Today was a monumental day for the people of Peekskill. They saw the Republican Party in Peekskill for what it was, a bunch of bullies and thugs. Aided by a misinformed group of patsies called Peekskill First and Martin Ginsberg who wanted to squeeze every last dollar out of peekskill before he left us with a lot of poorly constructed condos. The best thing for the city would be for little Martty to take his ball and go home, like a spoiled child.
We at the Peekskill Guardian see this election as a referendum on John Testa's 6 years of using Peekskill as his own life size version of sim city. Unfortunately for John a real life city doesn't have cheats built in. But he sure tried. Now that Game Over is flashing in his face I'm sure we can expect one more additional cost associated with the Testa Team. After all those giant Mobile shredders don't come cheap. Seriously, we hope that measures will be put in place to prevent the destruction of city records. Rumor has it that the mayor has already quietly put his house up for sale in case he needs to make a quick get away.
Hopefully the people of our city will not forget or forgive just how disgusting Bill Schmidt's behavior was during this election. The lies he told, and the people he savaged, both personally, Schmidt is the author of Peekskill Guardian and through his LOHUD hit squad. They say you shouldn't kick a guy when he down. We say that in this case it's just a smart precautionary measure to keep him from rearing his Clairol colored head again.
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Until the changing of the guard the Peekskill Guardian intends to keep a close eye on city hall. We also intend to use the time between now and January to take a closer look at the members of Peekskill First. When they formed a PAC and attempted to influence the voters of our city they became political operatives and fair game. As you can see from their website http://www.peekskillfirst.net/ they've all crawled back under their Queen Victorian rocks. But we'll flush them out one by one.
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We have high hopes for the Foster administration. Many people feel that head should roll and the new mayor should start from scratch. We hope this is not the case. It would make the democrats no better than the republicans. For a generation Peekskill City Hall appointments have been made based on party not ability. In the process some capable republicans have been appointed. If they feel they are able to continue serving the city, they should be allowed to do just that. With that said, we have learned through reliable sources that complaints have been filed with the State Attorney Generals Office's Public Integrity Unit against city information officer Tony Seideman. The Peekskill Guardian is conflicted on this topic. The thought of even one more city dollar going to this contemptuous individual sickens us to our core. But, perhaps it would be better to let justice take its course. Na, Seideman must go!
