Dave Kerpen
Dave Kerpen is running for Supervisor, Town of North Hempstead
BACKGROUND
- Dave Kerpen, 48, is a registered Democrat running on the Democratic line. He is an entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies, including one that he says sold for eight figures.
- He was a Port Washington School District Board of Education trustee from 2017-2020, and he was a math teacher at public schools in Brooklyn and Queens from 2007-10.
- Kerpen received a bachelor's degree from Boston University with a double major in psychology and elementary education.
 
ISSUES
- Kerpen wants to cut waste and lower taxes, and eventually eliminate taxes altogether.
- He said he wants to fix the town's long-maligned buildings department by making the permitting process more efficient.
- Kerpen says he is passionate about beautifying the town's parks, and turning the area around North Hempstead Beach Park into a revenue center with cafes, restaurants and a minor league baseball team.
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