Theresa Kiernan, Receiver of Taxes, Town of Southampton

REPUBLICAN

Kiernan, 51, is running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence party lines. Elected tax receiver in 2007, Kiernan is seeking her fourth four-year term.

ISSUES:

• Kiernan said she has been able to cut costs by reducing staff and using technological advances to make her office run more efficiently.
• Since she started in 2007, Kiernan said the budget for her office has increased only 5% to date, which she said indicated her office was “doing a good job in terms of efficiency.”
• If re-elected, Kiernan wants to continue to focus on efficiency and cost savings for her office.