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Cuomo leads assault against tax plan GOP-penned bill is “political retaliation,” say blue state governors By Pete DeMola EDITOR
ALBANY | Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn’t mincing words when it comes to the tax reform bill that cleared the U.S. Senate last week, calling it “trickle-down on steroids” and “a fraud” perpetrated on the American public. Cuomo reserved particular vitriol for the amendment that would end state and local tax deductions up to $10,000 annually. Rolling back the provision known as SALT is a deliberate attempt to target high-tax states like New York, he said, which sends $40 billion more in tax revenue to Washington, D.C. than it receives. “It’s political retaliation through the tax code,” he said Monday on conference call with reporters. “It will be devastating for the states that are affected. “It’s 40 percent of the GDP — you’re targeting the blue states.” » Tax Reform Cont. on pg. 15
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Dr. Herbert Savel, right, talks with University of Vermont Health Network, Elizabethtown Community Hospital Medical Director Dr. Rob DeMuro as the hospital receives a gift of 30 wood carvings done by Savel of children killed in the Holocaust during World War II. Photo by Kim Dedam
NCCC trustees discuss Saranac Lake Radio Park Acquiring the Saranac Lake property would unify campus By Lohr McKinstry
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said, referring to former sheriff Henry Hommes. “I thought about it and said I would give them two terms, and that is what I have done.” Cutting joined the department in 1977 after serving two years in the Marine Corps and a short stint in the county’s DMV office. “I think the Marines prepared me by instilling that sense of pride and duty that will always go with me,” Cutting said. “When I came back here from the military, I had always wanted to go into law enforcement because I grew up with Marshall Dillon and C.H.I.Ps, shows where the good guys made a difference and always did the right thing.” » Sheriff Cont. on pg. 5
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LEWIS | After over four decades of service to country and county, Essex County Sheriff Richard Cutting has decided it is time to move on. Cutting announced Monday, Dec. 4 he will retire at the end of his term after 40 years with the department. “When I was appointed to take Henry’s place, the party asked me if I wanted to run,” Cutting
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