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Friday, March 23, 2018
Vol. 67, No. 12
NO DECISION ON BEER ANTI-CORRUPTION GROUP GARDEN EXPANSION PLAN PROTESTS PHILLIPS’ OFFICE PAGE 2
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Strauss, team re-elected by wide margin Mineola incumbents beat Werther, Gallets by nearly two to one BY R E B ECC A K L A R In a divisive race that turned on the issue of whether the village has been overdeveloped, Mineola voters re-elected Mayor Scott Strauss, Trustee George Durham and Trustee Dennis Walsh for four more years in Tuesday’s election. They received nearly twice as many votes as their opponents. The three, all with the New Line Party, beat former Trustee Larry Werther, who ran against Strauss, and two newcomers, Regis and Cristi Gallet, who ran for trustee on the Mineola My Home Party ticket. Werther, who said he and his team ran an issue-oriented campaign, said the low voter turnout upset him. Of the approximately 13,000 registered voters in the village only about 1,500 voted, Werther said. “But I ran a campaign because I care about this village,” Werther said. “There’s a couple of people who made some incredibly compli-
mentary posts not only for me but also for Regis and Cristi, who they said are lovely, articulate people who really care about this village.” Efforts to reach Strauss were unavailing. During the campaign, Werther’s vision for Mineola clashed with Strauss’ and the current board’s downtown revitalization plan. Werther and the Gallets, a married couple who own and operate the Recovery Room bar and grill at 214 Station Plaza North, said the apartment buildings being built or recently finished are overdeveloping the village. The members of the Mineola My Home Party said the village was starting to resemble a New York City borough, and said it should look more like Huntington or Garden City’s downtown areas. Werther also said the buildings should not have been given tax breaks from the Nassau County industrial Development Agency. Continued on Page 60
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PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR
Chris Tallent, MAYDAY America campaign director, left, and Nicholas Sieban, an intern with the Long Island Progressive Coalition, at a rally outside state Sen. Elaine Phillips office on Thursday. See story on Page 6.
Ehrbar and team beat fire chief, ex chief in W.P. BY R E B ECC A K L A R
In a three-way race for two trustee spots, Trustee Kevin Williston Park Mayor Paul Rynne was re-elected and newEhrbar was elected to his third comer Bill O’Brien was elected. four-year term on Tuesday when Rynne, O’Brien and Ehrbar all he beat former Fire Chief Antho- ran on the Integrity Party ticket. Efforts to reach O’Brien ny Gagliardi by 410 votes.
were unavailing. Williston Park Fire Chief Richard Sais lost his bid for a spot on the Board of Trustees, winning 341 votes to Rynne’s 846 and O’Brien’s 800. Continued on Page 60
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