The candidates are in place for the special election for the Assembly seat in 103rd district, which Marc Molinaro vacated to take up a position as Dutchess County executive. Both candidates are Millbrook residents. Didi Barrett will be the Democratic Party’s candidate, and she will face GOP candidate Richard Wager in the March 20 special election. Parry Teasdale previews the contest in The Columbia Paper. Barrett is a member of the Millbrook Education Foundation and helped launch the Dutchess Girls Collaborative. She is currently a board member of the Anderson Center for Autism Foundation and the North East Dutchess Community Fund. Wager is a former aide to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He was chosen over two other GOP candidates including former Assemblyman Pat Manning. The 103rd Assembly District takes in the city of Hudson and the towns of Ancram, Austerlitz, Canaan, Claverack, Copake, Ghent, Greenport, Hillsdale and Stockport in Columbia County and 12 Dutchess County towns, including Red Hook, Milan, Millerton and Pine Plains and most of the eastern side of that county stretching south to the Putnam County border. The majority of the population in the 103rd Assembly District lives in Dutchess County, where registered Republicans have a plurality. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.
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Ivan Lajara at The Daily Freeman thinks it is no joke that LAFTOR is the acronym for the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment. Their “proposals are laughable” according to Lajara’s headline in the paper, over a story about the redistricting proposals released Thu., Jan. 26. Common Cause/NY Executive Director Susan Lerner said, “These maps appear to continue the long tradition of partisan gerrymandering we’ve come to expect. There are major demographic changes that are simply not reflected on these maps.” Governor Andrew Cuomo has vowed to veto any redistricting that is not created by an independent body. This plan was created by the the legislators themselves, so, as almost everyone is pointing out, they have drawn the lines to ensure their own re-election. Republican-leaning districts, now lean more. Democrat-heavy districts are heavier. They have created a new 63rd Senate seat, pairing Greene County with Albany and other points north in Senate District 46. Lajara quotes an AP news account and says, “The story continues, ‘The added Senate district would include part of Ulster County (including the city of Kingston), all of Greene County and parts of Albany, Schenectady and Montgomery counties.’ So imagine my surprise when a total of zero public meetings were scheduled in the area.”
Local effects
• Ulster County may be in the worst situation in the entire state. The proposal cuts the county into four Senate Districts, up from two. The people of Ulster County will have almost no representation in the Senate, as those four politicians will care little about its collective well-being, and not even cater much to the few voters they will have there, focusing on their majorities elsewhere.
• Greene County would see much change. Republican James Seward would, under the plan, not be Greene County’s senator anymore, but would retain a very safe seat to the west. The new seat includes all of Greene and Montgomery counties, and most of Albany and Schenectady counties, and several towns in Ulster County to the south. In the Assembly Greene is being split into two separate districts. Assemblyman Pete Lopez would continue to represent Ashland, Windham, Durham, Greenville, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, and Cairo in the proposed 102 District which now also includes Coeymans, Westerlo, and Rensselaerville in Albany County, all of Schoharie County, and towns in Otsego, Herkimer, and Oneida counties in what will continue to be a very safe district for him. The southern half of Greene County — Athens, Catskill, Hunter, Jewett, Lexington, Halcott, and Prattsville — would be in the proposed 101st Assembly District, which also includes much of eastern Delaware County, four Ulster County towns, and two Orange County towns, and Germantown and Clermont in Columbia County. 
• In Columbia County, the Senate District used to be dominated by Dutchess County, as Poughkeepsie Steve Saland currently represents the area in Albany. In this proposal, Columbia County moves to Senate District 43, paired with all of Rensselaer County and parts of Washington and Saratoga counties to the north. In the Assembly, most of Columbia County is represented by the 106th District including Stuyvesant, Stockport, Hudson, Greenport, Ghent, Claverack, Livingston, Taghkanic, Copake, Ancram, and Gallatin. Millbrook in Dutchess County, interestingly, is no longer in the district, and the candidates (Republican Richard Wager and Democrat Didi Barrett) trying to replace Marc Molinaro for the 103rd Assembly, which is similar to the proposed 106th, live in Millbrook. So while they may fight for the seat in March, they may be in 105th District election in the fall. As mentioned before, Germantown and Clermont join the proposed 101st District, stretching across southern Greene County to parts of Delaware, and Ulster and Orange counties. The rest of Columbia County — Kinderhook, Chatham, Hillsdale, Austerlitz, Canaan, and New Lebanon — join most of Rensselaer County and two Washington County towns in the proposed 107th district, which is similar to the area Republican Steve McLaughlin represents, though without any of the Greene County towns it used to include. 
Public hearings
No public hearings between Albany and New York City. The closest public hearing to our area is this Mon., Jan. 30 at 10:30 a.m. in the Legislative Office Building, Second Floor in the Hearing Room. (See the complete list of all public hearings after the link below.)
Tags: Didi Barrett, elections, James Seward, LAFTOR, Marc Molinaro, New York State legislators, Pete Lopez, redistricting, Richard Wager, Steve Saland
Jimmy Vielkind in the Albany Times-Union reports that State Senate Republicans have a cash advantage of nearly five to one as they try to hold their slight majority later this year. The Senate Republican Campaign Committee has $4,914,003.82, compared with $305,556.71 for the Democrats. The New York Public Research Interest Group combined those central campaign committees with the accounts of individual candidates, subtracted debt, and pegged the GOP edge at $15,041,583.91 to $3,226,155.62. Read the full story in the Albany Times-Union.
Tags: campaign cash, elections, New York Public Research Interest Group
Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential primary, and Barack Obama won the Democratic contest, Tuesday in New Hampshire. The overall delegate count so far in the Republican race:
• Mitt Romney, 18
• Ron Santorum, 11
• Ron Paul, 10
• Jon Huntsman, 2
Tags: elections, Mitt Romney
Jimmy Vielkind in Capitol Confidential reports that Gov. Andrew Cuomo called five special elections for March 20, coinciding with village elections, including one that will choose who represents most of Columbia County in Albany. Last November, Assemblymen Marc Molinaro ran and won the Dutchess County Executive seat, leaving the 103rd District without representation. So far, Pat Manning, a Republican who held the seat before losing to Molinaro in the 2006 primary, has announced he is running. Read the full story in Capitol Confidential.
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, elections, Marc Molinaro, Pat Manning
C-Span hosted this debate of lesser-known candidates for president of the United States. They included:
Mr. Bear Betzler, Philadelphia, PA, Republican
Mr. Timothy Brewer, Dayton, OH, Republican
Dr. Hugh Cort, Birmingham, AL, Republican
Mr. Ed Cowan, Moretown, VT, Democratic
Mr. Randy Crow, Kelly, NC, Republican
Mr. L. John Davis, Jr., Grand Junction, CO, Republican
Dr. Bob Greene, Mountain View, CA, Democratic
Mr. John D. Haywood, Durham, NC, Democratic
Mr. Christopher V. Hill, Prospect, KY, Republican
Mr. Robert B. Jordan, Garden Grove, CA, Democratic
Mr. Jeff Lawman, Derry, NH, Republican
Mr. Benjamin Linn, Milford, NH, Republican
Mr. Michael J. Meehan, St. Louis, MO, Republican
Mr. Edward T. O’Donnell, Jr., Wilmington, DE, Democratic
Mr. Joe Story, Jacksonville, FL, Republican
Mr. Vermin Supreme, Rockport, MA, Democratic
Mr. Randall Terry, Purgitsville, WV, Democratic
Mr. James A. Vestermark, Taylor Mill, KY, Republican
Mr. John Wolfe, Jr., Chattanooga, TN, Democratic
Tags: C-Span, election, elections, presidential candidates
New York voters are divided on hot-button topics like hydro-fracking, casino gaming, and legislative redistricting according to a new poll released by Quinnipiac University. The results:
• New Yorkers are split evenly on the question of hydrofracking: 44 percent support drilling because of the economic benefits and 45 percent oppose drilling because of environmental concerns.
• A majority of New Yorkers support casino gambling in the state. Polled voters support Atlantic City or Las Vegas style casinos in the Empire State by a 64 – 31 percent margin. The poll reveals a slight gender gap with 68 percent of men supporting casinos (28 percent oppose), while only 60 percent of the women polled did, while 34 percent of women oppose gaming.
The poll also indicates a majority of New Yorkers want an independent commission with no ties to the State legislature to draw district lines. Legislative redistricting will be on the 2012 agenda in Albany. Read the press release from the Quinnipiac University’s Polling Institute.
Tags: casinos, elections, hydrofracking, polls
Gail Heinsohn in the Register-Star reports that Acting State Supreme Court Judge Robert Jacon ruled Thursday, Dec. 15 that a ballot challenged by incumbent Town Justice Darcy Poppey is valid and that challenger and a former justice Jack Nevers won the election by one vote. Poppey, on the Democrat, Independence, Conservative lines, led with 350 votes on election night to 348 for Republican Nevers. Counting absentee votes, Republican Board of Elections Commissioner Jason Nastke said on November 22 ruled in favor of the last ballot, giving Nevers a lead. Poppey filed an order to show cause regarding why the disputed ballot should not be declared void. The judge credited “the testimony of Commissioner Nastke. The testimony he provided was proof that the machine, the canvas and the audit all counted the ballot from Election District 7046 and that Respondent (Nevers) consistently had 348 machine votes.” Read the full story in the Register-Star.
Tags: Darcy Poppey, elections, Jack Nevers
Via Jimmy Vielkind in Capitol Confidential, voter information for Greene and Columbia counties as of Nov. 1:
In Columbia County, active Democrats outnumber active Republicans by 475 voters, while there are nearly twice as many Republicans in Greene County as their are Democrats, and voters who do not identify with any party actually place second in Greene. Greene County has 11,986 active Republican voters, 7,102 voters who do not identify with any party, 6,864 Democrats, 1,656 Independence Party members, 780 Conservatives, 114 Working Families party membership, and 60 Green Party voters, and 8 “other.” In Columbia County, Democrats extend their slight advantage, with 12,744 to 12,269 Republicans, 11,624 that do not identify with any party, and with Independence members at 2,624, Conservatives at 1,133, Working Families party members at 191, and 169 Green Party members, and 27 “others.” Read the rest of this entry »
From WelcometoCatskill.com
Tags: Catskill Elementary, elections, schools
Andrea Macko in The Greenville Mountain View Pioneer (no website) reports that former Cairo Town Board member Gerry Aprea filed a lawsuit against the Greene County Board of Elections and other election officials, claiming the party committee system is corrupt. Aprea, who filed the suit with John Vidurek of Dutchess County, is seeking, “declaratory judgement, arising from a disenfranchisement of plaintiffs’ right to choose our elected representatives and run for elective office as guaranteed by the New York Constitution,” according to the article with the headline “Corruption at county Board of Elections?” Aprea and Vidurek are representing themselves in the case, and claim, “we have documented at least 27 cases whereas the Board of Elections has lied, deceived and even changed the titles of people running for the elected office of committeeman to the appointed positions of town committeeman.”
Tags: Board of Elections, elections, Gerry Aprea
Michael Ryan in the Windham Journal reports that Democratic Party incumbent Lynn Byrne and Republican Party challenger William Pushman are tied at 165 votes each for a town council seat. According to election law, the seat is now considered a vacancy which is filled by appointment by January 1, 2012 by the incoming town council, an official with the Greene County Board of Elections told Ryan. Trouble is, the incoming town council is split two to two among Democrats and Republicans, neither of which probably wants to turn over power to the other party. Ryan, without attribution, says their is “speculation” that Republican Glenn Howard might resign. “Howard has reportedly moved, physically relocating outside the town of Lexington,” Ryan writes, again without sources. “Howard could still serve on the council, if certain criteria for maintaining legal residency are met, but considerable controversy erupted, last year, when it was learned town supervisor Greg Cross had built a home in the neighboring town of Prattsville.” If the board cannot decide on a candidate, then the seat would be left open until another election next November, and the board would face a year of 2-to-2 votes. Read the full story in the Windham Journal.
Tags: elections
Michael Ryan reports in the Register-Star that Alan Huggins, who was elected Prattsville Town Supervisor Nov. 8 as a write-in candidate, is resigning, citing poor health. Republican Huggins defeated incumbent Democrat Kory O’Hara by 15 votes. Ryan’s story contains an
astonishing, unattributed accusation:
“There had been widespread speculation, prior to the November 8 election, that Huggins would not serve, if elected, and that one of his write-in backers would be named to fill the slot.”
Ryan writes that the Town Board, split 2-2 among Republicans and Democrats, can agree on anyone from the town to replace Huggins. Read the full story in the Register-Star.
Tags: Alan Huggins, elections, Kory O'Hara
Republican William Hallenbeck has been elected mayor of Hudson, beating Democrat Nick Haddad. WGXC’s Sara Kendall reported from the Columbia County Board of Elections office, and Antonio Flores-Lobos read that news on the air around 5:45 p.m. on the “WGXC Afternoon Show.” At that point WGXC reported that Hallenbeck was winning by 35 votes, with a few votes still in contention, during a count of absentee and affadavit ballots. At 8:27 p.m., Tom Casey at the Register-Star reports a final tally: Hallenbeck wins by 43.
Tags: elections, Nick Haddad, William Hallenbeck
Sara Kendall gives an update from the Board of Elections office:
Republican William Hallenbeck leads Democrat Nick Haddad by 22 votes after the counting of absentee and affadavit ballots in the city’s first four wards. Only the Fifth Ward remains, and Hallenbeck won the Fifth Ward on Election Night, and is expected to do well in the Fifth Ward. Kendall says it should be after 6 p.m. before a final tally is announced.
WGXC volunteer and host of “Battlefield Earth” Dan Seward reports at 11:30 a.m. from the Columbia County Board of Elections where they are trying to figure out who will be the next mayor of Hudson:
Representatives from both candidates, Republican William Hallenbeck and Democrat Nick Haddad, are scrutinizing each and every absentee ballot and affadavit. Signatures are being matched to voter records and specific addresses. A consensus by all parties must be reached before the vote can be officially counted. If so much as a comma is misplaced it can invalidate the entire ballot. The process will continue until all of the “I’s” have been dotted and “t”‘s crossed. The count comes after Monday’s day-long hand recount of every ballot cast on Election day. Representatives had begun counting absentee ballots by ward at 11:30 a.m. Ballots are being counted at the Board of Elections on 401 State St. in Hudson and is open for public observation.
Seward reports Haddad gained 17 votes in the First Ward, where he won handily on election night. Hallenbeck is expected to pick up more votes in the Fifth Ward, where he did well on election night.
Tags: elections, Nick Haddad, William Hallenbeck
Michael Ryan in The Daily Mail reports voters in the Windham-Ashland-Jewett school district approved a measure 213-50 Tue. Nov. 22 to get $4 million in loans to pay for repairs after Hurricane Irene-associated flooding this past August. FEMA and New York State should pay back 87.5 percent of those costs, which, hopefully, will turn out to be less then $4 million. “The school library has not yet reopened and floors in the cafetorium and gymnasium need restoration. Rehabilitation of the athletic fields, which were buried under tons of stream silt and rock, will be completed gradually while stormwater drainage and flood mitigation efforts simultaneously unfold,” Ryan writes. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Tags: elections, Hurricane Irene, schools, Windham-Ashland-Jewett School District
Patricia Doxsey in The Daily Freeman reports that it may be June before Columbia County voters have any representation in the State Assembly, after current 103rd Assembly District rep Marc Molinaro becomes Dutchess County executive on Jan. 1. Gov. Andrew Cuomo would have to call a special election to fill the seat — and his office is not returning Doxsey’s queries. If he follows the same path he took last year, Cuomo would pair the election with a primary election that will probably be held in June to save local municipalities election costs. That would mean that no one represents Columbia and Dutchess county in the State Assembly during the next legislative session. And they might have two elections on the same day — filling in a temporary replacement, and choosing primary candidates for the office’s regular election in November. Meanwhile, “I’ve gotten permission to keep my office open so, while I won’t be there, staff will still be available to provide constituent services,” Molinaro told Doxsey. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.
Tags: elections, Marc Molinaro
W.T. Eckert in the Register-Star reports that Columbia County Democratic Party Attorney Kathleen O’Keefe says the Taghkanic election will end up in the courts. Tuesday, as Board of Election reps recounted votes there, Republican BOE Commissioner Jason Nastke made an objection to three ballot signatures, and then,, as election commissioner ruled in favor of Jason Nastke’s objection. “It was almost like he got up and sat in another seat to make another decision, like he was wearing two different hats,” O’Keefe said. She cites New York State Election Law 16-106:
“…the original applications for a[n] … absentee voter’s ballot may be contested in a proceeding instituted in the supreme or county court, by any candidate or the chairman of any party committee, and by any voter with respect to the refusal to cast such voter’s ballot, against the board of canvassers of the returns from such district, if any, and otherwise against the board of inspectors of election of such district. If the court determines that the person who cast such ballot was entitled to vote at such election, it shall order such ballot to be cast and canvassed if the court finds that ministerial error by the board of elections or any of its employees caused such ballot envelope not to be valid on its face.”
Eckert closes the article writing, “BOE commissioners, officials and Taghkanic Republican and Democratic representatives will reconvene next week to review the absentee ballots.” Read the full story in the Register-Star.
Tags: elections, Jason Natske, Kathleen O’Keefe
The Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School district holds a referendum on Tue., Nov. 22 that would authorize or not the district to borrow up to $4 million to pay for storm damage clean-up and repairs from Hurricane Irene-related flooding while waiting for money from FEMA and other sources to be disbursed. Voting will take place in the school cafetorium from 1-9 p.m. Below, WTEN television had a recent report about the election.
Tags: elections, Hurricane Irene, schools
Tom Casey in the Register-Star reports that Columbia County election officials have been tabulating absentee ballots, and have not released any unofficial results yet. Still, he goes ahead and reports what he is told by political operatives, “observers of the count.” WGXC only prints election results that are public to all and come from election officials. Casey reports that canvassing all the absentee and other ballots continues through Thursday, and official results will be released after that. Casey reports that representatives from the two sides in the Hudson mayoral election met before a judge to work out how to count ballots at one table together with “representatives of all the official candidates.” Read the full story in the Register-Star.
Tags: elections
Jim Planck in The Daily Mail reports that election canvassing to determine winners in local elections begins this weekend. Columbia County will begin a total count of all votes, absentee and otherwise, Friday, Nov. 18, and Greene County follows suit on Tuesday, Nov. 22, per a court ordered recount for a New York state Supreme Court 3rd Judge race. That office represents seven counties, including Columbia and Greene, and so the many close races that may be determined by absentee ballots have to follow the schedule. Planck cites the following local races that may still be undecided:
• Prattsville, write-in candidate Alan Huggins leads 155 to incumbent Democrat Kory O’Hara’s 140.
• Lexington, Democrat incumbent Lynn Byrne and Republican William Pushman are tied with 157 votes for the second council seat.
• Hunter, Democrat David Kukle leads with 419, over Republican and Common Sense candidate Paul Solodar, with 405 for the second council seat.
• Coxsackie, Republican Rick Hanse has 800 votes, while Democrat incumbent Donald Daoust has 790.
• Halcott, write-in Pete Ballard may affect the outcome, Planck hints.
• Hudson, for Mayor, Republican William Hallenbeck has 760 votes, versus Democrat Nick Haddad with 733, with perhaps 200 absentees ballots.
• Greenport, for Town Supervisor, Republican and Conservative John J. Porreca, Sr. leads 590 to Democrat and Independence incumbent Edward F. Nabozny’s 584.
• New Lebanon, the Town Justice so far is Democrat, Conservative, and Independence candidate Darcy L. Poppy with 350 votes, to Republican Jack Nevers’ 348.
Read the full story in The Daily Mail.
Tags: election results, elections
Walter Severini in The Watershed Post reports that YNN is first with an interview with Alan Huggins, the former Prattsville Town Supervisor who defeated incumbent Town Supervisor Kory O’Hara in a last-minute write-in candidacy Nov. 8 by 15 votes. Greene County election officials will confirm the results after recanvassing this Thursday. “It felt great that they had trust in me to try to get them through this disaster,” Huggins told the YNN television reporter. The town was decimated by flooding associated with Hurricane Irene in late August. “I’d like to get Main Street back so it looks like Main Street again and the tax base is a big issue for me,” Huggins told YNN. Read the entire story and see YNN video at YNN.
Tags: Alan Huggings, elections, Hurricane Irene, Kory O'Hara
Put on your Nate Silver caps everyone: Republican William Hallenbeck currently leads Democrat Nick Haddad in the Hudson mayoral election by 27 votes. There are, reportedly, about 200 absentee ballots left. Let’s pretend for a moment that there are exactly 200. Haddad would have to poll 28 more votes than Hallenbeck to win. So that would be 114-86. That would mean Haddad would have to win 57 percent of the absentee ballots. While some might suggest that absentee ballots tend to be more Democrat than Republican, if they are largely from military serving overseas, they tend to be Republican. In Hudson, there may be more second home owners, who could be expected to lean to the Democrat, then military. And, of course, there may be a few votes recounted, or discovered, but, still, Nick Haddad would have to poll at least 57 percent to overcome the current deficit to William Hallenbeck in a 200-absentee vote situation. That’s not impossible, but is unlikely. While pundits and politicos claim it is now up the the absentee votes or the lawyers, actually, the election rests mostly on what we know: Hallenbeck leads by 27 votes, and that probably will be too much to overcome by any new information.
Tags: elections, Nick Haddad, William Hallenbeck
A write-in candidate defeated an incumbent in the town that the flooding associated with Hurricane Irene wiped out, and there’s a tight race for Mayor in the area’s largest city, in election results. In Prattsville, Alan Huggins, a former town supervisor who mounted a last-minute write-in campaign, beat incumbent Kory O’Hara 155 to 140, with an unknown amount of absentee ballots. In Hudson, it may be all over except a reported more than 200 absentee ballots, with Republican William Hallenbeck currently ahead of Democrat Nick Haddad 760-733. Other major races:
• In Cairo, Democrat Ted Banta beat incumbent Republican John Coyne 923-868. Incumbent board members Richard Lorenz and Janet Schwarzenegger were voted off, in favor of Dan Joyce and Anthony Puorro. Town Clerk Tara Rumph retained her seat, even after the local Republicans kicked her off the ticket. She beat Democrat Linda Kuever and Republican Monika Fabiano. Tanja Sirago beat David Cannizzaro for Town Judge 1,251 to 270.
• In Columbia County, Democrat Richard Koweek, with 9,103 votes, beat current DA Beth Cozzolino, with 7,272 votes, to become Columbia County Court judge. Current Judge Paul Czajka has 8,964 votes to Democrat Eugene Keeler’s 7,098 in the district attorney contest. For treasurer, Paul Keeler has 9,418 votes to Peter Stoll’s 6,421. And, for coroner, James Bertram (R,C) beat George Davis (D, WF) 7,092 to 6,506.
• In Greenport, incumbent Supervisor Edward Nabozny, Democrat, lost to Republican John Porreca, 590-584, with an unknown number of absentee ballots.
• In Stuyvesant, Republican Ron Knott beat Democrat Lee Jamison, the second time in a row Jamison has lost, though this time it was not as close. The Stuyvesant race seemed tied to issue of dog barking at the Glencadia Dog Camp, with the anti-Glencadia candidates winning Tuesday evening.
• In Hillsdale, Republican/Democrat-endorsed Art Baer is leading Conservative/Independence candidate Robina Ward 276-267 with an unknown amount of absentee ballots.
• In Catskill, Joseph Leggio handily defeated Robert Lewis, 1,064 to 731.
• In New Lebanon, Mike Benson won the supervisor’s seat with 439 votes to Meg Robertson’s 266.
• There were a couple of other failed write-in efforts in Greene County. In Halcott, Alan Reynolds and Walter Miller were elected to the town council, though write-in candidate Pete Ballard trails by just one vote with an unknown number of absentees. In Athens, former Greene County Legislator Ray Brooks mounted a last-minute write in campaign, but could only muster 91 votes to Leeallen Palmateer’s 356 for Athens Town Supervisor.
WGXC followed election results Tuesday night with a live blog from The Watershed Post, with election night coverage contributed throughout the region. Full Greene County election results are here, and further below.
Julia Reischel and Lissa Harris of The Watershed Post will further update election results throughout the Catskills at 3 p.m. on WGXC.
Germantown election results story in The Daily Freeman.
WNYT report about how Republican William Hallenbeck is leading Democrat Nick Haddad in the Hudson mayoral race, below, at 11 p.m., during the evening news.
Full Greene County election results
GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
General Election Results
UNOFFICIAL
Election Date 11/08/2011
Last Updated 11/08/2011 11:59:39 PM
General Election 11/08/2011
COUNTY WIDE RACES
52 of 52 (100%) machines reporting (52 total districts)
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE (3rd JD)
Vote for 2
Catherine Cholakis
5,251
Guy Roemer
4,942
Thomas A Breslin
4,052
Raymond J Elliott, III
3,323
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Vote for 1
Terry J Wilhelm
7,963
SHERIFF
Vote for 1
Gregory R Seeley
7,931
COUNTY CLERK
Vote for 1
Michael T Flynn
7,910
COUNTY CORONER
Vote for 2
Richard E Vigilo
7,525
Russell M Davis
6,955
COUNTY LEGISLATIVE 009 RACES
2 of 2 (100%) machines reporting (2 total districts)
COUNTY LEGISLATOR (Dist 9 Unexpired Term)
Vote for 1
Patricia M Handel
263
ASHLAND RACES
1 of 1 (100%) machines reporting (1 total districts)
ASHLAND SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Richard E Tompkins
142
ASHLAND TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
DAVID HOYT
91
Donald G Rion
63
ASHLAND COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
James B Lawrence
142
Catherine A Aplin
137
ASHLAND COUNCILMAN (Unexpired Term)
Vote for 1
Scott O Tuttle
153
ASHLAND TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Justine L Koehler
147
ASHLAND SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Larry R Tompkins
145
ASHLAND TAX COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Gini C Arturi
148
ATHENS RACES
4 of 4 (100%) machines reporting (4 total districts)
ATHENS SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Leeallen Palmateer
356
RAY BROOKS
91
ATHENS TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
James H Robinson
381
ATHENS COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Eugene J Hatton
404
Robert F Butler Jr
381
ATHENS TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Linda M Stacey
464
ATHENS SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
John J Farrell
438
CAIRO RACES
7 of 7 (100%) machines reporting (7 total districts)
CAIRO SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Ted Banta
923
John M Coyne
868
CAIRO TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Tanja Sirago
1,251
David F Cannizzaro
270
CAIRO COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Daniel J Joyce
952
Anthony P Puorro Jr
836
Richard J Lorenz
680
Janet M Schwarzenegger
513
Pat A Byron
440
CAIRO TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Tara A Rumph
854
Linda Kuever
512
Monika C Fabiano
441
CAIRO SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Robert F Hempstead
1,086
Lew M OConnor
752
CAIRO TAX COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Emily A Feeney
1,333
Coleen A Ray
488
CATSKILL RACES
14 of 14 (100%) machines reporting (14 total districts)
CATSKILL SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Joseph M Leggio
1,064
Robert F Lewis
731
CATSKILL COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Patrick T Walsh
1,255
Gary W Carlson
1,052
Christopher R Sutherland
797
CATSKILL TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Elizabeth C Izzo
1,451
CATSKILL SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Alfred J Beers
1,300
Richard P Ballard
530
CATSKILL TAX COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Michael deBenedictus
1,520
COXSACKIE RACES
6 of 6 (100%) machines reporting (6 total districts)
COXSACKIE SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Alexander L Betke II
1,049
COXSACKIE TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Thomas J Fori
1,108
COXSACKIE COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Thomas M Hobart
816
Richard K Hanse
800
Donald A Daoust
790
COXSAKCIE TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Bambi L Hotaling
1,170
COXSACKIE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Michael J Tighe
938
Dennis J Hillicoss
619
COXSACKIE TAX COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Linda J Wilkinson
1,177
DURHAM RACES
2 of 2 (100%) machines reporting (2 total districts)
DURHAM SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
William A Carr Jr
264
DURHAM TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Raymond J Kennedy
265
DURHAM COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Jerry A Cunningham
267
Linda A Sutton
260
GREENVILLE RACES
3 of 3 (100%) machines reporting (3 total districts)
GREENVILLE SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Paul J Macko
934
GREENVILLE TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Jens G Lobb
605
Walter Wally L Schelling Jr
543
GREENVILLE COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
John A Bensen
879
Gregory H Davis
851
GREENVILLE TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Jacqueline Park
797
GREENVILLE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Richard B Hempstead
621
Joseph W Licata Jr
542
GREENVILLE TAX COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Mary Yeomans
994
HALCOTT RACES
1 of 1 (100%) machines reporting (1 total districts)
HALCOTT SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
A Innes Kasanof
58
HALCOTT TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Anton N Kasanof
58
HALCOTT COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Alan Reynolds
62
Walter D Miller
36
PETE BALLARD
35
HALCOTT TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Elena M DiBenedetto
71
HALCOTT SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Russell C Bouton
68
HALCOTT TAX COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Robin M White
65
HUNTER RACES
4 of 4 (100%) machines reporting (4 total districts)
HUNTER SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Daryl E Legg
667
HUNTER COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Raymond W Legg
501
David T Kukle
416
Paul L Solodar
405
HUNTER SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
John G Farrell
678
PROPOSAL NUMBER ONE, TOWN PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE
Vote for 1
NO
351
YES
347
JEWETT RACES
1 of 1 (100%) machines reporting (1 total districts)
JEWETT TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Stephen P Canfield
112
JEWETT COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
James P Pellitteri
110
Michael B McCrary
102
JEWETT TOWN CLERK/COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Maya C Carl
121
JEWETT SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Robert M Mallory
117
LEXINGTON RACES
2 of 2 (100%) machines reporting (2 total districts)
LEXINGTON SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Dixie L Baldrey
166
John W Berger Jr
142
LEXINGTON TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Robert B Cross Sr
280
LEXINGTON COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Jo Ellen V Schermerhorn
168
William F Pushman
157
Lynn E Byrne
157
Michael J Falke
125
LEXINGTON SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Frank G Hermance
296
NEW BALTIMORE RACES
4 of 4 (100%) machines reporting (4 total districts)
NEW BALTIMORE SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Susan K ORorke
567
Jeffry R Ruso
530
NEW BALTIMORE TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Joseph A Farrell Jr
638
James Huff
453
NEW BALTIMORE COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Christopher Norris
636
Lisa M Benway
588
Shelly A Van Etten
505
CHRISTINA WALSH
244
NEW BALTIMORE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Denis A Jordan
751
GARY MAHER
208
PRATTSVILLE RACES
1 of 1 (100%) machines reporting (1 total districts)
PRATTSVILLE SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
ALAN HUGGINS
155
Kory P OHara
140
PRATTSVILLE TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Donald G Olson
228
PRATTSVILLE COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Patrick T Mattice
243
Bonita Chase
156
Richard E Morse
151
PRATTSVILLE TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Kathleen D Sherman
194
Lana Breigle
99
PRATTSVILLE TAX COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Carole Cangelosi
213
Lori B OHara
80
WINDHAM RACES
2 of 2 (100%) machines reporting (2 total districts)
WINDHAM SUPERVISOR
Vote for 1
Stephen J Walker
231
WINDHAM TOWN JUSTICE
Vote for 1
Maureen P McCarthy
231
WINDHAM COUNCILMAN
Vote for 2
Karl Gonzalez
240
Donald E Murray Jr
220
WINDHAM TOWN CLERK
Vote for 1
Carolyn J Garvey
249
WINDHAM SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS
Vote for 1
Thomas F Hoyt
250
WINDHAM TAX COLLECTOR
Vote for 1
Dawn L Hitchcock
253
Tags: elections, Watershed Post
Today is election day. The polls are open 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. Tune in the “Battlefield Earth” program at 9:30 p.m. on WGXC 90.7-FM for results as they become official.
Local weather forecast
The National Weather Service predicts Election Day will be mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Tuesday night should be mostly clear, with a low around 37. The rest of the week:
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming south between 4 and 7 mph.
Thursday: Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a high near 60.
Veterans Day: A 30 percent chance of rain, with a high near 48.
Town meetings today
Today is Election Day, and regularly scheduled meetings may have been moved to allow for voting. Call ahead.
CHATHAM Planning Board meeting, 7 p.m. at 488 Route 295, Chatham (392-3262).
COPAKE Board of Ethics, 7 p.m.; Comprehensive Planning Comm., 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234)
COXSACKIE Town board at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, Reed St., Coxsackie (731-2727).
The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 6:33 a.m./ 4:46 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 3:24 p.m. / 4:30 a.m.
Birthdays
November 8 Bram Stoker, Margaret Mitchell, Morley Safer, Bonnie Raitt, Rickie Lee Jones, and Parker Posey.
WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Tue. Nov. 8:
• 9:30 p.m., “Battlefield Earth” As host Dan Seward receives election results he will announce said results for listeners. Also follow along online at newsroom.wgxc.org and twitter.com/wgxc
Audio clips for WGXC programmers
This information is not meant to be read on-air.
New PSAs/STATION IDs
• A STATION ID Sharon JonesID_1a_SS (Sharon Jones of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings station ID recorded by Sam Sebren at Club Helsinki Sat., Nov. 5.)
• A STATION ID Sharon JonesID_2a_SS (Sharon Jones of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings station ID recorded by Sam Sebren at Club Helsinki Sat., Nov. 5.)
Audio headlines for top of the hour
• 5 a.m.: WGXC News 4:05 PLAY CLIP.
• 6 a.m.: WGXC News 4:05 PLAY CLIP.
• 7 a.m.: WGXC News 4:05 PLAY CLIP.
• 9 a.m.: WGXC News 4:05 PLAY CLIP.
• 4 p.m.: International Network News (INN), through Audioport
• 5 p.m.: Free Speech Radio News headlines, through fsrn.org
• Midnight: International Network News (INN), through Audioport
Tags: elections, town meetings
Absentee ballots due today
Anyone voting via absentee ballot needs to deliver their vote by today, Mon., Nov. 7. Election offices in Columbia and Greene counties are open regular hours today. The Columbia County elections office at 401 State Street, in Hudson, and can be reached at 518-828-3115. In Greene County, go to 411 Main Street, in Catskill, or call 518-719-3550 for information.
Recordings of candidate forums
• Click here to play mp3 audio recording of the Catskill Candidate Forum, broadcast live on 90.7-FM Sat., Nov. 5 at 1 p.m.
• Click here to listen to an mp3 audio recording of the Cairo Candidate Forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters and broadcast live on 90.7-FM Thu., Nov. 3 at 8 p.m.
• Click here to listen to an mp3 audio recording of the Hudson Mayoral Debate between Republican William Hallenbeck and Democrat Nick Haddad sponsored by the Hudson African-American Leadership Alliance and broadcast live on 90.7-FM Wed., Oct. 25 at the JLE School in Hudson.
* Dan Udell’s video recording of part of the Hudson Mayoral Debate.
Publications with Election Guides
• The Greenville Mountain View Pioneer (coverage of Greenville, Cairo, Durham, Rensselaerville and Westerlo (no website).
• The Columbia Paper (Columbia County)
• Register-Star (Columbia County)
• The Daily Mail (Greene County)
Tags: elections
League of Women Voters Catskill Candidates Forum. Photo by Tom Roe.
The League of Women Voters and WGXC sponsored a Candidates Forum for Catskill Sat. Nov. 5 at the Catskill Community Center and live on 90.7-FM. Candidates included, for Town Supervisor: Robert Lewis (D), Joseph Leggio (R, C); for Town Council: Christopher Sutherland (D), Patrick Walsh (R, C). Not present: Gary Carlson (R, C); for Superintendent of Highways: Alfred Beers (D), Richard Ballard (R, C). Also running unopposed: Tax Collector: Michael deBenedictus (R, C); for Town Clerk: Elizabeth Izzo (R, C).
Click here to play mp3 audio recording of the Catskill Candidate Forum.
Tags: candidate forums, elections, League of Women Voters, WGXC
Anyone absentee voting needs to deliver their vote by Mon., Nov. 7, the day before the election. Election offices in Columbia and Greene counties will be open Saturday to receive absentee ballots. The Columbia County elections office at 401 State Street, in Hudson, will be open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., Nov. 5. Call them at 518-828-3115. In Greene County, go to 411 Main Street, in Catskill, where they will be open Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Call 518-719-3550 for information. Both offices have normal hours Mon., Nov. 7.
Tags: absentee ballots, elections
Candidates for election in Cairo. Photo by Tom Roe.
Candidates present at the forum, from left to right, included Dan Joyce (R, C, town board candidate); Janet Schwarzenegger (I, RC town board incumbent); Richard Lorenz (D, I, town board incumbent); Pat A Byron (D, town board candidate); Monika Fabiano (R, town clerk candidate); Linda Kuever (D, town clerk candidate); Tara A Rumph (C, I, town clerk incumbent); Coleen Ray (D, I, tax collector candidate); Ted Banta (D, I, town supervisor candidate); John Coyne (R, C, town supervisor incumbent); Robert Hempstead (R, C, I, highway supervisor candidate); Lew O’Connor (D, highway supervisor candidate). Not present: Anthony P Puorro, Jr (R, C, town board candidate); and Emily Feeney (R, C, tax collector incumbent). Also, Town Judge candidates, Tanja Sirago (R, C) and David Cannizzaro (I), were not present.
WGXC will also broadcast live the Catskill Candidate Forum Sat., Nov. 5 at 1 p.m. at the Catskill Community Center. Turn out in person to write down questions for the candidates, or listen on the radio at 90.7-FM or online at wgxc.org.
Tags: candidate forum, elections, League of Women Voters, local audio, WGXC
Emilia Teasdale in The Columbia Paper reports that in Chatham, after Town Board member Tom Meyn died October 20 of cancer, he has been replaced in the coming election on the Republican, Conservative, and Independence Party lines by Jean Rohde, a current Town Board member and Democrat. Rohde had announced her retirement, but says that Meyn asked her to run in case his health got worse. Now she’s switching to “No Party” and taking the endorsements. “I’m still going to vote the way I think,” she told Teasdale, commenting on her party switch. Read the full story in The Columbia Paper.
Tags: elections, Jean Rohde, Tom Meyn
THE GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WILL BE EXTENDING BUSINESS HOURS THE TWO WEEKS PRECEDING THE NOVEMBER 8, 2011, GENERAL ELECTION. THE DATES & HOURS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
OCTOBER 25th
9 AM – 7 PM
OCTOBER 27th
9 AM – 7 PM
OCTOBER 29th
9 AM – 12 NOON
NOVEMBER 1ST
9 AM – 7 PM
NOVEMBER 3RD
9 AM – 7 PM
NOVEMBER 5TH
9AM – 12 NOON
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED THOMAS J. BURKE COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS BRENT E. BOGARDUS COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS
GREENE COUNTY POLLING SITES
ASHLAND Town Board & Justice Room, Route 23
ATHENS 1 & 3 Senior Citizens Bldg, 2nd & Warren St
ATHENS 2 & 4
W Athens Lime St Fire Co 921 Schoharie Tpke
CAIRO 1-7 Lutheran Church Hall Route 23B
CATSKILL 1-6 Washington Irving Senior Center, 15 Academy St.
CATSKILL 7, 8 & 13 Catskill Fire Co
Central Ave
CATSKILL 9 & 14 Kiskatom Fire House, Route 32
CATSKILL 10 Palenville Fire House, 719 Route 32A
CATSKILL 11 & 12 Leeds Fire House, 970 Route 23B
COXSACKIE 1,2,3,5 & 6
Coxsackie Village Bldg. 119 Mansion St.
COXSACKIE 4 Earlton Fire House, Route 81
DURHAM 1 & 2
E Durham Fire House, Route 145
GREENVILLE 1, 2 & 3
St John the Baptist Church Hall 4982 Route 81
HALCOTT Grange Hall, Route 3
HUNTER 1 & 4 Tannersville Village Hall, Main St
HUNTER 2 Hunter Village Hall, Main St
HUNTER 3 Haines Falls Fire House, Route 23A
JEWETT
Municipal Bldg,
Route 23C
LEXINGTON 1 & 2 Municipal Bldg,
Route 42
NEW BALTIMORE 1
N Baltimore Fire House, Gill Rd
NEW BALTIMORE
2 & 4
Town Hall, Route 51
NEW BALTIMORE 3 Medway-Grapeville Fire House Route 51
PRATTSVILLE
Town Hall, Route 23
WINDHAM 1 Windham Hose Co, Route 23
WINDHAM 2 Town Hall, Route 296, Hensonville
LEGAL NOTICE
PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 4-120 & 4-122 OF THE NEW YORK STATE ELECTION LAW, THE GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT THE GENERAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 8, 2011, AND THAT ALL POLLING PLACES WILL BE OPEN FROM THE HOURS OF 6:00 AM – 9 PM ON THAT DAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF VOTING FOR THE FOLLOWING OFFICES: (D=Democrat R=Republican C=Conservative WF=Working Families I=Independence ) (RC=Reform Cairo CIT=Citizens Party CS=Common Sense CP=Community Party CF=Community First NBU=N.B. Unity)
STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
3RD JUDICIAL
DISTRICT
(Vote for any TWO)
D Thomas A Breslin
D Raymond J Elliott, III
R Catherine Cholakis
R Guy Roemer
C Catherine Cholakis
C Guy Roemer
WF Catherine Cholakis
WF Raymond J Elliott, III
I Thomas A Breslin
I Raymond J Elliott, III
COUNTY OFFICES
DISTRICT ATTORNEY (Vote for ONE)
R Terry J Wilhelm
C Terry J Wilhelm
SHERIFF
(Vote for One)
R Gregory R Seeley
C Gregory R Seeley
COUNTY CLERK
(Vote for One)
R Michael T Flynn
C Michael T Flynn
COUNTY CORONER (Vote for any Two)
R Richard E Vigilo
R Russell M Davis
C Richard E Vigilo
C Russell M Davis
COUNTY
LEGISLATOR
DISTRICT 9
Town of Durham
(Vote for ONE)
R Patricia M Handel
C Patricia M Handel
TOWN OFFICES
TOWN OF ASHLAND
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
R Richard E Tompkins
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
R Donald G Rion
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
R Catherine A Aplin
R James B Lawrence
Councilman Unexpired Term (Vote for One)
R Scott O Tuttle
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
R Justine L Koehler
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
R Larry R Tompkins
Tax Collector
(Vote for One)
R Gini C Arturi
TOWN OF ATHENS
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D LeeAllen Palmateer
I LeeAllen Palmateer
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
D James H Robinson
I James H Robinson
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
R Robert F Butler, Jr
R Eugene J Hatton
C Robert F Butler, Jr
C Eugene J Hatton
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
R Linda M Stacey
C Linda M Stacey
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
R John J Farrell
C John J Farrell
TOWN OF CAIRO
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D Ted Banta
R John M Coyne
C John M Coyne
I Ted Banta
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
R Tanja Sirago
C Tanja Sirago
I David F Cannizzaro
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
D Pat A Byron
D Richard J Lorenz
R Anthony P Puorro, Jr
R Daniel J Joyce
C Anthony P Puorro, Jr
C Daniel J Joyce
I Janet M Schwarzenegger
I Richard J Lorenz
RC Janet M Schwarzenegger
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
D Linda Kuever
R Monika C Fabiano
C Tara A Rumph
I Tara A Rumph
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
D Lew O’Connor
R Robert F Hempstead
C Robert F Hempstead
I Robert F Hempstead
Tax Collector
(Vote for One)
D Coleen A Ray
R Emily A Feeney
C Emily A Feeney
I Coleen A Ray
TOWN OF CATSKILL
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D Robert F Lewis
R Joseph M Leggio
C Joseph M Leggio
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
D Christopher R Sutherland
R Patrick T Walsh
R Gary W Carlson
C Patrick T Walsh
C Gary W Carlson
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
R Elizabeth C Izzo
C Elizabeth C Izzo
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
D Alfred J Beers
R Richard P Ballard
C Richard P Ballard
Tax Collector
(Vote for One)
R Michael deBenedictus
C Michael deBenedictus
TOWN OF
COXSACKIE
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D Alexander L Betke, II
CIT Alexander L Betke, II
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
R Thomas J Fori
C Thomas J Fori
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
D Donald A Daoust
R Thomas M Hobart
R Richard K Hanse
C Thomas M Hobart
C Richard K Hanse
CIT Donald A Daoust
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
R Bambi L Hotaling
C Bambi L Hotaling
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
D Michael J Tighe
R Dennis J Hillicoss
C Dennis J Hillicoss
I Michael J Tighe
CIT Michael J Tighe
Tax Collector
(Vote for One)
R Linda J Wilkinson
C Linda J Wilkinson
TOWN OF DURHAM
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
R William A Carr, Jr
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
R Raymond J Kennedy
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
R Jerry A Cunningham
R Linda A Sutton
TOWN OF
GREENVILLE
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
R Paul J Macko
C Paul J Macko
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
D Walter Wally L Schelling, Jr
R Jens G Lobb
I Walter Wally L Schelling, Jr
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
R John A Benson
R Gregory H Davis
C John A Benson
C Gregory H Davis
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
R Jacqueline Park
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
D Joseph W Licata, Jr
R Richard B Hempstead
Tax Collector
(Vote for One)
R Mary Yeomans
C Mary Yeomans
TOWN OF HALCOTT
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D A Innes Kasanof
R A Innes Kasanof
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
D Anton N Kasanof
R Anton N Kasanof
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
D Walter D Miller
D Alan Reynolds
R Walter D Miller
R Alan Reynolds
C Alan Reynolds
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
D Elena M DiBenedetto
R Elena M DiBenedetto
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
D Russell C Bouton
R Russell C Bouton
Tax Collector
(Vote for One)
D Robin M White
R Robin M White
TOWN OF HUNTER
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D Daryl E Legg
R Daryl E Legg
C Daryl E Legg
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
D Raymond W Legg
D David T Kukle
R Raymond W Legg
R Paul L Solodar
C Raymond W Legg
CS Paul L Solodar
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
D John G Farrell
R John G Farrell
Proposal Number One, Town Proposition
Number One
Shall the annual contribution of the Town of Hunter for the operating budget of the Haines Falls free library be increased by twenty-eight thousand ($28,000) dollars to the sum of fifty-six thousand dollars ($56,000) annually?
TOWN OF JEWETT
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
R Stephen P Canfield
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
R Michael B McCrary
R James P Pellitteri
Town Clerk/Collector (Vote for One)
R Maya C Carl
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
R Robert M Mallory
TOWN OF
LEXINGTON
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D Dixie L Baldrey
R John W Berger, Jr
C John W Berger, Jr
I Dixie L Baldrey
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
D Robert B Cross
R Robert B Cross
I Robert B Cross
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
D Jo Ellen V Schermerhorn
D Lynn E Byrne
R William F Pushman
R Michael J Falke
C William F Pushman
C Michael J Falke
I Jo Ellen V Schermerhorn
I Lynn E Byrne
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
D Frank G Hermance
R Frank G Hermance
C Frank G Hermance
TOWN OF NEW
BALTIMORE
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D Susan K O’Rorke
R Jeffry R Ruso
I Susan K O’Rorke
CP Susan K O’Rorke
CF Jeffry R Ruso
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
D Joseph A Farrell
R James Huff
I Joseph A Farrell
CP Joseph A Farrell
CF James Huff
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
R Lisa M Benway
R Christopher Norris
C Shelly A VanEtten
NBU Lisa M Benway
NBU Christopher Norris
CF Shelly A VanEtten
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
R Denis A Jordan
NBU Denis A Jordan
TOWN OF
PRATTSVILLE
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
D Kory P O’Hara
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
R Donald G Olson
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
D Patrick T Mattice
D Bonita Chase
R Patrick T Mattice
R Richard E Morse
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
D Lana Breigle
R Kathleen D Sherman
Tax Collector
(Vote for One)
D Lori B O’Hara
R Carole Cangelosi
TOWN OF WINDHAM
Supervisor
(Vote for One)
R Stephen J Walker
C Stephen J Walker
Town Justice
(Vote for One)
R Maureen P McCarthy
C Maureen P McCarthy
Councilman
(Vote for any Two)
R Donald E Murray, Jr
R Karl Gonzalez
C Donald E Murray, Jr
C Karl Gonzalez
Town Clerk
(Vote for One)
R Carolyn J Garvey
C Carolyn J Garvey
Superintendent of
Highways
(Vote for One)
R Thomas F Hoyt
C Thomas F Hoyt
I Thomas F Hoyt
Tax Collector
(Vote for One)
R Dawn L Hitchcock
C Dawn L Hitchcock
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Nick Haddad, left, and William Hallenbeck, right, at the HAALA candidate forum. Photos by Tom Roe.
Candidates for Mayor of Hudson, Republican William Hallenbeck and Democrat Nick Haddad, took the stage at the auditorium in the JLE Primary School to discuss issues facing the city for the Hudson African-American Leadership Alliance. The event was moderated by the Reverand Ronald Grant. The candidates agreed on most everything, except the final two questions of the evening. The final question from an audience member was about whether DSS allotments for housing were large enough.
Haddad: DSS underwrites a reasonable rent.
Audience member: Then why are there so many homeless people?
Haddad: I’m not sure there are a lot of homeless people per se sleeping on the street if that is how homelessness is defined.
When his turn came, Hallenbeck said he thought the city did have a homeless problem:
Hallenbeck: I agree with you in regards to the homeless. We have a homeless issue, and we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that we have a homeless issue. And we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that we should be looking continuously for homeless shelter.
Hallenbeck then went on to list several possible options, saying, “is rent control one of those?”
The only other major difference came over the city’s waterfront. Hallenbeck supports the city’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) as is, while Haddad feels it needs improvement. “Hallenbeck said he supported the proposed LWRP and that it was time to move forward with developing the waterfront,” Tom Casey reported in the Register-Star. “He said he felt a majority of the city supported it, and that ‘all those people can’t be wrong.’”
“Haddad said that he respected the decision of the council if it passes, however said he did not agree with the proposal, saying he did not believe businesses would want to invest in an area that shared light industry with recreation,” Casey wrote in the Register-Star.
To listen to the full event, or to excerpts broken up by question, go to the WGXC Archives. The full file of the entire debate is there, and the meeting is also broken up into separate questions.
Click on each question to hear an mp3 recording of both candidates answering the questions.
• Opening Statements from William Hallenbeck (first) and Nick Haddad. 10:24
• What qualifies you for the job, and what would you do different from current administration? 6:32
• Given the two-percent property tax cap, how would you protect quality of life? Haddad first.
• The city is nearly 30 percent African-American, what would you do to make town employment rolls reflect that? 8:09 Hallenbeck first.
• How would you make taxes fair? 4:39 Haddad first.
• What would you do to lower water bills? 8:03
• Would you fund the senior center in 2012 and in new building? 7:07 Hallenbeck first.
• For people making less then $25,000 annually, what three quality of life issues are most important? 6:10 Haddad first.
• What have you done with youth in the past, and what is your vision for youth in Hudson? 6:44 Hallenbeck first.
• What book are you reading? 1:02 Haddad first.
• What is your vision for the Hudson waterfront? 6:03 Hallenbeck first.
• What will you do for affordable housing in Hudson? 7:03 Haddad first.
Read Tom Casey’s version of events in the Register-Star.
Tags: elections, local audio, Nick Haddad, William Hallenbeck
On Tuesday, October 25 at 6 p.m., both Republican and Democrat candidates for Mayor will meet in a candidate forum sponsored by HAALA, the Hudson African American Leadership Alliance, at the John L. Edwards Primary School Auditorium in Hudson. William Hallenbeck, the Republican candidate, and Nick Haddad, the Democrat, will discuss issues at the forum. WGXC will be there to record the event, and, if technology allows, air at live at 6 p.m. (instead of the usually scheduled “Al Jazeera English” news). WGXC will replay the candidate forum on 90.7-FM several times before the election, and will have a recording on the WGXC website for anyone who misses the event.
Tags: candidate forums, elections, Nick Haddad, William Hallenbeck
The Greene County League of Women Voters and WGXC are co-sponsoring Candidate Forums this election season in Cairo, Coxsackie, and Catskill. Turn out in person or tune in to 90.7-FM to hear local candidates discuss their views on the issues. Come out to the candidate forums to write down a question for the candidates, or listen at home live, or later to the archived recording at wgxc.org. The forums, administered by the League of Women Voters, will be:
• CAIRO Thu. Nov. 3, 8-9:30 p.m. at Cairo Town Hall.
• COXSACKIE, Sat., Nov. 5, 10 a.m.-noon at the Heermance Memorial Library.
• CATSKILL, Sat., Nov. 5, 1-3 p.m. at the Catskill Community Center.
Candidates should be receiving invitations in the mail or can contact info@wgxc.org. Thanks to the Greene County League of Women Voters. We hope many candidates can participate. Follow the link to read the League of Women Voters regulations for Candidate Forums.
WGXC will also record and attempt to broadcast the Hudson African-American Leadership Alliance (HAALA) Hudson mayoral debate at 6 p.m. Tue. Oct. 25 at the JLE School in Hudson with Republican mayoral candidate William Hallenbeck and Democrat Nick Haddad. WGXC is willing to participate in other candidate forums, and welcomes any candidate participation in said forums.
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The deadline to register to vote in time for this year’s general elections is Friday, Oct. 14. Oct. 14 is also the deadline to change party registration in time for next year’s primary elections. The general election is Tuesday, Nov. 8 this year, with many local town contests and countywide races. One can mail in an absentee ballot request by Nov. 1, or ask for one at an election office by Nov. 7. Absentee ballots need to be postmarked by Nov. 7 and received by Nov. 15.
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An unsigned story in the Register-Star says Hudson Mayor Rick Scalera endorses Republican Mayoral nominee William Hallenbeck to replace him in next month’s election. “Why? Well if there is one thing I have learned as the most important duty of a mayor, it is to respect people of all walks of life,” Scalera wrote in a press release. “Bill just didn’t arrive on the scene…. As a lifelong resident I have watched him work and retire from law enforcement in Hudson and the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and he has always treated people fairly. He has worked in the [Hudson City] School District for some time now working closely with our kids.” Scalera has been Mayor of Hudson off-and-on since the 1990s. Hallenbeck is current Third Ward Supervisor in Hudson. Scalera is running unopposed for Fifth Ward Supervisor. Another former Hudson Mayor, Dick Tracy, also endorsed Hallenbeck, the report says. Nick Haddad is Hallenbeck’s Democrat opponent. Read the full story in the Register-Star.
Tags: elections, Rick Scalera, William Hallenbeck
The Windham-Ashland-Jewett school district has posted this public notice, announcing a Nov. 22 special election:
The Windham-Ashland-Jewett School building, maintenance buildings, athletic fields and site sustained substantial damage as a result of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE WINDHAM-ASHLAND-JEWETT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (the “District”) that a special meeting of the qualified voters of the District be and the same is hereby called to be held in the Cafetorium of the Windham-Ashland-Jewett School, Main Street, Windham, New York on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. prevailing time for the purpose of voting on the following proposition:
RESOLVED, that the Board of Education is hereby authorized to (1) reconstruct various District buildings, perform site work thereat (including reconstruction of athletic fields) and acquire original furnishings, equipment, machinery or apparatus required for the purpose for which such reconstructed buildings and athletic fields are to be used (the “Project”), at a maximum cost of $4,000,000, (2) expend such sum for such purpose, (3) transfer $120,000 from the Bus Purchase Capital Reserve Fund to the 2004 Capital Reserve Fund, (4) expend $129,133 from the Capital Reserve Fund for the classroom reconstruction portion of the Project, (5) levy the necessary tax therefor taking into account state and federal aid and insurance proceeds received and the amount expended from the 2004 Capital Reserve Fund, to be levied and collected in annual installments in such years and in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Education, and (6) in anticipation of the collection of such tax, issue bonds and notes of the District at one time or from time to time in the principal amount not to exceed $3,870,867, and levy a tax to pay the interest on said obligations when due.
The vote upon such proposition shall be by machine or absentee ballot. The hours during which the polls shall be kept open shall be from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. prevailing time or for as long thereafter as necessary to enable qualified voters who are in the polling place at 9:00 p.m. to cast their ballots.
Personal registration of voters is required, and no person shall vote whose name does not appear on the register of the District. Any person registered to vote under the provisions of Article 5 of the Election Law is entitled to vote and their names shall be placed upon the register of the District. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this meeting. All other persons who wish to vote must register.
The Board of Registration shall meet in The District Office on November 15, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m . to prepare the register of voters of the District. Any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed on the register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting for which such register is prepared.
The register prepared by the Board of Registration shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. prevailing time on each of the five days prior to the vote, except Sunday, November 20, 2011.
Absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or on or prior to November 21, 2011, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m. on November 22, 2011. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk during regular office hours until the day of the vote. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for the challenge.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a notice of such meeting in two newspapers of general circulation within the District, four (4) times within the seven (7) weeks next preceding such School District meeting, the first publication to be at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the meeting.
Tags: education, elections, schools, Windham-Ashland-Jewett School District
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