Letters in Support of Bob Bernstein for Greenburgh Town Supervisor

To the Editor: I am writing to urge all registered Democrats to vote for Bob Bernstein for Greenburgh Town Supervisor in the primary election on Tuesday, September 10th. Polls are open from 6 am to 9 pm.

Bob Bernstein is the endorsed candidate of the Democratic Party. He is a 22-year Edgemont resident in unincorporated Greenburgh and is superbly qualified to undertake the leadership Greenburgh needs to confront the many complex issues facing our Town. He is an astute lawyer who has contributed his legal skills without compensation, together with Herb Rosenberg of Dobbs Ferry, to regain over $1.1 million for Greenburgh taxpayers, which the current supervisor was giving away illegally to a school district. He has represented Catholic nuns on Dromore Road whose home and property are threatened by a large-scale development. He will gladly accept the higher bid of $3.5 million for town property such as Frank's Nursery, and not 'give away' town assets to a lower bidder for $1.7 million, because of personal pique, as the current supervisor has done.

What more can Town residents ask for in a candidate? Today, we have dysfunction in Town government, management by personal favor, and extreme ineptness in policy development. Bob Bernstein will restore our Town to reasonable, responsible management and work with all the residents on solving their problems.

As a civic leader, I have been very distressed at the lack of response of Town government to several urgent problems in our community. Bob Bernstein will not govern by personal fiat, but through professional endeavor and relentless pursuit of what is right for our town and our taxpayers. He has integrity, resourcefulness and demonstrated ability.

Please vote for Bob Bernstein for Greenburgh Town Supervisor in the Democratic Primary on Tuesday, September 10.
Carol A. Wielk
Hartsdale, New York 10530

To the Editor:

Today I received a Feiner mailing that was directed to residents who live in Greenburgh's villages that read, in large bold-type letters, "A new challenger would TRIPLE your Town taxes." To support that claim Feiner quotes a newspaper article dated February 17, 2008. And that claim is a fraud.

It is true that in 2004 Bob Bernstein challenged the Town's allocation of park and recreation expenses to the unincorporated area budget because the Town Board permitted everyone in the town, including village residents, to use those facilities. I represented the villages in that litigation, and I know the whole story. The case was decided in the villages' favor in February 2008 and affirmed by the Court of Appeals in January 2009, and that settled the issue. After those rulings no one, and certainly not Bob Bernstein, has suggested that village residents be taxed for the Town's parks and recreation facilities. It is a non-issue.

Feiner knows this perfectly well. Yet he dares to imply that Bob Bernstein is currently trying to have village residents pay for the Town's parks and recreation facilities, and no words other than "fraud" and "lie" can be used to describe Feiner's message. That corrupt mailing is sufficient to disqualify him from village residents' votes.

I am a former advisor to Feiner (indeed, in 2008 he wanted to appoint me as Deputy Town Supervisor). I switched my support to Bob Bernstein this year precisely because Feiner is so frequently untruthful and unethical. I urge village residents to make the same switch that I did, and vote for Bob Bernstein on Primary Day.

Herbert Rosenberg
89 Southlawn Avenue
Dobbs Ferry, NY
(914) 693-6541