Edward R. Wehrheim

BACKGROUND

• Wehrheim, 76, of Smithtown, is competing in the Republican primary in the Smithtown supervisor's race. He is seeking his fourth term as supervisor. 
• He served on the town board for 12 years and worked in Smithtown's Parks, Building and Grounds Department from 1971 to 2003. He led the department from 1989 to 2003.
• Wehrheim, Navy veteran, served in Vietnam. He is a Kings Park High School graduate.

ISSUES

• Wehrheim said that during his tenure in office, his administration has invested in town parks and steadily improved the town’s bond rating and overall financial condition.
• He said that if reelected, he wants to focus on upgrades to the town’s parks, major renovation work to town-owned buildings and offices, improving the town’s senior center, and placing cameras in all of the town’s drainage systems to alert the town so they can prevent flooding on town roads.
• On development, Wehrheim said areas such as downtown Kings Park have been “depressed” for years, and that he want to bolster the area’s housing supply as a way to revitalize the downtown corridor.