“After serving the past two years on the City Council with both Peter Cammarano and Dawn Zimmer, it’s very clear to me that Peter is far more qualified, more professional and much better prepared to be our next mayor,” says Ramos. “I am very proud to endorse Peter and I will be working very hard to help him win this election.”

Ramos says he is breaking his previously neutral stance because the election is so important and the difference between the two candidates is so striking. “Peter is clearly the more competent candidate. He has a much better grasp of the issues and he is much more decisive. Zimmer has a real problem making decisions. Her abstention on this year’s city budget w as just baffling. This budget was prepared by the state, not the mayor. As a Council Member, you must vote yes or no. You can’t abstain, it’s just indefensible.”

Zimmer’s decision to attack Cammarano in a newspaper ad this weekend prompted Ramos to announce his endorsement today. “Zimmer is going negative instead of sticking to the issues and it seems pretty desperate to me. For her to question Peter’s leadership ability is just foolish.”