On Sunday, October 10, current town supervisor Janet Lybolt, Zoning Board chairman Matt Mordas, and former town board member Graham Vest actively listened and participated in a lively give and take with Ward 2&3 voters, articulating their vision for the continued vitality of the Ttown of Mamakating. They deserve our support.

Conspicuously absent from the public forum held at the Phillipsport Community Center were current Ward 2&3 board members John Lacey and Gary Forthoffer, and newly crowned supervisor candidate Michael Robbins.

Significantly, the three no-shows earlier chose to scorn and boycott a proposed Wurtsboro Board of Trade (WBT) proposal for a Meet the Candidates event, protesting the current supervisor’s participation, cameras in the room, the location, the WBT’s involvement, and on and on.

It’s abundantly clear that two of these imperious naysayers don’t want to collaborate with their constituents, run on their record, have their words and positions noted, or possess any vision for the future well-being of Mamakating. And the inexperienced candidate for supervisor, who most of us wouldn’t recognize if we bumped into him, went along with it.

By all accounts, there are two solid and forward-looking prospects for town board and a town supervisor who deserves re-election — Matt Mordas, Graham Vest, and Janet Lybolt. As for King Lacey and Prince Forthoffer, they have contemptuously refused to address their subjects, and Invisible Man Michael Robbins remains, well, invisible.

Bob Speziale

Phillipsport