Submitted by Middle Village Resident, Aug 6, 2007 13:24

Mr. Gallagher's career in public office is virtually finished. If he resigns or is removed from the balance of his term, a special election will be called. It is conducted without party labels, so anyone with the resources to get on the ballot can run.

Bob Holden has waged a nasty, year-long campaign against Gallagher for not must be preparing to run now. He has name recognition, a cadre of zealots, plenty of older JPCA members who are unaware of his contemptuous behavior, and the ability to get enough votes to be a leading contender.

If elected, he would almost certainly be hard to oust in the next round of council elections.

Holden would bring his bellicose, obnoxious behavior to city hall. He would immediately go after dog owners; hoping the next mayor and parks administration would rescind the recently approved off-leash hours. Holden already thinks he owns Juniper Valley Park so just imagine what he would be like if elected!

He would go after legitimate and appropriate zoning changes in a city desperate for more housing. (NIMBY would be his motto.)

He would support using public money to build more stadiums for rich, spoiled athletes and team owners because Holden envisions himself to be Joe Torre Jr.

Holden would oppose legitimate mass transit proposals (NIMBY again).

Holden would quickly earn the contempt of fellow council members to the detriment of our community. No one would want to work with him (just as fellow instructors and professors at the college where he works simply hate the man and have said so when off-campus).

And Holden would cleverly use his public stands to keep "those people" out of our neighborhood. His thinly veiled racism and xenophobia is a disgrace.

And, finally, he would reappoint his cronies to the Community Board, promote the candidacy of Tony "numb nuts" Nunziato for state office, and would use the JPCA (and their funds) as his personal reelection committee.

God help us all.

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