Working Families Party Endorses Town of Hempstead Challengers

VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. - July 16, 2013 - PRLog -- The Working Families Party (WFP), New York's liveliest and most progressive political party has endorsed Jasmine Garcia-Vieux for Town Clerk, Diane Madden and Patrick Gillespie for Town Council.  The endorsement comes at a time when the Town of Hempstead is in dire need of leaders willing to fight for working families in the Town of Hempstead.

Jasmine Garcia-Vieux is a Levittown resident who will fight to keep young working families (like hers) on Long Island. Her goals are to put public policy before politics and work towards an open and more transparent government.  Jasmine Garcia-Vieux is a Lawyer with Smith & Brink, P.C., wife, and a mother with three young children.

"I am excited that the WFP has selected me to represent the principles and needs of every working family here in the Town of Hempstead.  As Town Clerk, I will streamline processes to increase the convenience and speed in obtaining information and filing for services and will create programs that ensure that our government is accessible to ALL residents," Stated Garcia-Vieux.

Diane Madden is an East Meadow resident who is running for public office to shine a light on the waste in Town government. She is an advocate who has gone toe-to-toe with the Town Board to protect animals and uncovered government waste. Diane Madden is a mother and grandmother.  

"Sunlight is the best disinfectant.  Comptroller DiNappoli's audit shined some sunlight on the gross mismanagement at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter and as an advocate for animal welfare I have taken on the challenge to shine more light. It is with great pleasure that I accept the Working Families Party endorsement and look forward to magnifying the light on the corruption, patronage and waste that I exposed at the animal shelter to show that it is saturated in every other department in Hempstead as well," stated Madden.

Patrick "Paddy" Gillespie is an East Rockaway resident who is running for the Town Council predominantly to speak for those communities that have been underrepresented.  He is running to represent the young adults and working families who have few opportunities offered to them because of the small number of jobs and unreasonably priced apartments in the Town of Hempstead. Gillespie is a college student (seeking his Masters Degree) a son, and a community/cultural activist.

"I am running to represent both the Hispanic and the general Democratic community who have been disenfranchised and marginalized, respectively, by the recent Town and County redistricting process, a process that was rushed and lacked transparency," stated Gillespie.

For more information about these candidates visit their Facebook page's at;

www.facebook.com/JasmineForClerk.com

www.facebook.com/diane.d.madden

www.facebook.com/pat.gillespie

Councilwomen Dorthy Goosby was also endorsed by the WFP.

The election will be held on Tuesday November 5, 2013, polls are open from 6am to 9pm.

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