Letters

Longtime Westhampton Beach resident Mark Bernardo is running for Southampton Town clerk in the November election.

Mark has managed complex teams and large budgets during a highly successful career in television design and production with all three major networks, starting with the original “Saturday Night Live.” He has won three Emmys and a Peabody Award, the last for his contribution to ABC News’s coverage of Superstorm Sandy.

He has designed and consulted on advertising campaigns for Fortune 500 companies and staffed projects with million-dollar budgets as a creative director.

This pursuit of excellence and sense of service carries over into local matters, where Mark is a member of the Westhampton Beach Rotary and an active volunteer at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. Keenly aware of the need for citizens to have a good experience in dealing with town government, he plans information and services to improve their contact significantly.

The town clerk’s office will benefit from fresh thinking and a new approach, if only to maximize advances in technology that have been achieved over the last two decades. Also, the slant on interactions and procedures that comes from Mark’s experience working with major companies on large projects is clearly different, and likely more useful, than a narrowly focused view of the office’s mission.

Mark Bernardo says: “If the voters choose me to serve as their Southampton Town clerk, I pledge to make their experience effective, accessible and easier, both online and in person.”

Vote for Mark Bernardo for town clerk on November 4, along with Maria Moore for supervisor and Tom Neely for Town Council.

George Lynch

Quiogue

Lynch is the communications chair for the Southampton Democratic Committee — Ed.