Faso calls shutdown “a monumental farce”
“We should never allow non-financial issues to shut down the government,” said the congressman, who faces reelection this November.
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Hugh Reynolds: They’ve been workin’ on the rail trail
Contractors began ripping up 11.5 miles of county-owned U&D tracks at the Ashokan Reservoir last week to create a rail trail. Meanwhile, the rail operation at the eastern (Kingston) end of the tracks reported just over 24,000 riders on its Polar Express run from Kingston Plaza to West Hurley last November and December.
Hugh Reynolds: Cahill contra Cuomo
The Democrats suffer no such restrictions as Ronald Reagan’s famous Eleventh Commandment, “Thou shalt not speak ill of fellow Republicans.” Take Democrat assemblyperson Kevin Cahill’s unloading on Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s state-of-the-state message last week. Badda-bing!
Going up: Kingston church raising funds for elevator
The Rev. Miroslaw Pawlaczyk, pastor of Immaculate Conception Church on Delaware Avenue in Kingston, has his sights set high these days.
Hugh Reynolds: Do be careful with poll numbers
Politics being a game of deliberate deception, I strongly advise readers to take the many political polls that will be issued this year with a pillar of salt.
Hugh Reynolds: Looking forward to 2018
The showcase contest in 2018 will be the Congress race, with incumbent Republican John Faso looking like Custer at Little Big Horn.
A very Reynolds Christmas: Hugh’s gift list
This edition marks the 25th anniversary of Hugh’s Christmas list. As Hugh has detailed in the past, each one-line mention can require a hundred words of explanation. If you’re on the list, you know what he means. Otherwise- good luck!
Hugh Reynolds: Thoughts on budgets
When government officials routinely appropriate rather large sums to balance their budgets, it seems to me the books weren’t really balanced in the first place. It’s like a floating crap game, with the public putting up the stakes.
Hugh Reynolds: Chris Gibson’s American exceptionalism
In Rally Point, his third book, former Congressman Chris Gibson uses his own life journey as an Army combat commander, three-term Republican congressman and college professor as a template to return the country to its founding values, “under God,” and future prosperity.
Hugh Reynolds: Hinchey was one of a kind
Hinchey, in many ways, redefined politics in these parts. He didn’t just show up in October of election years. He was everywhere, all the time.