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Tax bill motivated Arnone
By Molly Salisbury
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
Peter Arnone Jr. isn’t originally from the area, but having lived in Gallatin for 18 years he’s certainly earned his ‘local’ status. Arnone was prompted to run for supervisor when he opened his tax bill. “When I moved here my bill was $1,600. This year it was over $5,500. This was the catalyst. It made me want to get involved.”
Arnone questions the over 300% jump in his bill over the last 18 years in part because, “Gallatin doesn’t have a post office, a library, a community center - where is the money going?” When asked why he wasn’t running for the Town Board as a gentler introduction to politics, he pointed out that he could accomplish more as supervisor (supervisors serve on the county’s Board of Supervisors). “What happens on the county level trickles down to the local level.”
Arnone considers himself a Republican, but was endorsed by the Conservative and Independence parties. This is the first time he is running for an elected office.
A member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Arnone worked as a corrections officer out of the Westchester County Department of Corrections for 20 years. He earned a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City before he took the job in corrections. He was working as a photographer for the NYPD when the corrections job came up — a job with benefits. He cites a family to take care of as his reason for the career switch.
Currently a small business owner, Arnone runs a car/limo service out of his home. He also ran a One-hour photo in Westchester when he lived there. When asked what strengths he would bring to the office, Arnone spoke of the respect he always showed the inmates and the respect he earned back. “I worked with thousands of inmates over the years. I’ve learned to control, defuse and manage.”
This September, Lynda Scheer, the current Supervisor of Gallatin, resigned her position of deputy chair of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors citing a lack of time. Arnone considers Scheer’s resignation an ’issue’ for Gallatin, in addition “to her liberal views which I don’t feel necessarily reflect her constituency.”
Arnone also thinks the town’s Highway Department could reign in the spending. He criticizes the “well-stocked Highway Department” and questions the purchase of a grader, which he guesses is used “four or five times a year.” His suggestion? “We should share services.”
Arnone also thinks the department needs to re-prioritize it’s road projects. Jackson Corners road was re-paved last year, and Arnone asks if it is “too nice. Now traffic can go 20 miles per hour faster past my house. And Ridge Road is still oil and gravel.”
On the Ockawamick purchase, Arnone was unimpressed. “To spend $1 million on a condemned building? Condemned because of the asbestos? Not a good plan.”
Arnone originally moved to Gallatin with his wife, to whom he is now divorced, and two children, Charles Beers and Alicia Arnone. He recently welcomed his first grandchild into the world.
Arnone questions the over 300% jump in his bill over the last 18 years in part because, “Gallatin doesn’t have a post office, a library, a community center - where is the money going?” When asked why he wasn’t running for the Town Board as a gentler introduction to politics, he pointed out that he could accomplish more as supervisor (supervisors serve on the county’s Board of Supervisors). “What happens on the county level trickles down to the local level.”
Arnone considers himself a Republican, but was endorsed by the Conservative and Independence parties. This is the first time he is running for an elected office.
A member of the Fraternal Order of Police, Arnone worked as a corrections officer out of the Westchester County Department of Corrections for 20 years. He earned a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York City before he took the job in corrections. He was working as a photographer for the NYPD when the corrections job came up — a job with benefits. He cites a family to take care of as his reason for the career switch.
Currently a small business owner, Arnone runs a car/limo service out of his home. He also ran a One-hour photo in Westchester when he lived there. When asked what strengths he would bring to the office, Arnone spoke of the respect he always showed the inmates and the respect he earned back. “I worked with thousands of inmates over the years. I’ve learned to control, defuse and manage.”
This September, Lynda Scheer, the current Supervisor of Gallatin, resigned her position of deputy chair of the Columbia County Board of Supervisors citing a lack of time. Arnone considers Scheer’s resignation an ’issue’ for Gallatin, in addition “to her liberal views which I don’t feel necessarily reflect her constituency.”
Arnone also thinks the town’s Highway Department could reign in the spending. He criticizes the “well-stocked Highway Department” and questions the purchase of a grader, which he guesses is used “four or five times a year.” His suggestion? “We should share services.”
Arnone also thinks the department needs to re-prioritize it’s road projects. Jackson Corners road was re-paved last year, and Arnone asks if it is “too nice. Now traffic can go 20 miles per hour faster past my house. And Ridge Road is still oil and gravel.”
On the Ockawamick purchase, Arnone was unimpressed. “To spend $1 million on a condemned building? Condemned because of the asbestos? Not a good plan.”
Arnone originally moved to Gallatin with his wife, to whom he is now divorced, and two children, Charles Beers and Alicia Arnone. He recently welcomed his first grandchild into the world.
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