Dutchess County voters will be using new voting machines this year at both the primary on September 14th and the General Election on November 2nd. Watch this video from the Dutchess County BOE for a quick look at what you’ll be doing when you get to your polling place this year. You can also...
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By Bill McCabe — As published in The Hudson Valley News It used to be the law in our country that strict limits were put on the amounts that corporations and unions could contribute to political campaigns. The federal law that limited those contributions and required disclosure was a bi-partisan effort co-sponsored by Democratic...
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Democratic County Legislators announcing that they are seeking to join the lawsuit against the MTA’s unfair payroll tax. They were joined by Alyssa Kogon, candidate for NYS Assembly, Elisa Sumner, and Ron Diaz. Click thru for photos.
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By Bill McCabe — As published in Hudson Valley News During the six years that I served in the Dutchess County Legislature, I consistently supported efforts to require the testing of private wells at the time of transfer of property. Such a county law would give some degree of consumer protection to homeowners with...
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Dutchess County Legislator Alison MacAvery thinks the County Exec should have better things to do: Dutchess County Legislator Alison MacAvery of Fishkill Saturday criticized County Executive William Steinhaus for telling Sheriff Adrian Anderson not to use taxpayer funded deputies to provide police coverage for Chelsea Clinton’s wedding expected to be held in Rhinebeck next...
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