Right For Copake

Right For Copake Over the past couple of years I have watched, read and listened intently as business has been conducted in Copake. Also during this same timeframe I have also been a member of the Copakepolitics yahoo group in which there has been many topics discussed by concerned residents and a select number of elected officials. Those few elected officials have listened to the residents and offered their points of view on the topics. Councilpersons Sacks and Gabaccia have demonstrated over and over again their professionalism and their concern about their town and what goes on to keep it running. Their service and commitment as board members, especially during the current financial crisis, shows that both have leadership qualities commensurate with their abilities. Sometimes it is necessary to take the road less traveled along with the ability to make the least popular decisions to do the business of the town. Both Bob Sacks and Linda Gabaccia have been able to do just that and still keep their promises to those who elected them to their current office. Their collective accomplishments are too long to list in this short article. Bob Sacks and Linda Gabaccia should be re-elected to their Copake Councilperson seats on Tuesday, November 3rd. It has also been my pleasure to get to know a fine man named Brian Herman who was elected as a Copake Justice a few years ago. I feel he is a real asset to the Town of Copake since he is a lawyer by profession so he has a real grip on the law. I have had enough exposure to Judge Herman to call him friend and know that he is truly a servant of the law which he administers firmly and fairly. Judge Brian Herman is the only clear choice to return to the bench on Tuesday, November 3rd. No matter what town/city you live in, please get out and vote. This is a Right that has been given to you by the sacrifice of many who have fought and died. You may not have noticed but election day in the United States is held just before Veterans Day and it is the veterans who fought for and gave you the right to vote. Signed: Arnie Anderson