Gates: GOP Wins, Dems Whine

The Gates GOP candidates were all easy winners in Tuesday's election; meanwhile the Democrat losers could only whine about their defeat.

Mark Assini and Chris DiPonzio were re-elected to second terms as Supervisor and Town Board member, respectively. Dick Warner and Sam Valleriani were elected in first time runs for Town Board and Town Justice. Steve Tucciarello won a third term in the County Legislature's  4th District and Tony Micciche knocked out Democrat incumbent Steven "the Artiste" Eckel in the 26th.

DiPonzio and Warner bested  Democrats Mark McIntee and Frank Muscato for their Town Board seats. McIntee and Muscato were both quoted in the Gates-Chili Post as lamenting the loss of "checks and balances" in Town government and failure of turnout by voters.

The Democrat's problems with the voters were amply displayed by their lame and self-absorbed whining. The people of Gates spoke (rather decisively, at that). The Assini administration is leading them in the right direction. The Democrat's campaign effort at denigrating the accomplishments of Assini and the Town government never gained the slightest traction. The only people concerned with the "process" instead of the results were Messrs. McIntee and Muscato.

Maybe the Democrats should stop talking, stop posturing and start listening to the voices of Gates residents.