*Media Release* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 20, 2015 COUNTY EXECUTIVE SHOULD REIMBURSE TAXPAYERS $22,000 FOR MISUSE OF PUBLIC FUNDS — POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Democratic officials are demanding County Executive Marc Molinaro refund the nearly $22,000 of taxpayer money he used on a county-wide mailer advertising his November Tele-Town Hall Forum. “We discovered after the fact […]
Hours after Dutchess County Legislature Chairman Rob Rolison received the Republican endorsement, the New York Republican State Committee sent robocalls and mailers to the residents of Dutchess County blaming Sen. Terry Gipson for the energy tax. This awful tax was part of the 2014 budget, written by Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro and shepherded through […]
On April 8, the Dutchess County Legislature passed the 2013 Dutchess County Local Solid Waste Management Plan. All 17 Republican legislators voted for this plan while seven Democrats plus one Conservative voted against its implementation. The plan offers decreasing solid waste generation, increasing reuse and recycling, and minimizing the use of landfills for solid waste […]
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 Saturday…. […]
One of the things that concern me the most is the disregard for using proper procedures and following our own local laws. The Republican majority has 18 votes and can put in place anything they want; I cannot understand why they are not willing to do so by honoring our rules and laws.