News from the Campaign
The Final Pitch
If you have been getting my campaign material in the mail, I promise that this is my last sports metaphor, at least until the next campaign season. And aren't you glad I haven't re-posted the hula hoop video from a few years back and said, “I'll jump through...
Major Labor Unions Urge Re-election of County Legislator Damon Maher
EASTCHESTER – Three major labor organizations are the latest to join the chorus of unions and activist groups supporting the re-election of Westchester County Legislator Damon Maher. With early voting now under way, Maher has just received endorsements from the...
Ping-Ponging back and forth across the Hutchinson River
on the campaign trail the past two days with my dedicated biennial canvassing buddies on the Eastchester/Tuckahoe side of the 10th County Legislative District meeting likely voters, then over to Lincoln Avenue in New Rochelle to work with some new young...
League of Women Voters Candidates Forum – Damon Maher and Anthony Giacobbe (video)
UPDATE Damon Maher addressed Westchester's issues in a forum with challenger Anthony Giacobbe on October 12. The forum was hosted by the League of Women Voters of New Rochelle, a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in...
WHY WE MARCH, WHY WE RALLY
Columbus Day parades exist, as do St. Patrick Day parades, as a reminder of immigrant groups that were once considered "the other," apart from and not "real Americans". Now we have those who stir up hate, for political gain, against Jews, Muslims and Asians, as well...
AUGURI!
I had a blast walking up Main Street and Rte 22 in Eastchester with other elected officials in the annual Columbus day parade which honors forebears, like my great-grandfather Giusseppe DelGiudice and his family, who had the good sense and good fortune to emigrate...
Chain Reaction
If you are around my age, you hated to get a chain letter in the mail when you were a kid. There was always a bunch of nonsense and then a long list of dreadful things that had happened to people who had broken the chain. You knew the letter was...
Real Facts
An important message from our County Executive George Latimer A few days ago we were made aware of private flights arriving at the Westchester Airport late at night, disembarking passengers who were transferred to buses, driven to off-site destinations. Neither the...
Honors
Saturday, the first anniversary of the death of Kamal Flowers, his family commemorated the day by organizing a picnic for kids at Lincoln Park in New Rochelle. Kamal’s brother, Henderson Clarke, brought back some legit old-timer basketball players for a full-court...
In the News: Maher Leads Discourse on Local Issues
Legislator Damon Maher Calls Out Local Elected Officials For Condemning Killing of George Floyd But Remaining Silent About Those Killed By Police in Westchester - by AJ Woodson, Black Westchester, May 15, 2021 "Silence is not an option - not for us as lawmakers, not...