Editorial: What makes you madder?
In the space of four days and two press conferences, the race for Ulster County district attorney revealed itself, if you look at it in the same light as I. On Thursday, challenger Jon Sennett held a presser at his John Street HQ, in which he blasted incumbent Holley Carnright for not being as open...
Mayor’s 2012 budget taps fund balance to keep levy level
Mayor James Sottile’s proposed 2012 budget contains no layoffs and achieves a tax levy increase of less than 1 percent, but only by tapping $1.2 million from the city’s fund balance. The proposed budget, which must be approved by the Common Council totals $36.5 million, up 2.2 percent from 2011. But the amount to be...