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Growing the New Town Economy by Greta Baker Everyone is aware of the great divide between Republicans and Democrats in Washington. It has polarized our country and made it difficult to agree what our nation’s problems are, let alone how to solve them.
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Elect forward-thinking county and town leaders We believe that local government exists to serve local people. We are committed to a collaborative process of open government that gives voice to everyone in the community. INSIDE THIS ISSUE MEET YOUR COUNTY AND LOCAL CANDIDATES Pat Ryan • Lynn Archer • Dave Clegg March Gallagher • Mike Baden • Erin Enouen • Adam Paddock • Jeff Frey Elaine LaFlamme
County executive Pat Ryan (left) and legislator Lynn Archer (far right) visited Long Season Farm as part of a Town of Rochester farm tour earlier this fall to learn how county government can better partner to support local agriculture and help dynamic growers in our community expand their businesses.
TOWN OF ROCHESTER DEMOCRATS ARE FUNDAMENTALLY OPTIMISTIC. We believe that people can talk about the important issues confronting our town, county, state, and nation and find common ground through calm, rational, respectful, and informed discussion. This is not a silly idea. In a recent experiment, 523 registered voters from all over the country with diverse points of view gathered in Dallas, Texas, to spend a weekend considering and discussing immigration, health care, the economy, the environment, and foreign policy. At the end of the weekend, there were vast shifts in policy opinions across the political spectrum. Republicans shifted left. Democrats shifted right. There was more space for agreement, for collaboration.
We have seen this in our own community. Over the past 12 years, Democrats in our town government have worked with town residents and elected officials at all levels to develop and implement plans to support job creation in our community. These workable and pragmatic solutions are the result of listening and talking rather than yelling, screaming, and name-calling.
The big issues in our community are job creation, economic development and quality of life. Since the late 1980s, our region has suffered a devastating elimination of high-paying jobs from large employers like IBM, Schrade, and other manufacturers, and has seen a sharp decline in the jobs in tourist resorts. But in the past eight years we have seen an uptick in the creation of new small businesses.
Our town’s model is simple: develop zoning codes that encourage new business initiatives that also protect resident rights and the natural environment which is fundamental to our quality of life. Visitors to our community now see a vibrant economy and a workfriendly township. When they decide to move here, they bring their investment capital and ideas about how to make a good life for themselves, their families, and the many people they employ. Examples of businesses created in this way are Catskill Native Nursery, the Hudson Valley Seed Company, Country Wisdom News, Arrowood, Long Season Farm, Hollengold Farm, Westwind Cidery, RavenWood, and the Arrowhead Agricultural Center, which specializes in niche farming. Representatives from our town and county governments are actively seeking ways of supporting our agricultural sector. County executive Pat Ryan and county legislator Lynn Archer
JUDICIAL CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY AND NYS SUPREME COURT Bryan Rounds • Justin Corcoran • Michael Lynch • John Egan TOWN GOVERNMENT—WHAT IS IT EXACTLY? ABOUT VOTING IN THE TOWN OF ROCHESTER NEW! NINE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING ENVIRONMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE TOWN OF ROCHESTER WHY VOTING LOCAL MATTERS
toured farms in Rochester on Friday, September 20. They met with farmers at Saunderskill Farm, Kelder’s Farm and several of the farms that have begun operation at the Arrowhead Agricultural Center (formerly Davis Farm). The discussions centered on increasing support for grant writing and business plan development, countywide expansion of farmers’ markets, and a centralized process for obtaining information and assistance with farm-related services. Elected officials can help make those ideas a reality.
The Town of Rochester and many of our neighboring communities in Ulster County have become an epicenter for a rural progressive movement in New York State. We are not only growing and expanding our agricultural economy—we are also rebuilding our democracy—town by town, farm by farm. Living in Rochester, we are watching a new rural political landscape emerge and firmly take root. Local growth like this gives us hope for our nation.
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Patrick Ryan
for Ulster County Executive PAT RYAN won a landslide special election this past April and was elected to serve out the remainder of Mike Hein’s term as our new county executive. Pat is now running for the full four-year term. Since taking office in June, Pat has hit the ground running! One of Pat’s top priorities is to make Ulster County a leader in the fight against climate change and to move the County to 100% renewable energy by 2030. Pat’s first act in office was to implement a Green New Deal for Ulster County to protect our environment, promote economic growth, and create jobs. His administration is already working to develop a large solar array in Saugerties that will double the County’s renewable energy production. Pat recently launched the first-ever Green Careers Academy, an innovative job training program developed in partnership with SUNY Ulster. The program will offer free or reduced tuition to low-income and long-term unemployed residents, veterans, and active volunteer firefighters. Program graduates will acquire the technical skills and expertise required to get a great job in one of Ulster County’s rapidly expanding clean technology industries. Pat is tackling the opioid crisis head-on and has implemented several new initiatives to reduce opioid fatalities by 50% in two years. He has established a new agency to confront the opioid crisis and has secured over $3M to fund recovery and prevention efforts over the next three years. Pat has also expanded funding to the Sheriff’s Department and Department of Health and Mental Health to combat the crisis and better support victims and their families.
Top priorities • Make Ulster County government more responsive & responsible • Hold the line on taxes so that people can afford to raise a family and retire in our community • Implement a Green New Deal for Ulster County & move the County to 100% renewable energy by 2030 • Accelerate economic growth while ensuring economic justice—expand affordable housing for the young & old; create a diverse job training program; fight for higher wages & paid family leave • Confront the opioid crisis & reduce opioid fatalities by 50% in two years • Make Ulster County a beacon for social justice
Another of Pat’s top priorities is to grow and diversify our economy for all Ulster County residents. Pat recently signed a bill establishing Ulster County’s first-ever Department of Economic Development. Pat plans to take County government on the road to bring services directly to municipalities across the County—it is one of the many ways Pat will make County government more responsive and responsible.
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Lynn Archer
for Ulster County Legislator | District 21
Legislative highlights
LYNN ARCHER was first elected to represent our district in the County Legislature in 2013. During her first legislative term, Lynn sponsored bipartisan legislation requiring the county to assess regional broadband availability and to develop a comprehensive plan for broadband expansion throughout Ulster County. Lynn also worked to develop an interconnected trail system to make Ulster County a world-class tourism destination and established an Ulster County Animal Abuse Registry. Lynn was elected to her second term in 2017. Lynn cares deeply about the quality of services rendered by the county and is committed to finding the most cost-effective way to deliver quality services to our residents—especially for those most in need.
• Voted for the successful adoption of the Human Rights Protection Act • Raised the minimum age to 21 for purchasing tobacco products • Voted to pass the Bring Your Own Bag Act • Advocated for and realized shoulder expansion on Lucas Avenue
You can trust Lynn to hold the line on taxes. As the chair of the Legislature’s powerful Ways & Means Committee, Lynn has worked hard to build greater transparency and accountability into county budgeting, and to provide the legislature with a truly independent means of fiscal analysis. Lynn also introduced an improved budget process and led an initiative requiring detailed departmental committee reports, a method that increases legislative oversight.
• Funded the building of the new Restorative Justice and Community Empowerment Center
Lynn took a lead role in reshaping the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency to better focus the agency’s PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) program to support real job growth in Ulster County.
• Funded the building of the new Public Safety Training Center, a state-of-the-art burn facility for fire training
Lynn is a fierce advocate for our region’s farms and is deeply committed to bringing resources at the county level to support start-ups, relocations and expansions of small businesses within our community. Throughout her tenure in the legislature, Lynn has worked to better integrate our region’s crucial growth engines—agriculture and agritourism—into the County’s economic development programs.
• Expanded the Ulster County transportation system
• Supported improvements to our County Veterans’ Cemetery, ensuring dignity for our bravest citizens
Lynn will fight to protect our environment and natural resources with sustainable solutions. She adds, “I will safeguard what matters most to the residents of Ulster County—keep taxes low, advance economic prosperity, make sure our schools are successful and safe, our health-care first rate, and our environment sound!”
Lynn Collaborates with Town Supervisors to address broadband and cell coverage challenges in Rochester & Wawarsing
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March Gallagher for Ulster County Comptroller
MARCH GALLAGHER is a longtime public servant and community advocate and is ready to step into the role of Comptroller for Ulster County. Her diverse leadership experience spans governmental, non-profit and for-profit sectors and makes her uniquely qualified for this essential public office. As a board member and executive of both public authorities and non-profits, March has served on audit committees, worked through the audit process, served as a signatory to many audits and facilitated implementation of internal controls and best practices at multiple organizations. March was the first-ever chairwoman of the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency and eventually headed the Ulster County Office of Economic Development. In both roles, she worked tirelessly to keep businesses afloat in our community in the face of a national economic crisis and implemented sweeping reforms to hold businesses accountable on tax break deals. By taking a professional, objective and helpful approach to targeting waste, potential fraud and uncovering cost savings, March will use the office as an internal best practices consulting arm of the county. She believes that many of Ulster’s great programs could be even more effective with the right guidance and feedback. As your next comptroller, March will make county data easily accessible to the public, starting with vendor payments as open source data. March will bring a new level of transparency to County finances, enabling elected officials, vendors and the public to access current payment information with improved information technology. Implementing real-time, up-to-date, searchable, analyzable payment data will enable county legislators, vendors, subcontractors, and the public, to better understand Ulster County government and how taxpayer dollars are spent as they go out the door. This will not only increases public trust in local government, it will also foster more productive conversations between government branches and enable stronger partnership and collaboration.
Shine the light & follow the money • Prevent fraudulent & wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars • Promote transparency in county & municipal governments • Daylight county finances by making county data accessible to the public as open source data • Bring meaningful value to reports to improve the effectiveness of county operations and programs • Establish an independent Audit Advisory Committee
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March and her family live in Rosendale, New York.
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March recently served as the president and CEO of Community Foundations of Hudson Valley where she managed $75 million in assets across 500 different funds. March currently serves on the Hudson Valley Agribusiness Development Corporation Board.
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Esopus Creek Conservancy
March is also determined to bring new value and meaning to Ulster County financial analysis and reports. March believes that the reports issued from the Comptroller’s office should not only be easily accessible, but they should be engaging, easy-tounderstand and should outline clear actions and next steps that elected leaders and citizens can take to further engage with the subjects at hand.
March received her undergraduate degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and earned master’s degrees from Bard College and SUNY Albany, as well as a law degree from Boston University’s School of Law. 4
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County & State Judicial Candidates Elect Bryan Rounds for Ulster County Court Judge
BRYAN ROUNDS is running for Ulster County Court Judge. The position is a ten-year term, starting January 2020. Brian brings more than 25 years of criminal law experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney and public defender. If elected, Brian will become the first Democrat to sit on the Ulster County bench in over 150 years.
Endorsed by the Democratic, Working Families & Independence Parties
In the twenty-five years Bryan Rounds has practiced criminal law, he has both prosecuted and defended every type of crime that would come before the Ulster County Judge.
Bryan is a past member of the Board of the Ulster County Bar Association and a current member of the Bar Association itself, as well as the New York State Bar Association. Bryan has also served as a member of the Ulster County Bar Association Judicial Screening Committee, which rates judicial candidates running for public office, serving this past year as its chairman.
Bryan has argued appeals of criminal cases in both New York’s Appellate Division for the Third Department and the Federal 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, as he is admitted to practice law in New York’s Federal Courts.
Bryan and his wife, Alexis, are partners in the law firm of Rounds
& Rounds, LLP, a practice limited to criminal defense and personal injury. Additionally, Bryan serves as a felony trial attorney for the Ulster County Public Defender’s Office, representing individuals who cannot afford to hire a private attorney. Bryan upholds the highest level of ethics and has made a lifelong commitment to practicing compassion while being fair.
Elect Justin Corcoran
for New York State Supreme Court Justice | Third Judicial District JUSTIN CORCORAN is the democratic nominee for Supreme Court Justice in the Third Judicial District in New York. He is running for the position created by the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi earlier this year.
Endorsed by the Democratic & Independence Parties
The Independent Judicial Elections Qualification Commission gave Justin Corcoran a “highly qualified” rating for election to the position of Justice of the Supreme Court, the highest rating possible for a candidate seeking this judicial office. Justin has also been recognized and listed in Best Lawyers in America.
with the Albany firm of O’Connor, O’Connor, Bresse & First, P.C. and has litigated hundreds of cases in each of the seven counties in the Third Judicial District.
His practice has focused on the types of cases regularly decided in Supreme Court, including medical malpractice, personal injury, small Mr. Corcoran is a trial and appellate business disputes, municipal law, lawyer in private practice since 1995 citizen claims against local and
state government and guardian proceedings for individuals who are unable to care for their own needs. Mr. Corcoran also represents health care professionals such as doctors and nurses in licensing and other enforcement proceedings involving state and federal agencies.
Re-Elect Michael C. Lynch
for New York State Supreme Court Justice | Third Judicial District MICHAEL C. LYNCH is a justice for the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department in New York. He was appointed to this position on April 15, 2014 by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Endorsed by the Democratic, Working Families, Independence, & Republican Parties
Judge Lynch received his in the Appellate Division, Third undergraduate degree from Union Department of the NYS Supreme College in 1976. He was awarded a Court. J.D. from Albany Law School in 1979. Judge Lynch also engaged in private Judge Lynch served for eight practice and served as the Albany years as the principal law clerk County Attorney. Other positions to the Hon. Leonard A. Weiss include serving as counsel to both
the Albany County Industrial Development Agency and the City of Albany Charter Revision Commission.
Re-Elect John C. Egan, Jr.
for New York State Supreme Court Justice | Third Judicial District JOHN C. EGAN, JR. is a justice for the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department in New York. He was appointed to the court by former Governor David Paterson on February 4, 2010.
Judge Egan received his undergraduate degree from Bryant College in 1976 and his J.D. degree from the Albany Law School in 1980. Endorsed by the Democratic, Independence, Republican, & Conservative Parties
He began his legal career in 1981 as a private practice lawyer and worked in this capacity until 1996.
Justice Egan was elected as a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District, in 2005.
assistant corporation counsel in the City of Albany, Department of Law from 1981 to 1996.
He previously served as an Albany City Court Judge from 1997 to 2005. While in private practice, he concurrently was
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9 DAYS OF EARLY VOTING — Vote on the Weekend! Voting is easier & more convenient than ever before For the first time in New York State, you can vote in-person at seven different sites across Ulster County, nine days before Election Day, on November 5. You can vote at any of the seven Early Voting Centers.
How does early voting work? Voting during “early voting” is the same as voting on Election Day. When you get to the Early Voting Center, you will check in to vote, receive your ballot and vote as in any other election. • If you vote during the early voting period, you are not eligible to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5. Early voting results will be tallied and reported after the polls close at 9 pm on Election Day.
Where do I go to vote early? You can vote at any of the 7 Countywide Early Voting Centers Rochester Accord Firehouse 22 Main St, Accord Kingston SUNY Ulster Kingston Campus 94 Marys Ave, Kingston Lloyd Highland American Legion Hall 84 Grand St, Highland New Paltz Redeemer Lutheran Church 90 Route 32 South, New Paltz
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Can I still vote by absentee ballot? YES! You can still vote by absentee ballot if you will not be in Ulster County and/or meet the required criteria for absentee voting.
What if you turn up to vote on Election Day and find that your name is not in the poll book? You are still entitled to cast your ballot. Here’s what you do... 1. Make certain you are at the right poll site. If you recently registered to vote in Ulster County before October 11, tell the Inspectors your current address. You might be at the wrong site. NOTE: Each poll site also has a town map, showing streets and roads and election district lines. It could be that the poll site closest to you is not where you vote.
What if your right to vote is challenged?
2. Make sure the Inspectors have the correct spelling of your name.
Anyone in the poll site—a poll watcher, another voter, even an election inspector—could challenge your residency, citizenship, or even allege you are a convicted felon.
3. If your name is not in the book, the Inspectors are required to allow you vote with an AFFIDAVIT ballot.
If this happens, DO NOT engage with the challenger.
If you are registered within Ulster County, and recently moved within the county, and didn’t re-register from your new address, you can go to your new Poll Site and vote by Affidavit. However, if you moved to Ulster County from another state, and didn’t register by October 11, your registration is too late to vote this year.
4. You also have the right to appear before a Supreme Court Justice in Kingston, and present your case. Go to the Ulster County Board of Elections, 284 Wall Street in Kingston. If the Judge rules in your favor, you will receive a court order allowing you to vote by regular ballot at your poll site.
The Inspector MUST offer you the opportunity to vote. You will attest you understand the accusation, that you are legally entitled to vote, and then you will be offered to sign a CHALLENGE OATH. If you sign it, you will be allowed to vote with a regular ballot. Ulster County has a history of lively and close elections. Several years ago the City of Kingston mayor’s race was decided by one vote. Local races are competitive. REMEMBER. No one can keep you from casting your ballot.
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It’s time to get Smart on Crime
DAVE
CLEGG for District Attorney
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Dave Clegg
for Ulster County District Attorney
DAVE CLEGG has spent his 40 year legal career defending and fighting for the rights of others. CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER: Dave Clegg began his public service career as clerk at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund where he challenged the death penalty in appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court. Dave later joined Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) where he represented the Lakota Sioux Community of Nebraska in both criminal and civil cases. He challenged the disproportionate application of the habitual criminal statute against Native Americans, won numerous criminal trials, and landmark civil rights cases. TRIAL LAWYER: In his private law practice in Kingston, Dave’s legal advocacy has changed the direction of thousands of lives for the better. He has defended many individuals who have been seriously harmed by corporate predatory practices, misconduct, and negligence. Dave is the first Ulster DA candidate to have such experience in the prosecution of white collar crime. PUBLIC DEFENDER: Dave served for nine years as a part-time Ulster County Assistant Public Defender in our criminal and civil courts, representing individuals who could not afford to hire an attorney. Dave won every jury trial he tried as a Public Defender. Throughout his legal career, Dave has forcefully advocated for rehabilitative approaches to nonviolent crimes and worked to help clients with addictions to heroin and other street drugs get treatment instead of jail time. A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY: Dave has always put community first. He has worked tirelessly for decades to create and support crucial safety networks for local children and families—Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Midtown Rising, Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen, and many more. Dave will bring the same compassion and dedication to the Office of the District Attorney.
MAKE OUR COMMUNITY STRONGER & SAFER • Aggressively prosecute violent crimes • Support victims and families with trauma-informed care • Prevent at-risk youth from entering the criminal justice system • Innovate new programs with our sheriff & executive to confront the opioid crisis
ENACT CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS • Treat addiction as a disease, not a crime, by fighting the opioid crisis with smart policy & compassion • Provide alternatives to incarceration for people with mental illness • End cash bail for low-level non-violent offenders
ENSURE EQUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL • Help remedy systemic bias in our justice system • Make the community an advisory partner in justice and policing • Promote public trust in the justice system by ensuring transparency & accountability
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Justice demands SMART decisions With county taxpayers on the hook for the high cost of jail, Dave Clegg will bring smarter and less costly solutions to reduce crime. Every decision the DA makes shapes justice in our community. From determining the charge, the bail demand, the plea bargain, and sentence: a smart District Attorney must focus on serious crimes, while taking the actions that reduce recidivism. Smart justice means evidence-based punishment proportional to the offense. The DA decides who will be incarcerated, and who will get a chance at rehabilitation. Limited taxpayer resources must be used wisely, while reducing harm and promoting public safety. Prison and jail are best reserved for those who commit truly serious and violent crimes. For routine low-level crimes, diversion and rehabilitation programs are a key tool. Research has shown that public safety is best served by keeping low-level nonviolent offenders out of the criminal justice system. Incarcerating them is often counterproductive, making them more likely to reoffend.
Diversion saves taxpayer money Better for our budget and better for justice
Diversion programs hold offenders accountable—while they maintain jobs or attend school—under supervised compliance and treatment. These may be court-based, or run by the community. Diversion programs are especially important for young adults, veterans, and persons with addiction or mental health problems. They can last six months to a year, and sometimes longer. Alternatives-to-incarceration make us safer. Compared to incarceration, treatment is shown to reduce future drug-related crime by a factor of 15X. Misdemeanor mental health courts have been very effective in reducing episodes that require police. Diversion offers offenders better chances for rehabilitation, and better outcomes for all. As District Attorney, Dave Clegg will work to keep our children in school and out of the criminal justice system. By identifying at-risk youth early and exploring community interventions, we can prevent gang affiliation and associated gun violence.
It costs taxpayers
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It’s time to change course from the disastrous ‘War on Drugs’ approach of the past, and get SMART on our Opioid Crisis. Harm Reduction: The DA is an essential partner of county health and law enforcement agencies to design public health initiatives such as:
Ulster County recently led New York State in the rate of opioid overdose fatalities.
• A county 24-hour center focused on addiction-based assessments • Anonymous prescription take-back programs and drug disposal • Fentanyl test kits for detection of the higly lethal synthetic opioid • First responder training to enroll people into treatment facilities • Widespread Naloxone training for volunteers to reverse overdoses • Educational programs to detect and prevent new cases of addiction
Decades of punitive enforcement and harsh sentencing have failed to control illicit drug abuse. Instead, the War on Drugs has rendered our nation the world leader in mass incarceration, destroying lives and communities. To make things worse, people with addiction who go through incarceration without treatment are even more likely to commit future crimes and are more likely to overdose. Our Ulster DA’s office continued the ‘old school’ tough-on-crime approach as the new Opioid Crisis worsened, ignoring innovative and community-oriented solutions that arose in nearby jurisdictions.
Targeting distribution: The DA’s office will fight runaway opioid distribution by investigating the overprescription of pills by doctors and clinics, along with fake prescription rackets and medicare fraud. Traffickers of illicit opioids and heroin will be aggressively prosecuted.
Our community and county agencies must work together as a team to reverse the Opioid Crisis—to interrupt supply, reduce demand, and make better treatment options available to those afflicted.
VOTE “NO” TO PROSECUTION FOR PROSECUTION’S SAKE
End the 169-year Republican monoploy on our justice system The reign of Republican District Attorneys in Ulster County has been unbroken since 1850. The DA is the most powerful office in the criminal justice system—it’s an old boy’s club that has been carefully guarded. Mike Kavanagh, son of former DA Mike Kavanagh
The office operates with no transparency or accountability on practices and policy. The Office only hires Republican assistant DAs.
The Republican DA is well known at the country club but is woefully unconnected to the communities he prosecutes. He touts and rewards high conviction rates with little regard for true justice. As a consequence, office prosecutors are incentivized to maximize easy cases and leave difficult crimes unresolved.
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Ulster County has paid the price. While other counties lowered their jail incarceration rates over the past three decades, Ulster’s jail population soared. It’s time for new leadership at the Ulster DAs office. A 21st century DA will make us stronger and safer, with justice for all.
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Town government—what is it exactly? Town elections take place every two years—in odd numbered years Town Board & Supervisor
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Our town government is headed by a five-person town council, also called town board. It is made up of four council members who serve four-year terms, and the town supervisor, who serves as the chair of the town council and has other responsibilities. There are “staggered” terms so two Town Board members are elected every other year. The Town Supervisor serves a two-year term and is elected every other year.
Our county government consists of 23 county legislators, a county comptroller, and a county executive, all of whom are elected. Legislators serve for two-year terms.
• The Town Board has law-making power for those laws that the NY State Constitution authorizes towns to adopt. • The Town Board adopts the annual town budget that allocates money among various departments such as town road and highway maintenance, the transfer station, youth and community services programs, planning and zoning functions, and others. • The town’s budget determines the town’s tax levy. This is the portion of the town budget not paid by state or other aid money which is passed on to property owners through the January tax bill. • The town supervisor serves as the town’s budget officer, keeping track of expenditures and the annual budget. The Town Board approves payment of all the town’s bills. • The Town Board makes appointments to all of the town’s boards and commissions, including the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Assessment Review and others. These Boards have independent decisionmaking authority that cannot be overruled by the Town Board. The other boards and commissions, such as the Youth Commission, Environmental Conservation Commission, and others, have powers only to recommend. The jobs of Town Board and Town Supervisor require knowledge of our town laws, important local issues, an ability to listen and understand, and most importantly— common sense and good judgement.
ERIN ENOUEN for Town Board ADAM PADDOCK for Town Board MIKE BADEN for Supervisor
Highway Superintendent The town’s highway superintendent is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of our town roads (not county- or state-owned highways). Rochester has 120 miles of town roads, more than any other town in Ulster County.
• County legislators serve as the law-making and budget-approving authority for county laws and budgets. They exercise powers similar to the members of a town board, but at the county level. • The job requires knowledge of our town, county and state laws, important local issues, an ability to listen and understand, commonsense and good judgment.
LYNN ARCHER for County Legislature
Town Justice The Town of Rochester has two town justices, each of whom serves a staggered four-year term. • Our Town Justices serve as judges in the Town Court, located on Samsonville Road. • The Town Court is the lowest of the courts in state hierarchy and is responsible for small claims matters, misdemeanors, violations, and certain felony cases. The job requires expert knowledge of the law and court legal procedure, as well as the ability always to serve impartially and fairly.
ELAINE LAFLAMME for Town Justice
Town Clerk The Town Clerk is the custodian of the town’s records and also serves as the tax collector of the tax levy approved by the Town Board. In the Town of Rochester, the Town Clerk serves a four-year term and is elected.
• The highway superintendent supervises the town’s highway workers, who are members of the IBEW union.
• The Town Clerk issues municipal permits and ensures that the town’s official records are properly archived.
• The highway superintendent is responsible for developing and managing the annual repair and capital expenditure budget, an equipment maintenance and replacement program, a road maintenance and resurfacing program, and supervision of snow removal.
• The Town Clerk issues official and legal notices, including the transmission of laws adopted by the Town Board to the New York State Secretary of State.
The job requires exceptional personnel, financial & technical management and organizational skills.
JEFF FREY for Highway Superintendent
• The Town Clerk is responsible for birth, marriage and death certificates. The job requires excellent organization and customer service skills and strong desire to serve the public.
KATHLEEN GUNDBERG is Town Clerk
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Meet Our Town Candidates Experienced • Qualified • Committed to Public Service MIKE BADEN is a multi-generation Hudson Valley resident, making his home in the Town of Rochester for 20 years. He grew up across the Hudson River in Red Hook. His ancestors trace back to the Revolutionary War era.
MIKE BADEN
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Mike is a graduate of SUNY Ulster and SUNY New Paltz. Wherever he has lived, Mike has been devoted to his community and has demonstrated his commitment by bringing professionalism, leadership, teamwork, and fairness to all he does. Extreme attention to detail is his mantra and he believes that you follow the rules or fight hard to change them, but you never ignore them. After college, Mike began a successful 34-year career managing the production of events nationally and around the world for theater, dance, music, and for companies like General Motors, Sony, and IBM. For 13 years Mike traveled the country every October through January with the famous Rockettes managing the lighting for the Radio City Productions Christmas Across America road show. He is proud that he is one of the few people— perhaps the only one—who can say that he operated the lighting for all three of the Woodstock anniversary events (25th, 40th, and 50th). In 2010, he took a break in his career to work for the US Census Bureau as a regional crew leader in the Rochester/Wawarsing/Olive area for the US Census.
by his peers to receive the 2013 Levine Award for Community Service, a statewide award given annually by the New York Planning Federation to land use community volunteers.
infrastructure improvements, such as transforming the Harold Lipton Community Center into an emergency shelter; an addition for the Rondout Food Pantry; purchase of new plow trucks and other highway equipment that were In 2003 Mike’s life took a 90% funded by New York State; turn when he started attending and getting the town code available Rochester Town Board meetings online in a searchable format. He because of neighborhood concerns also oversaw enhanced public about a project. Frustrated by the services, such as the expansion process and lack of information, of adult and senior programs he researched the subject and and summer programming. He shared the information he learned. instituted new programs in Soon he was asked to join a town support of the environment, such committee that worked to develop as community composting and a much needed comprehensive plan fluorescent light recycling. for the town. This led to further extensive reading, learning, and When Mike leaves town offices studying governmental operations, each day he continues to represent procedure and law. the Town well. He serves on the Ulster County Planning Board, Since that time, Mike has served the Ulster County Trails Advisory on more than 30 town, county Committee, the Ulster County and regional committees. Mike Transportation Council, the O&W continues to share his knowledge; Trail Committee, is Vice President he teaches state and regional land of the Ulster County Association use classes and has had several of of Town Supervisors and Mayors, his writings published. and can often be found at County Legislature meetings. Mike was elected Town Supervisor in 2017 and turned his attention to his top priority—professionalizing the operation of town government. To address the past problem of overspending, Mike completely revamped the financial system to better track how funds are spent and to be sure that budgets would be balanced.
In 2018, Mike reduced town spending from the previous year by 12%. As a result, Mike was able to build our town’s fund balance back to the levels recommended by the state, while achieving the lowest town taxes in all of Ulster County in his first budget cycle.
Above all, Mike loves the country life, the help-your-neighbor attitude, the rich history, and natural beauty of this town and region. As a young boy, he learned a deep respect for agriculture from his great-grandfather and has exhibited and volunteered at the Dutchess County Fair for 53 years. Mike is a former Boy Scout leader and Little League coach and is committed to being a good neighbor and contributing community member. Mike has worked to improve dayto-day operations by updating the Mike is a former member of the town employee manual, better Rondout Valley School Board and coordinating activities among served as the Town Planning Board departments, and establishing Chairman for seven years. employee and operational policies that were lacking. A 2018 graduate of the Pace University Land Use Leadership Key successes during his first Alliance, he is extremely honored term include construction of and proud to have been nominated the community solar facilities;
In his career, Mike has successfully administered multimillion-dollar budgets, solved complex logistical problems, and managed large crews in the production of over 1,000 events. He carries this lifelong experience to the Town Supervisor’s office every day. Mike is committed to continuing the balanced financial stewardship of his first term; creating an updated digital network for town records; upgrading town buildings; reconstructing the Alligerville Firehouse; continuing infrastructure improvements; expanding and redesigning the town park to include Rondout Creek access; and completing the O&W trail connection. Keep professional leadership in the Town of Rochester Supervisor’s office. Say “I Like Mike” with your vote.
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Meet Our Town Candidates Experienced • Qualified • Committed to Public Service ERIN ENOUEN was born and governance are the backbones raised in a working class family in of every strong community. Erin Norman, Oklahoma. After college believes the town board can use she moved to the Hudson Valley these tools to achieve economic with her husband Sam Zurofsky to strength, social justice, and work on an organic vegetable farm. environmental protections. She In 2013 they started their own farm wants to build upon our zoning here in the Town of Rochester. laws to encourage development in appropriate areas while protecting After the 2016 election Erin our valuable natural resources. She decided to get involved in local wants to ensure that our prime government and was appointed farmlands will be available for to the Zoning Board of Appeals farms, that our water is protected (ZBA). Through her role on the from pollution, and that our open ZBA and her farm business, she came to know many people in our spaces remain.
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town and has worked diligently with many community members to navigate complex issues.
She is also concerned about making our town livable for all income brackets. Erin will work Erin says, “I know how special our to make sure we continue to use community is. I know how valuable town resources to foster positive our land and waterways are. I know outcomes for the members of our how important it is to have thriving community who struggle the most. businesses and a strong community Erin believes we need more to support them.” inclusive processes so all voices First and foremost, Erin believes in thoughtful planning for the future. Thoughtful planning and
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are represented. “I want us to talk to each other, to listen, to work together and grow—together.”
“In these times, there is no better work than the work we can do locally, person to person, face to face.” When it comes to climate change and the environment, Erin believes that we need to think globally and act locally. While our town can’t change the global market for recyclables, Erin believes that our town can make an impact by keeping our residents well informed, and continuing to reduce our waste. As a business owner, Erin knows that Rochester is a great place to set up shop. She will work to encourage the development and success of other businesses, with a special focus on those that will create new jobs for residents. Erin says, “Everything special needs to be cultivated. When I look to the future I see our town growing toward climate resilience, community cohesiveness, and economic strength.”
ADAM PADDOCK is a lifelong “I’ve had many opportunities to made in the next four years and he resident of the Town of Rochester. move out of the area, and I always wants to be part of the team that He grew up in a trailer off Queens said if I found a better place, that addresses them. Highway, graduated from Rondout I would go. So far, in my extensive Some of these near-term major Valley High School and earned travels, nowhere has come close!” issues include where we secure our degrees from SUNY Ulster and When Adam was vice-chair of the energy; how we fund major town from Lake Forest Graduate School planning board, he would typically infrastructure improvements; and of Management in Chicago. look at neighboring communities how we respond to the opioid Ten years ago he joined Combined to see what they were doing well, epidemic and other public health Insurance Company of America and what we could emulate. Lately, concerns. and worked his way up to regional though, he is seeing that other Adam also wants to address longer director and vice-president. communities have started to look term issues as well, such as the at the Town of Rochester as the Adam is a progressive, resultsever-growing agritourism industry example, and he is eager to see oriented candidate who listens and that is starting to define our town. that trend continue. keeps an open mind. He believes He is particularly interested in strongly in holding himself and Adam wants the town to continue helping to position and market others accountable in the search its fiscal growth with intelligent this spectacular resource to people for new solutions. and responsible spending while outside of the town. protecting and developing our Adam is very proud to live here. “I’m running for Town Council to Scenic Byways and improving He has served the community as help lead the town into the roaring our local parks. a local Little League coach, soccer 20s as a small but distinguished coach, and former vice chairman of Adam feels strongly that some of community in Ulster County and the Rochester Planning Board. He the biggest decisions affecting the the Hudson Valley.” is currently a member of the town’s long-term health and well-being Ethics Committee. of the town of Rochester will be
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JEFFERY FREY Highway Superintendent Endorsed by the Democratic & Working Familes Parties
JEFF FREY has been a resident of As Deputy Superintendent he the Town of Rochester his whole had the opportunity to learn the life. He graduated from Rondout complex system of state highway Valley High School and started funding that is critical to the his career with the Town Highway success of the department. He will Department, where he worked his be focused on maximizing those way up to the position of Deputy state funds. He also knows how Superintendent of Highways. to manage operations. As Highway Superintendent his top The Highway Department goal would be to stay on proper responsibilities include snow seasonal maintenance schedules removal and ice control for over and to remedy issues quickly. 120 miles of roads; maintenance of right of way; emergency response As Deputy Superintendent, to road issues; bridge and culvert Jeff gained further experience maintenance; road repairs; storm in leadership. Jeff has the support cleanup; and infrastructure and recognition of his peers who improvements. unanimously elected him as their shop steward in previous years. Jeff ’s decades of experience have provided him with an Jeff is also deeply involved in intimate knowledge of the the community. He has been equipment, road topography a baseball umpire for 30 years, and construction, and municipal starting with Little League shared service agreements. He Baseball at Indian Valley in knows what works and what Kerhonkson. He joined the doesn’t. Kingston baseball umpires
ELAINE LAFLAMME is a licensed attorney who practiced law for more than 25 years. She has a deep knowledge of many different areas of law and different courts. Elaine has a Masters Degree in Psychology from George Peabody College for Teachers at Vanderbilt University, and a law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law.
ELAINE LAFLAMME Town Justice
Endorsed by the Democratic Party & Upper Hudson Central Labor Council
legal decisions, which could result in depriving someone of their liberty or their home, should be made by a person trained as a lawyer. Elaine joined the Navy at age 18 and became a broadcaster and journalist for American Forces Radio and Television Service. While stationed in Morocco, Iceland, and Cuba, she wrote and helped deliver American news to military personnel overseas.
association in 1988 and has been association president for the past decade. Over the years Jeff has established strong working relationships with county officials, neighboring town highway superintendents, bus companies, schools, local residents, and his team in the department. “I am so very grateful for these working relationships and want to continue to seek input from all sides so that I can better serve our residents.” “I want to ensure that our Highway Department continues to work on a solid footing in order to deliver the best possible services in the timeliest manner.”
married his sweetheart, Jennifer Schoonmaker, in the Town of Rochester. Together Jennifer and Ryan now manage Saunderskill Farm Market, a part of the Schoonmaker family business, Saunderskill Farm, the secondoldest farm in New York State. Elaine’s son and daughter-in-law are raising three daughters who were born and live here.
Elaine observes that a Town Justice has to be familiar with and understand a long list of complex After four years in the Navy, she laws—what’s criminal trespass, pursued her dream to join the what’s possession, what’s criminal justice system. As a law student, mischief, what’s breach of contract. she worked for Corrections “It’s essential to know the rules Corporation of America, the of procedure for civil cases and private company that runs jails all criminal cases,” she says. “There over the country. She has litigated are important rules that ensure cases in State and Federal Courts, fair treatment to all, and that has served as a partner in a law make the process transparent Town Justices make decisions that firm where she specialized in and even-handed.” impact individual lives and the Intellectual Property issues, and community as a whole, Elaine was one of the early members of “I spent many, many days in court points out. There is the potential the American Bar Association’s as a practicing lawyer, and have to do great good or terrible harm. Cybersecurity Task Force. periodically sat in on town court,” she says. “If elected, I would come A Town Justice has broad powers She and her husband live on into the job already qualified.” to put people in jail, set bail, order Lawrence Hill Road in the Town evictions, and issue temporary of Rochester and have raised a orders of protection in domestic family here for more than 25 violence cases. Elaine believes that years. Their son Ryan met and
Elaine has earned the “highly qualified” rating for election to the position of Town Justice by the Independent Ulster County Judicial Screening Committee, the highest rating possible for a candidate seeking this judicial office.
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Environmental Opportunities in the Town of Rochester by Laurence DeWitt The most common response to “what is the best thing about living in the Town of Rochester” or “Why did you move here” is some version of I love living here because of the natural, rural beauty that is everywhere… and the people are great too! We are blessed with an abundance of fertile natural soil, streams tumbling down the mountains that surround us, old stone buildings—many of them historic and truly built to last—an abundance of fresh clean air and water, and forests mixed with mountain laurels, ironweed, ferns and phlox and lord knows what else everywhere.
But this fantastic shared asset does not protect itself. There are steps that must be taken to insure that our spectacular natural community is safe from natural threats as well as from ill-advised human development. For instance, one way we need to protect it is by increasing its resiliences—its ability to respond to “natural” challenges. Some of these have always existed while others appear to be ones climate change has begun throwing at us every few years, such as Irene-style floods, intermittent droughts that threaten our water supplies and streams, and forest fires. We also may need to do a better job with development projects if we are not to devolve into a haphazardly over-built and gentrified suburb of Kingston.
Natural Heritage Plan Under the leadership of former Town Supervisor Carl Chipman, the Town embarked on a thoughtful and detailed Natural Heritage planning process in 2015 funded
by two grants from the NY Department of Environmental Conservation. Part of the study was done corroboratively with Wawarsing—since we share much of our natural environment with them, including the Shawangunks, the Catskills, and the Rondout. The study produced an Inventory of our natural heritage resources and a Proposed Plan with options for protecting them. The Inventory and the Plan went through an extensive process of public input, public review, and public presentation of the result, but the Town Board, while accepting it as a town document, voted not to adopt it as a part of the Town’s Comprehensive Plan. This is a problem because one of the highest priority projects analyzed in the Proposed Plan is a collaboration with Wawarsing to develop and protect a Wildlife Corridor between the Catskills and the Shawangunks. Although we are blessed with major amounts of open space, it matters mightily how that space is configured. The Plan discovered that we are in the process of pinching off the routes of connection between the Catskill and Shawangunk habitats—and it is critical to wildlife that such access be maintained. The Plan identifies a natural route connecting the two that runs through both Wawarsing and Rochester and crosses Route 209 near the oft-discussed Colony Farm. But a way needs to be developed for continuing the passage over or under Route 209—a difficult but do-able task! It is important that the Plan be adopted as part of the Comprehensive Plan so that necessary projects like this one can be seriously considered. Electing our town council candidates can make this wellconsidered Natural Heritage Plan part of our way forward.
Climate Smart Communities The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has a Climate Smart Communities program whereby towns agree to a pledge (that has no legal restrictions) to undertake actions that save energy and reduce the risks of flooding and drought. Many of the measures can reduce the Town’s costs. In addition, becoming a Climate Smart Community would allow the Town to get extra scoring points when it applies for funds from several NY DEC grant programs. Many of Ulster’s towns have joined this program including Olive, Hurley, Esopus, Shandaken, Saugerties, Marbletown and several others. Wawarsing is also considering joining the program. The Rochester Town Board has not joined this program. With the election of new Town Board members, perhaps it will be time to give this program a favorable consideration.
Town of Rochester Solar Photovoltaic Lease Projects The Town of Rochester embarked upon a very significant solar course in 2016 to 2018, looking to raise substantial money for the Town, provide ways for town residents to reduce their energy costs, while allowing the Town to reduce climate impacts. A public referendum in January 2018 approved that solar plan. Two town-owned parcels were leased to a solar photovoltaic development company, which then installed solar panels on these two properties. The development company is paying the town approximately $112,000 per year for the use of both parcels combined, a rate that is increasing by 1% per year. Over the 20 years of the lease term, this agreement will yield over $2.45 million in extra revenues to the town. The tax savings to each taxpayer Contnued on page 15
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Contnued was approximately $30 in 2019 and these tax savings will likely increase for each of the 20 years going forward. In addition, all Rochester residential or farming electric customers of Central Hudson qualify to enroll for a 10–15% discount on the total of their Central Hudson electric bill through the NexAmp program. A participating customer who signs up for this program will save approximately one month of electric bills each year. To sign up for this program contact: 855–727–4636 or www.SolarForNY.com. The projects combined will yield a capacity of 11.2 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve about 1,400 homes. The carbon saved by these two projects combined, net the trees lost during construction, is approximately 10,000 tons per year of CO2.
Solar for All One solar program associated with the projects has not been adequately used: Solar for All. This is a New York State program that is available to all Rochester electricity users who have a “low to moderate” income, pay their own electric bills, and are not already participating in the regular NexAmp discount program. Those who sign up for the program will be eligible for about a $100 to $125 per year automatic discount on their annual electric bill. For information about the Solar for All program please contact: 855–727–4636 or www.SolarForNY.com
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Why Voting Local Matters by Samuel Zurofsky
Lawn signs, campaign mailers, social media ads, and canvassers have been blanketing the town. The message is clear. Vote!
When we vote in our local elections, we aren’t voting for a candidate because they support or oppose some nationally polarizing issue. We are voting for people who we think will do a good job representing us when new issues come up.
Each of us is a person, but also part of a family, a village, a town, a city, a county, a state, a nation, and finally the world. As we expand outward into ever-larger groups, our political ideas and communication become more abstract, less direct, and less subtle. Therefore “Think globally, act locally” is not an empty phrase.
The candidates that we are supporting are people who share our values, and have the abilities and the vision to move our town forward. They are eager to engage in the kind of person-to-person dialogue that can make our community stronger. They are people who will listen to us at those town council meetings, answer our phone calls, and respond to our emails.
We may feel like our voices aren’t being heard on a national level, but when we sit together in a room at the town hall or community center, we hear everyone’s voice.
COME BE HEARD. ACT LOCALLY. Cast your ballot early at the Accord Firehouse on Main Street between October 26 and November 3, or on November 5th, at your usual polling location.
If you attend a Town Council meeting or a planning or zoning board meeting, you will see local people who care about issues facing our town: how we handle waste, address changing demographics, provide basic services, protect our resources, enforce our laws, develop our economy, balance our budget, and care for our neighbors.
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