It's Official: Democrats Sweep Council

According to the Dutchess County Board of Elections web site, Beacon Democrats have swept every open seat on the Beacon City Council. As of 10:49pm, with 100% of districts reporting, the results looked like this: At-Large: Lee Kyriacou (D) 1,286 Eleanor Thompson (D) 1,380 Michael Fasano (R) 1,044 Michael Witkowski (R) 766 Ward 1: Liz Foster (D) 387 "Fritz" Ohloff (R) 225 Ward 2: Charlie Kelly (D) 254 Beverly Phillips (R) 147 Ward 3: Phil Shea (D) 487 Robert Werlau, Jr. (R) 262 Ward 4: Steve Gold (D) 356 Jack Cahill (R) 210

Comments

[Hava Nageela]

Well that's depressing. Does this mean they'll try to shove the new Library down our throats, or a bunch of other "city enhancements" that take our money for our own good? Could we actually see fiscally responsible Democrats at the local level? Fingers are crossed.

[mike]

I think that the Dems sweeping is a good thing. Look at it this way, it was the Republicans who re-build the city which led to the arts community moving in, the re-development of Main Street, DIA, Senic Hudson taking control of our river and Mt Beacon. Maybe now that the Dems are in office, they will all leave.

[Nell]

Actually, Mike, the people who "re-built" the city as you say, were not city council people, but motivated, visionary private citizens like Ron Sauers and Doug Berlin. These people took a decided risk on a downtrodden town and made significant changes to the Main Street. Their work created a domino effect that brought many new and vibrant businesses to town. And they, and, we, the new businesses and their patrons, aren't going anywhere.

[Mike D]

Yeah!! :-)