With a federal corruption investigation targeting the mayor and deputy mayor, Trustee Joseph Gross has joined the growing list of people running for mayor.
Gross said Wednesday that he hopes to right the financial and ethical ship that has gone awry under Mayor Noramie Jasmin’s first four-year term in office. The election is in November, preceded by a Democratic Party primary in September.
Gross declined to comment directly on Jasmin and Deputy Mayor Joseph Desmaret being charged with mail fraud in a bribery scheme.
“I am staying silent on the issue of whether they should step down,” Gross said. “I don’t act on allegations. We will have to be patient. For now, it looks like I am a candidate for mayor.”
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Actions say more than words.
Gross is already planning to run for mayor in Spring Valley for at least nine months. That is for how long I know about it.
He actually wasn’t planning to announce it yet, but it came out at a village meeting on tuesday night where he was asked about it.