Former Yonkers Councilman McLaughlin retired, but maybe not forever
While looking through the New York State Board of Elections’ Web site for the 2010 January Periodic Reports, we noticed that former Yonkers Councilman Liam McLaughlin received $7,215 in contributions, many in December.
So is he running for something?
Yesterday McLaughlin, a senior associate attorney at Bashian & Farber in White Plains, said he’s not, for now.
“I would have a hard time believing I’m out of politics,” said McLaughlin, a Republican who represented the city’s Fourth District.
McLaughlin explained that the money he raised was to pay for his retirement party from the Yonkers City Council and to support other causes. He said he has no plans to run for any office, citing his wife and three-year-old child as two great reasons to spend nights at home instead of at public hearings or meetings.
Still, McLaughlin said he would like to represent Yonkers in the state senate or in the county legislature.
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He’s decided to spend nights at home unless, of course, a spot in Albany opens up. I don’t know this guy, but his blatantly incompatible statements (in one sentence) are par for the course with these …fill in the blanks.
I hope he stays retired from politics. He is just as corrupt as the rest of them. We need non politicians running for office. New faces, common people who will represent us.
Be careful with the corruption statements, unless you have proof, which we know you don’t have.