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Category Archives: Town election
Whose lawsuit is it?
The Land Master lawsuit, and subsequent $561,000 in fees, has become a hot potato this election season.
The lawsuit has a long history, spanning the service three supervisors and eight different board members. The comprehensive plan challenged was developed under Al Valk and his board then adopted by Susan Cockburn and the first board members with [...]
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Get informed: Montgomery candidate bios
Find out more about your local candidates and look up your polling place at our town election page.
Republicans outspending Dems in campaign
Republican-backed candidates have outspent and raised more than Democratic candidates for the Town of Montgomery supervisor and board seats. Thus far, Republican candidates have reported raising $17,600 to the Democrats $10,152.
The town Republican committee, which is backing candidates including Supervisor Mike Hayes, and Cindy Voss and Sherry Melick for town board, has spent almost $7,300 [...]
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Town debate details released
Word around the Village of Walden Thursday was that Democrat and Republican representatives had a heated discussion at the Walden Diner about the details of Friday’s debate.
After all was hashed out, here’s the format:
- During the debate as many questions that can fit in the time allotted will be asked. Questions will be fielded from [...]
Montgomery Dems restart their website
The Town of Montgomery Democratic ticket relaunched its website today minus a couple of candidate profiles.
The Restart the Progress website, which went live earlier this week, originally included the photo and biography of Maybrook resident Gail Jeter as a write-in candidate for town board. Jeter lost in the Democratic primary to candidates Lisa Kimball [...]
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Candidates to debate Friday
A town candidates debate is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday at Valley Central High School. Audience members can submit questions at the event, which will be moderated by Walden Mayor Brian Maher.
Dems call candidate forum partisan
Some Democratic candidates say a forum hosted by the Town Chamber of Commerce is a partisan event despite being billed otherwise.
The forum in question is from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Walden Firehouse will be moderated by Chamber president Ray Lustig. Each candidate will have the chance to make a 3 [...]
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Buck Smith not running alongside committee-endorsed Dems
Town board member Joan Buck Smith, who is running for re-election in November, has decided not to run on the same campaign as those candidates endorsed by the Town of Montgomery Democratic Committee. Buck Smith earned her spot on the Democratic line by forcing a primary against the committee-selected Lisa Kimball and Gail Jeter.
After Kimball [...]
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Mystery mailer riles Montgomery Dems
Another mystery mailer circulated over the weekend in the Town of Montgomery has some town Democrats protesting.
The mailer, which uses text, photos and phone numbers from the campaign of JoAnn Jasiel and Joan Buck-Smith, wasn’t sent out by the incumbent board members, Jasiel said. But the mailer does stump for the two incumbents on [...]
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Lowest voter turnout in past four supervisor races