Letter: New Castle GOP Seeks Candidates For Town Offices

To The Editor:

The New Castle Republican Committee cemented its commitment to ensuring good local government, civility and viewpoint tolerance for Town residents by announcing that it will once again consider all comers – Democrat, Republican and unaffiliated – to run on the Republican ballot line in November’s elections.

With recent New York State legislative changes to consolidate the primary calendar with the primary date for Federal candidates, the time for this year’s selection of Town government candidates is now. Petitions for Town government candidates are set to be circulated on February 26, 2019, significantly earlier than in years past. For those New Castle residents committed to putting good government, civility and New Castle above party, the time to get off the sidelines and get involved is NOW.

We have worked very hard over the past several election cycles to field and successfully elect candidates for Team New Castle (Greenstein, Katz and Brodsky), candidates who, regardless of party, put local interests and civility above machine politics. The divisive, toxic national political climate in the wake of the 2016 election cycle has not spared our hamlet, and we are committed to ensuring that it does not interfere with the importance of local government. Continuing to reach across the aisle to our friends and neighbors is simply the right thing to do for the Town as a whole. This nonpartisan approach has resulted in a Town government that is more financially sound, more communicative and more responsive to our residents than ever before. There has been an unprecedented level of transparency, communication and community engagement, and there has been an unprecedented amount accomplished.

The Committee has already received expressions of interest from a number of candidates for November and plans on beginning the interview process shortly. As part of the Committee’s commitment to a truly democratic, representative government giving residents a choice at the ballot box, the Committee is openly encouraging Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated New Castle residents interested in serving New Castle as a candidate on the Republican line to please contact Warren Gottlieb at warrensgottlieb@gmail.com or Judy McGrath at judy.mcgrath1@gmail.com.

Warren Gottlieb

Republican Committee Chair