Town of Otselic weighs-in on supervisor, town justice and councilmen positions
OTSELIC – Town of Otselic voters will decide next week on a total of four positions up for grabs, including one each for town supervisor and town justice, as well as a pair of council seats.
In the town supervisor race, Evan T. Williams, a Republican and relative newcomer to the political arena, will face off against incumbent Democrat David J. Messineo. Messineo, 67, is seeking a fifth term as supervisor.
Said Williams, the 55-year-old retired conservationalist, “The town’s in pretty good shape ... I just wanted to give people a choice. That’s what they need.”
A former five-year member of the Otselic Valley Central School District Board of Education, the now-retired Williams spent nearly three decades with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation at the Pharsalia and Georgetown minimum security prisons.
Messineo did not return phone calls to comment for this or a previous article featuring Chenango County’s numerous candidates for supervisor.
In the race for town justice, former Smyrna Town Justice Charles E. Seward has thrown his hat in to politics again, having held the position between 1998 and 2004. The 61-year-old is a retired New York State corrections officer and deputy sheriff. He currently teaches criminal justice at the Norwich Campus of Morrisville State College. A Republican, Seward is also a member of the Smyrna Fire Department, where he was treasurer for a time.
Seward faces Democratic candidate Kelly Moyer. Moyer could not be reached for comment.
In the town council race, four candidates will vie for two spots, Democratic incumbent Jay C. Graham, Democrat William F. Waltz, Republican incumbent Louise F. Perry and Republican Hugh H. Comfort.
Graham, 61, will be running for a third term and said he’s doing so for the same reason he did eight years ago: “I didn’t like the way things were being done and I wanted to have a say about it.” Graham owns and operates a farm in Otselic.
Now retired, the 67-year-old Waltz campaigned for a council position perviously. He would bring educational experience as a former member of the BOCES Board of Education. His goals, he said, would be to “keep our community so people can live here” and to “keep taxes down so people can raise their families.”
Perry, 57, is seeking a second term on the council. She is currently employed by the Chenango Health Network and is one of several directors involved with the Otselic Valley Fishing and Heritage Foundation. Her reason for running once again is a simple one: “I enjoy being involved with the community.”
Smyrna Town Justice Hugh Comfort, 75, has decided to run for council rather than justice again. He has volunteered and served as chief and a squad lieutenant for the South Otselic Fire Department for the past 50 years and is a 57-year member of the local grange. He retired from Simmonds Precision.
“I’ve done just about everything once or twice” in the community, he said.
Voters may cast their ballots from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Otselic Town Hall, 133 County Road 13, South Otselic.
In the town supervisor race, Evan T. Williams, a Republican and relative newcomer to the political arena, will face off against incumbent Democrat David J. Messineo. Messineo, 67, is seeking a fifth term as supervisor.
Said Williams, the 55-year-old retired conservationalist, “The town’s in pretty good shape ... I just wanted to give people a choice. That’s what they need.”
A former five-year member of the Otselic Valley Central School District Board of Education, the now-retired Williams spent nearly three decades with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation at the Pharsalia and Georgetown minimum security prisons.
Messineo did not return phone calls to comment for this or a previous article featuring Chenango County’s numerous candidates for supervisor.
In the race for town justice, former Smyrna Town Justice Charles E. Seward has thrown his hat in to politics again, having held the position between 1998 and 2004. The 61-year-old is a retired New York State corrections officer and deputy sheriff. He currently teaches criminal justice at the Norwich Campus of Morrisville State College. A Republican, Seward is also a member of the Smyrna Fire Department, where he was treasurer for a time.
Seward faces Democratic candidate Kelly Moyer. Moyer could not be reached for comment.
In the town council race, four candidates will vie for two spots, Democratic incumbent Jay C. Graham, Democrat William F. Waltz, Republican incumbent Louise F. Perry and Republican Hugh H. Comfort.
Graham, 61, will be running for a third term and said he’s doing so for the same reason he did eight years ago: “I didn’t like the way things were being done and I wanted to have a say about it.” Graham owns and operates a farm in Otselic.
Now retired, the 67-year-old Waltz campaigned for a council position perviously. He would bring educational experience as a former member of the BOCES Board of Education. His goals, he said, would be to “keep our community so people can live here” and to “keep taxes down so people can raise their families.”
Perry, 57, is seeking a second term on the council. She is currently employed by the Chenango Health Network and is one of several directors involved with the Otselic Valley Fishing and Heritage Foundation. Her reason for running once again is a simple one: “I enjoy being involved with the community.”
Smyrna Town Justice Hugh Comfort, 75, has decided to run for council rather than justice again. He has volunteered and served as chief and a squad lieutenant for the South Otselic Fire Department for the past 50 years and is a 57-year member of the local grange. He retired from Simmonds Precision.
“I’ve done just about everything once or twice” in the community, he said.
Voters may cast their ballots from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Nov. 8 in Otselic Town Hall, 133 County Road 13, South Otselic.
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