Hugh Reynolds: What were the options?
Is it just around here, or do high-ranking local officials seem to disappear without leaving a trace? County health commissioner
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Hugh Reynolds: Elliott Auerbach, you will be opposed
And then there was Linda McDonough, last-minute volunteer on the Republican ticket for county comptroller for the suddenly departed Jim
Hugh Reynolds: Hail to the ex-chief
Call it the end of an era or at least the end of a really long career. Former Daily Freeman
Quigley drops comptroller bid, says he won’t re-up as Ulster town supervisor
Barely six weeks after being nominated by Republicans, Town of Ulster Supervisor James Quigley has withdrawn as a candidate for
Hugh Reynolds: Crisis resolved?
As one county legislator put it last week after the legislature’s Ways and Means Committee brokered the sales-tax standoff between
Hugh Reynolds: Feuding roosters
The long-simmering, often nasty, behind-the-scenes antipathy between Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and County Executive Mike Hein erupted in open warfare
Dueling press conferences, swapped barbs in sales-tax dispute
It was like a presidential news conference in the waning days of the Nixon administration, where Tricky Dick tried to
Hugh Reynolds: Mike Hein’s summer tour
County Executive Mike Hein last week announced plans for a statewide tour this summer to explain why things are so bad
Hugh Reynolds: Cuomo road show
Sometimes it’s not the message but the messenger. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s gun-control law, passed as a “message of necessity” in January,
Hugh Reynolds: Grudge rematches
Campaign 2013 has produced two potentially interesting Ulster County rematches. After a five-year hiatus, county comptroller foes Elliott Auerbach and