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ROTTERDAM
Residents defend accused clerk
Esposito admitted breaking notary rule for seniors
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter

In his 43 years living in Rotterdam, Remo Santuccione said he’s found a person he can trust in Eunice Esposito.
He said the 11-term town clerk has always been quick to greet him on the street and has always treated him fairly. He scoffed at the notion that Esposito may have violated state law in her duty as a notary, characterizing her as an upstanding resident of the town always looking out for the best interests of others.
    “She’s one of the most honest people I’ve met in my life,” Santuccione told members of the Town Board .
    And he wasn’t alone, either. Several residents spoke glowingly of the 83-year-old clerk during the board’s meeting, their comments occasionally drawing applause from a crowd of more than three dozen gathered at Town Hall Wednesday.
    Esposito has recently come under fire for apparently notarizing official documents without having people sign them in her presence. She is expected to appear at a state Department of State hearing next month to determine if her license should be suspended or revoked.
    In an interview last week, Esposito acknowledged that she approved some signatures without the person being present. But she said she did so as a courtesy to senior citizens who have a diffi cult time coming down to Town Hall and said she only did it if she knew the person. She dismissed the case against her as a political attack.
    Some of the residents speaking at the meeting agreed. Resident Ron Severson described Esposito as a town official who performs her job with virtue and blasted the complaint against her as an ongoing effort to attack her credibility.
    “It’s deplorable, and I think we owe Eunice a tremendous amount of applause for the work she has done over the years,” he said.
    Resident Lisa Dufek described Esposito as a faithful servant of the town. She said the clerk is always welcoming to the people she sees at Town Hall.
    “Anyone who approaches her is met with a warm smile and a cheery voice,” she said.
    Carl Constantino took issue with a Gazette editorial faulting Esposito’s role as a notary. He said such a faithful town employee didn’t deserve such criticism.
    “And we’re sorry for it, Eunice,” he said.
    But not everyone offered kind words. Resident Frank Salamone blasted Esposito for breaking the law and offered criticism to any town official who thought the matter didn’t need to be brought before the state.
    “The idea we should keep arguments against our public officials who may have committed crimes in-house is ridiculous,” he said.
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“It’s deplorable, and I think we owe Eunice a tremendous amount of applause for the work she has done over the years,”

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Welcome to OZ folks. Where the liberal socialist democratic green machine is behind the curtain spewing it's dictatorship. Don't believe me? Go to the next town board meeting and just 'try' to ask them a question. Those days are gone folks. (well until we vote them out) Of course this decision was obviously made and stated by the town attorney, to protect the grossly inept town board members from embarrassment.
Well folks, here's our town elected officials.......one can't read nor comprehend, one fraudulently breaks the law and get's praised for it, one ran for office only for her own self gain cause her taxes were too high, one (no change) that goes on and on and ends up saying absolutely nothing and a an attorney, that even though was not 'elected by the people' is running the show!
The democratic cult has arrived and they are telling 'you' to SHUT UP! And might I add that the developers aren't wasting any time to cozy up to their 'friends'! IMHO

PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE!!

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They're not accepting questions or privledge of the floor at meetings now??

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And ND better take her foot out of her mouth. Admitting she ran for office 'only' because 'her' taxes were too high, infuriated the residents. They thought of her as self serving. ...They had to sit and listen to her BS sob story about her taxes and yet the RESIDENTS were denied! Pathetic!

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And might I add that the developers aren't wasting any time to cozy up to their 'friends'!

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So, I assume nothing came of this "grant" ?