Westchester county legislator,
2003-2005
Westchester county executive 2009-
Ran for the executive on a platform to
cut spending and lower taxes, Weschester county at the time being one
of the highest taxed in the country
He has dropped the property tax levy
2%, and has not increased it for the last 4 years,
however, he has recently claimed that
he " cut the county property tax levy more than any county in
New York."
yet, as TWC news points out:
“In fact, while Astorino did reduce
the tax levy in Westchester by $12 million, Onondaga County cut its
tax levy by more than $38 million.”
In response, he states “we are going
in the right direction, that's the point” true, but doesn't really
address his blurring of the numbers
He has stood strong against the federal
housing department trying to force the county to change zoning to
allow for low income housing, stating :
“This is a federalism issue,” says
Astorino. If the Department of Housing and Urban Development “is
permitted to wander into Westchester County and basically blow away
local zoning and seize control over [housing] issues,” he tells me,
“then it can and will [do that] everywhere.”
Source: Weekly Standard
Agree with him on the issue or not, I
do agree on the federalism point...
From what I have been able to find on
him, he does seem to have a solid fiscal background, and he seems to
be pretty solidly pro 2nd amendment.
He seems to be pretty solidly pro
fracking, an issue that I am on the fence on, but worth mentioning
I have my doubts about him as governor,
to me, but he's a no brainer better choice than Coumo on gun rights
alone.
I think the best vote for Upstate NY is
a vote to separate from downstate and the city, short of that, voting
for Astorino wouldn't be the worst choice, I'm considering it, but
not on board yet.
Yes, I want someone besides Coumo, but
I'd rather vote for a candidate than against one, and, while there
are parts of Astorino's campaign I like, I'm not on the bandwagon
just yet
(personal pet peeve, his site loads to a landing page with an autostarting campaign video, you have to click through to get to his actual page, otherwise I rather like his website)
(personal pet peeve, his site loads to a landing page with an autostarting campaign video, you have to click through to get to his actual page, otherwise I rather like his website)
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