Exclusive: Fossella Will Not Seek Re-Election

silive.com ^ | May 19, 2008

[Free ThinkerNY]

In a bombshell announcement that brings the curtain down on one of the most storied careers in Staten Island political history, fifth-term Republican Rep. Vito Fossella will not seek re-election this fall.

Mired in scandal after revelations about the secret daughter he fathered with Virginia divorcee Laura Fay became public, Fossella (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) tells constituents in a letter to be posted on his Web site tomorrow, and released exclusively to the Advance, that he will no longer serve them in Congress after his current term expires on Jan. 3, 2009.

"After a great deal of consideration, I have made the decision not to seek re-election to the United States House of Representatives this November," Fossella says in the statement. "This choice was an extremely difficult one, balanced between my dedication to service to our great nation and the need to concentrate on healing the wounds that I have caused to my wife and family."

The announcement comes almost three weeks after Fossella was arrested for DWI in Alexandria, Va., on May 1, and it removes one of the most recognizable faces from the Staten Island civic and political scenes.

[Navy Patriot]

Who will go extinct first, the dinosaur media or the Republican Party?

[Eagle Forgotten]

Who will go extinct first, the dinosaur media or the Republican Party?

And which will be missed less?

[kenmcg]

Of course he's a pubbie and he's out. But he and the girl friend did not get an abortion and chose life...good for them. We have a Gov. in NY (a RAT) who's been sleeping all over the universe with different women, but there's no call for his resignation. House RAT Jefferson from LA. is still in the House after the FEDS found 100k in his ice box, no chance he'll resign. Clinton didn't resign after the Lewinsky affair.All double standanrd.

[hripka]

[Green52]

Fossella is the 30th Republican to announce they would not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Another one bites the dust Another one bites the dust And another one gone, and another one gone Another one bites the dust Hey, Im gonna get you too Another one bites the dust.