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Rotterdam town board, highway superintendent butt heads over paving | The Daily Gazette
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ROTTERDAM – The Town Board and the town highway superintendent are at odds over who is paving the town’s streets and what streets should be paved.
The battle between the town and Highway Superintendent Larry Lamora got heated Wednesday evening during a public comment period at the Town Board meeting. Lamora addressed town officials for more than the four minutes allotted for public input when Town Supervisor Steven Tommasone took a political jab at Lamora.
“You want to blame everybody else for your missteps and your inability, but you know what?,” Tommasone said. “You have to live in Rotterdam in order to be highway superintendent.”
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“It was not an easy decision,” said Guidarelli, a Democrat.
In fact, Guidarelli wasn’t even going to seek re-election, but he said another Town Board member expressed his support for Guidarelli being on the board.
“I didn’t want to walk away, but I didn’t want to stay in that position,” he said.
Tommasone on Tuesday said he is seeking re-election. The two men recently had a heated debate during a public comment portion of a town meeting regarding a police audit the town had hired a law firm to conduct.