The Peekskill News has received a tip from a source close to Mayor-elect Mary Foster, who claims that she intends to appoint a Republican to the Council seat she vacated, a dramatic move aimed to demonstrate that she is serious about putting an end to partisan politics in Peekskill.
Yesterday, at Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors’ School for inexperienced leaders, Foster spoke out against politics driven by partisanship instead of the issues.
While we are disappointed that Foster has chosen to use a closed, anti-democratic process to choose her successor, our disappointment will be muted somewhat if Foster actually acts on what she has said.
We hope our source is accurate. Come January 1, 2008, we will learn whether Foster is going to take our City in a new direction, or whether she intends to continue down the road of divisive partisanship.
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