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2QÊ fundraisingÊ numbersÊ seeÊ StefanikÊ openÊ upÊ hugeÊ lead GOP incumbent amasses 3-to-1 lead over Democratic challenger Mike Derrick By Pete DeMola
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ELIZABETHTOWN — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-Willsboro) has amassed a huge war chest over Democratic challenger Mike Derrick. With second quarter fundraising numbers now in, Stefanik raised $575,000 during April, May and June, for a total of $1.4 mil-
lion cash on hand. Derrick raised $375,000 during that same period for a total of nearly $450,000 cash on hand. Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello, who entered the race in March, reported $6,371. For Stefanik, 66 percent of total donations were $200 or below. At 68 percent, the number was similar for Derrick. Also similar was total donations: Stefanik clocked 1,370; Derrick, 1,364 contributors. Both campaigns declined to release a
breakdown for how much of that came from within the district. But the two noted donations came in from each of the district’s 12 counties. Funiciello said 91.7 percent came from within the district, and just four percent out of state. The Derrick campaign said 76 percent of contributions came from within the state, and 90 percent of contributions came from “individuals contributing their own funds.” In total, the Stefanik campaign has raised more than $2.2 million for the freshman lawmaker’s re-election effort; Derrick $675,000,
and Funiciello, $6,371. STATEMENTS “I’m grateful for the continued outpouring of support for our re-election campaign across the district, and across our state for our campaign to make Washington work for North Country small business owners, our veterans, our farmers and for our families,” said Rep. Stefanik in a statement. Derrick’s campaign touted the second quarter numbers as an example of his candidacy gaining momentum. >> See CONGRESS | pg. 14
Public hearing set on 518 area code split
By Thom Randall
thom@suncommunitynews.com
Glens Falls students are working to remove invasive shrubby honeysuckle at another of LGLC’s preserves, the Schumann Preserve at Pilot Knob in Fort Ann. Photo provided
WARRENSBURG — With the proliferation of phone usage in northeastern New York, plans are underway to split the 518 area code which has been in use since 1947 over a vast 17-county area that extends from south of the Capital Region northward to the Canadian border. Telecommunication industry officials have asked the state Public Service Commission to establish a new area code that would supplement the traditional 518. The proposal was made because the available supply of unassigned phone numbers is expected to run out by 2019. Two plans have been proposed to solve the dilemma: the first would divide the traditional 518 region into two regions, with one of the two being assigned a new area code. The second strategy would be to leave existing 518 phone subscribers with their 518 area code, and to assign the new code to new phone subscribers within the entire present 518 area. People have cited problems with both plans: the first would involve hundreds of thousands of households changing their area code; the second would mean you wouldn’t be able to easily ascertain the area code of a business by its location, nor an individual’s area code by where they resided. This “overlay” proposal, however, would mean most existing phone customers would be able to retain their existing phone number. >> See AREA CODE | pg. 14