3rd A.D.

: GOP leader calls assemblyman 'deadbeat Ed'

12:26 AM By Rick Brand

Brookhaven GOP chairman Jesse Garcia, left, last year cele rated the election of !an "os#$adro, ri%ht, as to&n hi%h&ay s$'erintendent( )*redit: +e&sday , -homas A( .errara/ Brookhaven Re'$ lican chairman Jesse Garcia, left in 'hoto, lashed o$t at !emocratic Assem ( 0d&ard 1ennessey last &eek as 2dead eat 0d,3 sayin% the state la&maker has failed to 'ay 415,666 in 'ro'erty ta7es on his la& office $ildin% in the last three years( 28t9s dis%racef$l,3 said Garcia, 2 0d 1ennessey has s'ent the 'ast year s$''ortin% $nf$nded mandates that drive $' o$r ( arro%antly ref$sin% to 'ay his o&n(3('ro'erty ta7es &hile ( 1ennessey ackno&led%ed he has fallen ehind, $t lamed :onin% iss$es for holdin% $' needed ank financin%( -he la&maker said he and a 'artner, Ron "$'ski, a former to&n oard candidate, o$%ht a 2distressed $ildin%3 alon% ;illiam .loyd Park&ay, $t the ank &ill not 'rovide refinancin% $ntil the to&n re:ones the 'ro'erty, &hich no& only has a variance( 1ennessey said he e7'ects the to&n oard to act on his re#$est &ithin a fe& months so he can %et a needed mort%a%e and 'ay ack ta7es(