Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy announced his candidacy for Suffolk County Executive
Suffolk County Comptroller John Kennedy announcing his intention to challenge Steve Bellone in November. earlier today. Kennedy is the second Republican, (Legislator Rob Trotta announced his decision to challenge Bellone last week) to announce plans to challenge Steve Bellone for the office.
Calling his wife, Suffolk County Legislator Leslie Kennedy, to stand along side of him he stated his reason for running, “We want this place, Suffolk County, to be a place for our children and for our eight grand children. It’s about saying enough is enough we will stop the hemorrhaging, we will stop the bleeding, we will cut up the credit cards we will start to pay our debts and restore pride to Suffolk County that’s what this is about.”
He warned his supporters, “It won’t be easy and it won’t happen over night. But, by rolling up our sleeves and going in to each county department, just as we did with our merger here we will emerge better, leaner and faster in delivering service to those in county government with what they expect and need.”
Pointing to a poster which he called the Steve Bellone report card, Kennedy said, “The only thing missing from this is on the bottom is a big fat red F. That’s what seven downgrades lead you to, an executive who deserves an F. We’ll turn it around, we’ll raise it step by step with the hard work and we’ll get it back to black ladies and gentleman.”