Westchester residents sick of high taxes and terrified of criminal migrants can do themselves a big favor Tuesday by voting for Christine Sculti in the special election for county executive.
County lawmakers called the election to fill out the term of George Latimer, who’s now serving in Congress. Sculti faces Ken Jenkins, Latimer’s No. 2, who’s acting as county exec until the election.
Both have significant experience in county government.
Sculti, the county’s deputy elections commissioner, served as chief adviser to former County Exec Rob Astorino, mid-Hudson regional director of economic development and in several other key roles.
She also helped build a family business.
Jenkins has been a Democratic Party hack almost forever, holding a seat on the Board of Legislators for 11 years, including four as chairman.
Yet the differences are stark.
She wants to kill the “congestion pricing” toll, which socks Westchester drivers hard. Jenkins’ rep on the MTA board backed it.
Another top issue for Sculti is repealing Westchester’s insane sanctuary law, which restricts county employees from working with federal immigration authorities, and so helps free “violent criminals” so they can “commit even more crimes in our neighborhoods.”
Jenkins backs sanctuary, preposterously claiming it boosts public safety.
Sculti also means to “Rein in out of control county spending.”
Under Latimer-Jenkins, outlays rose by hundreds of millions of dollars. County taxes shot up accordingly.
By contrast, when Sculti worked with Astorino, property taxes fell — and didn’t go back up until the Democrats took over.
Sculti would also stand up for parents’ rights in schools and to end “the dangerous woke ideologies that push life-altering drugs and surgeries on children and allow men to compete in girls’ sports.”
Voters should count on Jenkins, as a longtime leader in the state Democratic Party, to push for more woke policies.
Many voters skip special elections, and this one isn’t leaving much time for folks to make up their minds: It comes less than six weeks after Latimer stepped down; the Dems who chose the early date hope the short timespan will give Jenkins an edge.
(Of course, local Democrats have no qualms about delaying special elex when it suits their needs, as they’re scheming to do in the race to fill Elise Stefanik’s House seat.)
Installing Sculti could make a big difference — to families’ budgets, schools and their safety.
Early voting is already underway. Westchester voters should be sure to cast their ballots for Christine Sculti.
