Camadine bid sets up challenge at GOP caucus
Former lawmaker, incumbent John Coyne to seek party’s nomination
The Daily Mail
June 24, 2009

CAIRO — Former Greene County lawmaker Michael Camadine hopes to be the next Cairo town supervisor.

Camadine said recently that he is tired of the way the Town of Cairo has been managed.

“I am frustrated like everyone else is,” he said.

He said he sees a level of mistrust between Cairo’s officials and its residents, which he blames on a lack of clear directions.

“No one knows where the town is going,” he said.

Camadine said he can facilitate dialog toward establishing a directive for the town and can provide the common-sense leadership he said Cairo needs.

Camadine represented Cairo in the county Legislature between 2004 and 2006. During his term, Camadine worked to have the Sleepy Hollow development placed back on the taxrolls. And, he was involved in the development of the Columbia-Greene Community College multi-purpose business building, which, he said, was designed and constructed in a cost-effective way.

Camadine said his more than 30 years managing within the Burger King corporation will help him problem solve and work through the challenging decisions he could face as Cairo’s Supervisor.

He supports small-scale development in Cairo that would fit in with the town’s history and character. For example, he hopes to revitalize Main Street through the establishment of an economic development agency but wants to keep major development out of town and along the Route 9w corridor.

Camadine believes the Supervisor should be beholden to his citizenry. A Supervisor should be able to devise solutions to problems before residents demand action, he said.

“Good leadership prevents problems bad leadership reacts to problems,” he said.

In the past, Camadine has run for Cairo Trustee and County Clerk. He launched an exploratory campaign to represent the 127th Assembly District in the state Legislature.

Camadine said that Cairo residents should have a choice of Republican Party candidates for Supervisor. Camadine, who is a Conservative, hopes he will be able to win the Republican Party nomination at the party caucus Thursday evening.

To do so, however, he will have to challenge incumbent Republican Supervisor John Coyne, who has also announced his intention to run for re-election.