Sidonio worthy of support for another term as Murray town supervisor

Editor:

While it’s disappointing that Joe Sidonio lost the Republican Primary for Murray town supervisor, it shouldn’t be the end of his political career – his many accomplishments speak for themselves and need to continue.

As I mentioned in my previous post, members of the Town Board and a few employees  convinced someone who Joe thought was his friend to secretly record him in a private conversation without his knowledge and use it to go as far as contacting the news media and Black Lives Matter to try to cause harm to Joe and his family. They’ve gone so far as putting this recording on a website to steal the election and further discredit Joe. This is just another example of a string of attempts to get him out of their way – don’t fall for it.

I agree that Joe shouldn’t have used that kind of language as it was bad but he was venting to someone he thought was his friend about how he was being set up. Joe has since apologized and realized what he said was in poor taste but those opposed to him want to use this as a weapon against him. I urge the Town Board members and the few disgruntled employees to stop their hateful, disrespectful behavior and apologize to Joe. If they don’t, it just further speaks to their character.

Joe is really a good person. When my wife passed away he was there for my family and I, he attended her funeral and even sent flowers, a true friend. He called every day to check on my granddaughter when she was about to give birth to make sure she was okay.

There are many examples like this in the community about Joe, he’s not the cold-hearted monster that his opposition wants you to think he is. He’s someone who really cares about people.

Since becoming Supervisor, Joe – an accomplished businessman with a degree in accounting – has demonstrated his ability to manage our Town finances better than anyone by keeping our taxes under control and putting emphasis  on our town’s water-loss problem.

As a veteran, I appreciate Joe’s commitment to the Fancher War Memorial. Joe is a Marine Corps veteran and it shows in his work ethic and his never give-up attitude.

As a fellow veteran and his friend, I will continue to support him in the November election and I urge every veteran, Conservative, Independent, Democrat and Republican to contact him and get to know him, and then vote for him in November.

Jim Johnson

Murray