Hugh Reynolds: Sixth-floor ACE
When he’s in a nostalgic mood, recently re-elected County Comptroller Elliott Auerbach likes to talk about the time some 20-odd
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Hugh Reynolds: The new legislature
Heading into Election Day, Democrats were pretty sure of taking the majority in the 23-member Ulster County Legislature. They did.
Democrats take slim majority in Ulster County
Ulster County Democrats have taken back the majority in a county legislature they lost in 2007. Unofficial returns on election
Hugh Reynolds: Piddling in the wind and other vainglory
Sometimes politics goes not from ridiculous to sublime, but directly to hilarious. Witness the Ulster County Legislature’s $75,000 offering to
Hugh Reynolds: Rolling the dice
Considering that it’s a state issue, our contingent of state legislators has been remarkably reticent on the hot-button subject of
Watcher of the public purse
This year’s race for Ulster County comptroller, an office one of the candidates says few people know about, pits three-term
Hugh Reynolds: Calling all candidates!
The jury won’t be in for less than three weeks, but I have found the highly touted single-member system of
Hugh Reynolds: Indepen-dance party
Ulster County Independence Party Chairman Len Bernardo, relatively quiet this campaign season, was nonetheless crowing this week about winning eight
Hugh Reynolds: Budget blasts
It isn’t often that presentation of a county budget takes a back seat to the pillorying of a political opponent,
Hugh Reynolds: Full circle
Now that Ulster County Executive Mike Hein and Assemblyman Kevin Cahill have worked out their differences for the time being