Planning in Columbia County?

Columbia County Democratic Committee 1st Vice Chair, Cyndy Hall, asks the hard questions in her recent Letter To The Editor, "What's the Plan?".

During her 36 years of public school teaching, she observed first hand, the struggles and concerns of families trying to make ends meet. She believes government plays a vital role in helping people secure good paying jobs, decent housing and the best education possible, while keeping taxes down. She asks what local planning is on the front burner to help the local economy? What actions are underway? What are the results?

Columbia County Democrats will continue to speak out on all issues that effect the daily lives of all Columbia County residents.


See the whole letter ... Here

Democrats Take the Lead in Analyzing and Disseminating the Facts About Widewaters

What's really going on with Widewaters? The Columbia County Democrats' Issue Development Committee is keeping a watchful eye on the goings-on surrounding the Greenport Commons development. Virginia Martin, who chairs the committee, has assembled a great deal of information on this website.

My View by Supervisor William Hughes Jr. Published in the Register-Star

My View

Columbia County Democrats, who are we, what do we stand for? The late Ron Brown put it best when he wrote, the common thread of Democratic history, from Thomas Jefferson to Bill Clinton, has been an abiding faith in the judgment of hardworking American families, and a commitment to helping the excluded, the disenfranchised and the poor strengthen our nation by earning themselves a piece of the American dream.

As elected Democratic leaders here in Columbia County, we continue to fight for the poor and disenfranchised by amending old legislation and insisting on open government.
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Letter by Virginia Martin On the Hudson Correctional Facility printed in Register-Star April 2, 2008

Congratulations to the HCF community. Now, let’s review the facts.

To the editor:

As a Democrat, I’m immensely relieved to learn that the Hudson Correctional Facility will not be closed. I’m delighted that the families of the correctional officers and the other staff that work there can breathe a deep, and overdue, sigh of relief.

Now, I think it’s necessary that another perspective about this ill-fated initiative, which had its roots as a good, fiscally conscious, taxpayer-friendly, cost-cutting mechanism that would save us all tax dollars, be laid out there for readers.
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Columbia County Democrats Endorse Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand for Re-Election

At its March meeting, the Columbia County Democratic Committee unanimously gave its endorsement to Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand who is running for re-election to the 20th Congressional District seat which she won in a stunning upset nearly two years ago.

Columbia County Democrats Endorse Ken Dow for NYS Senate

At its March meeting, the Columbia County Democratic Committee enthusiatically gave its endorsement to Ken Dow who is running for the 41st Senatorial District seat which includes Columbia County and part of Dutchess County. Mr. Dow is the former Columbia County Democratic Election Commissioner and the former Chairman of the Columbia County Democratic Committee. http://www.dowforsenate.com/