Wednesday, October 13, 2010

District 19 Senator Idamae Garrott

Prior to Mike Lenett’s election, District 19 had only three Senators over 28 years: Sid Kramer (1979-1986), Idamae Garrott (1987-1994) and Len Teitelbaum (1995-2006). Kramer was the best known since he became County Executive and Teitelbaum served the longest with three terms, but Garrott achieved a stature that bordered on iconic. Gazette columnist Josh Kurtz wrote after her passing in 1999, “