Father Paul Angelicchio looked over the crowd in his school's cafeteria and saw harmony. "Here there’s no politics," Angelicchio said of the Our Lady of Pompei annual Election Day Spaghetti Supper that has drawn politicians from both sides of the aisle for 60 years. “Anybody who's anybody in politics comes through here throughout the day,” he said.
“Why does Obama not pray anymore?" Jacques Zenner, a popular Conservative who has run for Syracuse Mayor and the State Assembly joked with County Legislator David Stott (D-Liverpool). "Because he can’t read the teleprompter with his eyes closed!” Stott, who is up for re-election, and Zenner shared a laugh.
Across the room Heather Dougherty and her four year-old daughter Allison, in campaign t-shirts, smiled and socialized at their first Spaghetti Supper. They were there to support their husband/father Republican John Dougherty who was running for the County Legislature for the first time, Heather Dougherty said.
Onondaga Town Supervisor Tom Andino’s son Matt also came out for his first Spaghetti Supper to support his dad. The 25 year-old teacher chatted with his father’s colleagues until his father joked, “he’s not the one running!”
In the back, Joe Zella, of North Syracuse celebrated his 60th Spaghetti Supper selling pull-tabs to fundraise for the parish. “[Politicians] are all buying them but not one has been lucky yet," Zella said. "They’re saving [their luck].”
An Italian duo sang out over the chatter of the cramped cafeteria lined with politicians. Tonight some would celebrate while others were consoled, but this noon they talked and laughed and ate spaghetti.
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