Politics & Government
Election 2011: Brad Bender, Town Council Candidate
Former Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association president wants to join the town board.
Independence Party member and Northampton resident Bradley B. Bender, 50, better known as Brad Bender, is a building contractor and past president of the Flanders, Riverside and Northampton Community Association seeking a Southampton Town Council seat.
Bender is a graduate of Beloit Memorial High School, Wisconsin, and Suffolk County Community College. He also graduated from the Suffolk County Police Academy.
He is a small business owner, specializing in renovation, storage solutions and interior trim and millwork.
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In addition to two years as the president of FRNCA, Bender spent two years each as the vice president and a board member. He was appointed to Southampton Town's Affirmative Action Task Force, serving as chairman, and the Riverside Economic Development Committee.
He is a member of the Southampton Rose Society, American Rose Society and the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons. He volunteers with Honor Flight Long Island.
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His name will appear on the Independence, Democratic and Working Families lines.
Bender in his own words:I’m running for Southampton Town Board to bring balance, transparency and open government back to the people of Southampton. To provide quality services to our residents in a timely and efficient manner and support budgets that streamline and make government more efficient while eliminating debt.
As a community leader I found that our residents felt they were not being well served at the Town level. Through my involvement attending other Civic and CAC meetings that was also the consensus in communities throughout the town. I then made a commitment over a year ago to run for Town Board and to be job ready on day one, by being connected to all our communities and attending regularly Town Board meetings. I’ve kept that commitment and I have done the homework and I do know the issues and concerns of our taxpayers. As your full-time Councilman it will be my pleasure to serve.
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