Forestport Republican Committee endorses Bill Gardner for Highway Superintendent

Bill Gardner_crpTo the Editor: 

We would like to make the citizens of Forestport aware of our thinking as to why Mr. Gardner is the best choice for the tax payers of Forestport. Mr. Gardner has been elected Highway Superintendent spanning nearly two decades and has a record of responsibility and accountability.

He manages more than a dozen associates during peak periods. His duties also involve the purchase of sand, salt, trucks and winter product, maintains equipment and is responsible for building maintenance as well as interfacing with county and local towns during the year. He is responsible for maintaining a 1.5 million dollar budget each year and has cut almost $150,000 in expenses to that budget over the last 4 years despite facing some of the worst winter weather in recent history. 

Now with a resume like this how can we possibly turn over an operation of this size to a person who has absolutely no management experience running anything? His opponent is very nice to talk to but please remember by voting you are hiring a “Manager of our Road System” a very large and complicated road system, if we are going to hire a person for that job we need management experience! Don’t take our roads for granite!

This is why we recommend you re-hire and… Vote for Bill Gardner for Highway Superintendent on Primary Day, Thursday September 10.

Oneida Co. Forestport 

Republican Committee

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