From Nino.

Anthony Nicholas Sylvester November 3 at 10:04pm Reply
Laura and I would like to extend our deepest appreciation to all of you who have extended your thoughts and prayers to us over this campaign. Obviously, we had hoped for a better outcome, however, such was not the case. I could pepper you with dozens of cliches, most of which I heard tonight - and all of which I know are true in faith. I will resist the urge as best I can to disect play by play a campaign that could have taken a different route, the most powerful one being things that I could have done differently. If I disappointed anyone in my efforts, please know that I learned politics on the fly and am sorry if I have let you down. For now, I have an office staff that I will need to tend to and would ask that you keep them in your prayers as well. God bless you, and thank you.- Anthony N. "Nino" Sylvester

he was in the progress index blaming everyone but himself for his loss. nice try.

if he let anyone down it was the city of hopewell in the job that he done the last 9 years.

Hey,look. It's over.Let's not be petty, and kick when someones down. Let us all get to the job of fixing up this city!

This is what happens when you run on a sense of entitlement rather than on your accomplishments. This gentleman had no accomplishments to run on. In 9 years, NOTHING he can be proud of or say he did.
He lost in EVERY precinct!

CPWHG you are correct and the better person won. I hope these two men can work together to make a smooth transition. the city needs to start getting on the right tract.

A nice statement. I did not vote for him but wish him luck away from the ugly world of Hopewell politics.

Well...everyone wanted change...you are going to get it. Last year at this time, change was the chant. Look what happened last night. We will be watching Mr. Newman. By his casmpaign platform.,Hopewell should be the safest place to live when he gets into office. . We all hope that it wasn't all talk. Stay tuned. All eyes zre on him.

well even after losing and trying to make a positive post here NINOS still playing the BLAME GAME (article progress index) when city management didnt back the fine police officers of this city from your finger pointing,WHY do you think they would back you NINO ?

Hopewell will be safe now from all Nino's worthless family that can shoot an unarmed man and call it self defense and never even been questioned about the shooting because it was"self Defense" even though the victim had NO WEAPON of any sort on him!!! MAybe charges will sault now

Legal Eagle 88 wrote:

Hopewell will be safe now from all Nino's worthless family that can shoot an unarmed man and call it self defense and never even been questioned about the shooting because it was"self Defense" even though the victim had NO WEAPON of any sort on him!!! MAybe charges will sault now

legal eagle 88; go have another drink and let it go

some people just post forums for know reason .. I guess life is boring for some..it might be a good thing wawa story never went to far, for the benefit of all parties involved

I don't drink moron! Go puff on another stem!

hahaha wrote:

he was in the progress index blaming everyone but himself for his loss. nice try.
if he let anyone down it was the city of hopewell in the job that he done the last 9 years.

That is absolutely correct.

Mr. Sylvester,

I hope you will (or have already) done the right thing and called to congratulate your opponent. No matter how you feel about the campaign, or how badly you feel about your loss of the election, it is the professional, right, and moral thing to do. Mr. Newman gave blood, sweat and tears to this campaign just as you did. You never had to run against anyone before. Finally you had to face a proper campaign and a worthy opponent. Be gentleman enough to give him his due.

I think the best thing you can do for yourself at this point is concede, swallow some humble pie (all of us real humans have to do it occasionally) and consider how this experience can better you as a person. I think many people felt that you tried to project one image about yourself, when many of us unfortunately have seen what we consider to be your "real" side. If you want people to believe in you, you can't continue to go after whoever you seem to think is some sort of threat to you with such a horrible vengeance. You have hurt so many people, and it has finally caught up with you. Can this experience possibly help you to realize you need to try to be a better person (not just SAY you are a religious or righteous person, but actually practice what you preach in all areas of your life)?

Hopefully I speak for most in saying that no one wishes you or your family ill, although in all fairness you have set out to ruin more than your fair share of other people without the least regard to them or their families. I'm not talking about criminals; I'm talking about law-abiding fellow Hopewell citizens you perceived as a threat and sought to destroy. Folks can be forgiving if you put it out there that you're willing to change.

very well spoken (a New Day) I hope all of Hopewell can better from this election, in more ways than one. I hope the sylvester family understands the police officers he has bashed put their lives on the line everyday.They are here to protect and serve everyone including the Sylvester family.

Congrats to Rick Newman! Finally Hopewell is taking a step in the right direction and cleaning out the deadwood. I hope Rick finishes the cleanup and takes a close look at the office staff over there. I remember reading about that secretary that cussed out the receptionist and another secretary that leaked case files to criminals. I don’t know if it’s true but if it is then get those types of people out of there! Let some honest, professional people work in that office for a change!

Very Pleased wrote:

Congrats to Rick Newman! Finally Hopewell is taking a step in the right direction and cleaning out the deadwood. I hope Rick finishes the cleanup and takes a close look at the office staff over there. I remember reading about that secretary that cussed out the receptionist and another secretary that leaked case files to criminals. I don’t know if it’s true but if it is then get those types of people out of there! Let some honest, professional people work in that office for a change!

Is Newman capable of prosecuting a criminal case? Honest? How do you know he is honest? He is still an unknown in town.

Ninos history is known and it stinks. we HAVE TO START somewhere Mr. Newman has a good reputation.

Why didn't anyone run against Greg Anderson? He needed to be removed also!!

Legal Eagle 88: If you know so much why don't you run?