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News That Matters – May 12, 2010

Do we ask doctors and auto mechanics and cops and educators and store clerks to pay a “fee” to work in the county? Does the county require gas station attendants to carry personal business insurance? Does the county require your vet to use e-Verify? No, so why just blue-collar workers who are mostly self-employed and struggling through this economic recession? What is it about the people who form the backbone of our economy the County Legislature doesn’t like? . . . → Read More: News That Matters – May 12, 2010

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News That Matters – May 5, 2010

Since 2001 there have been 858 fires and explosions, 69 deaths and 1349 injuries on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico – alone. Millions of gallons of oil have been spilled making the Gulf one of the most polluted seas on the planet and yet, Republicans are still pushing for more drilling and exploration along US coasts. Can you believe that? Why not spend that time and effort on conservation and alternative energy? Haven’t we done enough damage to our environment with oil and coal? . . . → Read More: News That Matters – May 5, 2010

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Breaking News – Who is paying the taxes at Tilly Foster?

Good Monday Afternoon,

Who is paying the $19,500 owed in property taxes at Tilly Foster Farm?

That’s a good question which Legislator Dan Birmingham would like an answer to.

In a three page memo dated today, Legislator Birmingham asks County Executive Bondi this very question and lays out the properties that are taxable and . . . → Read More: Breaking News – Who is paying the taxes at Tilly Foster?

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News That Matters – October 16, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

Good Friday Morning,

The weather report was something along the lines of gusty windy, driving rains, falling trees and power lines. Instead, it has gently snowed and snowed enough that I was throwing snowballs last night. It’s still snowing outside this morning.

The Town Board in Kent, in its tentative budget, proposes to give . . . → Read More: News That Matters – October 16, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

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News That Matters – August 21, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

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Good Friday Morning,

The League of Women Voters hosted a candidate’s forum in Kent last evening at which I was on the panel and all I can say is that it was one of the scariest things I’ve ever done. It’s not the same . . . → Read More: News That Matters – August 21, 2009 – Things To Do Edition

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News That Matters – July 20, 2009 – 9th Anniversary Edition

PlanPutnam: Now in our tenth year!

“I think society puts young people in a box — people 15, 16, 17 — and does not expect them to do much but go to high school and play football and stuff like that. This just shows they can do a lot more with some strong ambition . . . → Read More: News That Matters – July 20, 2009 – 9th Anniversary Edition

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County exec’s cattle-boarding arrangement prompts flap on Tilly Foster lease | The Journal News

County exec’s cattle-boarding arrangement prompts flap on Tilly Foster lease Susan Elan selan@LoHud.com

While Putnam officials negotiated a 40-year, no-rent contract with Kent gentleman farmer George Whipple to run a county-owned farm in Southeast, some of Whipple’s cattle grazed at County Executive Robert Bondi’s 348-acre farm in western New York.

The boarding agreement . . . → Read More: County exec’s cattle-boarding arrangement prompts flap on Tilly Foster lease | The Journal News

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