Shelby GOP committee will be out circulating petitions for candidates

Editor:

Hello, I am Dale Root, the chairman of the Shelby Republican Committee. I would like to remind our Republican residents we are once again starting our campaign season with signing of endorsed candidate petitions.

This year we have two Town Board positions and the position of Town Supervisor needing to be elected. The campaign season starts with signing of petitions beginning Feb. 25 and finishing on April 3 for the primary. Committee members along with candidates will be out circulating petitions. (The current committee members include Bill Bacon, Steve Seitz, CJ Woodruff, James Zelazny, John Pratt, Alana Koneski, Tom Winans and myself). We thank you in advance for your signatures.

After interviewing all that applied, the committee has endorsed 3 candidates: For the Town Board positions Mike Moriarty and Vassilios Bitsas have garnered the Republican endorsement.

Mike is a lifelong resident and family man of Shelby, business owner & the general manager of Pride Pak. In his position as GM, he is responsible for personnel, food safety protocols, works with a host of government agencies and has a strong work ethic. He takes a no-nonsense approach to wasteful spending.

Vassilios lives in the village, has a wonderful background of business experience, with his family they own five businesses. He is hands on with budgeting, finances and personnel. As a committee we found him to be smart & articulate – good qualities for the Town Board.

For the position of Town Supervisor the Republican Committee has endorsed the incumbent Scott Wengewicz. Scott is a Veteran, retired 30-year federal government employee and business owner. In December 2022 he stepped up and accepted the position of supervisor. In his time he has dealt with a flawed bookkeeping system, a bad STAMP project deal, windmill proposals, over-priced water where he negotiated a 50 percent decrease in rate, budget issues. Scott is committed to making sure Shelby residents and their tax dollars are taken care of.

On March 29 we will be hosting our fundraiser spaghetti dinner and meet and greet with the candidates at the Knights of Columbus in Medina. Everyone is welcome. The event will be 5 to 7 p.m. Please contact a member listed above for presale tickets or pay at the door.

Thank you,

Dale Root

Shelby Republican chairman