With 16 candidates vying for just four seats, a split ticket seemed probable, but the Children First team – consisting of BOE President Steven Rodas, board trustee Adam Parkinson, Dennise Mejia and Damarys Gonzalez – managed to pull off a clean sweep.Â
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With 96.55% of the vote in, which excludes provisional ballots, the slate all broke 800 votes a piece and were at least 250 votes ahead of the next closest vote getter. Parkinson earned a two-year term on the board, while every other winner will serve three-year terms.
A brief victory rally was held at Mayor Felix Roque’s “Together We Can†campaign headquarters, located near 53rd St. and Palisade Ave., where Hudson County View briefly spoke with Rodas.Â
My condolences to the Town of West New York, they just buried themselves
The Corruption wins again in West NY.
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