Ford on his mind
Assemblyman Will Stephens this morning said he was saddened to hear about the passing of the nation’s 38th president.
During an hour-long interview about his 12 years in the Assembly, the Southeast Republican explained that as a student at Cornell University he worked on Gerald R. Ford’s unsuccessful 1976 presidential campaign. Stephens said he helped start the school’s College Republicans chapter  not an easy task, he explained, in liberal Ithaca, N.Y.
“I often kidded that we used to hold our meetings in a phone booth,” Stephens said.
Check The Journal News over the upcoming holiday weekend for a story about Stephens’ time as a lawmaker in Albany, which comes to an end when the ball drops in Times Square. The six-term incumbent lost the GOP primary back in September to Greg Ball.
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