Monroe County Endorses Governor George E. Pataki For Re-Election

For Immediate Release     

Contact:   Don Porto                                                                                    Wed Mar 20, 2002
Monroe County Chairman
 

Perinton ¾  The Executive Committee of  the Monroe County Independence Party announces that it has decided on the candidate it will back for  New York State Governor at the party’s Nominating Convention in May.  That person is George E. Pataki.

Don Porto, Monroe County Chairman, says that the Governor has met with the Monroe County Committee several times and has demonstrated his willingness to support many of our party’s positions.  High on his list is Initiative and Referendum.  We prioritized this issue and have been working for passage of this legislation since the party was founded.  In fact our party founders have said on many occasions “If we were forced to choose only one of our issues to become the law, we would have to choose Initiative and Referendum.  For if we had that one capability we could make everything else happen”.   Every other issue/reform advocated by the Independence Party would benefit from the legislation proposed by the Governor with respect to Initiative and Referendum.