and 24 hour work schedules,  if he had been told he would not be rehired as Commissioner in a possible new Adam Bradley administration, Straub said “No comment.”


 


Asked if was seeking another position possibly with the City of Los Angeles Police Department or San Jose or elsewhere, Straub said, “No comment.”


 


By the weekend after he submitted a 7-page letter refusing to terminate the 12 and 24 hour work schedules, the rumors of Dr. Straub’s departure were all over the city.


 


Today his departure was confirmed by Straub himself.


 

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Campaign Practices Find HOckley Robocalls Make False Statements about Adam Bradl

WPCNR CAMPAIGN 2009. November 2,2009: A series of automatic telephone calls targeting registered voters throughout the city, featuring write-in candidate Glen Hockley, the Councilman, claiming Adam Bradley, stating his opponent(Bradley) orchestrated Hockley’s being removed from the Mayoral ballot have been declared by the Weschester County Campaign Fairpractices Committee as being false.


Here is a transcript of the committee’s ruling:


The Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee met on November 2, 2009 to hear the complaint of Adam Bradley against Glen Hockley, both candidates for Mayor of White Plains. Neither Mr. Hockley nor his representative attended the hearing.


 


COMPLAINT: Mr. Bradley complains that, in a robo-call being sent widely to voters in White Plains, Mr. Hockley stated that Mr. Bradley “spent a considerable amount of your tax dollars to keep [Hockley] off the ballot” and that this statement misrepresents and distorts the facts.


 


 


FINDING: Unfair Campaign Practice


Documentation presented to the Committee substantiated Mr. Bradley’s claim that the allegations were false and that neither Adam Bradley nor anyone acting on his behalf played a role in Mr. Hockley’s dealings with the Board of Elections or the courts.



 



If a candidate or campaign wishes to quote from a Finding, the Committee requires that it be quoted in its entirety. The Committee regards selective quotation of its Findings as a violation of fair campaign practices. 


 Committee Members: Evelyn M.  Stock (Chair), Miriam Cohen (Coordinator), Victor Goldberg,  LaRuth Gray, Susan Pace Guma, Ruth Hinerfeld, Milton Hoffman, Lee Kinnally, Polly M. Kuhn,  Burton M. Leiser, Ernest Prince, Susan Schwarz, Lorelei A. Vargas.


Ex officio: Representatives of the Republican Party, Democratic Party, Independence Party, Conservative Party, Working Families Party.


 


The purpose of the Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee is to promote a climate in which candidates conduct honest and fair campaigns. The Committee encourages candidates to conduct campaigns openly and fairly, to discuss issues, to refrain from dishonest and defamatory attacks, and not to use campaign materials that distort the facts.


The Committee does not sit as a censor of political discussion nor as a body to enforce election law or make legal decisions. Its task is to accept written complaints about alleged unfair campaign practices and to determine whether the action complained about is indeed unfair. Among other things, the Committee will consider to be unfair any campaign practice that is a misstatement of a material fact or that misleads the public.


The Committee has no power to compel anyone to stop doing what it has found it be unfair. If the Committee acts on a complaint, it will release its findings to inform the public. The Committee may choose not to consider a complaint; in that case, a hearing is not held and the parties to the complaint are so notified. 


 


Statement of Principles of the Committee, as stated in its Manual, available at www.faircampaignpractices.org. The Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee believes that candidates should conduct their campaigns in accordance with the following principles:


Ø      The candidate will conduct a campaign for public office openly and fairly. The candidate will discuss the issues and participate in fair debate with respect to his/her views and qualifications.


Ø      The candidate will neither engage in nor be involved with unfair or misleading attacks upon the character of an opponent, nor will the candidate engage in invasions of personal privacy unrelated to fitness for office.


Ø      The candidate will not participate in or condone any appeal to prejudice.


Ø      The candidate will neither use nor be involved with the use of any campaign material or advertisements that misrepresents or distorts the facts.


Ø      The candidate will clearly identify by name the source of all advertisements and campaign literature published and distributed.


Ø      The candidate will not abuse the Westchester County Fair Campaign Practices Committee process in order to obtain political advantage.


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