Comments for Walter Olson on Why Rob Astorino Won in Westchester at http://www.urbanelephants.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.urbanelephants.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:05:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1814.html#comment-5851 Nearly every article in which both Andy and Nick are mention always mention that they're not related. If they are somehow related, even distantly, why keep denying it? - Behold a Pale Horse Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:21:02 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1814.html#comment-5848 How can there be two Spano's unrelated in the same county. Nick Spano has to be related in to Andy and Mike. Somewhere along the lines. - Daniel Peterson Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:48:14 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1814.html#comment-5847 As of January, 2010, the Spanos will be out of office, to which I say, "Good riddance!" Next task: finish off the Democrats in the county legislature who voted for the settlement and against their own constituents. - Quickjustice Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:31:56 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1814.html#comment-5845 Democrat or Republican, the Spanos in Westchester should all be avoided by taxpayers and good government types. - Behold a Pale Horse Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:41:42 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1814.html#comment-5844 too many Spano's. I'm so confused!... - Jay Golub Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:25:21 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1814.html#comment-5843 My mistake. I got term wrong. I think Spano made the same mistake that Mayor John Lindsay made. He wanted to put low-income housing in Jewish neighborhoods. He assumed that Jews would go along with it because he thought they were all liberal. Though in his book, "My Times," about his experience working for the NY Times, John Corry wrote that Lindsay just knew the wealthy and liberal Manhattan Jews and assumed that all Jews in the city were like them. He did not, however, know the more middle-class Jews who lived in the outer boroughs. While registered Democrats, these Jews were not as liberal as their co-religionists in Manhattan and didn't take too kindly to Lindsay's scheme. ADDENDUM: A few days before the election, former Republican State Senator Nick Spano endorsed Andy Spano (no relation) for re-election. Nick warned of right-wing intolerance, etc. (even though his supporters were accused of intimidating black voters at the polls in 2004 and 2006). Nick Spano previously made noises about running for Westchester County Executive. So maybe in 2013, he'll take on Astorino either in the Republican primary or become a Democrat like his brother, Assemblyman Mike Spano of Yonkers. That would be entertaining contest! - Behold a Pale Horse Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:09:54 +0100 http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/home/64/1814.html#comment-5842 It wasn't a "low income housing plan", BAPH. It was Spano's secret settlement of a federal false claims lawsuit against Westchester County in which a federal judge already had found Spano and his administration at fault. As part of that settlement, Spano agreed that Westchester County would force local municipalities to construct "affordable" housing in close proximity to expensive suburban homes. As any idiot will tell you, building cheap housing next to expensive housing drives down the value of the expensive homes. Jewish Democrats in Scarsdale,in particular, are livid about this. Democrat Spano threatened to drive down their home values, and then labeled them "racists" if they protested. - Quickjustice Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:40:55 +0100