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Southampton Town Trustee President Scott Horowitz TOM GOGOLA
Scott Horowitz is a high-energy, compact and burly human fireplug who will remind you at every available twist in the creek that the Southampton Town Trustees matter — and that he’ll continue to fight on behalf of water quality and equitable access to the residents of the Town of Southampton under the Trustee charter that dates back to the same year of the Edict of Fontainebleu.
Horowitz hasn’t been around that long — he’s been a civil servant only since 2009.
Legacy matters, he said, as do the bottomlands under the Trustees’ jurisdiction since 1686.
He’s become a grandfather since elected to the Trustees 14 years ago, and said he’s worked hard to put the Trustees on a solid fiscal footing.
It’s an interesting election year for the board, he said, “a unique time in history with three open seats” as he described the Trustee job as “a very misunderstood job in town,” stressing a need for “institutional knowledge and mentoring of the new Trustees,” which he pledged to do if reelected on the Republican line. “They’ll need help from seasoned vets like myself.”
Horowitz stresses his “long history of community and public service, and my skill set and energy and knowledge is needed now more than ever,” as he pledged to guide the board “through choppy waters.
“That’s why I’m running. I hope the voters see that — hope they see the need. I believe I have a very strong track record,” he said, when it comes to executing the Trustees’ mission.
“It’s no secret,” said the outgoing and impassioned candidate. “I couldn’t sneak up on a bed of oysters.”
