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[email protected] SIXTY CENTS Andrew Skibitsky Takes Reigns As Mayor From Greg McDermott By MICHAEL POLLACK ber of the staff. My love and admiration here as friends and looked beside it.” Specially Written for The Westfield Leader for you are endless,” Mayor McDermott Speaking on election night Novem- WESTFIELD — Mayor Greg said. “To my four children, thanks for ber 2004 when the two were support- McDermott resigned this Tuesday, keeping up your end of the bargain. I ive of the defeated parking deck pro- after close to eight years as a Westfield know you are in the eye of the public, posal, Councilman Goldman said, public servant. Mayor McDermott and you made us proud.” “We almost became kindred spirits.” ended his tenure prematurely and is “All of us have dreams. I am one of First Ward Councilman Peter moving to Bernardsville, necessitat- the fortunate people to fulfill the Echausse, who wiped away tears as he ing his resignation prior to the end of dream. And it is the powerful sense of finished his speech, said he was “blessed his term on December 31, 2005. honor I still feel from when I first to know” the former mayor. “I wouldn’t Following the mayor’s resignation came on here. I’ve been blessed to be on the dais if it wasn’t for you.