Melissa A. McCardle

DEMOCRATIC

McCardle, 45, is running on the Democratic and Working Families party lines. She is seeking her first four-year term as a council member.

ISSUES:

• McCardle said she would focus on fixing the town’s finances by eliminating wasteful spending, reducing the debt and closely monitoring how money is spent.
• She said she’d push to fix roads and would consider creating a way to let residents upload their complaints about potholes and other needed repairs to a website monitored by town employees.
• She wants to safeguard the town’s water, overseeing the cleanup of the Bethpage plume and working with residents who have seen their water rates rise under New York American Water.