Trash plant controversy becomes an issue in council race
Political opponents talking trash
Political campaigns are often full of trash talk, but in one Brooklyn City Council race, it’s literally true.
The controversy over the city’s plans to build a trash compacting plant on the Gravesend waterfront has suddenly become a hot button issue in the race between Democratic incumbent Vincent Gentile and his Republican-Conservative challenger John Quaglione in the 43rd Council District (Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst).
Both men are opposed to the construction of the plant and both spoke at a protest rally organized by Assemblyman Bill Colton (Gravesend-Bensonhurst) on Sunday.