Jean Cataldo has worked as the receiver of taxes for 12 years. She originally ran a close but unsuccessful race for town clerk in 1999, against the Republican incumbent.

GUILDERLAND — Jason Wright, a Republican who currently works for the Albany County Board of Elections, and formerly worked for the Schenectady Boys and Girls Club, will challenge Democrat Jean Cataldo, the current receiver of taxes, for the position of town clerk.

Both posts carry four-year terms for the full-time jobs. Both will pay $55,518 annually according to the 2014 budget proposal. 

Richard Sherwood, a Democrat, is making a run for town judge, after having served as the town attorney for 14 years and the prosecutor in town court for six years.
He has been an attorney since 1986, and in the past, clerked for a United States Supreme Court judge.

Republican Christopher Aldrich ran for town justice four years ago, against Denise Randall, and was not successful.
He said he decided to run again because of the third judge spot.

“There are no incumbents for that position,” he said, giving him a better chance.

Denise Randall, the Democratic incumbent up for re-election, said Stephen DeNigris’s assertions “betray a lack of understanding of what the job entails.”
Randall owns her own law practice in Guilderland, and said she has reduced her hours there in order to fulfill her obligations to the town court.

Stephen DeNigris, a Democrat running on the Republican ticket, said he doesn’t believe that the court crowding can be solely attributed to the fact that there are currently only two town justices.
“To simply believe just hiring a third judge will solve the problem is unacceptable,” he said.

In the past, just one slot for town judge has been open, but this year two are up for election. The third post is already filled by Democrat John Bailey, whose term runs for another two years.

Some readers are going to smile when they hear what I am about to say. Not because it is humorous, but because either they have been in the same situation or they know someone else who has been there. The thought never really entered my mind until a recent visit to see my sister in North Carolina.