Sharpe
POUGHKEEPSIE – Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Larry Sharpe brought his message to the Walkway Over the Hudson and Rhinebeck on Saturday, meeting with local residents and laying out his agenda for the state.
Sharpe, who said he has a good chance at winning in November in a five-way race, spoke of his opposition to the SAFE Act, the state budget, which he called “a disaster,” and a local subject, the Mario Cuomo Bridge at Tappan Zee.
He said the state should lease the naming rights to the new twin-span.
“Instead of naming the bridge the Mario Cuomo Bridge, why aren’t we naming it instead the Staples Bridge or the Key Bank Bridge or the UBS Bridge?” Sharpe asked. “These are companies that pay billions of dollars every year in advertising and marketing and they don’t know where to put their money. They drop $20 million a year on a stadium that gets used on the weekends. How about a bridge that gets used every day by a million riders and gets mentioned hundreds of times every single day during rush hour? You would drop $100 million on that? Sure they would, and they take care of maintenance.”
Sharpe also addressed the education system and fathers’ rights while in Dutchess County.
