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General News: Randazzo Announces Bid for Assembly Seat
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| Richard Randazzo announces his bid. |
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| Supporters applaud Randazzo's words. |
February 10, 2008
Democratic candidate Richard Randazzo launched his bid for the New York State Assembly on Sunday in a speech in which he laid out his goal of bringing greater economic opportunities to the district.
Randazzo will be making his third attempt against Republican assembly member Nancy Calhoun for her seat representing the 96th District. He stepped down in 2007 after serving twenty years as the Cornwall town supervisor so he could focus on his run for the state office. In 2006, Randazzo narrowly lost the election to incumbent Calhoun.
Sounding like a populist, Randazzo told a crowd of supporters at Woody’s restaurant that the divide between the haves and the have-nots has grown intolerable. “We have to provide for our families, our children,” he said “so that they will have the same opportunities we had.”
Randazzo also pointed the finger at the corporate America, saying it had taken over government. “It’s time to take our country back” he said. “We are no longer the silent majority… we are not going to tolerate the greed.”
Randazzo pledged to fight in Albany for his plan to reduce school property taxes, a plan he says he has been promoting for the past few years. He also talked about the need to help seniors live in dignity during their “golden years.” Better access to health care and better, more accessible education were also high on his list of areas he said he would focus on.
The candidate spoke personally about how his parents struggled to make ends meet as they raised eight children in Cornwall. “I want to make changes,” he said, “I know the sacrifices people make.”
Randazzo referred to his Republican opponent only once, saying that she “is going on two decades in Albany and during that time all we’ve seen is decline.”
Randazzo is not alone in the Democratic field challenging Calhoun. Larry Delarose, a former supervisor in the town of Blooming Grove, has also thrown his hat into the ring.
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