Westchester residents had been expressing their displeasure with the status quo for months as they read story after story about what they perceived as gross fiscal mismanagement, especially in light of municipal salaries data that revealed generous salaries and benefits for many civil servants.
Well, Tuesday they got their chance to express their ire a little more concretely—and County Executive Andrew Spano found himself out of a job come January as a result.
Here is what some of you had to say about Republican challenger Rob Astorino’s win in the county executive race, the results of which came as a surprise to many who assumed that incumbency would cushion Spano from the ire of voters as it had in previous elections:

Surprise? Not for me. I could not wait to get in that booth and vote him out!

Thank you, voters, for waking up and doing what should have been done years ago.

Astorino will not be able to lower our taxes in any significant way, as the county portion of our tax bill is small. School districts are responsible for most of the taxes. I voted for Astorino anyway. … What Astorino giveth, the local school districts taketh away.

As a new voter in the county, reading this newspaper’s coverage of Mr. Spano’s private security detail expenses was shocking enough to never vote for the man. Now, I expect to be reading in this same newspaper, by February, how Astorino has reduced budgets by 70 percent or more across the board. If not, I won’t be flipping his dilly switch in the booth come next election.

Great job everyone! Let’s keep it going, let’s vote ALL incumbents out and try some fresh faces. The madness has gone way out of control. Glad people finally stopped voting down party lines. Now let’s get the message out to the school boards, that’s where the real taxes are. No more using kids as an excuse to accept high taxes.