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Alleged Ethics Violation

A baseless insinuation of an ethics violation by Ossining Trustee and Mayoral Candidate Victoria Gearity made at a recent Village Board meeting is further proof that Mayor Hanauer's campaign operatives will do anything to try to win the election for him. The Mayor should publically apologize for his Pontius Pilot-like position of standing by while two of his fellow supporters on The Village Board publically crucified Victoria. His silence was deafening when the alleged ethics violation was cited as a rationale for their vote for a "preferred developer." Further, the Village Manager, an attorney at law, should have immediately followed up with clarification of what constitutes and ethic violation and the process by which these allegations are handled. An inquiry needs to be made as to how it is that the email alleging an ethics violation sent to the Village Attorney was shared with some Trustees but not with the accused one. This affair shows that the mayor and his administration are complicit in a smear campaign expressly designed to cast public doubt on Victoria Gearity's integrity. It is nothing short of act of desperation to maliciously diminish her chances of winning the Primary Election on September 6, 2014.


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