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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Lloyd candidates vie for town positions
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
Scott McCarthy
Democrat Scott McCarthy is making
his first foray into electoral politics by
running for Highland Town Board. He
chose to run because of what he has
witnessed at recent Town Board meetings.
“When I start
seeing the things
that are happening
at Town Board
meetings
and
the
dysfunction
that’s happening
there, party based
decisions, that’s
not what the town’s
all about,” he said.
“We don’t need that in town. We need to
unify ourselves and work for the common
goal of everybody.”
In his career McCarthy manages multi-
million dollar commercial construction
jobs, skills he feels would be an asset to
the Town Board.
McCarthy was sharply critical of
the towing issue in town, saying that
a new law was not needed but instead
the law needed to be enforced. He said
there are more important issues in town
such as installing sidewalks and updating
the Master Plan. He was critical of the
recent solar law because it allows solar
farms to be built in both commercial
and residential areas of town, calling the
recent application for a solar farm off
of Perkinsville Road “an eyesore” in a
residential area where people can see it
from their backyards.
“I don’t care what party you belong
to, it’s about bringing that common sense
together and unifying it and melding it so
that everybody benefits from it, not just
a small group,” he said. “We have to get
back to that; it’s not been that way for a
long time.”
McCarthy is on the Democrat and
Working Families Party lines on the
November ballot.
Claire Winslow
Democrat Claire Winslow, owner of
The Would Restaurant, is seeking a seat
on the Highland Town Board. She chose
to run for the board “because I’m always
not happy with what goes on down there
and I think it’s important to stay involved
and that’s why I got into it in the first
place. Of late the tow truck thing has
been ridiculous and I think they need a
n ew leader. I feel that we’re not getting
anything done.”
Winslow said the current problems
with drugs in the town has to be addressed
before we lose more young adults. She also
believes that more detailed discussions
must take place when a development
project is proposed, especially when
s i g n i f i c a n t
sewer and water
infrastructure
is needed. She
said
without
careful planning,
development
projects could end
up adding more of
a tax burden upon
the residents.
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