AMENIA — Incumbent town Supervisor Victoria Perotti and Councilperson Mike DeLango are facing off in the Sept. 10 primary to become the Republican candidate for town supervisor in November.
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Victoria Perotti
Perotti is nearing the end of her first, two-year term as supervisor. Before that, she served as a councilperson for eight years — three as deputy supervisor.
According to the candidate, her qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Marist College and management experience from Sharon and Kingston hospitals.
Of her current term so far, Perotti said she has managed several accomplishments for Amenia, including a new financial internal control for paying claims (meeting the state comptroller’s guidelines), securing a $150,000 Community Development Block Grant for downtown sidewalks and moving the Trail to Train project from preliminary to final design.
“Probably my biggest accomplishment was to hold the line on taxes and keep the tax rate below the state-mandated cap,” the candidate said.
If re-elected, Perotti said her focus will include completing the Town Hall heating system update, finding land for and building a new highway garage and seeing the Trail to Train project to fruition.
“I believe strongly that the future of Amenia is bright and have only just begun to lay the groundwork for investing in an infrastructure and quality of life improvements for all of our residents,” she said.
Perotti has already received an endorsement for supervisor from the Independence Party.
Mike DeLango
DeLango is nearing the halfway-mark of his first, four-year term as councilperson.
Regarding his qualifications for the supervisor position, DeLango said he is first and foremost a “true Republican.”
Additionally, the candidate has owned his local business, DeLango Automotive, in town for 22 years.
“I think I have a good common sense,” DeLango added. “I look at things, I find the problem, I come up with the solution and I enact the solution.”
The candidate said he is very decisive and makes decisions based on the facts presented.
“I like to watch what’s being spent,” he added. “I like to make sure that the decisions that we make will help the town as a whole — not only certain sections or people.”
If he earns the Republican ticket and goes on to win the regular election, DeLango said he would focus on bringing the Town Board together.
“Basically now our board is split and there’s a lot of bickering and arguing going on,” the candidate said. “I want to use the board to the fullest potential; the supervisor’s only as good as the board, and the board is only as good as the supervisor.”
DeLango expressed desire to restore the “true workshop meeting,” where issues are openly discussed and held for decision until the following meeting, so that all board members and the community has the information needed to act.
“It’s time for the town to move forward and I actually think that I’m the right candidate to move the town forward,” he said.
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