To the Editor,
George Latimer has served Larchmont and Mamaroneck brilliantly for many years. In one fell swoop, his opponent—in a constant barrage of negative mailings—would have us believe she’s a better choice for our communities. Not a chance. George has helped pass legislation allowing for the town of Mamaroneck and the village of Mamaroneck to govern their own parking rules by the train stations. He has secured money for public projects such as with the Larchmont library and the field at Mamaroneck High School. He fought while in county government for help for sewer project upgrades, and he responded when Ward Avenue residents needed help.
He has been present as part of our communities, attending all manner of events from The Summit, to interfaith gatherings, to grieving with us at 9/11 ceremonies. He works with our local chambers of commerce, with our fire departments, our veterans’ posts and senior centers regularly. He has held “Coffee and Conversation” sessions at The Nautilus for well over a decade, with other elected officials, to speak directly with the people of our communities.
He is intelligent and articulate, yet very normal and down to earth. Even for those who are on the other side of an issue, or in the other political party, they genuinely like George, the warmth of his personality and his sense of humor. So along comes his opponent, and for her ambitious reasons, she determines it is OK to conduct a character assassination of this man we have come to know and love. It is a terrible thing to watch. Is this barrage of attacks what will determine who our state senator should be for the next two years?
I urge all my Larchmont and Mamaroneck friends: Stand by this man who has stood by us time and again. Keep George Latimer as our senator, and tell the other side we simply won’t tolerate dirty attack politics in place of reason, experience and hard work.
Fran Snedeker,
Larchmont
