A presenter of a radio program is in a dog fight with a state island of Babies Sion 13 years its third to represent the district of the most conservative council in New York.
Republican Frank Morano, presenter of “The Oher Side of Midnight” of WABC, has already locked the support of the Republican Party of the island of the United States, all the chosen republican officials of the municipality and key members of the internal circle of President Trump.
But his way to victory in the non -partisan special elections of April 29 is not sure.
His toughest competition: fellow Garde Griffin Fossella, who comes from a long line of islander’s corridors, his late great -grandfather, congressman James O’Leary, his father, president of the County and former Rescay. Vito Fosella.
Morano, 40, said that “he never waited for the race to be a walk”, but that he is not losing his dream competing against Fosella, 27 years old or a family dynasty.
“I think the islanders of the states will not be deceived by a candidate with the same name that uses a similar campaign slogan (” Staten Island First “) and the same color of color as his father,” said Morano.
He affirms that Fosella has repeatedly crouched down. Fossella insists that he has had programming conflicts.
The two, together with the Longshot Democrat, Clifford Hagen, compete for replacing the former minority leader of the Joe Borelli Council (R-Staten Island), who was limited to term and resigned in January the work of $ 148,000 for work a job a job a job a job a work a work a work a work a work a work a job a job.
The winner would serve the months of the term of Borelli, which expires at the end of the year and would take advantage of a great advantage in the general elections of November for a new period of four years.
Fossella said “humiliated” winning 51stem District council seat that once had his father in the mid -1990s.
“I think the public service is in my blood, and serving the people of State Island would be a dream come true,” he said.
Both Morano and Griffin Fossella are islands for life that have almost identical campaign platforms: including the price of congression prices and the policy of the city of Sanctuary of NYCS, legalizing so that the New York police hire thousands of more police officers.
At the local level, both also vehemently oppose a project to build a hotel at the corner of Richmond Valley and Arthur Kill Roads because many residents are worried that it finally becomes a HomESS refuge.
President Trump, who is very popular in the United States, seems to be out of the race, but Morano has obtained the key support of Trump’s former advisors, Roger Stone, Michael Caputo, Corey Lewandowski and Trump’s old White House.
Fossella’s backups include former Long Island Peter King representative, former Brooklyn state senator, Marty Golden and John Catsimatidis, a billionaire who has WABC-AM. Griffin Fossella had his first policy taste working in the camsimatidis mayor campaign 2013.
Morano and Fossella’s political war chests are almost identical. Both said they raised more than $ 50,000 and hope to qualify for another $ 200,000 more in public correspondence funds.
Fossella boasts that she is “the only Republican of a lifetime in the race”, an excavation in Morano as former leader of the now missing parties of independence and reform of the State before registering as a Republican.
Vito Fossella could not be happier, and hit his son’s opponent, saying that he is “incredible proud of Griffin’s decision to take a step forward as the only true Republican in the race, committed to preserving a family for the island for the island for the generation. A family for living and lifting a life and raising a life and raising a failure.” “” “
