Jon Elsen is Editor-in-Chief and Co-Publisher of The Rye Record. He previously was an editor at The New York Times and New York Post, and a strategic communications advisor.
Leaders of the donor group, Let the Kids Play, made clear in emails that they wanted to assert influence over the city’s Republican party – and the two Republican City Council members -- to win support for artificial turf.
The council, before the most recent election, was run without proper consideration of public opinion or the opinions of all council members. On top of all that, the council was downright uncivil.
