Poughkeepsie, NY – March 8, 2011 “Led by County Executive Bill Steinhaus, twenty years of Republican irresponsibility has left Dutchess with fiscal time bombs such as the Resource Recovery Agency that are burning through taxpayer money year after year. Molinaro showed in Tivoli that he lacks the financial skills and real world experience to...
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 Tuesday 6/28 is Dan French’s 30th Birthday Party!   6:00 pm to 8:00 pm  River Station One North Water Street Poughkeepsie    For donations or more information contact (646) 845-7337 or Kimberly@Peeler-Allen.com Interested parties are also invited to a short Press Conference  immediately before the event starts at Waryas Park at 5:30.   State Senator David Carlucci...
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For Immediate Release Democrats Reject Dutchess County Budget “The Democratic caucus could not responsibly support a budget that cuts vital resources to county residents, many of which encourage employment & job growth while reducing social service costs, both now and down the road. Our proposed increases in expenditures were all offset, either with reimbursements,...
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For Immediate Release Republicans Repeal Independent Redistricting, Refuse to Hear Public Comment Before 1:30 AM At 1:45 AM, well after most of the public had left and gone to bed, Republican legislators motioned and voted to add an agenda item repealing Dutchess County’s Independent Redistricting Law. This item had been tabled in the Government...
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By Kathy Kinsella The New York Congressional Delegation will most likely lose one seat in upcoming redistricting, possibly two, due to changing population trends reported in the 2010 Census. This reduction would take effect 2013 and would bring the NY delegation to its lowest number since 1810. New York State currently has 29 House...
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By Bill McCabe Election results are in (mostly), the American people have spoken, and life goes on. Congress has resumed its business and must address some urgent and serious issues that had been put off because of the elections — including the arms control treaty with Russia, an extension of unemployment benefits, and, of...
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By Bill McCabe When a lie is repeated often enough, people will begin to believe it. And, as Mark Twain observed, the bigger the lie, the easier it is to get away with it. Combine the power of money and the willingness to distort, and the result is a threat to democracy. Recent political...
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The head of a Democratic club and a Dutchess County volunteer firefighter have joined forces to file a Legislative Ethics Complaint against incumbent GOP 41st SD State Sen. Steve Saland, saying public property was used to promote Saland’s re-election bid and local fire authorities were muscled into doing so with a “friendly” reminder about...
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STATE SENATE DISTRICT 40 IN WESTCHESTER, PUTNAM AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES This is a rare open seat to replace Senator Vincent Leibell, a Republican who is retiring. Michael Kaplowitz, a Democratic legislator in Westchester County, has promising ideas about property tax relief for seniors, pension reform for unions and cutting Albany sleaze. His Republican opponent,...
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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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