Christopher St. Lawrence testing the waters for Lt. Gov. run

Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence is testing the waters in hopes of running for New York Lieutenant Governor.

The Town Supervisor, who ran on both the Democratic and Republican lines last November—beating out Preserve Ramapo candidate Bruce Levine for a fourth term—is now focusing his sites on the number two slot in Albany.

St. Lawrence sent this letter to all Democratic state committee members, members of the State Assembly and State Senate and all local elected officials across the state.

In his missive, St. Lawrence said:

We need leaders who will reform Albany and breathe new life into New York.

St. Lawrence masquerading as a candidate of reform is the greatest political irony of 2010 so far, considering his backroom deals, inexplicable silence on important town matters, dubious collegiate resume, and shady dealings evidenced from the Preserve Ramapo Web site.

St. Lawrence continues (and please contain yourself from punching out your computer screen):

[We need] people who can extricate the state from the financial crisis that has befallen us. People who will save taxpayer dollars by streamlining government and making it more efficient. People who will ameliorate the crushing property tax burden we face. People who will champion open and honest government and make it more accessible and accountable to the public.

St. Lawrence is doing nothing more than trying to take advantage of the grassroots reform movement taking place across New York. In Rockland and Ramapo, he is the establishment politician; even St. Lawrence's allies must admit to that. For St. Lawrence to position himself as some sort of champion of reform is just making a mockery of the reform movement sweeping the State.

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