Koon Makes It Official — He’s Not Running For Senate
David Koon made it official this morning. He’s committed to a life of mediocrity — he’s going to try to stay on as the junior member of the Rochester Assembly majority delegation. According to lowhud.com Koon made it official this morning:
Koon was initially thought to be a tough challenger to Alesi as Democrats seek to win the majority in the state Senate for the first time since 1965. Koon has won re-election in an Assembly seat in the eastern Monroe County suburbs that has a Republican majority.
But Koon said today that he will take a pass.
“I’m going to stay where I am,” he said. “I still have a lot of work to do that I can do in the Assembly. I just want to do a lot more work for Monroe County.”
Actually, Koon helping keep the Senate Republican is probably the best think he could could do for Monroe County — New York State for that matter.
I’m getting the feeling that the local media knew Koon’s candidacy was a joke from the beginning. I haven’t seen this reported locally yet. Again, good job on the timing of the announcement — the day they finally pass the state budget. Actually it’s probably great for Koon — it will lessen the embarrassment.
We will never know the truth of why Koon backed out. Was it his goof-ball son? Did Spitzer and company promise him a job if he ran and served for a short time? Did Democrats see him for the paper tiger he is? We reported in January that he only had $15,000 in his campaign account — hardly enough to run for Town Board let alone state senate.
Rumors are that former East Rochester Mayor David Bonnacci is trying to line up support for a possible run against the elder Koon. After everything that has happened, it will be interesting to watch what promises to be an interesting race for the 135th this fall.
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Could someone please tell me what David Koon has done?
his wikipedia entry has something about Toxic Substances in 1996 and thats all.
He has been in a majority body for 12 years and has accomplished nothing. Maybe he should find a small town and run for mayor.