Dems raise alarm over possible GOP candidate appointment to Hempstead supervisor role
Democratic candidate for Hempstead Town Supervisor Joe Scianablo was outside town hall again Tuesday morning, continuing to raise the alarm over the possibility of the county’s Republican Party appointing their candidate, John Ferretti, to the position.
“Republicans are hoping to quietly slip John Ferretti into the supervisor seat today with a last-minute emergency resolution,” Scianablo said. “This is a rigged power grab to make Ferretti supervisor now so he can run as the incumbent until November. That’s not democracy. It’s a political scam.”
Scianablo said he chose Tuesday to speak on the matter because he believed Republican Supervisor Don Clavin was planning on resigning and appointing Ferretti during their meeting later that morning.
The change in power did not occur during the Tuesday Town Board meeting, though Democrats remain concerned it may still happen during the election. They cited the Republican practice of appointing supervisor candidates prior to elections, which is how six of the last 10 Hempstead supervisors assumed their roles.
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