Good Friday Morning, Quick Poll Results: In this unscientific poll with a margin of error exceeding 130%, we asked who your preference would be for County Executive. The names that appeared were either those who have been talked about or came in via your nominations and each voter saw them in a random order. Here are...
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I understand that part of the reason for all this is that if I take money from you up-front and then walk away from the job you have a place to go (my bond which the county holds.) But along with that I have to pay the county a $250 fee every two years,...
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State Republicans are making a lot of noise blaming the Governor for everything from eczema to halitosis but they've not offered anything substantive as regards to cutting state spending. And why should they? If they can force the Governor to cut popular programs they can blame him for the loss of services. In other...
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Good Wednesday Morning, There’s a lot here this morning so refill the coffee cup and make yourselves comfortable: Several young friends of mine are either currently serving in the Marines or have recently left the service, including one who stayed here at my place for awhile getting his head straightened out a few years back. I’m...
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“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon.” – George Aiken Good Monday Morning, Another stellar weekend is behind us now and I’m hoping everyone had a good a time as I did. For...
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“I am not the Grinch, but parchments from 1814 and Twinkies don’t mix,” - Putnam County Clerk Denis Sant Good Monday Morning, We had a tiny bit of snow yesterday and in response to that first visual blast of winter, highway crews across the county emptied the oceans of salt and left it in mounds...
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