WALDEN – Most Precious Blood School in Walden, where Brian Maher went to school as a youngster, held a packed audience Saturday while area dignitaries sang his praises as a former mayor of Walden, town supervisor of Montgomery, and executive director of the Purple Heart Mission and now watched him take the oath of office as the representative of the newly drawn State Assembly District 101.
Orange County Clerk Kelly Eskew administered the oath as he stood with his family.
Maher spoke of the confidence given him by his family and Most Precious Blood that he could attain anything to which he put his mind.
He spoke of politics today as those who want no government or those who want government control of everything. “We know the truth is in the middle.”
The new state lawmaker said, “This endless outmigration from New York has got to end.”
County Executive Steven Neuhaus, who came with his two youngest children, spoke of the cost to family life of being an active and committed official, and of his pride in this new ‘Team Orange,’ which he and the other speakers said they believe can finally make a difference in Albany, particularly with what they said was a lack of leadership and residents being in an unsafe environment.
