Bonacic: “still make a difference”
MOUNT HOPE – State Senator John Bonacic (R-Mount Hope) Friday announced
he would seek re-election to his post in November.
The long time lawmaker – he was an assemblyman prior to holding
his current seat – said he is running because “I believe I
can still make a difference.”
Bonacic termed this election “critical” with the fate of upstate
New York hanging in the balance. The Senate majority is Republican while
the Assembly is Democratic. “If both houses of the legislature fall
under the control of New York City Democrats, regional parity will go
by the wayside in every area; education, healthcare, transportation, funding,
taxes, etc.” That is why a Republican senate must be maintained,
he said.
Throughout his tenure, Bonacic said he has championed the causes of healthcare,
property tax relief, regulatory reform, housing, education and veterans,
and in the last several years was a driving force to legal gambling in
New York.
One Democrat, Mamakating Town Supervisor Bill Herrmann, had announced
he would challenge Bonacic, but Orange County Democratic Chairman Bret
Broge said Herrmann told him he would stay put in his town post. Herrmann
did not return a phone call for comment.
