The town of Tinton Falls, N.J., has reelected 97-year-old Vito Perillo to his second, four-year term as its mayor.
“Thank you to my fellow residents for trusting me to lead Tinton Falls forward for the next four years. You may know that I am not a politician, but today I stopped to think about why people might vote for me. Maybe it’s because I’m a WWII veteran, or an ‘old guy’ (hopefully not), or maybe it’s because you read my flyer highlighting our accomplishments over the last 4 years,” Perillo wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday.
“My hope, however, is that it’s because you see that I care about our town and the people who live in it above anything else. I promise to do my best everyday to ensure every member of our community can be proud to live in Tinton Falls!,” Perillo continued.
Perillo, a World War II veteran and an electrical engineer for the Department of Defense, beat out three contenders in the nonpartisan election on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post.
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Which party is he affiliated with? Republican, democrat, green, workers, etc…? This article leaves that out.
Who cares about his party? We must respect elders, respect elected officials, and certainly respect a 97-yr-old who has just been reelected for a 4-year term.
It says explicitly that the election is non partisan. In certain towns in New Jersey the municipal candidates are not allowed to be affiliated with any party.
He isn’t affiliated with any party.
Although he had briefly been a Republican he is an independent. In Tinton Falls candidates for mayor do not run on party line tickets
Read it again, slowly this time.
The election was NON-PARTISAN
Not only is he affiliated with the Republican Party, he is one of the founders of the Republican Party along with Abraham Lincoln and some of his other school buddies.