When I attended the mayoral debate, I found many young people supporting the Mayor. Mayor Davis has been endorsed by Lieutenant Governor David Paterson and Westchester County Executive Andy Spano, among others, and I think he deserves to be reelected.
For Mount Vernon County Legislator, I am supporting Serapher Conn-Halevi, a bright articulate young lady whom I think will do a great job as county legislator, especially if she puts the kind of energy she has demonstrated in community organizations and other endeavors into the county legislature. Ms. Conn-Halevi is a self-starter, organizer and will be a great resource on the County Board of Legislators.
Moving on to the Primary in Greenburgh between incumbent Supervisor Paul Feiner and Democratic Party chair Suzanne Berger, I’m going to let them fight it our among themselves. I have supported Paul Feiner since he was a kid on the County Board of Legislators because I thought the most of the times he was on the right side of the issues. And I have had several total disagreements with him, including the late ted Young debacle and lately, his solicitation of black candidates to challenge the incumbent blacks. Suzanne Berger serves with me on the Westchester County Democratic Committee executive board and I believe that if she wins, she would make a good supervisor.
Longtime town justices Doris Freidman and Sandra Forster also are being put into a primary. I support both Judge Freidman and Judge Forster for reelection.
Town Clerk Alfreda Williams is and has been active in Greenburgh for 32 years and has sixteen years of Council experience. When the town budget called for a tax increase, Barnes was in the forefront to eliminate new taxes, cutting the tax rate two years in a row. Councilwoman Barnes attends almost all community meetings and functions in Greenburgh and the county. When it comes to improving public safety, protecting the environment, reforming government ethics or improving library services, Eddie Mae Barnes has stood shoulders above any other candidate seeking to represent the residents of Greenburgh on the town Council. Ms. Barnes is dedicated to the Greenburgh community and the Black experience. Certainly, she is one we can wholeheartedly support for reelection.
The other two ladies who are running against Ms. Williams and Ms. Barnes should be ashamed of themselves. I’m not saying they shouldn’t run for public office, but politics is timing, They could run in years that wouldn’t put them in a positions to take out one or both of their sisters. If Feiner wants to play that game, let him play with his own. Let us keep our eyes on the prize and that is to keep diverse municipality.
In White Plains Councilman Ben Boykin is running for reelection and doesn't appear to be in any trouble,but in all these races, we have to pull out the maximum number of voters, because in the final analysis, EVERY VOTE DOES COUNT.

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M. Paul Endorses Candidates for the Tuesday, September 18th Primary
M. Paul Redd
The Westchester County Press
This year some of our leading politicians are putting their names on the line and endorsing candidates for the September Primary. This does not traditionally happen. Usually within party politics, the leading politicians let the candidates fight it out among themselves - that way they don’t make enemies on either side. I think I will break the tradition this year because I fee it is very important that you, the voter,know the facts and that we vote for the best candidates.
My choices in the Democratic Primary scheduled to be held on Tuesday, September 18, 2007 are as follows: Janet Jordan for the Westchester County Family Court; Serapher Conn-Halevi County Legislator in the 13th District; Mayor Ernest D. Davis for the reelection for Mayor of Mount Vernon; Alfreda Williams, reelection for Town Clerk in Greenburgh, Councilwoman Eddie Mae Barnes for reelection to Greenburgh Town Council, and Councilman Ben Boykin for reelection to the White Plains Common Council. O think these individuals are the best candidates to serve their communities and to keep diversity in the municipalities.
Janet Jordan is a candidate who won the Democratic nomination for Family Court the old-fashioned way - she worked hard throughout the county and earned the party’s nomination. But now, Ms. Jordan has been thrown into a Democratic primary by a conservative Republican judge who was appointed to the bench at least twice by by former governor George Pataki and was rejected twice by the voters of Westchester County. Her opponent, a Republican, is playing dirty tricks to secure the Democratic nomination in the September Primary. We cannot let this happen.
There are only three black judges out of thirtysome judges on the county level. We could increase that number to five if we are successful in the November election. We must let Democrats know that Judge Charles Delvin is a Republican trying to invade the Democratic line because he cannot get elected solely on his own party line. We must support Ms. Jordan for Family Court on September 18th.
The mayoral election in Mount Vernon pains me. I hate to see two friends squaring off at each other, but since I have to make a choice, I think Mayor Ernest Davis is still the best man to lead the city of Mount Vernon over the next four years.
Mayor Davis is a progressive visionary whom I have watched over the years. When he was on the County Board of Legislators, he predicted the cutbacks in corporate America long before others got the message. He created over a thousand new jobs and lowered the tax base in Mount Vernon on just one project - the new shopping center on Sanford Boulevard and Best Buy. Mayor Davis has proposed a hotel and condos to be built and is working to stabilize the neighborhoods with new affordable housing. He is always accessible to the residents of Mount Vernon.