Is Rye Democrat Steve Otis Running Unopposed, Because Of His Close Association To A Republican Power Broker/ Deputy County Executive Kevin Plunkett, who is currently the political fortunes of one Robert Astorino in his quest to best Mr. Andrew Cuomo for the state’s highest political office. By way of background, in 2002 Mr. Plunkett arrived as Rye City Corporation Council seemingly out-of-the-blue, installed in the job by then Rye City Mayor Steve Otis who unceremoniously canned the then city attorney without notice. Mr. Plunkett, who had handled Rye’s Home Depot lawsuit defense work on retainer, was an unusual choice for Rye. He didn’t join the city staff as an in-house attorney full time - nor did he relinquish his law firm partnership at the high-billing Thatcher Proffitt & Wood (a firm then known for its political connections and political contributions to select candidates). Between 2002 and 2008, Mr. Plunkett and Mr. Otis managed Rye’s litigation expenses up to astounding levels. According to public records obtained through Freedom of Information Requests, Plunkett’s firm collected $772,070 for legal services in this period from Rye - on top of another $407,708 Plunkett collected in city salary, benefits and pension contributions during this same period. Some of the litigation matters underlying these record charges were mundane, but others were extraordinarily out-of-pattern for Rye (The Osborn Home Tax Re-Assessment Ambush) - and some were simply cruel and outrageous, manufactured apparently only for the fees they could generate while protecting local political donors (ie. Schubert’s Pond). Westchester County Republican Party Chairman Douglas Colety apparently thinks that no Republican candidate has zero chance against Kevin Plunketts good buddy Steve Otis. archive.lohud/article/20080530/NEWS02/805300379/World-War-II-veteran-fights-his-pond
Posted on: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 05:56:40 +0000
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