Posted on 02/24/2025 7:00:14 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
The oldest mayor in the United States died on Saturday night at the age of 100 while serving his second term in New Jersey.
Tinton Falls Mayor Vito Perillo, born in 1924, served in the US Navy alongside his brother during World War II and worked as a civil engineer through his retirement. Still, he didn’t let age deter him from trying new things — including running for mayor.
In 2017, he was elected mayor of Tinton Falls in Monmouth County, NJ at the age of 93.
His campaign was fueled by a vigor that made it almost impossible to believe the candidate was nearly a centenarian. He went door-to-door handing out thousands of flyers and walked so much during his time that he apparently wore through two pairs of shoes, according to a Tinton Falls spotlight on the late mayor.
He beat out the incumbent mayor Gerald Turning by just over 300 votes. He was re-elected for a second term in 2021 at age 97, but quickly squashed rumors about a three-peat as he turned 100 in September — when he announced he would not be running again.
“They tell me I’m the oldest mayor in the country,” Perillo told NJ.com after he was re-elected. “I’m feeling pretty good, and I think everybody in the borough feels good, too. They were all happy for me this morning.”
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Good for him. I hope he was a standup guy as a mayor.
I am guessing Vito Perillo was elected on his last name’s association with Paul Perillo who ran travel advts in the New York market for 1,000s of years.
What the heck is wrong with people?
What an amazing diet he had - sardines in olive oil, red wine, and bread. Lots of coffee and an espresso every morning.
WHAT IS THE MATTER?
IF HE WAS STILL VIBRANT & ALERT-—2 THINGS NEITHER BIDEN OR HARRIS CAN CLAIM -—ONE HE WAS DOING A GOOD JOB-—SO WHAT?
I know a lady who is 90 & STILL WORKS every day. She does accounting & TAX PREPARATION-—and she runs a horse boarding stable. Had hip surgery a few years back, but still very alert & vibrant.
NOT everyone is the same ‘DONE at 60” version.
I am 85 & I was doing Accounting until 2022—when MY last bookkeeping client retired-—he was 84 then. I still do all my own books & take care of a small horse ranch.
Fear not it’s New Jersey they can still use his headstone to hold office.
God Bless
Sadly, Vito left behind fewer friends than a Hezbollah leader. 😥
He can still vote Democrat, though.
Monmouth County is a pretty Republican area and Tinton Falls used to the location of a part of Fort Monmouth which closed around 2011.
I’ll bet he was a friend of Bob Grant.
Well, that’s one way municipalities can save on pension costs for elected leaders
Wonder why
They still finding bodies in New Jersey?.
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